This publication presents an introductory study, of didactic nature, to Plautusโ Bacchides. Aspects related to the context, the characteristics, the structure and the characters of the play are discussed, as well as the problem of Plautusโ originality regarding the creation of the โthird deceptionโ
Clรกudia Teixeira รฉ professora auxiliar do Departamento de Linguรญstica e Literaturas da Universidade de รvora e investigadora do Centro de Estudos Clรกssicos e Humanรญsticos da Universidade de Coimbra. Na sua actividade de investigaรงรฃo tem privilegiado a literatura latina, particularmente a Eneida de Virgรญlio e os romances de Petrรณnio e Apuleio. Neste momento, integra a equipa que estรก a traduzir a Historia Augusta.
Clรกudia Teixeira is assistant professor at the Department of Linguistics and Literatures of the University of รvora and member of the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies of the University of Coimbra. Her chief research interests lie in Latin Literature, especially in Virgilโs Aeneid and in Petroniusโ and Apuleiusโ novels. She is currently working on the translation of Historia Augusta.