Andria (comedy)

Andria (comedy)

Andria (English: The Girl from Andros) is a comedy adapted and translated through history by Niccolò Machiavelli (see Andria (Machiavelli)), Terence, and Menander. It was both Machiavelli's and Terence's first forays into playwriting. Machiavelli adapted through translation from Terence's play, and Terence adapted through translation from Menander's play. It was first performed at Rome, about 170 BC. It was also the first of his plays to be performed post-antiquity, in Florence in 1476.