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The Traveling Merchant in a Comedy of Plautus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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A familiar figure in ancient Greek and Latin literature is the traveling merchant. Sometimes we find him in his work, usually having some adventure, even exploring new lands. Plautus, who lived in 254-184 B. C. and used Greek themes and contemporary figures in his comedies, made such a merchant the hero of his play, Mercator. The play deals with a young Athenian traveling merchant by the name of Charinus.

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Business History Review , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1941 , pp. 31 - 32
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1941

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