Plautine trends : studies in Plautine comedy and its reception : festschrift in honour of Prof. D.K. Raios

__Plautine Trends: Studies in Plautine Comedy and its Reception__, a collective volume published as a Festschrift in honour of Prof. D. Raios (University of Ioannina), aims to contribute to the current, intense discussion on Plautine drama and engage with most of the topics which lie at the forefront of recent scholarship on ‘literary Plautus’. 13 papers by experts on Roman Comedy address issues concerning a) the structure of Plautine plot in its social, historical and philosophical contexts, b) the interfaces between language and comic plot, and c) plot and language as signs of reception. Participants include (in alphabetical order): A. Augoustakis, R.R. Caston, D.M. Christenson, M. Fontaine, S. Frangoulidis, M. Hanses, E. Karakasis, D. Konstan, K. Kounaki–Philippides, S. Papaioannou, A. Sharrock, N.W. Slater, and J.T. Welsh. The papers of the volume are preceded by an introduction offering a review of the extensive literature on the subject in recent years and setting the volume in its critical context. The preface to the volume is written by R.L. Hunter. The book is intended for students or scholars working on or interested in Plautine Comedy and its reception. Preface / Richard Hunter ; Prologue / I. N. Perysinakis, E. Karakasis ; Introduction / E. Karakasis ; Part I: Plot. Turns And Returns In Plautus{u2019} Casina / D. Konstan ; A Roman Treasure: Religion, Marriage, Metatheatre, And Concord In Aulularia ; D. M. Christenson ; The Divided Self: Plautus And Terence On Identity And Impersonation / R. R. Caston ; Duplication And The Politics Of Comic De-structure: Or, Why There Need Not Be Two Slaves, While There Are Two Cooks In The Aulularia / S. Papaioannou ; The Parallel {u2018}two Plays{u2019} In Plautus{u2019} Captivi: A Dramatological Reading Of The Comedy / K. Philippides ; Gods On High, Gods Down Low: Romanizing Epiphany / N. W. Slater ; Renewal And Compromise In Plautus{u2019} Mostellaria / S. Frangoulidis ; Part Ii: Plot And Language. A Note On Philolaches{u2019} Simile Of The House In Plautus{u2019} Mostellaria / M. Fontaine ; The {u2018}fragments{u2019} Of Plautus{u2019} Captivi / J. T. Welsh ; Part Iii: Plot, Language, And Reception. Reading Plautus{u2019} Trinummus: Who{u2019}d Bother? / A. Sharrock ; Cicero Comicus {u2013} Catullus Plautinus. Irony And Praise In Cat. 49 Re{u2013}examined / E. Karakasis ; Plautinisches Im Ovid: The Amphitruo And The Metamorphoses / M. Hanses ; Plautinisches Im Silius? Two Episodes From Silius Italicus{u2019} Punica / A. Augoustakis. Edited By Ioannis N. Perysinakis And Evangelos Karakasis. Festschrift. Includes Selected List Of Raiou's Works. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

Plautine Trends: Studies in Plautine Comedy and its Reception, a collective volume published as a Festschrift in honour of Prof. D. Raios (University of Ioannina), aims to contribute to the current, intense discussion on Plautine drama and engage with most of the topics which lie at the forefront of recent scholarship on ‘literary Plautus’. 13 papers by experts on Roman Comedy address issues concerning a) the structure of Plautine plot in its social, historical and philosophical contexts, b) the interfaces between language and comic plot, and c) plot and language as signs of reception. Participants include (in alphabetical order): A. Augoustakis, R.R. Caston, D.M. Christenson, M. Fontaine, S. Frangoulidis, M. Hanses, E. Karakasis, D. Konstan, K. Kounaki–Philippides, S. Papaioannou, A. Sharrock, N.W. Slater, and J.T. Welsh. The papers of the volume are preceded by an introduction offering a review of the extensive literature on the subject in recent years and setting the volume in its critical context. The preface to the volume is written by R.L. Hunter. The book is intended for students or scholars working on or interested in Plautine Comedy and its reception.

Table of Contents 5 Preface 7 Prologue 9 Introduction 13 Part I: Plot 23 Turns and Returns in Plautus' Casina 25 A Roman Treasure: Religion, Marriage, Metatheatre, and Concord in Aulularia 35 The Divided Self: Plautus and Terence on Identity and Impersonation 65 Duplication and the Politics of Comic De-structure: or, Why There Need Not be Two Slaves, While There Are Two Cooks in the Aulularia 85 The parallel ‘two plays’ in Plautus’ Captivi: A Dramatological Reading of the Comedy 115 Gods on High, Gods Down Low: Romanizing Epiphany 127 Renewal and Compromise in Plautus’ Mostellaria 149 Part II: Plot and Language 163 A Note on Philolaches’ Simile of the House in Plautus’ Mostellaria 165 The ‘Fragments’ of Plautus’ Captivi 173 Part III: Plot, Language, and Reception 187 Reading Plautus’ Trinummus: Who’d Bother? 189 Cicero Comicus – Catullus Plautinus. Irony and Praise in Cat. 49 Re–examined 219 Plautinisches im Ovid: The Amphitruo and the Metamorphoses 247 Plautinisches im Silius? Two Episodes from Silius Italicus’ Punica 281 List of Works 299 List of Contributors 303 Index locorum 307 General Index 287 22 Plautine Trends brings together experts on Roman comedy in a collective volume, focusing on key issues of modern Plautine research: Plautus's Greek models vs. Romanization, generic self-awareness vs. interactive innovation, comic staging, metatheatrical aspects, as well as questions of language, structure, socio-historical and philosophical context, intertextuality and reception