Skip to content

Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus Paperback - 2005

by Plautus; Amy Richlin (Translator); Introduction by Amy Richlin


From the rear cover

"Amy Richlin is a gifted and original scholar who has taught a whole generation of classicists and their students answers to the question, What made the Romans laugh? Now it turns out she has contemporary cultures' number as well. She translates Roman laughter into American laughter. From its ingeniously banal title onwards, Rome and the Mysterious Orient brings three remarkable and rarely performed comedies to life on the page and--one hopes, often--the stage."--James Tatum, author of Plautus: The Darker Comedies

Details

  • Title Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
  • Author Plautus; Amy Richlin (Translator); Introduction by Amy Richlin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press
  • Date 2005-12-12
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780520242753 / 0520242750
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 5.96 x 0.82 in (23.37 x 15.14 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
  • Library of Congress subjects Colonies, East and West
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005001618
  • Dewey Decimal Code 872.01

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1822

About the author

Amy Richlin, Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles, is author of The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor (revised edition, 1992), editor of Pornography and Representation in Greece and Rome (1992), and coeditor, with Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, of Feminist Theory and the Classics (1993).
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Rome and the Mysterious Orient : Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient : Three Plays by Plautus

by Plautus

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$5.00
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Item Price
$5.00
FREE shipping to USA
Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus

by Plautus

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$5.16
$3.99 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of California Press. Used - Good. Good condition. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Item Price
$5.16
$3.99 shipping to USA
Rome and the Mysterious Orient : Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient : Three Plays by Plautus

by Plautus

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$6.66
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of California Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Item Price
$6.66
FREE shipping to USA
Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus

by Plautus

  • Used
  • Very Good
Condition
Used - Very Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$8.00
$4.49 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of California Press, December 2005. Trade . Very Good. Very Good Softcover. Light soiling and shelfwear to covers, except for small bend in corner. Textblock very lightly soiled. Name on FFEP. Very light soiling on a few pages at textblock. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
Item Price
$8.00
$4.49 shipping to USA
Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Plautus

by Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays By Plautus

  • Used
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Francisco, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$12.80
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Berkeley . 2005. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0520242750. Translated from the Latin & With An Introduction & Notes by Amy Richlin. 289 pages. paperback. . keywords: Classical Studies Drama Literature Ancient Rome Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts, including North Africa and the Near East. These three plays-originally written for a wartime audience of refugees, POWs, soldiers and veterans, exiles, immigrants, people newly enslaved in the wars, and citizens-tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern cultures, often view each other, always a productive source of comedy. These current, accessible, and accurate translations have replaced terms meaningful only to their original audience, such as references to Roman gods, with a hilarious, inspired… Read More
Item Price
$12.80
$5.00 shipping to USA
Rome and the Mysterious Orient – Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient – Three Plays by Plautus

by Richlin, Amy/ Plautus, Titus Maccius

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
2
Seller
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$41.80
$12.96 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Univ of California Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches.
Item Price
$41.80
$12.96 shipping to USA
Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus

by Plautus, Amy

  • Used
  • Good
  • Paperback
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Newport Coast, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$41.41
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Item Price
$41.41
FREE shipping to USA
Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus

by Plautus; Richlin, Amy [Translator]; Richlin, Amy [Introduction];

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780520242753 / 0520242750
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Diego, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$79.44
$5.45 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of California Press, 2005-12-12. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Item Price
$79.44
$5.45 shipping to USA