Plautus and Terence

by William Lucas Collins

 

Ancient Classics for English Readers

EDITED BY THE

REV. W. LUCAS COLLINS, M.A.

 

PLAUTUS AND TERENCE

 

 

PLAUTUS AND TERENCE

 

BY THE

REV. W. LUCAS COLLINS, M.A.

AUTHOR OF
'ETONIANA,' 'THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,' ETC.

 

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

1873.—REPRINT, 1880

 

CONTENTS.

 

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CHAP.		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTORY—THE ANCIENT COMIC DRAMA,	1
II.	MENANDER,	6
III.	PLAUTUS,	30
IV.	THE COMEDIES OF PLAUTUS:—	35
	THE THREE SILVER PIECES—THE BRAGGADOCIO—THE HAUNTED HOUSE—THE SHIPWRECK—THE CAPTIVES—THE TWO MENÆCHMI—AMPHITRYON—THE POT OF GOLD—THE TRICKSTER—THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN—STICHUS, ETC.
V.	TERENCE,	95
VI.	THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE:—	100
	THE MAID OF ANDROS—THE MOTHER-IN-LAW—THE SELF-TORMENTOR—THE ETHIOPIAN SLAVE—PHORMIO—THE BROTHERS.

 

 

NOTE.

 

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These pages are much indebted to M. Guizot's volume entitled 'Menandre; Etude Historique, &c.:' also to Mr Dunlop's 'History of Roman Literature.'

No attempt has been made to avoid roughness in the metre of the translations from Plautus and Terence; they can hardly be, in this respect, more irregular than the originals.

W. L. C.⁠

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE SERIES.

 

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HOMER: THE ILIAD,	By the Editor.
HOMER: THE ODYSSEY,	By the Same.
HERODOTUS,	By George C. Swayne, M.A.
CÆSAR,	By Anthony Trollope.
VIRGIL,	By the Editor.
HORACE,	By Theodore Martin.
ÆSCHYLUS,	By the Right Rev. the Bishop of Colombo.
XENOPHON,	By Sir Alex. Grant, Bart., LL.D.
CICERO,	By the Editor.
SOPHOCLES,	By Clifton W. Collins, M.A.
PLINY,	By A. Church, M.A., and W. J. Brodribb, M.A.
EURIPIDES,	By William Bodham Donne.
JUVENAL,	By Edward Walford, M.A.
ARISTOPHANES,	By the Editor.
HESIOD AND THEOGNIS,	By the Rev. James Davies, M.A.
PLAUTUS AND TERENCE,	By the Editor.
TACITUS,	By William Bodham Donne.
LUCIAN,	By the Editor.
PLATO,	By Clifton W. Collins.
THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY,	By Lord Neaves.
LIVY,	By the Editor.
OVID,	By the Rev. A. Church, M.A.
CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, & PROPERTIUS,	By J. Davies, M.A.
DEMOSTHENES,	By the Rev. W. J. Brodribb, M.A.
ARISTOTLE,	By Sir Alex. Grant, Bart., LL.D.
THUCYDIDES,	By the Editor.
LUCRETIUS,	By W. H. Mallock, M.A.
PINDAR,	By the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A.