The Comedies of Terence

Terence

THE ANDRIAN. PERSONS REPRESENTED.

THE EUNUCH. PERSONS REPRESENTED.

THE SELF-TORMENTOR. PERSONS REPRESENTED.

THE BROTHERS. PERSONS REPRESENTED.

THE STEP-MOTHER. PERSONS REPRESENTED.

PHORMIO. PERSONS REPRESENTED.

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Frontispiece: Two men with bust of Terence

THE

COMEDIES

OF

TERENCE.

LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE,
WITH NOTES.

By HENRY THOMAS RILEY, B.A.,

LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

THE BLANK VERSE TRANSLATION OF

GEORGE COLMAN.

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1896.

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CONTENTS.

COMEDIES OF TERENCE: IN VERSE.

The Andrian	367
The Eunuch	408
The Self-Tormentor	451
The Brothers	494
The Step-Mother	535
Phormio	568

THE

COMEDIES

OF

TERENCE.

TRANSLATED INTO

FAMILIAR BLANK VERSE,

BY GEORGE COLMAN.

Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim:

Scilicet uni Æquus virtuti atque ejus amicis.

Quin ubi se a vulgo et scena in secreta remorant

Virtus ScipiadÆ et mitis sapientia LÆli,

Nugari cum illo et discincti ludere, donec

Decoqueretur olus, soliti.

Horace.

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THE

COMEDIES

OF

TERENCE.

LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE, WITH NOTES.

By HENRY THOMAS RILEY, B.A.,

LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

THE BLANK VERSE TRANSLATION OF

GEORGE COLMAN.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1896.

HARPER’S

NEW CLASSICAL LIBRARY.

COMPRISING LITERAL TRANSLATIONS OF

12mo, Cloth, $1.00 per Volume.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

CONTENTS.

COMEDIES OF TERENCE: IN VERSE.

THE

COMEDIES

OF

TERENCE.

TRANSLATED INTO

FAMILIAR BLANK VERSE,

BY GEORGE COLMAN.

LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE,
WITH NOTES.