person
Publius Terentius Afer
Terence
also: Terentius
The Roman comic playwright (c. 195–159 BC); Horace alludes to the self-tormenting father Menedemus of his Heauton Timorumenos.
Reading notes
- The Epistles §2.1 Terence
The Roman comic playwright (c. 195–159 BC); Horace alludes to the self-tormenting father Menedemus of his Heauton Timorumenos.
- The Satires §1.2 that father in Terence's play
Menedemus in Terence's Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor), who punished himself with hard labor out of remorse for driving his son abroad.