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Is it really true that Terence only wrote 6 plays? How do we know this? jguk 22:08, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Mendelssohn
I recently heard that the first German translation of some of Terence's works was by Felix Mendelssohn, but I couldn't find anything on Google about it. Is this true? JackofOz 08:30, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
- Question has been answered - see Mendelssohn's talk page. JackofOz 11:24, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ay ay ay
This article reeks of pov, man... Gonna trim the fat, unless someone else does.--Ioshus(talk) 02:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dates
I wonder whether the dates of Terence's birth, death and of his play's performances are correct... If he was really born in the 2nd century, how could his plays have been performed before Christ??! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ib2000 (talk • contribs) 17:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
- He was born in the 2nd century BC (201-101BC). Not all scholars agree on the borth and death dates. I've included the 2 most prominent views about his borth date, with sources from respected scholars, so as to reflect where about the academic community stands in this issue. His death date depends heavily on his birth date. there are two views regarding this: that he died in the age of 25, the other on 35 (with the first been considered most probable, taking into account the ammount of his work). in this case, there are 4 possible dates: 195BC - 25 or 35, 185BC -25 or 35. Hectorian 21:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Menandros
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto" is the latin translation of a greek line from a play by New Comedy playwright Menandros that Terence adapted. It's not his own creation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.245.207.18 (talk) 14:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Et Nihil Humanum?
Anyone know why the quote "homo sum" was quoted in a different form by Dostoyevsky ("But you've only to assume that I, too, am a man /et nihil humanum/", Crime and Punishment [1]; "Сатана sum et nihil humanum", The Brothers Karamazov [2])? Does this have to do with Latin grammar, or is there a variant translation of the quote? Puddleglum 16:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
- In the original, "homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto", "humanus" is a noun in the genitive, which sounds more naturally Latin to me. It literally means "nothing of human [of human design/make/whatever]". But that is unnatural in English, where we would translate it as "nothing human". I don't know any Russian but perhaps it is more natural there as well. "Humanum" is then an adjective which agrees with the accusative "nihil" and "alienum" in the accusative infinitive construction. I see results for both versions on Google although "humani" appears much more often. Adam Bishop (talk) 14:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Real or unreal?
A sentence in this article reads, "A phrase from Terence's musicla collaborator is the only remaining fragment of ancient Roman music extant. This has recently been shown to be inauthentic." (1) If it is inauthentic, it is not a survival. (2) Lacking any comparitive data, how do we know it is inauthentic? Bigturtle 23:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Is this the cited work?
The Internet Archive has a book] that looks like Donatus's work cited in the article. I want to make sure it really is, and if so to link to it. Can somebody tell? trespassers william (talk) 00:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, it seems to be the same. Adam Bishop (talk) 14:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox?
- I'm a fan of infoboxes and put them on every page I can. But I see others of you don't like them. Is there a consensus on whether this page should have an infobox? Aristophanes68 (talk) 23:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
