SOURCE: "Terence" in The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic, revised edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1964, pp. 91-112.
Beare's The Roman Stage, first published in 1950 and later revised, is a critically-acclaimed survey of Roman drama and its theatrical milieu. Here, he offers detailed examinations of The Girl from Andros and The Eunich and their Menandrian sources, concluding that a "deepening of sentiment … [is Terence's chief claim to originality. "]
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