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Ancient beauty. Contemporary luxury.
New Comedy In comedy: Old and New Comedy in ancient Greece him by his wife (Plautus’s Casina); and on an overstern father whose son turns out worse than the product of an indulgent parent (in the Adelphi of Terence). But the satiric quality of these plays is bland.
Casina is the beautiful servant at the house of an old married couple, Lysidamus and Cleostrata. She was abandoned at their door as a child and raised as a. Haec Casina huius reperietur filia esse ex proxumo Eaque nubet Euthynico nostro erili filio. Nunc uos aequomst manibus meritis meritam mercedem dare. Qui faxit, clam uxorem ducet semper scortum quod uolet: Verum qui non manibus clare quantum poterit plauserit, Ei pro scorto supponetur ircus unctus nautea. This second volume of a new Loeb Classical Library edition of all twenty-one of Plautus’s extant comedies presents Casina, Cistellaria, Curculio, Epidicus, and Menaechmi with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, introductions, and ample explanatory notes.
The Casina is a romantic 12th century watchtower, part of the original outer defences of Siena. The house, surrounded by olive groves, is set in the unspoiled renaissance landscape of hills, papal palaces and baroque churches of the Sienese Montagnola, a UNESCO World Heritage site.Totally secluded without being isolated, it is the ideal place for lovebirds or honeymooners, close friends or families. The house is available for weekly rental and amenities include an oxygen-cleaned infinity pool, outdoor hot-tub and indoor steam room.All enquiries, arrangements and bookings can be made through the manager at info@thecasina.com or +44 7791658162.
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