BLACKWELL BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD the editors A COMPANION TO A COMPANION TO Antony Augoustakis is Associate Professor of EDITED BY augoustakis and traill A COMPANION TO Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana- terence terence Champaign. He is the author of Motherhood and E D I T E D B Y the Other: Fashioning Female Power in Flavian Epic Contributors to this volume: (2010) and Plautus’ Mercator (2009). antony augoustakis and ariana traill Antony Augoustakis, John Barsby, Peter Brown, Andrew Cain, Ariana Traill is Associate Professor of Classics David M. Christenson, Stavros Frangoulidis, George Fredric Franko, A COMPANION TO at the University of Illinois at Urbana- terence A Companion to Terence offers the first Champaign. She is the author of Women and the Mary-Kay Gamel, T.H.M. Gellar-Goad, Robert Germany, comprehensive collection of essays on Terence Comic Plot in Menander (2008) and numerous Daniel P. Hanchey, Mathias Hanses, Sharon L. James, EDITED BY Antony Augoustakis in English. It includes a detailed study of articles on Greek and Roman Comedy and its Evangelos Karakasis, Ortwin Knorr, Eckard Lefèvre, Timothy J. Moore, Terence’s plays, situating them in their socio- reception. Roman Müller, Z.M. Packman, Alison Sharrock, John H. Starks, Jr., terence and Ariana Traill historical context and exploring their reception Ariana Traill, Martine van Elk, Benjamin Victor, Heather Vincent from the Classical through late antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to present-day literature and performance. ALSO AVAILABLE IN THIS SERIES: Each chapter discusses key issues in Terence, including Terence’s relationship with his Greco-Roman models, his language and style, the question of performance and dramatic technique, and the socio-political background that shapes the themes, characters, structures, and cultural-political concerns. 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If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A companion to Terence / edited by Antony Augoustakis and Ariana Traill ; associate editor John Thorburn. pages cm. – (Blackwell companions to the ancient world ; 103) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-9875-2 (hardback) – ISBN 978-1-118-30199-9 (epub) – ISBN 978-1-118-30197-5 1. Terence–Criticism and interpretation. 2. Latin drama (Comedy)–History and criticism. 3. Theater– History–To 500. 4. Theater–Rome. I. Augoustakis, Antony, editor of compilation. II. Traill, Ariana, 1969– editor of compilation. III. Thorburn, John E., editor of compilation. PA6768.C66 2013 872′.01–dc23 2012048374 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover image: Folio from Terence’s Comedies, mid-twelfth century. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS Auct. F.2.13, folio 82v Cover design by Workhaus Set in 11/13.5pt Galliard by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India 1 2013 Contents Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Antony Augoustakis and Ariana Traill PART I Terence and Ancient Comedy 15 1. Terence and Greek New Comedy 17 Peter Brown 2. Terence and the Traditions of Roman New Comedy 33 George Fredric Franko 3. Terence and Non-Comic Intertexts 52 Alison Sharrock 4. Fabula Stataria: Language and Humor in Terence 69 Heather Vincent 5. Meter and Music 89 Timothy J. Moore PART II Contexts and Themes 111 6. Terence and the Scipionic Grex 113 Daniel P. Hanchey 7. opera in bello, in otio, in negotio: Terence and Rome in the 160s BCE 132 John H. Starks, Jr. vi Contents 8. Religious Ritual and Family Dynamics in Terence 156 T.H.M. Gellar-Goad 9. Gender and Sexuality in Terence 175 Sharon L. James 10. Family and Household in the Comedies of Terence 195 Z.M. Packman 11. Masters and Slaves 211 Evangelos Karakasis PART III The Plays 223 12. Andria 225 Robert Germany 13. Heauton Timorumenos 243 Eckard Lef èvre 14. Eunuchus 262 David M.