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LUCIUS POMPONIUS

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LUCIUS
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POMPONIUS  , called Bononiensis from his birthplace
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Bononia, Latin comic poet, flourished about 90 B.C . (or earlier) . He was the first to give an
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artistic
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form to the Atellanae Fabulae by arranging beforehand the details of the
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plot which had hitherto been
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left to. improvisation, and providing a written
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text . The fragments show fondness for
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alliteration and playing upon words, skill in the use of rustic and farcical
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language, and a considerable amount of
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obscenity . Fragments in O .
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Ribbeck, Scenicae romanorum poesis fragmenta (1897–1898); see
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Mommsen, Hist. of
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Rome (Eng. tr.), bk. iv. ch . 13;
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Teuffel-
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Schwabe, Hist. of
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Roman Literature (Eng. tr.), § 151 .

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