gnaeus naevius Flashcards

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naevius full name

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Gnaeus Naevius

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naevius years

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270 B.C –201 BC

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3
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who was a Younger contemporary of Andronicus

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naevius

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4
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who was a Plebian by birth

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naevius

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social class of naevius

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pleb

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who fought in 1st punic war

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naevius

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what war did naevius fight in

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1st

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who Invented fabulae praetextae

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naevius

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9
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what literature did naevius invent

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Invented fabulae praetextae

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what are fabulae praetextae

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tragedies adopted from Roman subjects

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what are tragedies adopted from Roman subjects

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fabulae praetextae

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what are 2 of naevius’ fabulae praetextae

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romulus and clastidium

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who wrote romulus

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naevius

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who wrote clastidium

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naevius

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15
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what type of literature are romulus and clastidium

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fabulae praetextae

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what is naevius’ romulus about

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the legend of Romulus and Remus

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what is naevius’ clastidium about

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Marcus Claudius Marcellus vs. Virodomarus (Spolia Opima)

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18
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how many of naevius’ fabulae palliatae titles do we know

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34

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how many of naevius’ fabulae palliatae lines do we know

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130

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20
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who wrote Colax

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naevius

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21
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who wrote Guminasticus

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naevius

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22
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who wrote dolus

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naevius

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who wrote corollaria

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naevius

24
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what does naevius’ colax mean

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the flatterer

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what does naevius’ guminasticus mean

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teacher of the gym

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what does naevius’ dolus mean

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trick

27
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what does naevius’ corollaria

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wreathes

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who Rated naevius as the third best comic writer

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sedigitus

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who was rated as the third best comic writer by sedigitus

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naevius

30
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what was naevius’ magnum opus

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bellum punicum

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who wrote bellum punicum

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naevius

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how many books is naevius’ bellum punicum

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7

33
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what is naevius’ bellum punicum about

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1st punic war

34
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what meter is naevius’ bellum punicum

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saturnian

35
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what book was Arranged by the grammarian Lampadio

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naevius’ bellum punicum

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who arranged naevius’ bellum punicum

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lampadio (contemp. of accius)

37
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what book’s Introduction discusses the histories of Rome and Carthag

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naevius’s bellum punicum

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what does naevius’s bellum punicum intro discuss

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the histories of Rome and Carthage

39
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what work gave Rome a nationalistic direction

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naevius’ bellum punicum

40
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who Fought with the Metelli

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naevius

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who said “Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules”

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naevius

42
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who was Imprisoned and exiled to Utica, where he died

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naevius

43
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where was naevius imprisoned/died

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Imprisoned and exiled to Utica, where he died

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whose epitaph is “Immortalis mortalis si foret fas flere, flerent divae Camenae Naeviom poetam: Itaque postquam est Orci traditus thesauro, Oblitei sunt Romai loquier lingua Latina.”

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naevius’ epitaph quoted by aulus gellius

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which of naevius’ plays was as performed at the opening of the Theatre of Pompey

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equos troianus

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where was equos troianus performed

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theatre of pompey

47
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who was Criticized Scipio Africanus and other nobles

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naevius

48
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who was naevius criticized by

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scipio africanus and other nobles

49
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who wrote lycurgus

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naevius

50
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who wrote hector proficiscens

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naevius

51
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who wrote iphigenia

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naevius

52
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what are Fabulae Cothurnata

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Greek tragedies in Latin

53
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what are naevius’ 3 Fabulae Cothurnata

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Lycurgus§Hector Proficiscens§Iphigenia