P. Terentii Afri Comoediae (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from P. Terentii Afri Comoediae Of the personal history of Terence but little is known, and that on the doubtful authority of a Vita Terentii ascribed to Suetonius: according to which he was in his 35th year (nondum quintum atque tricesimum egressus annum) at the performance of his last play (Adelphi) in B.C. 160. His cognomen Afer bears out the common story that he was brought from Africa to Rome, if not actually of Carthaginian blood. At Rome he became the slave of P. Terentius Lucanus, a senator, who had him well educated and at last gave him his freedom: when according to custom he assumed his patron´s nomen Terentius. He at once devoted himself to the only literary occupation of that time, the reproduction in Latin of the works of Greek authors. His first piece (Andria) was referred by the curule aediles to Caecilius Statius, one of the most popular play-wrights at Rome; to whom, as the story goes, Terence recited the opening scene and was at once welcomed as a poet. This interview, if historically true, must have taken place B.C. 168, two years before the production of the play. Its success introduced him to the most intellectual society of Rome, especially that literary circle which gathered round Scipio Aemilianus, comprising such men as C. Laelius (consul 140), Sp. Mummius (brother of the destroyer of Corinth), Lucilius the satirist, Polybius the historian, and Panaetius the philosopher. His intimacy with these men provoked reports that he was assisted by them in the composition of his plays; or further, that they were in fact the real authors, who made him their playmate and butt and left him to starve. 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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