Miles Gloriosus

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Miles Gloriosus is a comedic Roman play by Plautus that satirizes the archetype of the boastful, cowardly soldier.

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Miles Gloriosus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin play ⓘ
ancient Roman comedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Plautus ⓘ
basedOn Greek New Comedy tradition ⓘ
culture Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
dramaticStructure five-act structure ⓘ
featuresCharacter Palaestrio ⓘ
Periplectomenus ⓘ
Philocomasium ⓘ
Pleusicles ⓘ
Pyrgopolynices ⓘ
Sceledrus ⓘ
featuresCharacterType miles gloriosus ⓘ
featuresMotif disguise ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
trickery ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
hasStockCharacter clever slave ⓘ
courtesan ⓘ
old man neighbor ⓘ
parasite ⓘ
young lover ⓘ
hasTheme deception ⓘ
love intrigue ⓘ
mockery of military pretension ⓘ
servant cleverness ⓘ
hasTitleMeaning The Braggart Soldier ⓘ
influenced Renaissance European comedy ⓘ
commedia dell’arte braggart soldier ⓘ
stock character Il Capitano ⓘ
literaryDevice exaggeration ⓘ
situational irony ⓘ
verbal irony ⓘ
literaryForm fabula palliata ⓘ
literarySignificance canonical example of the braggart soldier type ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman theatre ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
parodies boastful soldier archetype ⓘ
partOf Plautine corpus ⓘ
linked to: Plautus
periodOfOrigin 3rd century BC ⓘ
portrays boastful warrior ⓘ
cowardly soldier ⓘ
satirizes braggart soldier ⓘ
setting Ephesus ⓘ
titleCharacter Pyrgopolynices ⓘ
workOf Plautus ⓘ

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Plautus → notableWork → Miles Gloriosus ⓘ
Asinaria → relatedWork → Miles Gloriosus ⓘ