Rudens

About “Rudens”

Rudens is a play by the Roman author Plautus. Its title translates from Latin as "The Rope," and it has been known in English as The Shipwreck or The Fisherman's Rope. The play is a Roman comedy that follows the story of Palaestra, a girl stolen from her parents by pirates. She is eventually reunited with her father, Daemones, through her pimp, Labrax. The story takes place on the coast of Cyrene in north Africa, though the characters come from various Mediterranean cities, including Athens. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)