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Obras

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El comediógrafo latino Publio Terencio Afro estrenó entre los años 170 y 160 a. C. sus seis obras, todas las cuales se han conservado. Según Suetonio (que es la fuente principal de que disponemos en relación a este autor) nació en Cartago y fue un esclavo liberto que se acabó introduciendo en los círculos de la nobleza romana. Hizo un viaje a Grecia, a cuyo regreso por mar habría muerto (159 a. C.). Sus seis comedias son Andria, La suegra, Formión, El eunuco, Heautontimorumenos y Los hermanos. Como Plauto, siguió el modelo de la Comedia Nueva griega, en especial a Menandro, a la que añadió un mayor tratamiento psicológico y realista de los personajes, lo que acerca un tanto sus comedias al drama, y un argumento de líneas más nítidas. Sus personajes son los mismos que los de Plauto (esclavos, parásitos, cortesanas, miles gloriosus...), pero se distinguen de ellos por la mayor intencionalidad moral de su tratamiento.

624 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 2008

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Terence

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Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185–159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. 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. Terence, apparently, died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. His six verse comedies, that were long regarded as models of pure Latin, form the basis of the modern comedy of manners.

One famous quotation by Terence reads: "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto", or "I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me." This appeared in his play, Heauton Timorumenos.

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