1. imperiumromanum.pl

    Apr 10, 2023Publius Terence Afer (Publius Terentius Afer), also called Terence, who lived around 185/4 1 - 159 BCE, was a Roman comedy writer whose work was popular not only in ancient Rome but also in the Middle Ages and later.Terence used elegant Latin, and in his works, he focused primarily on man, his personality and reactions to entanglement in everyday and unusual problems.
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  3. britannica.com

    Terence (born c. 195 bc, Carthage, North Africa [now in Tunisia]—died 159? bc, in Greece or at sea) was, after Plautus, the greatest Roman comic dramatist, the author of six verse comedies that were long regarded as models of pure Latin.Terence's plays form the basis of the modern comedy of manners.. Terence was taken to Rome as a slave by Terentius Lucanus, an otherwise unknown Roman ...
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  6. historyofcreativity.com

    Publius Terentius Afer (; c. 195/185 c. 159?BC), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic.His comedies were performed for the first time around 170-160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him.
  7. europe.factsanddetails.com

    The remaining eight comedies that were have today are by Publius Terentius Afer, who was born in Carthage and brought as a boy slave to Rome by a senator who was so impressed by the boy's wit and intelligence that he gave him a good education and freed him. Before he was 25, he produced six plays. He then left Rome for Greece, never to return.
  8. 1902encyclopedia.com

    TERENCE. P. Terentius Afer (185 - 159 B.C.) holds a unique position among Roman writers. No writer in any literature has gained so great a reputation who has contented himself with so limited a function. He lays no claim to the position of an original artist painting from life or commenting on the results of his own observation. His art has no ...
  9. westernciv.com

    Publius Terentius Afer (195/185-159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was of North African descent, possibly from Carthage. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170-160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him, and, later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him.
  10. encyclopedia.com

    Literature and the Arts; Classical Literature: Biographies; Terence. Terence. ... views updated Jun 08 2018. Terence. Terence (195-159 B.C.), or Publius Terentius Afer, was a Roman comic playwright. As a translator and adapter of the Greek New Comedy, produced about 336-250 B.C., he gave near-perfect form and expression in Latin to the comedy ...
  11. library.fiveable.me

    Terence was a prominent Roman playwright of the 2nd century BCE, known for his comedic works that adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences. His plays are characterized by their intricate plots, realistic characters, and exploration of social issues, which contributed significantly to the development of Roman literature and drama.
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