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Terence

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Ter·ence  (trns) Originally Publius Terentius Afer. 185?-159? b.c.
African-born Roman playwright. Taken to Rome as the young slave of a senator, he was educated and then freed by his master. His plays, including Phormio and Adelphi, are largely based on Greek comedies and feature fine dialogue and subtle humor.
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Noun1.TerenceTerence - dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
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To explain this seeming paradox at once, he was one who could truly say with him in Terence,
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Meanwhile students at the universities, also, had been acting Plautus and Terence, and further, had been writing and acting Latin tragedies, as well as comedies, of their own composition.
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