TERENCE-PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER
\tˈɛɹənspˈʌblɪəs təɹˈɛntɪəs ɐfˈɜː], \tˈɛɹənspˈʌblɪəs təɹˈɛntɪəs ɐfˈɜː], \t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_n_s_p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ__ə_s t_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ__ə_s ɐ_f_ˈɜː]\
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A Latin writer of comedy; born at Carthage about 190 B. C.; died about 159 B. C. He was a slave, but on account of his talent was carefully educated and was manumitted; after the performance of his first comedy, "Andria", in 166 B. C., he enjoyed the friendship of such men as the younger Scipio and Laelius. All his comedies are extant; they are: "Andria", "Hecyra", "Heauton-timorumenos", "Eunuchus", "Phormio", and "Adelphi". There are translations into English by Patrick (1745), Colman (1765), and Riley (1853).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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