Web Resources for Plautus

Plautus' Aulularia

• Poenulus on-line text with morphological analysis (Perseus)
• Complete Latin text of Plautus' Poenulus (The Latin Library)
• Scene by scene summary of Plautus' Poenulus
• Anne Mahoney, Overview of Latin Syntax, explains how to use cases, tenses, moods, participles, etc. (Perseus)
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar. From the menu bar, click on Edit, then Find in Page for the topic that interests you.
• Anthony Miles, "Who's Babbling Now? Punic Words in Plautus Poenulus"
• The Punic Passages of Plautus' Poenulus (Dr. K. Jongeling, Universiteit Leiden)
• Mary Womble Gerdes, Review of The Puny Carthaginian. University of North Carolina, April 14-16, 1994. Didaskalia 1.2 (1994)
  

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)

Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

• Perseus Tour of Greek Theaters, a slide show of 30 images
• Roman Theaters, a very complete list of Roman theaters (Lacus Curtius)
• 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)
• Skenetheke: Images of the Ancient Stage has images of theaters, vase-paintings, statues, mosaics, frescoes, and other monuments

Theater and Performance

• Cornell College's production of Plautus' Poenulus (1999)
• Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today
• Theatron: Virtual Reality, Multimedia, Cultural Heritage
• MASC: Modern Actors Staging Classics