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The Comedies of Terence
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textPublius Terentius Afer came to Rome from Carthage as a slave, was freed by his master, and wrote six comedies in the 160s BC, all of which survive. His surname, Afer, means the African. One of his lines is still quoted: I am human, and I think nothing human alien to me.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 8 hr 35 min
- Where to find it
- The African Reading Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #22188. In the public domain in the United States.