Plautus and Terence (Plautus)
Plautus and Terence wrote comedies for the stage. The plots are Greek-style households, mistaken identity, and clever enslaved characters who save the day.
Grades 7–8. Authors and genres.
How it connects
Comedy is the genre. It is meant to be heard in a theater, not read as history.
Latin words that go with this card: ludus, fabula.