Abstract

The ways of naming the comedian which happen to survive to us arePlautus, Macci Titi, Maccus, (M)accius, andT. Macci Plauti;the best attested oi these names,Plautus, is twice adorned with curiously arch flourishes. The evidence as a whole presents two main problems: how do we interpret and reconcileMacci Titi, Maccus, andMaccius: and how do these names relate to the namePlautus? The purpose of this paper is to emphasize more strongly some known facts and relate them to a point not brought into the discussion before.