Archive for the ‘Terence’ Category
Terence, The Brothers 537
lupus in fabula!
The wolf in the fable!
The Roman equivalent of ‘Speak of the Devil!’
Terence, The Lady from Andros 126
A much-quoted phrase (begetter of more than 20,000 Google results).
hinc illae lacrimae.
Hence those tears.
Terence, The Girl from Andros 805
Terence’s version of yesterday’s text.
ut quimus, aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet.
We live as we’re able (as the saying goes) when we aren’t permitted to live as we wish.
aleator classicus 