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The Comedies of Terence, by
Publius Terentius Afer, (AKA) Terence This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes
Author: Publius Terentius Afer, (AKA) Terence
Translator: Henry Thomas Riley
Release Date: July 31, 2007 [EBook #22188]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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This translation of Terence was published in an omnibus volume, also containing the 1765 Colman translation (text only, omitting notes and commentary). Since there is no shared material, the two versions have been released as separate e-texts. More information about the Riley translation and its publishing history is given at the end of this e-text.
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