The Merchant

Funny happenings. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205-184 BC, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. This third volume of a new Loeb edition of all twenty-one of Plautus' extant comedies presents The Merchant , The Braggart Soldier , The Ghost , and The Persian with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, introductions, and ample explanatory notes.