The Brothers (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Terence
- First Published: 160
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Second century
- Setting: Athens
- Principal Characters: Micio, Demea, Aeschinus, Ctesipho, Sostrata, Pamphila, Sannio, Hegio
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Parents and children, Love or romance, Slavery or slaves, Education or educators, Brothers, Fathers, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Athens, Greece, Greece, ancient
The Story:
Micio was an aging, easygoing Athenian bachelor whose strict and hardworking brother Demea had permitted him to adopt and rear Aeschinus, one of Demea’s two sons. Unlike his brother, Micio had been a permissive parent, choosing to let pass many of Aeschinus’ small extravagances on the assumption that children are more likely to remain bound to their duty by ties of kindness than by those of fear.
Micio came to wonder if his policy had been the best. One day, shortly after Aeschinus had told him he was tired of the Athenian courtesans and wanted to marry,...
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