[Footnote 15: The _Asinaria_ was adapted from the Ὀναγὸς of Demophilus; the _Casina_ from the Κληρούμενοι, the _Rudens_ from an unknown play, perhaps the Πήρα, of Diphilus; the _Stichus_, in part, from the Ἀδελφοί ά of Menander. Menander’s Δὶς ἐξαπατῶν was probably the source of the _Bacchides_, while the _Aulularia_ and _Cistellaria_ probably were adapted from other plays (titles unknown) by Menander. The _Mercator_ and _Trinummus_ are adaptations of Philemon’s Ἐμπορος and Θησαυρός, the _Mostellaria_ very possibly is an adaptation of his Φάσμα, the _Amphitruo_, perhaps, an adaptation of his Νὺξ μακρά.] [Footnote 16: It seemed best to make no exceptions to this rule; even such a line as Bacchides 107 is therefore omitted. Cf. Lindsay, _Classical Quarterly_, 1913, pp. 1, 2, Havet, _Classical Quarterly_, 1913, pp. 120, 121.] BIBLIOGRAPHY _Principal Editions:_ Merula, Venice, 1472; the first edition. Camerarius, Basel, 1552. Lambinus, Paris, 1576; with a commentary. Pareus, Frankfurt, 1619, 1623, and 1641. Gronovius, Leyden, 1664-1684. Bothe, Berlin, 1809-1811. Ritschl, Bonn, 1848-1854; a most important edition; contains only nine plays. Goetz, Loewe, and Schoell, Leipzig, 1871-1902; begun by Ritschl, as a revision and continuation of the previous edition. Ussing, Copenhagen, 1875-1892; with a commentary. Leo, Berlin, 1895-1896. Lindsay, Oxford, 1904-1905. Goetz and Schoell. Leipzig, 1892-1904. _English Translations:_ Thornton, and others, London, second edition, 1769-1774; in blank verse. Sugden, London, 1893; the first five plays, in the original metres. _General:_ Ritschl, _Parerga_, Leipzig, 1845; _Neue plautinische Excurse_, Leipzig, 1869. Müller, _Plautinische Prosodie_, Berlin, 1869. Reinhardstoettner (Karl von), _Spätere Bearbeitungen plautinischer Lustspiele_, Leipzig, 1886. Langen, _Beiträge zur Kritik und Erklärung des Plautus_, Leipzig, 1880; _Plautinische Studien_, Berlin, 1886. Sellar, _Roman Poets of the Republic_, Oxford, third edition, 1889, pp. 153-203. Skutsch, _Forschungen zur lateinischen Grammatik und Metrik_, Leipzig, 1892. Leo, _Plautinische Forschungen_, Berlin, 1895; second edition, 1912; _Die plautinischen Cantica und die hellenistische Lyrik_, Berlin, 1897. Lindsay, _Syntax of Plautus_, Oxford, 1907. PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS Ambrosianus palimpsestus (A), 4th century. Palatinus Vaticanus (B), 10th century. Palatinus Heidelbergensis (C), 11th century. Vaticanus Ursinianus (D), 11th century. Leidensis Vossianus (V), 12th century. Ambrosianus (E), 12th century. Londinensis (J), 12th century. P = the supposed archetype of BCDVEJ. SOME ANNOTATED EDITIONS OF PLAYS IN THE FIRST VOLUME