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Terence, 9th-century illustration, possibly copied from 3rd-century original (Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Terence_from_Vaticana,_Vat._lat.jpg

Basic data

Terentius Afer, Publius
between January 1, 195 BCE and December 31, 184 BCE in Karthago
†

between January 1, 159 BCE and December 31, 158 BCE in Griechenland
Dichter
Rom

Iconography

Terence, 9th-century illustration, possibly copied from 3rd-century original (Source: Wikimedia)

Mosaic from the House of the Tragic Poet depicting preparations for a Greek play (Source: Wikimedia)

Humorous engraving by John Leech of Terence reading the Andria to Caecilius (Source: Wikimedia)

Model of a Greek ship of the 1st Century BC, reconstructed from the Mahdia shipwreck (Source: Wikimedia)

1726 portrait of Terence, created by Dutch artist Pieter van Cuyck (Source: Wikimedia)

Miniature from the Vatican Terence of masked actors performing the first scene of the Andria (Source: Wikimedia)

1496 edition of Terence's Works (Source: Wikimedia)

Roman relief of a teacher with three students, c. 180–185 AD (Source: Wikimedia)

Mid-12th century illustrated Latin manuscript of Terence's Comedies from St Albans Abbey, now held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Source: Wikimedia)

Engraving of Shakespeare's "thrasonical" soldier Armado. (Source: Wikimedia)

Bildnis des Pub. Terentius, unbekannter Künstler - 1551/1700 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Terentivs, unbekannter Künstler - 1701/1800? (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Terentius, Egid Verhelst (der Jüngere) - 1779 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, unbekannter Künstler - 1701/1800? (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Terentius Afer, Publius, (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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Complete Works of Carl Maria von Weber. Digital Edition, https://weber-gesamtausgabe.de/A007898 (Version 4.11.0 of July 1, 2024)
Last change of this document on December 20, 2017

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