See also:

• CAECILIUS

CAECILIUS See also:

• STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS (c. A.D. 45-96)

STATIUS, or STATIUS CAECILIUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman comic poet, contemporary and intimate friend of See also:

• ENNIUS, QUINTUS (239-170 B.c.)

Ennius, died in 168 (or 166) B.C . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the territory of the Insubrian Gauls, and was probably taken as a prisoner to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (c . 200), during the See also:

• GREAT

great Gallic See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . Originally a slave, he assumed the name of See also:

• CAECILIUS

Caecilius from his See also:

• PATRON

patron, probably one of the Metelli . He supported himself by adapting See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek plays for the Roman See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage from the new See also:

• COMEDY

comedy writers, especially See also:

• MENANDER
• MENANDER (342–291 B.C.)
• MENANDER (MILINDA)

Menander . If the statement in the See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• TERENCE

Terence by Suetonius is correct and the See also:

• READING

reading See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound, Caecilius's See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment was so esteemed. that he was ordered to hear Terence's See also:

• ANDRIA

Andria (exhibited 166 B.C.) read and to pronounce an See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion upon it . After several failures Caecilius gained a high reputation . Volcacius Sedigitus, the dramatic critic, places him first amongst the comic poets; See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro credits him with pathos and skill in the construction of his plots; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace (Epistles, ii . 1 . 59) contrasts his dignity with the See also:

• ART

art of Terence . See also:

• QUINTILIAN [MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS] (C. A.D. 35-95)

Quintilian (Inst . Oral., x .

1 . 99) speaks somewhat disparagingly of him, and See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, although he admits with some hesitation that Caecilius may have been the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the comic poets (De Optimo Genere Oratorum, I), considers him inferior to Terence in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and Latinity (Ad Att. vii . 3), as was only natural, considering his See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign extraction . The fact that his plays could be referred to by name alone without any indication of the author (Cicero, De Finibus, ii . 7) is sufficient See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of their widespread popularity . Caecilius holds a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place between See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus and Terence in his treatment of the Greek originals; he did not, like Plautus, confound things Greek and Roman, nor, like Terence, eliminate everything that could not be romanized . The fragments of his plays are chiefly preserved in Aalus See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

Genius, who cites several passages from the Plocium (necklace) together with the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Greek of Menander . The See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation which is diffuse and by no means See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close, fails to reproduce the spirit of the original . Fragments in See also:

• RIBBECK, JOHANN CARL OTTO (1827-1898)

Ribbeck, Scaenicae Romanorum Poesis Fragmenta (1898) ; see also W . S . See also:

• TEUFFEL, WILHELM SIEGMUND (1820–1878)

Teuffel, Caecilius See also:

• STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS (c. A.D. 45-96)

Statius, &c . (1858) ; See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen, Hist. of Rome (Eng. tr.), bk. iii. ch .

14; F . Skutsch in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie (1897) .