Gaertner, Jan Felix (2020). Speaker assignations and characterization in Plaut. Bacch. 1120-1140. Hermes-Z. Klass. Philol., 148 (3). S. 312 - 324. STUTTGART: FRANZ STEINER VERLAG GMBH. ISSN 2365-3116
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For about 200 years, the opening verses of the final scene of Plautus's Bacchides have been commonly edited in such a fashion that the speaker assignations produce a contradictory and dramatically weak dialogue. By a few minor modifications, a coherent dialogue can be restored. The two Bacchis sisters are consistently characterized and their contrasting attitudes and temperaments correspond to those of the two old men, who, too, are presented as two opposites. Since the corresponding scene in Menander's Dis Exapaton must have been designed quite differently, the symmetrical composition is entirely Plautus's own work and is witness to his careful composition and aesthetic judgement.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-327335 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.25162/HERMES-2020-0023 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Hermes-Z. Klass. Philol. | ||||||||
Volume: | 148 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | S. 312 - 324 | ||||||||
Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
Publisher: | FRANZ STEINER VERLAG GMBH | ||||||||
Place of Publication: | STUTTGART | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2365-3116 | ||||||||
Language: | German | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 2: Archäologie, Altertumskunde und Kulturen des Mittelmeerraums > Institut für Altertumskunde | ||||||||
Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32733 |
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