The Hauton Timorumenos: Or Self-Tormentor, of Terence (1880)

The Hauton Timorumenos, also known as the Self-Tormentor, is a play written by the Roman playwright Terence. The play is a comedy that tells the story of a young man named Clinia who is in love with a woman named Antiphila. However, Clinia's father, Menedemus, disapproves of the relationship and forbids Clinia from seeing Antiphila. Clinia becomes depressed and decides to leave home, but not before he convinces his father to buy a slave to take his place and deceive his mother into thinking he is still at home. The slave, named Syrus, helps Clinia and Antiphila to continue their relationship in secret, but things become complicated when Menedemus discovers the truth. The play explores themes of love, family, and deception. This edition of the play, published in 1880, features the original Latin text alongside an English translation.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.