Stichus
Sign in to saveStichus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. According to a notice transmitted with the play, Stichus was first performed in 200 BC, and was adapted from the play Adelphoe by Menander.
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- Author
- Titus Maccius Plautus
- First published
- 1850
- Editions
- 6
- Subjects
- Comedy
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Key facts
- Play.name
- Stichus
- Play.writer
- Plautus
- Play.setting
- Athens
- Play.premiere
- 200 BC
- Play.place
- Rome?
- Play.orig_lang
- Latin
- Play.genre
- Roman comedy
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Key dates
- Inception
- 200 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Plautus
- Genre
- fabula palliata
- Narrative location
- Athens
- Image
- Monterozzi necropolis — Tomb of the Leopards.jpg
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Metrical and dramatic structure
- The plot in detail
- The sisters' dilemma
- Pinacium brings good news
- The husbands arrive
- Stichus's homecoming feast
- The dances begin
- Translations
- References
- External links
Stichus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. According to a notice transmitted with the play, Stichus was first performed in 200 BC, and was adapted from the play Adelphoe by Menander.
== Plot == In Athens, the two daughters of wealthy Antipho, Panegyris and Pamphila, are married to the brothers Epignomus and Pamphilippus. Due to mismanagement of their property, the two husbands became merchants to make money, and by the start of the play they have been away for more than two years. As no news has been received about their husbands' whereabouts, the women are urged by their father to remarry, but they refuse.