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Senex amans

Senex amans logo #21000 A senex amans (from Latin: `aged lover`, `amorous old man`) is a stock character of classical Greek and Roman comedy, medieval literature (e.g., fabliau) and drama. It is an old jealous man married to a young woman and thus often an object of mockery. He is variously ugly, impotent, puritanical, and foolish to be cuckolded by a young and hands...
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Senex Amans

Senex Amans logo #22385A stock character in medieval fabliaux, courtly romances, and classical comedies, the senex amans is
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