Terence
Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. Terence's plays were originally staged around 166–160 BC.According to ancient authors, Terence was born in Carthage and was brought to Rome as a slave, where he gained an education and his freedom; around the age of 25, Terence is said to have made a voyage to the east in search of inspiration for his plays, where he died either of disease in Greece, or by shipwreck on the return voyage. However, Terence's traditional biography is often thought to consist of speculation by ancient scholars who lived too long after Terence to have access to reliable facts about his life.
Terence's plays quickly became standard school texts. He ultimately secured a place as one of the four authors taught to all grammar pupils in the Western Roman Empire, and retained a central place in the European school curriculum until the 19th Century, exercising a formative influence on authors such as William Shakespeare and Molière. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Terence
Published 1705
Published 1705
printed for S. and J. Sprint in Little-Britain, Timo. Childe in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and John Hartley in Holbourn
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by Terence
Published 1741
Published 1741
printed for D. Midwinter, W. Innys, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, J. Pote, E. Wicksteed, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst and J. Davidson
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by Terence
Published 1724
Published 1724
printed by S. Palmer, for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. and B. Sprint, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn, W. Mears, R. Robinson, and S. Tooke
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Published 1765
Published 1765
printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, in the Strand; W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; W. Flexney, Grays-Inn Gate, Holborn; R. Davis, in Picadilly [sic]; T. Davies in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden
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Published 1731
Published 1731
typis T. Wood; impensis R. Knaplock, J. & J. Knapton, D. Midwinter & A. Ward, A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, B. Sprint, W. Innys, C. Rivington, J. Osborn & T. Longman, R. Robinson, B. Motte, F. Clay, J. Batley, & R. Hett
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by Terence
Published 1740
Published 1740
typis T. Wood; impensis Caroli Bathurst, ad Medii Templi Portam in Fleet Street
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Published 1749
Published 1749
printed, with his Majesty's royal licence and privilege, for Thomas Astley, and sold by R. Baldwin, jun. at the Rose in Pater-Noster Row
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Published 1740
Published 1740
Impensis J. Pote, C. Bathurst, J.F. & C. Rivington, B. Law, R. Horsfield, G. Keith, S. Crowder, T. Longman, E. Johnson, J. Wilkie, G. Robinson, E. Johnston, R. Baldwin, T. Caslon, J. Nicol, S. Bladon, W. Goldsmith, W. Stuart