Excerpt from P. Terenti Afri Andria Et Heavton Timorvmenos: Edited, With an Introduction and Notes Before the time of Terence seats were Often partly or wholly lacking, and the spectators stood as they witnessed the_ plays. The stage itself (amvfi) was called the prosce nium or pulpitum, and its background, which contained the fixed scene, was called the scaena. With Terence this is regularly (except in the Heanton timorumenos) a street scene in Athens. Three doors, at nearly equal distances, faced upon the stage. They were the doors Of three houses. The two houses on the left were usually immediately adjoining. The third is placed at the right side Of the stage. These three face on the via, or public street. Running back be tween them is an angiportum, or narrow street, which led to the forum (the dyopo'i) near the Acropolis, or else towards the Piraeus, the seaport of Athens. On this main via the play was acted, and the various characters entered the stage either from the house doors or by the angiportum. Occa sionally, but not frequently, they entered from the wings, as in the instance where Davus, in the Andria, runs around the square and returns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.