A comprehensive collection of essays by leading scholars in the field that address, in a single volume, several key issues in interpreting Terence offering a detailed study of Terences plays and situating them in their socio-historical context, as well as documenting their reception through to present day

 The first comprehensive collection of essays on Terence in English, by leading scholars in the field  Covers a range of topics, including both traditional and modern concerns of gender, race, and reception  Features a wide-ranging but interconnected series of essays that offer new perspectives in interpreting Terence  Includes an introduction discussing the life of Terence, its impact on subsequent studies of the poet, and the question of his ethnicity

Antony Augoustakis is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author ofMotherhood and the Other: Fashioning Female Power in Flavian Epic (2010) andPlautus' Mercator (2009).

Ariana Traill is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author ofWomen and the Comic Plot in Menander (2008) and numerous articles on Greek and Roman comedy and its reception.

Notes on Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1Antony Augoustakis and Ariana Traill

PART I Terence and Ancient Comedy 15

1. Terence and Greek New Comedy 17Peter Brown

2. Terence and the Traditions of Roman New Comedy 33George Fredric Franko

3. Terence and Non-Comic Intertexts 52Alison Sharrock

4. Fabula Stataria: Language and Humor in Terence 69Heather Vincent

5. Meter and Music 89Timothy J. Moore

PART II Contexts and Themes 111

6. Terence and the Scipionic Grex 113Daniel P. Hanchey

7. opera in bello, in otio, in negotio: Terence and Rome in the 160s bce 132John H. Starks, Jr.

8. Religious Ritual and Family Dynamics in Terence 156T.H.M. Gellar-Goad

9. Gender and Sexuality in Terence 175Sharon L. James

10. Family and Household in the Comedies of Terence 195Z.M. Packman

11. Masters and Slaves 211Evangelos Karakasis

PART III The Plays 223

12. Andria 225Robert Germany

13. Heauton Timorumenos 243Eckard Lef èvre

14. Eunuchus 262David M. Christenson

15. Phormio 281Stavros Frangoulidis

16. Hecyra 295Ortwin Knorr

17. Adelphoe 318Ariana Traill

PART IV Reception 341

18. History of the Text and Scholia 343Benjamin Victor

19. Terence in Latin Literature from the Second Century bce to the Second Century ce 363Roman Müller

20. Terence in Late Antiquity 380Andrew Cain

21. Hrotsvit of Gandersheim Christianizes Terence 397Antony Augoustakis

22. Thou shalt present me as an eunuch to him: Terence in Early Modern England 410Martine van Elk

23. mulier inopia et cognatorum neglegentia coacta: Thornton Wilders Tragic Take on The Woman of Andros 429Mathias Hanses

24. Terence in Translation 446John Barsby

25. Performing Terence (and Hrotsvit) Now 466Mary-Kay Gamel

References 482

General Index 515

Index Locorum 523