Facts about Terence

Summary

Terence (born as Publius Terentius Afer in Carthage, Tunisia) was a famous Playwright from Rome, who lived between 185 BC and 159 BC.

Biography

Publius Terentius Afer, best known as Terence, was a Roman comedy writer. The nickname AFER, "African", tells of his origin, perhaps from Carthage and the Roman site in Libya. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, led Terentius to Rome as a slave, educated him and later, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terentius died at a young age, probably in Greece or on the journey back to Rome. He only managed to write six comedies, all published between the years 166-160 BC, but they are all preserved for posterity.

Terentius is next to the main Roman Plautus comedy writer. He is less bold, and the hallmark of his comedies is a well-detailed language and a sophisticated comedy. He portrayed the bourgeois everyday life with its marital strife, love, adventure and reckless sons. The prototype was, as in Plautus, the Greek nykomedier, especially Menands.

Our collection contains 34 quotes who is written / told by Terence, under the main topics: Design, Motivational.

Related authors: Terence Fisher, Plautus

Source / external links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence