- Title
- Mothers-in law in Latin literature and Roman society
- Creator
- Bellemore, Jane; Ryan, Terry
- Relation
- Representations of the Mother-in-Law in Literature, Film, Drama, and Television p. 73-88
- Relation
- https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498569071/Representations-of-the-Mother-in-Law-in-Literature-Film-Drama-and-Television
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- In this chapter we will examine the portrayal of the mother-in-law (hecyra or socrus) in Latin literature. Although there are many hundreds of reference to women who were mothers-in-law, few of these contain characteristics that define the role in any significant way.
- Subject
- Cicero; Terence; hecyra; socrus; ancient sources
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1422139
- Identifier
- uon:37804
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781498569071
- Language
- eng
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