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Terence

The Comedies

Douglas Parker translator Constance Carrier translator Terence editor Palmer Bovie editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Published:1st Feb '92

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Terence's comedies sparkle and delight. -- Tina Howe In the gifted hands of these translators, Roman comedy turns to English comedy of the finest. -- Robert Fagles, Princeton University.

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).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).

The best Terrence available, indeed the only one that can be recommended to students without apology. Classical World

ISBN: 9780801843549

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 567g

424 pages