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  • Plautus: Cistellaria

    Series series Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
    This volume is the first book-length introduction to Plautus' Cistellaria (The Jewelry Box), offering an incisive overview for both students and scholars coming to it for the first time. This play is a story of young lovers defying social norms and disapproving parents in order to be together, featuring a memorable cast of characters and moments of both high humor and drama. This classic mistaken ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Terence

    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A comprehensive collection of essays by leading scholars in the field that address, in a single volume, several key issues in interpreting Terence offering a detailed study of Terence’s plays and situating them in their socio-historical context, as well as documenting their reception through to present day• The first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English, by leading scholars in ... Read more

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    On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up

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    Series Book 71 - Sather Classical Lectures
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    Series Book 67 - Cornell Studies in Classical Philology
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    Edited by Marilyn B. Skinner ...
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    Cross-Dressing and Transgender Dynamics in the Ancient World

    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
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    Self-Presentation and Society

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  • Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire

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    Series series Classical Culture and Society
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