“For what is idly got is idly spent.”
Male partum, male disperit.
Poenulus, Act IV, sc. 2, line 22
Poenulus (The Little Carthaginian)
Quotes from workPoenulus
PlautusOriginal title Poenulus (Latin)
Poenulus, also called The Little Carthaginian or The Little Punic, is a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus, probably written between 195 and 189 BC. The play is noteworthy for containing text in Carthaginian Punic, spoken by the character Hanno in the fifth act.
