Hecyra
play by Terence
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discussed in biography
- In Terence
…Adelphoe; The Brothers), 160 bc; Hecyra, second production, 160 bc; Hecyra, third production, 160 bc. These dates, however, pose several problems. The Eunuchus, for example, was so successful that it achieved a repeat performance and record earnings for Terence, but the prologue that Terence wrote, presumably a year later, for…
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portrayal of Caecilius
- In Statius Caecilius
Terence (Hecyra) tells of Caecilius’s initial failure as a playwright and his subsequent success when his plays were produced by Terence’s own producer, Lucius Ambivius Turpio. Of Caecilius’s comedies, 42 titles and 280 lines or parts of lines are extant. Cicero speaks of him as a…
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