<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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Main Author: Carol Martins da Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2017-07-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Language and Culture
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/32471