Talk:Eunuchus

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Is there a particular reason why we should include this non-published translation by Theodore Nielsen in this article? At least, it is not claimed to be published in the article's Notes. This seems to be out of keeping with Wikipedia's policy on such things (though I can't redirect to the appropriate Wikipedia guideline page, since I'm not too familiar with that sort of thing yet). rmagill 01:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. As far as I can make out Theodore Nielsen is a high school graduate of 2006. It is admirable that he is making his own translations of latin litrature. Wikipedia is not however a forum for diseminating unpublished works. The argument that this is merely a translation could only be defended if it was a work otherwise unavailiable in English. This play has been translated in published texts many times and one of those ought to be preferred, see Project Gutenberg under Terence for a selection. Moreover I would question the validity of providing such a full translation in any case. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not an anthology. In hte case of Terence's play the prolix quoting of a prologue is doulbly dubious and Terence did not use his prologues to introduce his plays they are most usually self contained rants, amusing but they do not advance the drama. Unless someone can come up with a convincing arguement to the contrary this section ought to be extensively reworked. Thecrystalcicero (talk) 13:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC) (talk) 13:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)