Pseudolus is a play by the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is one of the earliest examples of Roman literature. The play begins with the shortest prologue of any of the known plays of Plautus though it is not known whether Plautus wrote this prologue himself or if it was added later.
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author
Plautus
character in play
Cook, Attendant Slaves, Ballio Phoenicium's pimp, Calidorus, Callipho - neighbor of Simo, Charinus Calidorus' friend, Courtesans, Harpax slave of an officer, Phoenicium prostitute, Pseudolus slave of Calidorus, Simia slave of Charinus, Simo father of Calidorus, Young Slave of Ballio
setting of play
a street in Athens before the houses of Simo Callipho and Ballio
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