Terence: the Eunuch

Name: Terence: the Eunuch
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ISBN: 9780856685132

ISBN-10: 0856685135

ISBN-13: 9780856685132

Edition: 2000

Authors: A. J. Brothers, Terence

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When first performed, The Eunuch was a great success. Today, with its larger-than-life characters (particularly the boastful soldier Thraso and the toady Gnatho), its farcical and exaggerated humour and its vigorous action, it strikes the modern reader as the funniest and most Plautine of Terence's six comedies. It is also a play of effective and entertaining contrasts, particularly that between the two brothers Phaedria and Chaerea. Their very different attitudes to love and romance provide one of the play's chief points of interest, while Thais presents yet another picture of love, that of the professional courtesan. The fact that Thais, Thraso and the slave Parmeno are not quite the…

Book details

List price: $38.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 4/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.50" wide x 6.20" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792