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- Title
Panegyris Channels Penelope: Mêtis and Pietas in Plautus's Stichus.
- Authors
Krauss, Amanda N.
- Abstract
The article examines the play "Stichus," by T. Maccius Plautus. Critics said they find a tripartite structure and highlights different groups of characters at the beginning, middle and end of the play. The initial scenes of the plot focused on two sisters Pamphila and Panegyris wherein they are waiting for the return of their long-lost husbands from a journey abroad. The article examines the two scenes in which the sisters appear and considers textual evidence for their agency and cleverness. It also considers the sisters' mention of Penelope and its significance for the literary and social setting of the play.
- Subjects
STICHUS (Play : Plautus); PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius; SISTERS; LITERARY characters; LITERATURE; CRITICISM
- Publication
Helios, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
0160-0923
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/hel.0.0004