Miles Gloriosus
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Miles Gloriosus ("The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious Soldier") is a Latin comedy by Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.)[1].
Original text
A play about the Greek soldier "Pyrgopolynices", based on the stock character "Alazon" ("The braggart" - written ἀλαζών in Greek)[2] from Ancient Greek theatre. It is one of the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in its entirety.
Translations and adaptations
Besides many translations over the years, the play has been the source of many other works about such a character, including:
Jacob von Tyboe, eller Den Stortalende Soldat ("Jacob von Tyboe, or The Boastful Soldier") by Ludvig Holberg (1684 –1754)[3]
