Project Gutenberg 2007-09-21 Public domain in the USA. 81 Terence Afer, Publius Terentius Terentius, P. (Publius) Apher, Publius Terentius Colman, George 1732 1794 Colman, George, the elder Colmann, George Coleman, George The Comedies of Terence Reading ease score: 94.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. The Andrian -- The eunuch -- The self-tormentor -- The brothers -- The step-mother -- Phormio. Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Comedies of Terence" by Terence is a collection of ancient Roman plays written in the 2nd century BCE. This work presents a series of comedic dramas that explore themes of love, social norms, and the complexities of human relationships, often highlighting the interactions between masters and slaves. The characters frequently portray struggles over romantic entanglements and familial expectations, with the figures of Pamphilus and Glycerium emerging as central players in tales of love and reputation. The opening portion introduces the character Simo, who is in conversation with Sosia about his son Pamphilus and his questionable romantic involvement with an Andrian woman, Glycerium. Simo describes how Pamphilus has been seemingly virtuous but is now entangled in conflicted feelings of duty towards his father and love for Glycerium. Simo's goal is to arrange a marriage for Pamphilus, despite his son's hidden affection for Glycerium, introducing intrigue as characters like Davus scheme around the impending marriage and the social repercussions of Pamphilus' choices. This initial setup creates an engaging narrative that explores themes of deception, loyalty, and the balancing act between familial obligation and personal desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Terence -- Translations into English Latin drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English PA Text Browsing: Literature 867675 867608 2024-10-10T04:55:01.892979 2023-09-10T08:19:50.929656 text/html text/html 895116 2007-09-21T10:10:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 386343 2007-09-21T10:10:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 474174 2024-10-10T04:55:28.612861 application/epub+zip 485090 2024-10-10T04:55:07.131964 application/epub+zip 316810 2024-10-10T04:55:04.211969 application/epub+zip 858881 2024-10-10T04:55:38.380811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 752185 2024-10-10T04:55:25.615849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540950 2022-09-10T14:45:17.410891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497446 497348 2024-10-10T04:54:55.955009 2023-09-10T08:19:45.171602 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 496749 2007-09-21T10:10:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 181537 2007-09-21T10:10:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 497292 2007-09-21T10:10:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181546 2007-09-21T10:10:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22171 2024-10-10T04:55:38.573771 application/rdf+xml 12675 2024-10-10T04:55:04.936945 image/jpeg 3830 2024-10-10T04:55:04.569957 image/jpeg 443319 2024-10-10T04:55:01.977983 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia