The Woman of Andros

The Woman of Andros, play by Terence, produced in 166 bce as Andria. It has also been translated as The Andrian Girl. Terence adapted it from the Greek play Andria by Menander and added material from Menander’s Perinthia (The Perinthian Girl). The relationship of a father, Simo, and his son, Pamphilus, is central to The Woman of Andros, in which Simo engages Pamphilus in an arranged marriage although Pamphilus wants to marry his sweetheart from...