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Se, na comédia plautina, a cortesã aparece quase sempre retratada como uma mala meretrix, com Terêncio ela afasta-se do seu carácter tradicional e é apresentada de um modo diferente. Este estudo pretende, através da análise de cada uma das cortesãs terencianas, demonstrar que a maioria delas não se preocupa apenas em assegurar o seu futuro, procura também - através de uma conduta nobre e generosa, e, por vezes, com um sorriso desencantado e uma profunda compreensão das amarguras humanas, em resultado da longa experiência de sofrimento que possui - reabilitar a sua imagem e ser digna do respeito e da estima das outras pessoas.
If, in the Plautine comedy, the courtesan is almost always depicted as the mala meretrix, in Terence she distances from her traditional character and is presented in a different way. Through the analysis of each one of Terence's courtesans, this study aims to show that most of them do not worry about having a safe future. Through a noble and generous behaviour, and, sometimes with a disenchanted and deep understanding of human suffering, as a result from their long experience of distress, they also aim to rehabilitate their image in order to deserve other people's respect and esteem.
If, in the Plautine comedy, the courtesan is almost always depicted as the mala meretrix, in Terence she distances from her traditional character and is presented in a different way. Through the analysis of each one of Terence's courtesans, this study aims to show that most of them do not worry about having a safe future. Through a noble and generous behaviour, and, sometimes with a disenchanted and deep understanding of human suffering, as a result from their long experience of distress, they also aim to rehabilitate their image in order to deserve other people's respect and esteem.