person

Publius Terentius Afer

Terence

also: Terentius

The Roman comic playwright (c. 195/185–159 BC); Cicero quotes a line of his ('this day brings a different life, demands different ways').

Reading notes

Ad Familiares 12.25 §4 as Terence says
Cicero quotes the comic playwright Terence (the phrase "this day brings a different life, demands different ways" echoes a line of his comedy), invoking literary authority for a change of conduct.
On the Ends of Good and Evil §5.28 like that man in Terence
A reference to a character in Terence (the Heauton Timorumenos) who punishes himself out of remorse. Cicero cites him as a seeming counter-example to the claim that no one hates himself.
Tusculan Disputations §3.30 So when Terence said this so aptly
Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195-159 BC), the comic playwright; the quoted lines on rehearsing misfortunes are from his Phormio (241-246). Cicero claims philosophy as the deeper source from which Terence drew.