The Eunuch (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Terence
- First Published: 161
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Fourth century
- Setting: Athens
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Slavery or slaves, Rape, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Braggarts
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
Characters Discussed
Thaïs (THAY-ihs), a Rhodian courtesan living in Athens. She is wooed by Phaedria, whom she loves, and by Thraso, a braggart captain. Thaïs encourages Thraso’s love because she wishes him to make her a present of a young slave girl. This girl, Pamphila, had been reared as Thaïs’ sister. In fact, she is an Athenian citizen. Thaïs wants to restore the girl to Chremes, Pamphila’s brother. After Thraso gives her Pamphila, Thaïs goes to Thraso’s house. She quarrels with him and returns home to find that Pamphila has been ravished by Chaerea, who...
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