Web Resources for Plautus

Plautus' Asinaria

• Plautus' Asinaria on-line text with morphological analysis and online glossing of vocabulary (Perseus)
• Complete Latin text of Plautus' Asinaria (The Latin Library)
• Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax, explains how to use cases, tenses, moods, participles, etc. (Perseus)
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar. You can browse the Table of Contents on the left navbar or Search for a particular item using the Search dialogue box on the right side of the screen. (Perseus)
• Photo of a Roman mill driven by asses

Plautus' Language

• Plautus: Rude words in Latin: insults, terms of affection, and interjections from Plautus (The Classics Pages)

Development of Roman Comedy

• Roman Stagecraft (Didaskalia) with images of Roman theaters
• John Porter, Roman New Comedy (University of Saskatchewan)
• Mark Damen, Roman Comedy: Terence (Utah State University)

Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

• Ancient Theatre Archive: A Virtual Reality Tour of Greek and Roman Theatre Architecture (Whitman College)
• Greek and Roman Mask timeline
• Chris Vervain, Mask Theatre (from the point of view of a theater practitioner who explores the effect of masks in performance)
• Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage has images of theaters, vase-paintings, statues, mosaics, frescoes, and other monuments. Highly recommended.
• Roman Theaters, images of some Roman theaters (Lacus Curtius)

Theater and Performance

• Cornell College's production of Terence's Eunuch (2009)
• Cornell College's production of Plautus' Poenulus (2006)
• Cornell College's production of Plautus' Aulularia (2003)
• Cornell College's production of Plautus' Poenulus (1999)
• Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today
• Theatron: Virtual Reality, Multimedia, Cultural Heritage
• MASC: Modern Actors Staging Classics
• A Vocabulary of Comedy discusses different types of comedy from burlesque and caricature to travesty and wit.