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- The Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy
- The Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Prologue
- Acknowledgements
- Extant Plays by Plautus and Terence
- Abbreviations Used for References to Fragments
- Introduction: Roman Comedy
- Part I The World of Roman Comedy
- Part II The Fabric of Roman Comedy
- Part III The Sociology of Roman Comedy
- 10 Fathers and Sons
- 11 Slaves and Roman Comedy
- 12 Mothers and Whores
- 13 Gods and Roman Comedy
- 14 Legal Laughter
- 15 Family Finances
- Part IV The Reception of Roman Comedy
- Bibliography
- Index Rerum
- Index Locorum
- Cambridge Companions to …
- References
12 - Mothers and Whores
from Part III - The Sociology of Roman Comedy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2019
- The Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy
- The Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Prologue
- Acknowledgements
- Extant Plays by Plautus and Terence
- Abbreviations Used for References to Fragments
- Introduction: Roman Comedy
- Part I The World of Roman Comedy
- Part II The Fabric of Roman Comedy
- Part III The Sociology of Roman Comedy
- 10 Fathers and Sons
- 11 Slaves and Roman Comedy
- 12 Mothers and Whores
- 13 Gods and Roman Comedy
- 14 Legal Laughter
- 15 Family Finances
- Part IV The Reception of Roman Comedy
- Bibliography
- Index Rerum
- Index Locorum
- Cambridge Companions to …
- References
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- The Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy , pp. 200 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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