The Senex Amator in Plautus
1984; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 31; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0017383500028564
ISSN1477-4550
Autores Tópico(s)Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods
ResumoOf the twenty-nine series in the Plautine corpus, seven may legitimately be called senex amator – that is, an old man who for some reason contracts a passion for a young girl and who, in varying degrees, attempts to satisfy this passion. They are Demaenetus ( Asinaria ), Philoxenus and Nicobulus ( Bacchides ), Demipho ( Cistellaria ), Lysidamus ( Casino ), Demipho ( Mercator ), and Antipho ( Stichus ). Two others – Periplectomenos ( Miles ) and Daemones ( Rudens ) – still, perhaps, feel the sap rising, but they keep their instincts within acceptable limits, and both are regarded as senes lepidt , a description which usually denotes approval of a character.
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