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Terence: The Brothers
A. S. Gratwick
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Description for Terence: The Brothers
Hardback. "Terence's Brothers was put on in Rome in 160 B.C. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
"Terence's Brothers was put on in Rome in 160 B.C. when 'captive Greece was capturing her ruffian conqueror and bringing style to barnyard Latium', when Cato the Elder, still vigorous at 74, was defending 'the ways of our Roman ancestors' with pen and voice, and fourteen years before the destruction of Carthage and Corinth which marked a new epoch in Roman history. It is the latest surviving example of comoedia palliata, and for sustained verve, variety, characterization, and substance it is perhaps the most accomplished of the genre as we know ... Read more
"Terence's Brothers was put on in Rome in 160 B.C. when 'captive Greece was capturing her ruffian conqueror and bringing style to barnyard Latium', when Cato the Elder, still vigorous at 74, was defending 'the ways of our Roman ancestors' with pen and voice, and fourteen years before the destruction of Carthage and Corinth which marked a new epoch in Roman history. It is the latest surviving example of comoedia palliata, and for sustained verve, variety, characterization, and substance it is perhaps the most accomplished of the genre as we know ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Language
Latin
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856683152
SKU
V9780856683152
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99-15
About A. S. Gratwick
edited by A S Gratwick
Reviews for Terence: The Brothers
This is a very important work. It must be noticed not simply as an edition for young students, but as a challenge to most peoples received notions about Terence: his text, his metre, and his ways of dealing with his material. Everybody interested at all in New Comedy should acquire a copy at once."