Archaism in Terence
J. D. Craig
It is sometimes assumed too rigorously that what distinguishes the language of Terence from Plautus its modernity; antiquated forms and expressions, common enough in older dramatist (died 184), were all but completely absent younger 159). On this assumption a faulty line due simply to mistranscription, method emendation same as would be employed on any MS. incorrectly copied Carolingian times an archetype now lost.
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