[Perikles]

Originally Posted by sosia

I wanted to explain an englishman what to do at the guard door

please Perikles (greek) read the greek origin of sosia
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Greek-2004/sosia.htm
Saludos

Yes thanks, I knew the name Sosias for the slave in Aristophanes, but if somebody like Plautus changes it to Sosia (in Latin) for no particular reason then it sounds like a very feminine ending to me. (Sexuality in slaves is a difficult subject - he could have been portrayed as effeminate ) I'm not saying it has to be feminine, I'm just saying it sounds like it to me, that's all.

(The Athenian Perikles had a girlfriend called Aspasia - perhaps this has influenced me )