Terence

Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. His date of birth is unknown, but his comedies were performed for the first time ca. 170 BC-160 BC, and he died young in 159 BC. He wrote six plays, all of which have survived (by comparison, his predecessor Plautus wrote twenty-one extant plays).

Bibliography

• Andria (The Girl from Andros, 166 BC)
• Hecyra (The Mother-in-Law, 165 BC)
• Heautontimorumenos (The Self-Tormentor, 163 BC)
• Eunuchus (The Eunuch, 161 BC)
• Phormio (Phormio, or The Scheming Parasite, 161 BC)
• Adelphoe or Adelphi (The Brothers, 160 BC)