Terence

The Comedies

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Editor:

Terence,
Bovie, Palmer

Translator:

Carrier, Constance
Parker, Douglass

ISBN:

978-0-8018-4353-2

Publication Date:

Feb 1992

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $45.00USD $45.00

Book Description:

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, The Brothers(Adelphoe), and Her Husband's Mother(Hecyra).

Book Details

Pages:	424
Detailed Subjects:	Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical Drama / Ancient & Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6 x 9 Inches
Book Weight:	1.625 Pounds

Author Biography

(Editor)

Terence was born in Carthage. As a boy, he was the slave of Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, who educated him and set him free. He was an intimate friend of the younger Scipio and of the elegant poet Laelius. They were the gilded youth of Rome, and Terence's plays were undoubtedly written for this inner circle, not for the vulgar crowd. They were adapted from Menander and other Greek writers of the New Comedy and, in the main, were written seriously on a high literary plane with careful handling of plot and character. The six comedies are all extant. 020

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