Contents; Introduction; Note on the Translation; Select Bibliography; The Girl from Andros; The Mother-in-Law; The Self-Tormentor; The Eunuch; Phormio; The Brothers; Explanatory Notes
Summary
Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. This new translation with introduction and explanatory notes aims to convey the liveliness of the plays as pieces written for the theatre. - ;Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. His plays have been imitated by authors as diverse as the nun Hrothswitha in the tenth century and P.G. Wodehouse in the twentieth. They deal with the love-life of adolescen
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxvii)
