The ‘Plautine’ Lexicon of the Togata. Some Remarks

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The ‘Plautine’ Lexicon of the Togata. Some Remarks

Autore

Giuseppe Eugenio Rallo

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Vita e Pensiero

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04-2023

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10.26350/000193_000153

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0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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The aim of this article is to analyse the use of rare Plautine terms in the surviving titles and fragments of the togata (‘theatrical genre in toga’) attributed to the playwrights Titinius, Afranius, and Atta. The analysis I conduct here suggests that the Plautine influence on the togata, from a lexical point of view, cannot be discarded. However, it would be more appropriate to clarify, on the basis of the extant fragments and titles, the extent of this influence. The terms which may be considered ‘Plautine’ are less significant than one might expect at first, given that the togata presents points of contact with the palliata of Plautus (e.g. themes – for example, ‘multiculturalism’, and characters – for instance, the uxor dotata, i.e. the dowered wife).