English translations of this work usually render the name of Peniculus to mean "sponge," losing some of this play's genital jokes, which include the c
English translations of this work usually render the name of Peniculus to mean "sponge," losing some of this play's genital jokes, which include the cook Cylindrus asking one of the title figures whether what he hears as his "precious penis" will be attending a feast. The other title character steals a mantle from his wife to give to his mistress, Erotium, who then baffles the other title figure by asking him to get the mantle fixed. Finally, Messenio, the slave to the character originally named Sosicles, solves the confusion in the last scene of Act Five. FTP, identify this play about a twin from Syracuse who finds his brother, a work of Plautus which inspired The Comedy of Errors.
English translations of this work usually render the name of Peniculus to mean "sponge," losing some of this play's genital jokes, which include the cook Cylindrus asking one of the title figures whether what he hears as his "precious penis" will be attending a feast.
{Menaechmi} [or The {Twin Brothers}]