The Comedies of Terence: Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes

(Unicode) file encoding, including a few words in accented Greek: συρίσκος Œ, œ (“oe” ligature) If any of these characters do not display properly, or if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that the browser’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change your browser’s default font. All Greek words have mouse-hover transliterations: συρίσκος . Typographical errors are similarly noted . This translation was published as part of a volume also containing the 1765 George Colman text. These are available as a separate e-text. For details on the Riley translation and its publishing history, including the source of the frontispiece, see the end of this file . Italics in the translation indicate text added by the translator, not present in the Latin original. THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE. LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE, WITH NOTES. By HENRY THOMAS RILEY, B.A., LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE BLANK VERSE TRANSLATION OF GEORGE COLMAN. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1896. HARPER’S NEW CLASSICAL LIBRARY. COMPRISING LITERAL TRANSLATIONS OF CÆSAR. VIRGIL. SALLUST. HORACE. TERENCE. TACITUS. 2 Vols. LIVY. 2 Vols. CICERO’S ORATIONS. CICERO’S OFFICES, LÆLIUS, CATO MAJOR, PARADOXES, SCIPIO’S DREAM, LETTER TO QUINTUS. CICERO ON ORATORY AND ORATORS. CICERO’S TUSCULAN DISPUTATIONS, THE NATURE OF THE GODS, AND THE COMMONWEALTH. JUVENAL. XENOPHON. HOMER’S ILIAD. HOMER’S ODYSSEY. HERODOTUS. DEMOSTHENES. 2 Vols. THUCYDIDES. ÆSCHYLUS. SOPHOCLES. EURIPIDES. 2 Vols. PLATO (SELECT DIALOGUES). 12mo, Cloth, $1.00 per Volume. Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. The above works are for sale by all booksellers, or they will be sent by Harper & Brothers to any address on receipt of price as quoted. If ordered sent by mail, 10 per cent. should be added to the price to cover cost of postage. PREFACE. In this Version of the Plays of Terence the Text of Volbehr, 1846, has been followed, with the few exceptions mentioned in the Notes. The Translator has endeavored to convey faithfully the meaning of the author, and although not rigorously literal, he has, he trusts, avoided such wild departures from the text as are found in the versions of Echard, Cooke, Patrick, and Gordon. CONTENTS. COMEDIES OF TERENCE: IN PROSE. Andria; or, the Fair Andrian 1 Eunuchus; or, the Eunuch 63 Heautontimorumenos; or, the…