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Plautus’ Epidicus focuses on the titular cunning slave, who is on stage for all but 15 of these first 305 lines, and his attempts to rescue himself from certain punishment, after his initial scheme almost collapses with news of a change of heart from his young master. He brings about a dizzying number of deceptions to extricate himself, eventually winning his freedom at the expense of virtually every other character. This commentary aims to recuperate what has all too often been seen as one of Plautus’ minor works, by demonstrating how several alleged incongruities have been misinterpreted, how Epidicus controls and shapes the many plots and plans of this breakneck play, and how the compactness of this drama makes for a unique and compelling comedy. The focus is on the performance and dramatic value of Epidicus, bringing in approaches which have developed since George Duckworth’s 1940 commentary, the last in English. The format enables both line-by-line discussion of the text and approaches to sections and scenes as a whole. Linguistic, metrical and textual discussion are brought to the play anew, building on recent research to not merely explain what the quirks of Plautus’ language, metre and text are, but what it is they do. In all, this thesis aims to fulfil Malcolm Willcock’s desideratum for ‘any general view that this is actually a well conceived, witty and enjoyable play’ – and indeed to provide not merely a general view of its worth, but a detailed and thorough approach to its excellence.

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Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Filosofía con mención en Filosofía Moral y Política / Lo que en esta tesis queremos proponer es que, Al-Farabi resulta un pensador decisivo para los problemas presentes expresados en el diagnóstico foucaultiano de la “gubernamentalidad”, en cuanto presenta, desde la misma herencia aristotélica, una concepción totalmente diferente del hombre, y por lo tanto del sujeto y su relación con los otros, y en general, lo otro, todo cuerpo que nos interpela; es un modo diferente de concebir la existencia sensible. De hecho, una de las vías que ha seguido este diagnóstico foucaultiano es la del filósofo italiano Giorgio Agamben, haciendo a lo largo de toda su obra, referencia a filósofos tanto árabes como judíos, lo que no es un mero gesto erudito, sino que son referencias que resultan fundamentales para sus planteamientos. Y la presente investigación, en cierta medida se inserta en esa vía que Agamben abre como posibilidad al evocar a Averroes y el averroísmo como contraparte del paradigma a través del cual se ha constituido al sujeto en occidente.

This thesis attempts to identify and analyse the influence of the tradition of declamation on characterisation in the dramatic compositions of the Stoic philosopher Seneca. Two argumentative lines structure this thesis: the first relates to a concept of ludism, which is argued to help re-visit declamatory rhetoric, and re-appreciate its functions in Roman society. The second one is twofold: first, that the concept of ludism - in the ways in which it is argued to be applicable to declamatory rhetoric - can describe effectively the influence of declamation on Senecan characterisation; and second, that it may allow us to re-visit the issue of the place of Senecan characterisation within the whole of Seneca’s philosophical writings, by putting into relief an educative function of Senecan characterisation.

by Michael Athans. / "November 30, 1978." Caption title. / Travel support provided in part by National Science Foundation Grant NSF/ENG77-07777