The Self-Tormentor (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Terence
- First Published: 163
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Fourteenth century
- Setting: The countryside near Athens
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Parents and children, Mistaken or secret identity, Fathers, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Fourteenth century
- Locales: Greece, Athens, ancient
Characters Discussed
Antiphila (an-TIH-feh-luh), the daughter of Chremes and Sostrata. Given, at birth, to a Corinthian woman, she grows up unknown to her parents. In love with Clinia, she lives with him as his wife. She becomes involved in a plot designed to assist Clitipho in his affair with the prostitute Bacchis, but he is finally persuaded to renounce his mistress. When Antiphila’s identity becomes known, she receives permission to marry Clinia.
Clinia (KLIH-nee-uh), the son of Menedemus. In love with Antiphila but fearing the disapproval of his strict father, he...
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