Amphitruo
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This introductory narrative runs up to seventy-six lines in the Menaechmi, to eighty-two in the Rudens, and to one hundred and fifty-two in the Amphitruo.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost
Not till then was the second half of the fable of Amphitruo performed, with unmistakable references to the future birth of a Hercules of the House of Este.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob
From the Amphitruo of Plautus, Shakespeare derived the doubling of slaves, and the scene in which the younger twin and his slave are shut out of their own home.
From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.
The first on the list, the famous Amphitruo, is the only surviving specimen of the burlesque.
From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
The Amphitruo is somewhat difficult to class; if, as has been suggested above, it be assigned to the old comedy, it will be a Palliata.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
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