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TERRANCE BIOGRAPHYFull Name: Publius Terentius AferBorn: 195 BCBirthplace: CarthageDied: 159 BCPlace of Death: GreeceFrom Slavery to success

A LIST OF HIS WORKSAndria - 166 BCHecyra (The Mother-in-Law) - 165 BCHeauton timoroumenos (The Self-Tormentor) - 163 BCEunuchus (The Eunuch) - 161 BCPhormio - 161 BCAdelphi (The Brothers) - 160 BC.

ANDRIA

FAMOUS PASSAGESI. interea mulier quaedam abhinc

trienniumex Andro commigravit huc viciniae,                  70inopia et cognatorum neglegentiacoacta, egregia forma atque aetate integra.SO. ei, vereor nequid Andria adportet mali!SI. primo haec pudice vitam parce ac duriteragebat, lana ac tela victum quaeritans;                  75sed postquam amans accessit pretium pollicensunus et item alter, ita ut ingeniumst omniumhominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem,accepit condicionem, de(h)inc quaestum occipit.qui tum illam amabant forte, ita ut fit, filium           80perduxere illuc, secum ut una esset, meum.egomet continuo mecum "certe captus est:habet". observabam mane illorum servolosvenientis aut abeuntis: rogitabam "heus puer,dic sodes, quis heri Chrysidem habuit?" nam Andriae      85illi id erat nomen.

SIMOMeanwhile, three years ago, a certain woman from Andros removed hither into this neighborhood, driven by poverty and the neglect of her relations, of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth.SOSIAAh! I'm afraid that this Andrian will bring some mischief.SIMOAt first, in a modest way, she passed her life with thriftiness and in hardship, seeking a livelihood with her wool and loom. But after an admirer made advances, promising her a recompense, first one and then another; as the disposition of all mankind has a downward tendency from industry toward pleasure, she accepted their proposals, and then began to trade upon her beauty. Those who then were her admirers, by chance, as it often happens, took my son thither that he might be in their company. Forthwith I said to myself, " He is surely caught; he is smitten."9 In the morning I used to observe their servant-boys coming or going away; I used to make inquiry, "Here, my lad, tell me, will you, who had Chrysis yesterday?" for that was the name of the Andrian touching SOSIA on the arm .

EUNUCHUS

FAMOUS PASSAGEColax Menandri est; in ea est parasitus Colax, Et miles gloriosus; eas se non negat

Personas transtulisse in Eunuchum suam ex Graeca; sed eas fabulas factas prius Latinas scisse sese id vero pernegat. Quod si personis iisdem uti aliis non licet, Qui magis licet currentes servos scribere, Bonas matronas facere, meretrices malas, Parasitum edacem, gloriosum militem, Puerum supponi, falli per servum senem, Amare, odisse, suspicari? Denique Nullum est iam dictum, quod non dictum sit prius. Quare aequum est vos cognoscere atque ignoscere Quae veteres factitarunt si faciunt novi. Date operam, et cum silentio animadvertite, Ut pernoscatis quid sibi Eunuchus velit.

That so it is, you will now be enabled to judge. The Colax is a Play of Meander's; in it there is Colax, a Parasite, and a braggart Captain: he does not deny that he has transferred these characters into his Eunuch from the Greek; but assuredly he does deny this, that he was aware that those pieces had been already translated into Latin. But if it is not permitted us to use the same characters as others, how can it any more be allowed to represent hurrying servants, to describe virtuous matrons, artful courtesans, the gluttonous parasite, the braggart captain, the infant palmed off, the old man cajoled by the servant, about love, hatred, suspicion? In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before. Wherefore it is but just that you should know this, and make allowance, if the moderns do what the ancients used to do. Grant me your attention, and give heed in silence, that you may understand what the Eunuch means.

REVIEW OF TERRANCE’S LEGACYWe have over six-hundred Terence manuscripts, some of

great antiquity and accuracy, dating from many different periods of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Compared to Plautus whose plays survived medieval times on the slenderest of threads, the existence of so many copies of Terence's work is a remarkable tribute to his endurance as an artist. All in all, it is hard to find any age in which Terence's work has not been praised and imitated and his name not widely known, except our own, of course. On whom that will reflect more—Terence or us?—only the future can say.

-Mark Damen

PLAUTUS

BIOGRAPHY

Full Name: Titus Maccius PlautusBorn: 254Place of Birth: 254 BCDied: 184 BCPlace of Death: RomeFrom Humble Beginnings to

Timeless Fame

A LIST OF HIS WORKSWhile Plautus produced a wealth of plays, 52 are known, many

have been partly or completely lost.Plays surviving in their entirety:

AmphitryonAsinariaAululariaBacchidesCaptiviCasina

CistellariaCurculioEpidicusMercatorMiles GloriosusMostellariaPersaPseudolus

RudensStichusTrinummusTruculentus

AMPHITRYON

FAMOUS PASSAGE

MANAECHMI

FAMOUS PASSAGE

MENAECHMUS SOSICLESto himself . O ye immortal Gods! on what man ever have you conferred more blessings in one day, who hoped for less? I've been breakfasting, drinking, feasting with a mistress; and I've carried off this mantle, of which she shall no more be owner after this day.PENICULUSIsn't he now talking about me, and my share of the repast? I can't well hear what he says.MENAECHMUS SOSICLESto himself . She says that I secretly gave her this, and that I stole it away from my wife. When I perceived that she was mistaken, at once I began to assent, as though I really had had acquaintanceship with her. Whatever the woman said, the same said I. What need of many words? I was never entertained at less expense.PENICULUSapart . I'll accost the fellow; for I quite long to have a row.

MEN. Pro di immortales, quoi homini umquam uno dieboni dedistis plus, qui minus speraverit?prandi, potavi, scortum accubui, apstuli                         hanc, quoius heres numquam erit post hunc diem.PEN. Nequeo quae loquitur exaudire clanculum;satur nunc loquitur de me et de parti mea.MEN. Ait hanc dedisse me sibi, atque eam meae uxori surrupuisse. quoniam sentio                     errare, extemplo, quasi res cum ea esset mihi,coepi adsentari: mulier quidquid dixerat,idem ego dicebam. quid multis verbis <opust>?minore nusquam bene fui dispendio.             PEN. Adibo ad hominem, nam turbare gestio.

REVIEW OF HIS LEGACYPlautus' works have been adapted by many later playwrights.

His Amphitryo was the basis for Giraudoux's Amphitryon 38. Menaechmi or The Menaechmus Twins inspired, among others, Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and Rodgers' and Hart's The Boys from Syracuse. The Pot of Gold became Moliere's The Miser. And Pseudolus, Casina and several other plays were combined in Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

-HUMANITIES I: GST 201-B

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