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Amphitryon
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Amphitryon (ămfĭ`trēən, –ŏn'), in Greek mythology, son of Alcaeus. While betrothed to Alcmene, he accidentally killed her father, Electryon. Alcmene and Amphitryon fled to Thebes, but she demanded that he defeat Pterelaos, her father's enemy. This Amphitryon did, but on the night of his return Zeus took Amphitryon's form and came into Alcmene's bed. That night she conceived children by both Zeus and Amphitryon. Hercules was the son of Zeus, Iphicles the son of Amphitryon.
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argues that Comedy, particularly Plautine, can introduce gods and lofty material into its plot-lines without compromising its identity and she uses Amphitruo as her example and analogy and in support of her characterisation of the fable as a story in the comic genre.
R. May: Apuleius and Drama: The Ass on Stage by James, Paula / Ancient Narrative
The beginning point centers around the plays of Plautus, especially Menaechmi, Amphitruo, Mostellaria, Captivi, Miles Gloriosus, Casina, and Rudens, and of Terence, especially Andria, Eunuchus, Hecyra, and Adelphoe.
Shakespeare and Classical Comedy: The Influence of Plautus and Terence by Kallendorf, Craig / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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