Wednesday, October 16, 2024

16.10.24: Follow-up on the previous post; ghosts etc. [5] creature features [1]

Referring to: https://www.facebook.com/.../permalink/533141859297087/

mōnstrum, -ī [2/n] the term does not just refer to a “monster” as we imagine it now, but anything that conjured up wonder or, in the case of Plautus, fear …

Is this stereotypical comedy, where men think they’re in charge – but it’s actually the women who call the shots – any different from situation comedies now, yet they’re 2000 years apart?

monstrum mulieris, tantilla tanta verba funditat, (Plautus) │ A monstrosity of a woman! Diminutive as she is, she does spit out such mighty words


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