Plautus Shelly Goebl-Parker and Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki

and Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki

American Patriots is a necessary defense of our right to demand better for ourselves

and Harriet Robinson Scott

he won the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions

and sometimes unspeakable cruelty

Plautus Shelly Goebl-Parker and Beatrice Erskine Lane SuzukiThe plays translated in this volume represent everything one would not expect either from the third century B. C. playwright Plautus or from Roman comedy in general. A common theme in all three comedies is the triumph of women over men. In Truculentus, prostitutes snare all of the men in the play; in Bacchides, the victims include fathers and sons. In Casina, Plautus creates a fantasy that turns traditional social and sexual roles upside down. The