The habit of the gowk of laying its eggs in the nest of others birds provides an opportunity, in a passage of Plautus, to move against an old philanderer, who makes a flirt in home of a meretrix, instead of staying with his elderly wife. The present article provides a semiotic analysis of this interesting passage.
Il cuculo e un vecchio donnaiolo: Plauto, Asin. 923
Alberto Borghini
2017-01-01
Abstract
The habit of the gowk of laying its eggs in the nest of others birds provides an opportunity, in a passage of Plautus, to move against an old philanderer, who makes a flirt in home of a meretrix, instead of staying with his elderly wife. The present article provides a semiotic analysis of this interesting passage.
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