Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Seminar für Klassische Philologie
The parade of cooks at the beginning of "Andria" and the opening procession of hetaerae in "Hecyra", which were both accompanied by music and dance, are hitherto overlooked examples for Terence's great, but frequently underestimated... more
In the comic battle of insults at the centre of Horace's "Journey to Brundisium" (Sat. 1.5), Sarmentus, a member of Maecenas' entourage, makes fun of the Campanian illness (morbus Campanus) of his local opponent, Messius. This mysterious... more
Six-page lexicon article that discusses Terence's Self-Tormentor as a milestone in his work, i.e., as the first fully developed double plot (the two plot lines of the earlier Andria are not yet inextricably linked with each other). Also... more