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Pseudolus was first shown in 191 B.C. during the Megalesian Festival, [1] which was a celebration for the Greek Goddess Cybele. [2] The temple for worship of Cybele in Rome was completed during the same year in time for the festival.
Plautus’ Pseudolus: Introduction and Commentary . Jonah Hensley . Director: Alden Smith, Ph.D. Titus Maccius Plautus is the one of the most renowned Roman playwrights of his era, creating artful comedies that would astound and amaze Roman audiences and even the readers of today. Of the remaining Plautine comedies, the Pseudolus is one of
Pseudolus was first shown in 191 B.C. during the Megalesian Festival, which was a celebration for the Greek Goddess Cybele. The temple for worship of Cybele in Rome was completed during the same year in time for the festival.
1 1 We may suppose that the traditional syllabus still obtained in Rome when the colony at Berytus was established in 15 BC and that it continued to be taught in the colony long after it was abandoned in the capital. Hence the knowledge of the ueteres acquired in the reign of Caligula or Nero by M. Valerius Probus (Suetonius, Gramm. 24.1-2).
Pseudolus, by Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus, was written in 191 BCE. Like other Roman plays, Pseudolus would have been performed in temporary theaters during religious festivals.
Pseudolus. Stage Record. Acted at the Megalesian games when Marcus Junius, son of Marcus, was city praetor. Plot Summary 1. A soldier pays fifteen minutes cash down, and at the same time affixes his seal to a token, so that the pimp will give Phoenicium to the man who brought its equivalent with the rest of the money.
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In the first place it needs to be said that ll. 1238–45, immediately before the fifth act, are probably purely Plautine. Just as Plautus expanded the role of the clever slave, he is likely to have inserted himself this scene of Simo’s praise of Pseudolus, a scene which borders on hero worship.
