Plautus: Mostellaria

Plautus'' Mostellaria is one of ancient Rome''s most breezy and amusing comedies. The plot is ridiculously simple: when a father returns home after three years abroad, a clever slave named Tranio devises deceptions to conceal that the son has squandered a fortune partying with pals and purchasing his prized prostitute''s freedom. Tranio convinces the gullible father that his house is haunted, that...