Eunuchus
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300px|thumb|Drawing by Albrecht Dürer of a scene from Eunuchus. Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of rape and reconciliation. It was Terence's most successful play during his lifetime. Suetonius notes how the play was staged twice in a single day and won Terence 8,000 sesterces. The play is a loose translation of one written by Menander in Greek.
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- Eunuchus (Terence)
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- Eunuchus
- date of first performance
- 0161-00-00
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- Ter. Eu.
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18 sectionsContents
- Characters
- Prologue
- Plot
- Metrical structure
- Prologue
- Phaedria is persuaded to leave town
- Chaerea appears
- Chaerea rapes Pamphila
- Phaedria discovers the truth
- Chremes helps defend Thais's house
- Chaerea begs Thais's forgiveness
- Phaedria's father learns the truth
- Thraso comes to an arrangement with Phaedria
- Later allusion
- Translations and adaptations
- Notes
- External links
- Further reading
300px|thumb|Drawing by Albrecht Dürer of a scene from Eunuchus. Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of rape and reconciliation. It was Terence's most successful play during his lifetime. Suetonius notes how the play was staged twice in a single day and won Terence 8,000 sesterces. The play is a loose translation of one written by Menander in Greek.
The play was first performed at the Megalesian Games in Rome in the spring of 161 BC. It is the fourth of Terence's six plays.