Roman Comedy XXV: Terence’s Phormio, or Athens Legal

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inRoman Comedy, The Romans

Liars and lovers and lawyers, oh my!

Discussion Prompts
  1. Retell this story from the perspective of the women seen or mentioned in this play.
  2. The usual directing questions: vision, interpretation, setting, dream cast.
  3. Discuss Geta and Phormio and how they fit (or don’t fit) the stock characters of the clever slave and parasite.
  4. Discuss how Nausistrata fits (or doesn’t fit) the stock character of the wife/mother.

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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