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'I thought you'd do what the common run of slaves normally do, cheating and tricking me because my son's having an affair.'

Terence's comedies have provided plots and characters for comic drama from classical times to the present; the outstanding comic... Read Full Overview

In English translations that achieve a lively readability without sacrificing the dramatic and comic impact of the original Latin, this volume presents all six comedies: The Girl from Andros (Andria), The Self-Tormentor (Heautontimorumenos), The Eunuch... Read Full Overview

The Roman dramatist Terence (c. 186-159 BC) adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his own time by introducing subtler characterization and more complex plots. In his romantic play, The Girl from Andros, Terence portrays... Read Full Overview

The aim of this series remains that of including the works of all the principal classical authors.

'I thought you'd do what the common run of slaves normally do, cheating and tricking me because my son's having an affair.'Terence's comedies have provided plots and characters for comic drama from classical times to the present; the outstanding comic playwright of his generation... Read Full Overview

Chremes and Phania were brothers, citizens of Athens. Chremes going to Asia, leaves his daughter, Pasibula, in the care of his brother Phania, who, afterward setting sail with Pasibula for Asia, is wrecked off the Isle of Andros. Escaping with their lives, they are kindly received... Read Full Overview

In English translations that achieve a lively readability without sacrificing the dramatic and comic impact of the original Latin, this volume presents all six comedies: The Girl from Andros (Andria), The Self-Tormentor (Heautontimorumenos), The Eunuch (Eunouchus), Phormios,... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

Terence was the outstanding comedic playwright of his generation and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. All six of his plays survive and are collected in this volume. Acknowledged as classics soon after his early death, admired above all for their style but... Read Full Overview

The Comedies of Terence The Self-Tormentor By George Colman The Self-Tormentor is the most neglected of Terence's six comedies, no full scale edition having appeared in England since the end of the last century; yet it is in many ways the author's most exciting play. The plot,... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

P. Terentii Carthaginensis Afri Comoediae Sex, opus litterarium Terentii, poetae et scriptoris Africani, qui in antiquitate vixit, continet sex fabulas scaenicas. Hae fabulae, quae sunt Andria, Hecyra, Heautontimorumenos, Eunuchus, Phormio, Adelphoe, plenae sunt dialogorum inter... Read Full Overview

Comoedia Sex est liber qui a Publio Terentio Afer scriptus est et anno 1619 editus est. Liber sex fabulas comicas continent, quae sunt Andria, Hecyra, Adelphi, Eunuchus, Phormio, et Heautontimorumenos. Terentius Afer fuit poeta Romanus qui saeculo secundo a.C. vixit et fabulas... Read Full Overview