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Very funny
I had to read this book for school, and compared to other things we had to read, this book is actually really funny. I was cracking up the entire time. The plot is there were to longlost identical twins with the same name, and when they finally meet, they are never in the Same place at once, they confuse everyone ... Read more

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Plautus was the single greatest influence on Westerncomedy.In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors andMoliere's the Miser are two subsequent classics directlybased on Plautine originals.Plautus himself borrowedfrom the Greeks, but his jokes, rapid dialogue, bawdyhumor, and irreverent characterizations are the originalwork of an undisputed genius.The comedies printed hereshow him at his best, and Professor Segal's translationskeep their fast, rollicking pace intact, making thesethe most readable and actable versions available. Thisvolume includes, The Braggart Soldier, e BrothersMenaechmus, The Haunted House, and The Pot of Gold. ... Read more

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Interesting...
This book makes for a good read, though it is not all that funny in today's context.I would recommend this book if you are interested in gaining a deeper understanding the minds of ancient peoples.

Four Comedies...
a worthwhile read for anyone.but look into it if your taking a college course on roman comedy especially though.it's not a quick read but a good one.the "brothers Menaechmus" stays the truest to roman comedy forn with the five staple characters all in there.not for those wihtshort attention spans. ... Read more

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Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this edition of Aristophanes: The Birds and Plautus: The Brothers Menaechmus for performance and study is annotated and includes an introduction that describes ancient Greek stagecraft and the metamorphosis from the Old Greek Comedy to the New Comedy in its Roman form. Also included are a list of the principal dates in the lives of Aristophanes and Plautus as well as a selected bibliography. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 622 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Chapters: Menaechmus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Menaechmus (Greek: , 380320 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician and geometer born in Alopeconnesus (within modern-day Turkey), who was known for his friendship with the renowned philosopher Plato and for his apparent discovery of conic sections and his solution to the then-long-standing problem of doubling the cube using the parabola and hyperbola. Menaechmus is remembered by mathematicians for his discovery of the conic sections and his solution to the problem of doubling the cube. Menaechmus likely discovered the conic sections, that is, the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola, as a by-product of his search for the solution to the Delian problem. Menaechmus knew that in a parabola y² = lx, where l is a constant called the latus rectum, although he was not aware of the fact that any equation in two unknowns determines a curve. He apparently derived these properties of conic sections and others as well. Using this information it was now possible to find a solution to the problem of the duplication of the cube by solving for the points at which two parabolas intersect, a solution equivalent to solving a cubic equation. There are few direct sources for Menaechmus' work; his work on conic sections is known primarily from an epigram by Eratosthenes, and the accomplishment of his brother (of devising a method to create a square equal in area to a given circle using the quadratrix), Dinostratus, is known solely from the writings of Proclus. Proclus also mentions that Menaechmus was taught by Eudoxus. There is a curious statement by Plutarch to the effect that Plato disapproved of Menaechmus achieving his doubled cube solution with the use of mechanical devices; the proof currently known a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1944319 ... Read more

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Chapters: 320 Bc Births, 320 Bc Deaths, Perdiccas, Timon of Phlius, Menaechmus, Timocharis, Gongsun Long, Dinostratus, Alcetas, Zoilus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Timon of Phlius (Greek: ; c. 320-c. 230 BC) was a Greek skeptic philosopher, a pupil of Pyrrho, and a celebrated writer of satirical poems called Silloi (Greek: ). He was born in Phlius, moved to Megara, and then he returned home and married. He next went to Elis with his wife, and heard Pyrrho, whose tenets he adopted. He also lived on the Hellespont, and taught at Chalcedon, before moving to Athens, where he lived until his death. His writings were said to have been very numerous. He composed poetry, tragedies, satiric dramas, and comedies, of which very little remains. His most famous composition was his Silloi, a satirical account of famous philosophers, living and dead, in hexameter verse. The Silloi has not survived intact, but it is mentioned and quoted by several ancient authors. A fairly full account of Timon's life was given by Diogenes Laërtius, from the first book of a work on the Silloi by Apollonides of Nicaea; and some particulars are quoted by Diogenes from Antigonus of Carystus, and from Sotion. He was a native of Phlius, and was the son of Timarchus. Being left an orphan while still young, he was at first a dancer in the theatre, but he abandoned this profession for the study of philosophy, and, having moved to Megara, he spent some time with Stilpo, and then he returned home and married. He next went to Elis with his wife, and heard Pyrrho, whose tenets he adopted, so far at least as his restless genius and satirical scepticism permitted him to follow any master. During his residence at Elis, he had children born to him, the eldest of whom, named Xanthus, he i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1219302 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pytheas, Darius Iii of Persia, Aristander, Menaechmus, Memnon of Rhodes, Theodectes, Demades, Lanike. Excerpt:Aristander of Telmessos (Greek : ; born ca. 380 BC, fl. 2nd half of 4th century BCE), a Greek from Caria , was Alexander the Great 's favorite seer . Aristander was already in Philip's entourage in 357/6, when he correctly interpreted a dream as revealing Olympias' pregnancy. The ancient sources place him interpreting omens from the conqueror's birth to his death. Although details are variously given, and some incidents are fictitious, Aristander was clearly an influential presence during Alexander's campaigns, and played an important role in uplifting the morale of the Macedonian army. There are indications he wrote divinatory works, either before, during or after the expedition, although it is also possible these works were spuriously attributed. Aristander in the sources (A represents Arrian , P Plutarch , C Curtius , D Diodorus , J Justin , S Strabo , Iter. the Itinerarium Alexandri . Passages in which Aristander is mentioned by name are marked with an asterisk.) item Philip dreams he sealed up the womb of his wife Olympias , and that the seal bore a lion device. Aristander interprets the dream optimistically. (*P 2.2 3; Ephorus FGrH 70 217) item Statue of Orpheus in Pieria sweats. Aristander interprets optimistically. (*A 1.11.1 2; *P 14.5; Iter. 17; Ps-Calisthenes 1.42) item Army comes across a fallen statue of Ariobarzanes, former satrap of Phrygia . The seer "Alexander" interprets predicts the victory at Granicus . (D 17.17.6 7) item An insistent swallow bothers the drowsing Alexander at Halicarnassus . Aristander interprets the event to mean that a plot will be revealed to Alexander. (*A 1.25.6 8) item Macedonian soldiers engaged in the siege of Tyre discover ... ... Read more