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Plautus ’ characters — many of which seem to crop up in quite a few of his plays — also came from Greek stock, though they too received some Plautine innovations.

Indeed, since Plautus was adapting these plays it would be difficult not to have the same kinds of characters — roles such as slaves, concubines, soldiers, and old men.

By working with the characters that were already there but injecting his own creativity, as J. C. B.

Lowe wrote in his article “ Aspects of Plautus ’ Originality in the Asinaria ”, “ Plautus could substantially modify the characterization, and thus the whole emphasis of a play .”