When A Young Man Falls in Love by Rosivach Vincent J

Author:Rosivach, Vincent J.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)

A modern reader may well be put off by the way in which Crito is eager to take possession of the wealth Chrysis has left behind while at the same time censuring the way in which she acquired it. According to Donatus, however, the ancient audience would have seen things differently. Commenting on Crito’s opening remarks, Donatus says (ad 798):

For the sense of what is fitting for a serious man has been preserved since Crito was embarrassed by his cousin … by having him say these words Terence introduces him as someone honorable and worthy of being believed.27

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