The Kinaidos Comes to Rome: Plautusâ Cinaedi

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Plautusâ comedies mark an essential point of departure for investigating the figure of the cinaedus in Roman literature and culture for several reasons. First, Plautus, whose plays date circaÂ 205â184â¯BCE, represents the earliest extant use of cinaedus in Latin literature. Second, and working in tandem with his early date, Plautusâ fabulae palliatae adapt the New Comedy of Menander. Plautus thus plays a vital role in the import of the Greek kinaidos into Roman culture. Third, Plautus uses the word with high frequency. Plautus occupies an important place in the history of the cinaedus and his transition. I discuss cinaedus and cinaedicus as the words appear throughout the Plautine corpus. I trace patterns of use and meaning imbedded within these appearances of cinaedus, which I organize through observations surrounding humor, alleged sexual behavior and desire (or their absence), gender performativity, and intersectional identities and axes of power.

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Searching for the Cinaedus in Ancient Rome

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