Hroswitha of Gandersheim claims to have written her plays so that her nuns would spend less time reading this author.
Hroswitha of Gandersheim claims to have written her plays so that her nuns would spend less time reading this author. Lucius Turpio, a leading actor of the time, promoted the author's early career, but his help was not enough to twice prevent the failure of the work, The Mother-in-Law. The most famous member of the "Scipionic Circle," none of his extant work is original, but works like Adelphi and Eunuchus, are notable for the quality of their latin. The author of six extant works including The Maid of Andros and Phormio -- for 10 points -- name this Carthaginian whose adaptations of source material by Menander affected his release from slavery.
Hroswitha of Gandersheim claims to have written her plays so that her nuns would spend less time reading this author.
Publius Terentius Afer or Terence