Titus Maccius Plautus, Stichus

JOHN THORBURN

Ed. by William John Dominik, University of Otago
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: Anca Dan (École Practique de Hautes Études PSL), Martine Diepenbroek (University of Johannesburg), William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Victoria Fendel (University of Oxford), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Guendalina Daniela Maria Taietti (University of Liverpool), Jula Wildberger (American University of Paris)

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First circulation or publication c. -200

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Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire) (Country of Origin)

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Comedy
Play

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Plautus’ comedy,

Stichus

, staged in 200 BC at the Plebeian Games in Rome, is supposed to have been adapted from the first production of Menander’s

Brothers

(

Adelphoe

). The play is set in Athens before three houses: one belonging to Antipho, an elderly Athenian gentleman, and the other two belonging to his sons-in-law, Epignomus and Pamphillipus, young Athenian brothers.

As the play opens, Antipho’s daughters, Panegyris and her unnamed sister, discuss their husbands Epignomus and Pamphillipus, who have been abroad for three years. Antipho soon enters and suggests that his daughters, given their husbands’ lengthy absence, should move back into his house. The women, however, resist because they both remain faithful to their husbands. After their father exits, Panegyris sends her maid

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Citation: THORBURN, JOHN. "Stichus". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 October 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21415, accessed 24 November 2024.]

Titus Maccius Plautus, Stichus

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