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The Samarites by Petrus Papeus offers an effective blending of gospel narrative and ancient Roman comedy, combining manner of Plautus and Terence with the didacticism of medieval allegory and morality plays and the poetic diction of Renaissance humanism. In the Samarites they are the ingredients that present both moral and doctrinal teachings related to the gospel parables of the Prodigal Son and Good Samaritan. Papeus’ work is an excellent example not only of the early modern school play, but also of the shifting conceptions of drama in Europe at that time. Daniel Nodes presents a critical edition and translation of the play together with a humanist commentary produced in Toledo by Alexius Vanegas three years after the play’s first printing in Antwerp.

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“Nodes has produced a fine text that materially adds to our knowledge of Neo-Latin drama and a relatively unknown Neo-Latin dramatist, and through the inclusion of Vanegas' commentary, gives us insight into traditional methods of commenting and interpreting.” Mark Riley, California State University, Sacramento. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.12.32.

Nodes has produced a fine text that materially adds to our knowledge of Neo-Latin drama and a relatively unknown Neo-Latin dramatist, and through the inclusion of Vanegas' commentary, gives us insight into traditional methods of commenting and interpreting. Mark Riley, California State University, Sacramento. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.12.32.

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Daniel Nodes, Ph.D. (1982) University of Toronto, is Professor of Classics in Baylor University. He has published works on biblical epic, Sentences-commentaries, homiletics and drama from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period.

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