Amphitryon (play)

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Amphitryon is a Latin play for the early Roman theatre by playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is Plautus’ only play on a mythological subject; he refers to it as a tragicomoedia (tragic comedy) in the prologue. It includes Amphitryon’s jealous and confused reaction to Alcmena’s seduction by Jupiter and ends with the birth of Hercules.

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author

Plautus

character in play

Alcmena (Amphitryon’s wife), Amphitryon, Blepharo (ship’s pilot), Bromia (Alcmena’s maid), Jupiter, Mercury, Sosia (Amphitryon’s slave)

setting of play

Thebes before the house of Amphitryon