Hecyra story
Hecyra (English: The Mother-in-Law) is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Terence.
30 total · 12 major · 18 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a family issue | major | There was a big quarrel over Pamphilus' marriage to the neighbors daughter not working out as planned. |
| family dispute | major | There was a big quarrel over Pamphilus' marriage to the neighbors daughter not working out as planned. |
| father and daughter | major | The story indirectly concerns the relationship between Philumena and her parents as she takes refuge in their house while giving birth to a child that merely by chance is her husband's. |
| father and son | major | Laches arm twisted his son, Pamphilus, into marrying Philumena and then chided him for keeping a mistress. |
| father-in-law and daughter-in-law | major | The story indirectly concerns the relationship between Philumena and her father-in-law Laches who was exerting himself to save her marriage with Pamphilus. |
| husband and wife | major | Laches and Sostrata. Pamhilus and Philumena. Philippus and Myrrina. |
| mother and daughter | major | The story indirectly concerns the relationship between Philumena and her parents as she takes refuge in their house while giving birth to a child that merely by chance is her husband's. |
| mother and son | major | Central to the story was Pamphilus and his mother Sostrata - the eponymous mother-in-law. Sostrata urged her son, Pamphilus, to give Philumena a second chance. |
| mother-in-law and daughter-in-law | major | The titular mother-in-law Sostrata was erroneously thought to have driven off her son Pamphilus' new wife Philumena. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | Much of the story was told through the conversation between the neighbors Phidippus and Laches. |