The Self-Tormentor

Name: The Self-Tormentor
Author: Terence Publius

by Terence Publius

Roman comedy where a youth torments himself with jealousy and regret

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Terence Publius

Terence refined Roman comedy with greater psychological depth and more elegant Latin than Plautus, drawing directly on Menander. His six surviving comedies were canonical school texts throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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