{"product_id":"9780674995987","title":"Phormio. The Mother-in-Law. The Brothers by Terence","description":"The Roman comic playwright \"whose every word delights.\"Terence  brought to the Roman stage a bright comic voice and a refined sense of  style. His six comedies-first produced in the half dozen years before  his premature death in 159 BC-imaginatively reformulated in Latin plays  that were originally written by Greek playwrights, especially Menander.  For this new Loeb Classical Library edition of Terence, John Barsby  gives us a faithful and lively translation with full explanatory notes,  facing a freshly edited Latin text.  Volume I contains a substantial introduction and three plays: The Woman of Andros, a romantic comedy; The Self-Tormentor, which looks at contrasting father-son relationships; and The Eunuch, whose characters include the most sympathetically drawn courtesan in Roman comedy. The other three plays are in Volume II: Phormio, a comedy of intrigue with an engaging trickster; The Mother-in-Law, unique among Terence's plays in that the female characters are the admirable ones; and The Brothers, which explores contrasting approaches to parental education of sons.   The Romans highly praised Terence-\"whose speech can charm, whose every  word delights,\" in Cicero's words. This new edition of his plays, which  replaces the now outdated Loeb translation by John Sargeaunt (first  published in 1912), succeeds in capturing his polished style and appeal.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56293980438901,"sku":"9780674995987","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780674995987.jpg?v=1762761011","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780674995987","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}