Caecilius Statius Flashcards

1
Q

Where was CS born

A

Milan, he was an Insubrian Gaul

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2
Q

When (c.) was CS born

A

between 230 and 220 BC

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3
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When did CS die

A

169 BC

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4
Q

Which author was CS’s friend

A

Ennius

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5
Q

Which actor was CS close with

A

Ambivius Turpio

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6
Q

What does CS’s Plocium translate to

A

The necklace

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7
Q

What genre are CS’s plays

A

fabulae palliatae

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8
Q

What does CS’s Ex hautou hestos translate to

A

he stands on his own

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9
Q

What does CS’s Gamos translate to

A

The Marriage

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10
Q

What does CS’s Epicleros translate to

A

The Heiress

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11
Q

What does CS’s Synaristosae translate to

A

Ladies’ Luncheon

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12
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What does CS’s Synephebi translate to

A

The Companions of Youth

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13
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What does CS’s Epistula translate to

A

The Letter

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14
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What does CS’s Pugil translate to

A

The Boxer

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15
Q

What does CS’s Obolostates/Faenerator translate to

A

The Moneylender

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16
Q

What is similar about CS’s Ex hautou hestos, Gamos, Epicleros, Synaristosae, and Synephebi

A

Their titles are all in Greek

17
Q

What is similar about CS’s Epistula, Pugil, and Obolostates/Faenerator

A

The titles are all in Latin

18
Q

What Latin lit biographies are CS in

A

St. Jerome’s Chronicon and Varro’s De Poetis

19
Q

Where does Volcacius Sedigitus rank CS

A

first

20
Q

Which of CS’s work is based off of Menander’s Plokion

A

Plocium

21
Q

Which author compares CS’s plocium to Menander’s plokion

A

Aulus Gellius

22
Q

what is a canticum

A

a farcical (completely dramatic) aria