{"product_id":"terence-heauton-timorumenos-the-self-tormentor-paperback","title":"Terence - Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublius Terentius Afer is better known to us as the Roman playwright, Terence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of his life, especially the early part, is either unknown or has conflicting sources and accounts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis birth date is said to be either 185 BC or a decade earlier: 195 BC. His place of birth is variously listed as in, or, near Carthage, or, in Greek Italy to a woman taken to Carthage as a slave. It is suggested that he lived in the territory of the Libyan tribe that the Romans called Afri, near Carthage, before being brought to Rome as a slave. Probability suggests that it was there, in North Africa, several decades after the destruction of Carthage by the Romans in 146 BC, at the end of the Punic Wars, that Terence spent his early years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne reliable fact is that he was sold to P. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, who had him educated and, impressed by his literary talents, freed him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese writing talents were to ensure his legacy as a playwright down through the millennia. His comedies, partially adapted from Greek plays of the late phases of Attic Comedy, were performed for the first time around 170-160 BC. All six of the plays he has known to have written have survived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeed, thanks to his simple conversational Latin, which was both entertaining and direct, Terence's works were heavily used by monasteries and convents during the Middle Ages and The Renaissance. Scribes often learned Latin through the copious copying of Terence's texts. Priests and nuns often learned to speak Latin through re-enactment of Terence's plays. Although his plays often dealt with pagan material, the quality and distinction of his language promoted the copying and preserving of his text by the church. This preservation enabled his work to influence a wide spectrum of later Western drama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was 25 (or 35 depending on which year of birth you ascribe too), Terence travelled to Greece but never returned. It has long been assumed that he died at some point during the journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf his own family nothing is known, except that he fathered a daughter and left a small but valuable estate just outside Rome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis most famous quotation reads: \"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto\", or \"I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53125568233779,"sku":"9781787806542","price":20.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/E2cwEraiP785GMArj5mgug.webp?v=1774244891","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/terence-heauton-timorumenos-the-self-tormentor-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}