Scripsit comoedias sex, ex quibus primam Andriam cum aedilibus daret, iussus ante Caecilio recitare, ad cenantem cum venisset, dictus est initium quidem fabulae, quod erat contemptiore vestitu, subsellio iuxta lectulum residens legisse, post paucos vero versus invitatus ut accumberet cenasse una, dein cetera percucurrisse non sine magna Caecilii admiratione.
He wrote six comedies, and when he offered the first of these, the Andria, to the aediles, they bade him first read it to Caecilius. Having come to the poets house when he was dining, and being meanly clad, Terence is said to have read the beginning of his play sitting on a bench near the great mans couch. But after a few lines he was invited to take his place at table, and after dining with Caecilius, he ran through the rest to his hosts great admiration.
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