This publication includes the translation of the Plautusโ Mercator, with an introduction and footnotes. In the introduction, the most relevant elements of the play are analyzed aiming at its theoretical contextualization: the question of structure, the father/son rivalry as the central theme of the comedy; the characters; the language and the style; the comic; and the problematic chronology of the play. The study is complemented with an actualized bibliography.
Aires Pereira do Couto รฉ professor catedrรกtico do Centro Regional de Viseu da Universidade Catรณlica Portuguesa e investigador do Centro de Estudos Clรกssicos e Humanรญsticos do Instituto de Estudos Clรกssicos da Universidade de Coimbra. No รขmbito da sua atividade de docente e investigador, tem privilegiado os estudos de lรญngua e literatura latina โ sobretudo comรฉdia โ e do humanismo quinhentista portuguรชs. รย autor de vรกrias traduรงรตes de Plauto e de Terรชncio.