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' plays were originally staged around 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' 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.
His plays were heavily used to learn to speak and write in Latin during the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period, and in some instances were imitated by William Shakespeare.
One famous quotation by Terence reads: "''Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto''", or "I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me." This appeared in his play ''Heauton Timorumenos''. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Terence
Published 1713
Published 1713
printed for J. & B. Sprint in Little-Britain, T. Child in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Hartley in Holbourn
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by Terence
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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by Terence
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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by Terence
Published 1755
Published 1755
[printed for R. Ware, T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Whiston and B. White, J. and J. Rivington, [and 4 others in London]
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by Terence
Published 1726
Published 1726
apud Cornelium Crownfield. MDCCXXVI. Veneunt & Londini apud Jacobum Knapton, Robertum Knaplock, Paulum Vaillant Bibliopolas
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by Terence
Published 1713
Published 1713
printed for J. & B. Sprint in Little-Britain, T. Child in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and N. Cliff & D. Jackson at the Bible and 3 Crowns in Cheapside