<b>Blandiri officium meretricium est: prostitutes’ seduction strategies in Plautine comedy
As usually occurs within the appreciation of the characters of Titus Macius Plautus’s (c. 204-184 b.C.) comedies, the prostitutes (meretrices) tend to be reduced to caricatural stereotypes. However, this simplified interpretation contrasts in a certain way with the main characteristics normally attr...
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Universidade Estadual de Maringá
2017-07-01
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Series: | Acta Scientiarum : Language and Culture |
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Online Access: | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/32471 |