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Menaechmi

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Menaechmi
comedy, by Plautus, about mistakes involving identical twins. [Rom. Lit.: Menaechmi]
See : Twins


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29) Menaechmi, 404: Quasi supellex pellionis palus palo proximust.
For a close parallel (Plautus, Menaechmi 238) see Adagia 2620, entitled "Vel acum inuenisses," ASD, 2, 6.
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.
 
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