The Roman Playwright Terence Is Often Remembered for This Line

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The Roman playwright Terence is often remembered for this line: "Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto." Traditionally, it was translated as: "I am a man; I consider nothing that is human alien to me." More recently, some scholars have translated it as: "I am a human being; I consider nothing human alien to me." What was "wrong" with the older translation?

• A) It never once references the state.
• B) It perpetuated a double standard that treated women badly when they attempted to act in masculine ways.
• C) It assumed that the default category for all human experience is male.
• D) It was anthropomorphic.
• E) It treated women's concerns as if they didn't really matter.