The Andria of Terence
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Excerpt from The Andria of Terence: Adapted for Presentation at St. Peter´s College, Radley; With a Translation The Andria needs little introduction to any audience; here at Radley none, in the strict sense. A few words of explanation, however, are needed this year. The play has been acted here on four previous occasions; and even now that we have taken to straying into less familiar paths of Latin comedy it has been thought well to make an exception, and in this case ´anticum obtinere´ - ´to keep the good old ways.´ Terence should be represented by one play at least in our series; and he can be represented by none so fitly as the Andria, which is probably on the whole to be regarded as the crowning achievement of Roman Comedy. It is somewhat the fashion in these days to decry Terence, which is perhaps an inevitable reaction from the excessive admiration of last century. Comparisons are made between Greek and Latin plays highly unfavourable to the latter. Is it realised that in reproducing Terence we are really reproducing what is in its essence Greek? The Latin in it is accidental. If we had Menander, we would act him: unhappily we have not, and not having him, let us do the best we can, and act ´half-Menander,´ as Terence is called by Julius Cæsar in lines not known so well as they deserve to be, thus paying him the finest compliment ever given to a translator. But in these latter days a stout champion has arisen for Terence in an unexpected quarter. George Meredith, in his Essay on Comedy, quotes Sainte-Beuve as calling up the ghost of Menander, saying, "For the love of me love Terence." It is through love of Terence," he adds, "that moderns are able to love Menander." Again, "For us Terence shares with his master the praise of an amenity that is like Elysian speech, equable and ever gracious; like the face of the Andrian´s young sister: - ´Adeo modesto, adeo venusto, ut nil supra.´ About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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