SOURCE: "Comedy: Plautus and Terence," in Latin Literature, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895, pp. 14-26.
Mackail was an English critic, biographer, and educator whose books include The Springs of Helicon (1909) and Studies in Humanism (1938). Here, he comments on Terence's position in the history of Roman literature, noting that, while his style is not colorful, it exemplifies the best stylistic qualities of his era.
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