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Andria (Terence)

the Andria

also: Andria, Andriam

Terence's comedy The Woman of Andros (166 BC), adapted from Menander. Cicero names it among the Greek-derived Latin plays Romans read without complaint, to rebut the disdain for his translated Greek speeches.

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Mentioned in 3 works (3 total)

On Invention rhetoric · 1 mention
On the Best Kind of Orators rhetoric · 1 mention
Laelius, On Friendship philosophy · 1 mention

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