V.

THE GIRL OF ANDROS.
[From MENANDER. Adapted by TERENCE. ]

Terence tells us himself that he had used two comedies of Menander
in constructing this play, and that he had been blamed for so doing
by some critics. The two seem to have borne the titles of dudria
(the girl of Andros) and Perizéhia (the girl of Perinthos). An early
commentator informs-us that it is the first part of the play that is bor-
rowed from the Andria.

Simo, an Athenian citizen, happening to be present
at the funeral of a lady with whom he had had
a slight acquaintance, witnessed a spectacle which
caused him no little anxiety. Among the women
who were attending as mourners was a young girl
of singular beauty. This, and the manifest depth
and sincerity of her grief, so excited the old man’s
interest that he inquired who she was, and was told
in reply that she was a sister of the deceased. The
corpse was placed on the funeral pile, and this was
lighted in due course. When the flames were at
their fiercest, the young girl rushed forward, as if
intending to throw herself into them. So near did
she come that she seriously imperilled her own life,
which, indeed, would probably have been sacrificed,
had her clothes caught fire. At this point, Simo saw

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