Unlike other writers of his period, this author of Hecyra did not use omniscient narrators or divinities in his prologues, and he also never had characters directly address the audience. The title parasite arranges for the orphan girl Phanium to be married to Antipho in one of his plays, while another contrasts the harsh parental discipline of Demea with the soft approach 
Unlike other writers of his period, this author of Hecyra did not use omniscient narrators or divinities in his prologues, and he also never had characters directly address the audience. The title parasite arranges for the orphan girl Phanium to be married to Antipho in one of his plays, while another contrasts the harsh parental discipline of Demea with the soft approach of his sibling Micio. In addition to Phormio and Adelphi, this rival of Luscius Lanuvinus also wrote plays translated as The Self Tormentor and The Eunuch. FTP, identify this Carthaginian-born playwright whose name was adopted by the persona of some of Housman's poems.
Unlike other writers of his period, this author of Hecyra did not use omniscient narrators or divinities in his prologues, and he also never had characters directly address the audience.
{Terence} or Publius {Terentius} Afer