Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    Hellenistic · Latin

    Amphitruo

    Plautus, Titus Maccius

    Amphitruo, in English translation from the Perseus Digital Library (tr. Perseus Digital Library), with the Latin original.

    Chapters
    7
    Variants
    13
    Genre
    Classics
    Difficulty
    Intermediate

    Chapters

    1. 01Chapter frontprose
    2. 02Chapter prologueverse
    3. 03Chapter 1verse
    4. 04Chapter 2verse
    5. 05Chapter 3verse
    6. 06Chapter 4verse
    7. 07Chapter 5verse

    In the atlas

    1 of 4 passages mapped

    Figures15

    Alcmena · Amphitryon · Bellona · Blepharo · Bromia · Electryon · Iphiclus · Jupiter · Mars · Mercury

    Ideas

    theatrical self-reference / metatheater · Deception · divine authority and command · divine love / erotic desire of a god · identity confusion / mistaken identity · marital fidelity and accusations of infidelity · merit versus canvassing

    Places

    Amphitryon's house · Argos · Thebes · harbour

    Groups

    Aediles · Teleboans · Theban troops · spectators

    Events

    birth of Hercules and Iphiclus · divine impersonation / identity substitution · war between Thebes and Teleboans

    Objects

    golden tuft on Jupiter's cap · lantern · wings on Mercury's cap

    1 citation · 9 themes · 42 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.