Amphitruo

[ am-fi-troo-oh ]

noun

1. a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus.

Example Sentences

There are none of the plays of Plautus which it is so difficult to criticise from a modern point of view as the 'Amphitruo.'

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The sub-plot, in this case a duplication of the plot, was suggested by a part of the Amphitruo of Plautus.

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But the most remarkable evidence is in the Amphitruo,754 where Jupiter and Mercurius are among the dramatis personae.

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Jupiter personates Amphitruo, and so gains admission to his wife, Alkmene!

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Plautus has a play on the subject, called Amphitruo, as Jupiter personated Amphitryon.

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