Wit, Witticisms and Humor of Plautus

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Excerpt from Wit, Witticisms and Humor of Plautus: Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Latin in the Graduate School of the University of Illinois, 1909Son of a slave. If so, his life may have been the cause of some of the rudeness displayed in the plays, but this is more likely due to the taste of the people.1 As to his appearance, he is supposed to give a description of himself in one of his plays, where he speaks of a certain red-haired fellow, pot bellied, with thick calves, swarthy, with a big head, sharp eyes, red face, and very large feet.2 If this description is true, he was not as handsome as he was skillful in writing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.