As três moedas (Trinummus)
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Trinummus is another fabula paliata by Plautus. Enriched by the art of the Latin author, the result was too tedious and very elitist, compared to what usually characterized the Plautine comic. Through stock characters of fixed social types (e.g. the old, the Young, the slaves), several cultures themes are analized, such as friendship, morality, loyalty, money. Thus, the senex Charmides, whose assets were in danger because of the conduct of his son, Lesbonicus, leaves Athens. Meanwhile, his young son and daughter were trusted to his friend Callicles, as well as his house. Secretly, Callicles told Charmides about the treasure buried in his home. However, Charmides was in a dilemma, between keeping the secret of his friend and avoiding the dissolute house for sale. Therefore, Callicles felt the moral obligation of purchasing it. Lisiteles involuntarily made the situation worse, because of his intention to marry Lesbonicus’ sister. The proposal required a dowry, which constituted a problem to Lesbonicus and to Callicles. This senior, wrongly judged both socially (cf. Megaronides), and privately (cf. Charmides, who had returned from his trip), was finally thanked and praised, when all the facts were acknowledged.
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Reina Marisol Troca Pereira é Professora Auxiliar com Agregação (Departamento de Letras, Universidade da Beira Interior). Doutoramento em Letras (Linguística), pela Universidade da Beira Interior, 2003; 2º Doutoramento (Literatura Grega), pela Universidade de Coimbra; Mestrado em Literaturas Clássicas, Universidade de Coimbra, 2000; Licenciatura em Línguas e Literaturas Clássicas e Portuguesa, Universidade de Coimbra, 1997; Professora Auxiliar, com vínculo, na Universidade da Beira Interior (leccionação de disciplinas de Licenciatura, Mestrado e Doutoramento, no âmbito da Cultura Clássica, Literatura, Teoria da Literatura e Linguística); Directora do Curso de Mestrado em Estudos Ibéricos (até 2009); Directora do Curso de Mestrado em Ciências Documentais (desde 2009); membro do Centro de Investigação de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra; traduções publicadas (grego-português, latim-português) e artigos; Pós-Doutoramento (Literatura e Cultura Latina e Humanista), Universidade de Coimbra, 2013.
Auxiliary Professor with Aggregation (Faculty of Letters, University of
Beira Interior). Ph.D. in Arts (Linguistics), University of Beira Interior,
2003; 2nd PhD (Greek Literature), University of Coimbra; Master in
Classical Literature, University of Coimbra, 2000; Degree in Classical and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, University of Coimbra, 1997; Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior (teaching disciplines of Bachelor, Master and PhD within the Classical Culture, Literature, theory of Literature and Linguistics), Director of the Master Course in Iberian Studies (until 2009) and Information Sciences (since 2009), member of the Research Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra; published translations (Greek-Portuguese, Latin-Portuguese) and articles; Post-Doctoral Degree (Literature and Latin Culture and Humanistic), at the University of Coimbra, 2013.
