Abstract
This project aims a study of the prologues to the six known comedies penned by the Roman poet Publius Terentius Afer, 185-159 BC, namely Andria (166 BC), Hecyra (165, 160 BC), Heautontimoroumenos (163 BC), Eunuchus(161 BC), Phormio (161 BC) and Adelphi (160 BC). My interest in the prologues emerged while analysing Hecyra (The-Mother-in-Law) as part of my master's thesis. What drew my atte…