Terence / edited and with an English translation by John Barsby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terence, author.

Contributor:

Barsby, John, editor, translator.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 22-23.

Loeb Classical Library ; 22-23

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Terence--Translations into English.

Terence.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Digital Loeb.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The six plays by Terence (died 159 BCE), all extant, imaginatively reformulate Greek New Comedy in realistic scenes and refined Latin. They include Phormio, a comedy of intrigue and trickery; The Brothers, which explores parental education of sons; and The Eunuch, which presents the most sympathetically drawn courtesan in Roman comedy. Terence brought to the Roman stage a bright comic voice and a refined sense of style. His six comedies--first produced in the half dozen years before his premature death in 159 BCE--were imaginatively reformulated in Latin plays written by Greek playwrights, especially Menander. For this new Loeb Classical Library edition of Terence, John Barsby gives us a faithful and lively translation with full explanatory notes, facing a freshly edited Latin text. Volume I contains a substantial introduction and three plays: The Woman of Andros, a romantic comedy; The Self-Tormentor, which looks at contrasting father-son relationships; and The Eunuch, whose characters include the most sympathetically drawn courtesan in Roman comedy. The other three plays are in Volume II: Phormio, a comedy of intrigue with an engaging trickster; The Mother-in-Law, unique among Terence's plays in that the female characters are the admirable ones; and The Brothers, which explores contrasting approaches to parental education of sons. The Romans highly praised Terence--"whose speech can charm, whose every word delights," in Cicero's words. This new edition of his plays, which replaces the now outdated Loeb translation by John Sargeaunt (first published in 1912), succeeds in capturing his polished style and appeal.

Contents:

v. I. The woman of Andros. The self-tormentor. The eunuch

v. II. Phormio. The mother-in-law. The brothers.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Terence. Works.

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