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... Roman , it blew upon him from that quarter of Italy where Greek thought and Greek life had found a home . And throughout the history of 1 End of 2nd Pun . War , B.c. 201 . 2 Hor . Ep . 2 , 1 , 156 . Porcius Licinius says : - Punico ...
... Roman , it blew upon him from that quarter of Italy where Greek thought and Greek life had found a home . And throughout the history of 1 End of 2nd Pun . War , B.c. 201 . 2 Hor . Ep . 2 , 1 , 156 . Porcius Licinius says : - Punico ...
Page ix
... Roman laws , Roman aqueducts , Roman roads : these are Ro- man indeed ; but Roman literature draws from abroad the sources of its life and strength . helps 6 Of the ' celestial thieves ' who stole fire from Hellas for the uses of Rome ...
... Roman laws , Roman aqueducts , Roman roads : these are Ro- man indeed ; but Roman literature draws from abroad the sources of its life and strength . helps 6 Of the ' celestial thieves ' who stole fire from Hellas for the uses of Rome ...
Page x
... Roman history was constructed , and took a wider and more philo- sophical basis : and in their earlier efforts they made use of the extraordinary talents of PVBLIVS TERENTIVS His life . AFER . As his name implies , he was a foreigner ...
... Roman history was constructed , and took a wider and more philo- sophical basis : and in their earlier efforts they made use of the extraordinary talents of PVBLIVS TERENTIVS His life . AFER . As his name implies , he was a foreigner ...
Page xii
... Roman popu- lace was anything but literary , and would at any moment have turned away from the comparatively severe pleasure of a drama , written in Terence's style , to the excitement of shows and prizefighting . The popular taste ...
... Roman popu- lace was anything but literary , and would at any moment have turned away from the comparatively severe pleasure of a drama , written in Terence's style , to the excitement of shows and prizefighting . The popular taste ...
Page xv
... Roman life . The scene is laid at Athens : the incidents , coinage , dresses are all of Greek cha- racter . And we must remember that Terence and his predecessor Plautus do not merely translate and put on the stage the works of Greek ...
... Roman life . The scene is laid at Athens : the incidents , coinage , dresses are all of Greek cha- racter . And we must remember that Terence and his predecessor Plautus do not merely translate and put on the stage the works of Greek ...
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