Hecyra

We may here remark, that the Hecyra is the only one of the Plays of Terence with a single plot.] *****

The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence 1847

Ernesti.] [Footnote 930: The "Hecyra," The Mother-in-law, is one of Terence's plays.] [Footnote 931: The "Eunuch" was not brought out till five years after the

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

_Hecyra_ is founded on a play by Apollodorus of Carystus, doubtless called Ἡκυρά; cf. Donatus 'preface,' fabula Apollodori dicitur esse Graeca. '

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

This play and five others were received by the public with similar applause, although Volcatius, in his enumeration of them, says that "The Hecyra [930] must not be reckoned among these."

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

'Hecyra quom datast nova, ei novom intervenit vitium et calamitas, ut neque spectari neque cognosci potuerit: ita populus studio stupidus in funambulo animum occuparat.'

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

It would be hard to show that there is no true comedy without laughter -- Terence's _Hecyra_, for instance -- but Diderot certainly overlooked what Lessing and most other critics saw so clearly, that laughter rightly stirred is one of the most powerful agencies in directing the moral sympathies of the audience, -- the very end that Diderot most anxiously sought.

Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) John Morley 1880

The prologue to the _Hecyra_ proves (what we might have well supposed) that the earlier plays of such a poet had a severe struggle to achieve success.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

[34] Except in the prologues to the _Eun. _ and _Hecyra_.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

His first play was produced in the year that Caecilius died, 166 B.C.; the _Hecyra_ next year; the _Hauton Timorumenos_ in 163; the _Eunuchus_ and _Phormio_ in

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

Of the six comedies of Terence, four are derived from Menander; two, the Hecyra and the Phormio, from Apollodorus.

Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868