#hecyra

[youknowwobbles]

When [Hecyra] was first produced as a new play, it was interrupted by a novel form of mischance and disaster: it could neither be seen nor heard through the stupid whim of the public whose interest was taken up by a tight-rope walker.

Terence’s prologue to the second production of The Mother-In-Law (Hecyra, 165 BCE). This production was also interrupted when word of a gladiator show spread. Presumably his third production went better.

[alichesiinfrangono]

"Mettitelo bene in testa che tutti quelli che vengono da te con le loro smancerie hanno solo intenzione di soddisfare i loro piaceri (...)".

Terenzio, Hecyra. || Alichesiinfrangono.