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Eunuchus
also: Eunuch
Comedy by Terence (161 BC); Cicero quotes the parasite Gnatho's advice to the soldier (lines 440-445) to illustrate his tit-for-tat motive in defending Vatinius. One of the most popular Roman comedies.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 1.9 §19 the parasite advises the soldier
Cicero quotes Gnatho's tit-for-tat advice to the soldier Thraso in Terence's Eunuchus (lines 440-445): match every move with a counter-move. His drily comic justification for defending Vatinius to needle the optimates who cultivated Clodius.