Terence’s comedies featured archetypal characters such as boastful soldiers and clever slaves, exploring themes of loyalty, familial duty, and societal roles.

Terence, or Publius Terentius Afer, remains a significant figure in Roman literature, renowned for his elegant language, sophisticated plots, and nuanced characterizations across his six …

Terence’s play The Brothers is a translation and, therefore, Romanization of a play originally written by the Greek playwright Menander. A work of Roman New Comedy, the play pokes fun …

Dive deep into A. E. Housman's Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion

SOURCE: An introduction to The Comedies of Terence, translated by Frank O. Copley, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1967, pp. vii-xxi. Like the plays of his predecessor Plautus, all …

The Eunuch is a play by Terence, a Roman playwright who lived during the second century BC. The Eunuch is a play that deals with a common theme for Roman comedy: a cunning slave …

“Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff,” poem LXII of A Shropshire Lad, is a reflective piece often seen as Housman's defense of his poetic choices. As the collection nears its end, Housman uses this ...

Complete summary of Terence's Andria. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Andria.

Complete summary of Terence's Phormio. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Phormio.

This analysis focuses on the complexity of the father-son relationships which occupy the heart of the play—and the heart of much of Terence’s oeuvre.