Plautus and Terence

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Plautus and Terence (1873)
by William Lucas Collins

Chapter I. Introductory.—
The Ancient Comic Drama

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Volume XVI of the "Ancient Classics for English Readers" series, the books of which series are useful as a preliminary acquaintance to readers that wish to read the ancient texts for the first time and also a nice interpretation of them for readers that are already acquainted with them. In this volume, the plays of Menander, Plautus, and Terence are presented, with explanatory notes and interpretive commentary.

This copy is an 1880 reprint of the 1873 edition.

1980829Plautus and Terence1873William Lucas Collins

Ancient Classics for English Readers

EDITED BY THE

REV. W. LUCAS COLLINS, M.A.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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