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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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Ademas, ya en el siglo XV las comedias de Plauto, en especial su Amphitruo, habian influido de forma decisiva en Francisco de Sa de Miranda (Rebello, Historia 47).
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On this same reckoning, if Platus is the source, the most likely passages would be Amphitruo 254, impransus fui, or Stichus 533, impransus sum.
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Amphitryon
In the body of the volume--the discussion of Errors--Riehle's primary thesis is that Plautine features are pervasive in the play, not confined to plot-arrangement as has previously been assumed, and that the Amphitruo is a more important model than the Menaechmi.
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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
The ingenious commingling of deities and mortals in a quasi-adulterous menage a trois gives Plautus's Amphitruo a broad comic appeal and a plot line that subsequent playwrights frequently have borrowed.
The Peninsular Amphitruo: the Plautine adaptations of Juan de Timoneda and Luis de Camoes
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
This startling innovation may be seen in Plautus' Amphitruo.
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