Xanthias ["zan-thee-us"] and Trimalchio held this position, and Plautus created the character of Pseudolus, an example of the stock "clever" variety of these characters.
A character with this occupation successfully unites Calidorus with his love Phoenicium. A character of this occupation trades Heracles costumes with Dionysus in an Aristophanes play, while another character who was formerly of this occupation throws a lavish (*) feast in Petronius's Satyricon. Xanthias ["zan-thee-us"] and Trimalchio held this position, and Plautus created the character of Pseudolus, an example of the stock "clever" variety of these characters. In a fable, Androcles befriends a lion after fleeing this role. For 10 points, name this position Aesop initially held before his stories convinced his master to free him.
A character with this occupation successfully unites Calidorus with his love Phoenicium.
slave (prompt on “servant”; prompt on “freedman”)