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The comedies

Terence, 186 or 5 B.C.-ca. 161 B.C.2004
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Roman dramatist, Terence, adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his time by introducing subtler characterization and more complex plots, giving his plays a sense of humanity that became a model in the Renaissance and greatly influenced Moliere.
Main title:
The comedies / Terence ; translated with an introduction by Betty Radice.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1976.
Collation:
400 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Latin.
Contents:
Contents: The girl from Andros - The self-tormentor - The eunuch - Phormio - The mother-in-law - The brothers.
ISBN:
9780140443240 (pbk)
Dewey class:
872.01872
Local class:
872.01
Language:
EnglishLatin
BRN:
787775
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