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Page xii
... Eunuchus . The Phormio . The Adelphi . Of these the ' Eunuchus ' is said by some to have been acted twice in the same day ; and the ' Phormio ' to have been acted four times in the same year ( but see the notes on the Inscriptions to ...
... Eunuchus . The Phormio . The Adelphi . Of these the ' Eunuchus ' is said by some to have been acted twice in the same day ; and the ' Phormio ' to have been acted four times in the same year ( but see the notes on the Inscriptions to ...
Page xv
... Eunuchus . ' Terence says , speaking of Lavinius : Quam nunc acturi sumus Menandri Eunuchum postquam Aediles emerunt , Perfecit sibi ut inspiciendi esset copia . Magistratus quum ibi adessent occepta est agi . Exclamat furem non poetam ...
... Eunuchus . ' Terence says , speaking of Lavinius : Quam nunc acturi sumus Menandri Eunuchum postquam Aediles emerunt , Perfecit sibi ut inspiciendi esset copia . Magistratus quum ibi adessent occepta est agi . Exclamat furem non poetam ...
Page xxv
... Eunuchus , ' of Phormio , of Parmeno in the ' Hecyra , ' as compared with the slaves in the other plays . Indeed every slave that appears in Terence has his distinctive marks . Davus , in the ' Andria , ' is impudent and crafty , never ...
... Eunuchus , ' of Phormio , of Parmeno in the ' Hecyra , ' as compared with the slaves in the other plays . Indeed every slave that appears in Terence has his distinctive marks . Davus , in the ' Andria , ' is impudent and crafty , never ...
Page lviii
... Eunuchus iv . 3 , 23 , a simple alteration would be " At pól ego amatorés mulierum esse eós audieram máximos . " In Hecyra v . 1. 19 , we may shift the Hiatus to volui , accenting thus : " Máne nondum étiam díxi id quód voluí . Hic núnc ...
... Eunuchus iv . 3 , 23 , a simple alteration would be " At pól ego amatorés mulierum esse eós audieram máximos . " In Hecyra v . 1. 19 , we may shift the Hiatus to volui , accenting thus : " Máne nondum étiam díxi id quód voluí . Hic núnc ...
Page lxiv
... Eunuchus iii . 5 , and Hecyra iii . 3. This kind of verse is too familiar to require any criticism here . Terence , as all Roman poets , allows himself more licence than the Greek tragedians , but not more than the poets of the New ...
... Eunuchus iii . 5 , and Hecyra iii . 3. This kind of verse is too familiar to require any criticism here . Terence , as all Roman poets , allows himself more licence than the Greek tragedians , but not more than the poets of the New ...
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