gnaeus naevius Flashcards
naevius full name
Gnaeus Naevius
naevius years
270 B.C –201 BC
who was a Younger contemporary of Andronicus
naevius
who was a Plebian by birth
naevius
social class of naevius
pleb
who fought in 1st punic war
naevius
what war did naevius fight in
1st
who Invented fabulae praetextae
naevius
what literature did naevius invent
Invented fabulae praetextae
what are fabulae praetextae
tragedies adopted from Roman subjects
what are tragedies adopted from Roman subjects
fabulae praetextae
what are 2 of naevius’ fabulae praetextae
romulus and clastidium
who wrote romulus
naevius
who wrote clastidium
naevius
what type of literature are romulus and clastidium
fabulae praetextae
what is naevius’ romulus about
the legend of Romulus and Remus
what is naevius’ clastidium about
Marcus Claudius Marcellus vs. Virodomarus (Spolia Opima)
how many of naevius’ fabulae palliatae titles do we know
34
how many of naevius’ fabulae palliatae lines do we know
130
who wrote Colax
naevius
who wrote Guminasticus
naevius
who wrote dolus
naevius
who wrote corollaria
naevius
what does naevius’ colax mean
the flatterer
what does naevius’ guminasticus mean
teacher of the gym
what does naevius’ dolus mean
trick
what does naevius’ corollaria
wreathes
who Rated naevius as the third best comic writer
sedigitus
who was rated as the third best comic writer by sedigitus
naevius
what was naevius’ magnum opus
bellum punicum
who wrote bellum punicum
naevius
how many books is naevius’ bellum punicum
7
what is naevius’ bellum punicum about
1st punic war
what meter is naevius’ bellum punicum
saturnian
what book was Arranged by the grammarian Lampadio
naevius’ bellum punicum
who arranged naevius’ bellum punicum
lampadio (contemp. of accius)
what book’s Introduction discusses the histories of Rome and Carthag
naevius’s bellum punicum
what does naevius’s bellum punicum intro discuss
the histories of Rome and Carthage
what work gave Rome a nationalistic direction
naevius’ bellum punicum
who Fought with the Metelli
naevius
who said “Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules”
naevius
who was Imprisoned and exiled to Utica, where he died
naevius
where was naevius imprisoned/died
Imprisoned and exiled to Utica, where he died
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.”
naevius’ epitaph quoted by aulus gellius
which of naevius’ plays was as performed at the opening of the Theatre of Pompey
equos troianus
where was equos troianus performed
theatre of pompey
who was Criticized Scipio Africanus and other nobles
naevius
who was naevius criticized by
scipio africanus and other nobles
who wrote lycurgus
naevius
who wrote hector proficiscens
naevius
who wrote iphigenia
naevius
what are Fabulae Cothurnata
Greek tragedies in Latin
what are naevius’ 3 Fabulae Cothurnata
Lycurgus§Hector Proficiscens§Iphigenia
