Lanterna Rally

Author: Titus Maccius Plautus

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781397259585

Excerpt from T. Macci Plauti Captivi, Vol. 1: With Introduction and Notes; Introduction and Text This little book does not claim to be a critical edition of the Captz'vz'. Textual emendation does not come within its scope. Its only aim is to explain the difficulties in the play, to supply the necessary stage-directions after the example of the Clarendon Press T rz'nummus, and SO to enable boys of the Higher Forms of our Schools to read with intelli gence and interest a play which, more than any other of Plautus, may suitably be put into a schoolboy's hands. Schoolmasters usually find the Plautus-lecture the best opportunity for teaching the etymology and structure of Latin words; so I have devoted a considerable proportion of the notes to this subject. The text used is, in accordance with the wish of the editor of the Series, that of F leckeisen (teubner), and valuable assistance has been derived for the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.