Caecilius Statius Flashcards
Where was CS born
Milan, he was an Insubrian Gaul
When (c.) was CS born
between 230 and 220 BC
When did CS die
169 BC
Which author was CS’s friend
Ennius
Which actor was CS close with
Ambivius Turpio
What does CS’s Plocium translate to
The necklace
What genre are CS’s plays
fabulae palliatae
What does CS’s Ex hautou hestos translate to
he stands on his own
What does CS’s Gamos translate to
The Marriage
What does CS’s Epicleros translate to
The Heiress
What does CS’s Synaristosae translate to
Ladies’ Luncheon
What does CS’s Synephebi translate to
The Companions of Youth
What does CS’s Epistula translate to
The Letter
What does CS’s Pugil translate to
The Boxer
What does CS’s Obolostates/Faenerator translate to
The Moneylender
What is similar about CS’s Ex hautou hestos, Gamos, Epicleros, Synaristosae, and Synephebi
Their titles are all in Greek
What is similar about CS’s Epistula, Pugil, and Obolostates/Faenerator
The titles are all in Latin
What Latin lit biographies are CS in
St. Jerome’s Chronicon and Varro’s De Poetis
Where does Volcacius Sedigitus rank CS
first
Which of CS’s work is based off of Menander’s Plokion
Plocium
Which author compares CS’s plocium to Menander’s plokion
Aulus Gellius
what is a canticum
a farcical (completely dramatic) aria
