The Comedies Of Terence

by Clayton, Frederick; Leigh, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780859897570
• ISBN10: 0859897575
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-27
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

TheComedies of Terencepresents entirely new translations, in rhyming couplets, of all six extant plays by this Latin author, dating from the period 166-60 BC. An excellent literary translation, the versions remain very close to Terence's texts; consequently they will be not only enjoyable to the general reader, but also great value to the student of classics. The Introduction is in itself a major contribution to our understanding of Terence.

Author Biography

Frederick Clayton was Professor of Classics at the University of Exeter. Matthew Leigh, who has written the Introduction to this volume, first became interested in Terence while serving as Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is currently Fellow and Tutor in Classics at St Anne’s College, Oxford. He is author of Lucan: Spectacle and Engagement (Oxford, 1997) and Comedy and the Rise of Rome (Oxford, 2004).

Table of Contents

Translations of Terences' plays
The woman from Andros	p. 1
The self-tormentor	p. 51
The eunuch	p. 101
Phormio	p. 153
The mother-in-law	p. 203
The brothers	p. 239
Frederick W. Clayton 1913-1999	p. 283
Epilogue to the mother-in-law	p. 287
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