Article: Terence

Terence Publius terentius Poéte Comique Latin.
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     264 words ...

Article: Local playwright inspired by career of ancient writer.(NEWS)
The Virginian Pilot;  January 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fellow playwright Publius Terentius Afer, whose last ... birth and death of Publius Terentius Afer, but what ... house of Senator Terentius Lucanus. The lawmaker recognized ... the Moon." But Publius Terentius Afer remains the ...

Encyclopedia entry: Terence
Who's Who in the Classical World;      700+ words ...Terence ( Publius Terentius Afer ), the Roman playwright, author of fabulae palliatae ... came to Rome as a slave in the household of a senator called Terentius Lucanus, was soon freed, but died still young on a visit to Greece ...

Article: More new laws favour criminals
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  July 11, 2008 ;     321 words ... ... for coming to the conclusion that Britain's police force is now more of a police farce! It seems the Roman dramatist Publius Terentius Afer (better known as Terence) hit the nail on the head when he said, more than 2,000 years ago: "In the most corrupt ...

Encyclopedia entry: Valerius Flaccus
Who's Who in the Classical World;      700+ words ... ... epic (a fact of more than chronological importance). Indebted to the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius (and perhaps of Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus, but moulded above all by Virgil, Valerius' poem follows the Argonauts' expedition through many famous ...

Encyclopedia entry: Aratus
Who's Who in the Classical World;      700+ words ... ... in the ancient world, and was one of the very few Greek poems translated into Arabic. Latin translations were made by Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus, Cicero, Germanicus, and Avienus. It was read more for its literary charm than its astronomical content ...

Article: Stop stealing: Written word too precious to pilfer
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  January 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... belong to. Maya Angelou didn't say, "Nothing human is alien to me," for example; a second- century Roman named Publius Terentius did. It wasn't Bobby Kennedy who dreamed up, "Some men see things as they are and say why; I dream things that never ...