Latin Literature Flashcards
(295 cards)
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In which year did Suetonius die?
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130 AD
2
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Give the full name of Tacitus.
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Publius/Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
3
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Who wrote Naturales Quaestiones?
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Seneca the Younger
4
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Who wrote Miles Gloriosus?
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Plautus
5
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In which year did Silius Italicus die?
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101 AD
6
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In which year was Caesar born?
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100 BC
7
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Who wrote Pharsalia?
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Lucan
8
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Who wrote De Senectute?
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Cicero
9
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Where was Tibullus born?
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Pedum
10
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Who wrote The Golden Ass?
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Apuleius
11
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Where was Pliny the Younger born?
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Comum
12
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Who wrote Amphitryon?
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Plautus
13
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Who wrote Apologia?
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Apuleius
14
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In which year did Quintillian die?
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100 AD
15
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In which year was Ovid born?
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43 BC
16
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In which year was Terence born?
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195 BC
17
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Give the full name of Apuleius.
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Lucius Apuleius
18
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Who wrote De Viris Illustribus?
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Suetonius
19
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Who wrote Thebaid?
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Statius
20
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In which year did Caesar die?
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44 BC
21
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In which year was Cato the Elder born?
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234 BC
22
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Where was Accius born?
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Pisaurum (in Umbria)
23
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Who wrote Adelphi?
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Terence
24
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In which year was Accius born?
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170 BC
25
In which year did Statius die?
96 AD
26
In which year did Varro die?
27 BC
27
Give the full name of Suetonius.
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
28
In which year was Silius Italicus born?
26 AD
29
Give the full name of Persius.
Aulus Persius Flaccus
30
Where was Vergil born?
Mantua/Andes
31
Who wrote Epidicus?
Plautus
32
Where was Plautus born?
Sarsina (in Umbria)
33
Where was Apuleius born?
Madaura
34
Give the full name of Statius.
Publius Papinius Statius
35
In which year did Plautus die?
184 BC
36
In which year did Lucretius die?
55 BC
37
Who wrote Sermones?
Horace
38
Give the full name of Lucretius.
Titus Lucretius Carus
39
Who wrote Mostellaria?
Plautus
40
In which year did Livius Andronicus die?
204 BC
41
In which year was Lucan born?
39 AD
42
In which year was Persius born?
34 AD
43
Where was Lactantius born?
North Africa
44
In which year did Propertius die?
16 BC
45
Give the full name of Caesar.
Gaius Iulius Caesar
46
Where was Horace born?
Venusia
47
In which year did Pliny the Younger die?
113 AD
48
In which year was Naevius born?
270 BC
49
In which year did Cornelius Gallus die?
26 BC
50
Give the full name of Sallust.
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
51
Who wrote Bellum Jugurthinum?
Sallust
52
In which year was Pliny the Younger born?
61 AD
53
Who wrote Annales?
Tacitus (Ennius wrote one as well)
54
In which year was Varro born?
116 BC
55
Who wrote Georgics?
Vergil
56
Who wrote Origines?
Cato the Elder
57
Where was Seneca the Younger born?
Corduba (Spain)
58
In which year was Aulus Gellius born?
circa 130 AD
59
Where was Lucan born?
Corduba (Spain)
60
Where was Juvenal born?
Aquinum
61
Where was Persius born?
Volaterae (in Etruria)
62
Give the full name of Cornelius Gallus.
Gaius Cornelius Gallus
63
Who wrote Phormio?
Terence
64
Where was Catullus born?
Verona
65
Who wrote Medea?
Seneca the Younger
66
In which year was Cornelius Nepos born?
100 BC
67
In which year was Lactantius born?
circa 245 AD
68
Who wrote Historiae?
Sallust (Tacitus wrote one as well)
69
Where was Ovid born?
Sulmo
70
In which year was Augustine born?
354 AD
71
In which year was Tertullian born?
160 AD
72
Who wrote Comentarii de Bello Civili?
Caesar
73
Give the full name of Livy.
Titus Livius
74
Who wrote Octavia?
Seneca the Younger
75
In which year was Sallust born?
86 BC
76
In which year did Pacuvius die?
130 BC
77
In which year did Cato the Elder die?
149 BC
78
In which year did Tibullus die?
19 BC
79
Give the full name of Petronius.
Petronius Arbiter
80
Where was Augustine born?
Thagaste
81
In which year was Lucilius born?
180 BC
82
Who wrote Liber Spectaculorum?
Martial
83
In which year was Propertius born?
50 BC
84
In which year did Pliny the Elder die?
79 AD
85
In which year did Vergil die?
19 BC
86
Where was Ennius born?
Rudiae (in Calabria)
87
Who wrote Apocolocyntosis?
Seneca the Younger
88
Give the full name of Tibullus.
Albius Tibullus
89
In which year did Aulus Gellius die?
180 AD
90
In which year was Juvenal born?
60 AD
91
Who wrote Poenulus?
Plautus
92
Who wrote Institutio Oratoria?
Quintillian
93
Who wrote Hecyra?
Terence
94
Who wrote Andria?
Terence
95
In which year was Caecilius Statius born?
219 BC
96
Who wrote Germania?
Tacitus
97
Where was Tertullian born?
Carthage
98
In which year was Horace born?
65 BC
99
In which year was Ennius born?
239 BC
100
Who wrote Heauton Timorumenos?
Terence
101
Give the full name of Accius.
Lucius Attius Accius
102
In which year did Martial die?
104 AD
103
In which year did Cicero die?
43 BC
104
In which year was Suetonius born?
circa 70 AD
105
In which year was Tibullus born?
55 BC
106
In which year did Lucilius die?
102 BC
107
Give the full name of Ennius.
Quintus Ennius
108
Who wrote Ab Urbe Condita?
Livy
109
Where was Statius born?
Naples
110
Who wrote De Re Publica?
Cicero
111
In which year was Cornelius Gallus born?
69 BC
112
Who wrote Menaechmi?
Plautus
113
In which year did Cornelius Nepos die?
25 BC
114
In which year did Sallust die?
35 BC
115
Give the full name of Varro.
Marcus Terentius Varro
116
In which year did Augustine die?
430 AD
117
In which year was Livius Andronicus born?
284 BC
118
In which year was Pacuvius born?
220 BC
119
Who wrote Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino?
Cicero
120
Give the full name of Plautus.
Titus Maccius Plautus
121
In which year was Cicero born?
106 BC
122
Who wrote De Architectura?
Vitruvius
123
Where was Livy born?
Patavium (Padua)
124
Where was Lucretius born?
Rome
125
Who wrote Achilleid?
Statius
126
Where was Sallust born?
Amiternum
127
Give the full name of Martial.
Marcus Valerius Martialis
128
Who wrote Commentarii de Bello Gallico?
Caesar
129
Where was Quintillian born?
Calagurris (in Spain)
130
Where was Caesar born?
Rome
131
In which year did Tertullian die?
circa 225 AD
132
In which year was Plautus born?
254 BC
133
In which year did Lactantius die?
circa 325 AD
134
Who wrote De Agri Cultura?
Cato the Elder
135
Where was Propertius born?
Assisium (Assisi)
136
In which year did Juvenal die?
130 AD
137
In which year was Seneca the Younger born?
4 BC
138
Give the full name of Propertius.
Sextus Propertius
139
In which year did Persius die?
62 AD
140
Who wrote De Rerum Natura?
Lucretius
141
Who wrote Agricola?
Tacitus
142
Who wrote Pseudolus?
Plautus
143
Where was Cicero born?
Arpinum
144
Where was Caecilius Statius born?
Mediolanum
145
Where was Cornelius Nepos born?
Cisalpine Gaul
146
In which year was Livy born?
59 BC
147
Who wrote Pro Quinctio?
Cicero
148
In which year was Pliny the Elder born?
23 AD
149
In which year did Terence die?
159 BC
150
In which year was Tacitus born?
55 AD
151
Where was Naevius born?
Campania
152
Where was Martial born?
Bilbilis (Spain)
153
Where was Varro born?
Reate/Rieti
154
In which year was Statius born?
40 or 45 AD
155
Give the full name of Ovid.
Publius Ovidius Naso
156
Where was Cornelius Gallus born?
Forum Iulii
157
Who wrote Philippics?
Cicero
158
Give the full name of Catullus.
Gaius Valerius Catullus
159
Who wrote De Vita Caesarum?
Suetonius
160
In which year did Catullus die?
54 BC
161
Who wrote Captivi?
Plautus
162
Who wrote Satyricon?
Petronius
163
Where was Cato the Elder born?
Tusculum
164
In which year did Horace die?
8 BC
165
In which year did Ennius die?
169 BC
166
Give the full name of Lucan.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
167
Give the full name of Cato the Elder.
Marcus Porcius Cato (The Elder)
168
Who wrote Epistulae Morales?
Seneca the Younger
169
In which year was Martial born?
40 AD
170
In which year did Ovid die?
17 AD
171
In which year did Livy die?
17 AD
172
Give the full name of Horace.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
173
Where was Terence born?
Carthage
174
Give the full name of Pliny the Elder.
Gaius Plinius Secundus
175
In which year did Valerius Flaccus die?
92 or 93 AD
176
Give the full name of Naevius.
Gnaeus Naevius
177
Who wrote Noctes Atticae?
Aulus Gellius
178
Who wrote Eunuchus?
Terence
179
Give the full name of Vergil.
Publius Vergilius Maro
180
Where was Livius Andronicus born?
Tarentum
181
Who wrote Naturalis Historia?
Pliny the Elder
182
Who wrote Bellum Catilinae?
Sallust
183
In which year was Vergil born?
70 BC
184
In which year did Petronius die?
65 AD
185
Give the full name of Terence.
Publius Terentius Afer
186
In which year was Catullus born?
84 BC
187
In which year was Lucretius born?
99 BC
188
Where was Lucilius born?
Suessa Aurunca
189
Where was Tacitus born?
Narbonese Gaul
190
Where was Pacuvius born?
Brundisium
191
In which year did Accius die?
86 BC
192
In which year did Naevius die?
201 BC
193
Give the full name of Lucilius.
Gaius Lucilius
194
Give the full name of Valerius Flaccus.
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
195
Give the full name of Juvenal.
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
196
Give the full name of Pliny the Younger.
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
197
Give the full name of Seneca the Younger.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger)
198
In which year was Quintillian born?
35 AD
199
In which year did Seneca the Younger die?
65 AD
200
Give the full name of Quintillian.
Marcus Fabius Quintillianus
201
Give the full name of Pacuvius.
Marcus Pacuvius
202
Who wrote Bellum Civile?
Lucan
203
In which year did Lucan die?
65 AD
204
Who wrote Aulularia?
Plautus
205
Who wrote Punica?
Sillius Italicus
206
When did Apuleius flourish?
flourished 155 AD
207
Where was Silius Italicus born?
Patavium (Padua)
208
Where was Pliny the Elder born?
Comum
209
In which year did Tacitus die?
117 AD
210
In which year did Caecilius Statius die?
168 or 166 BC
211
Give the full name of Cicero.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
212
Who wrote De Natura Deorum?
Cicero
213
How many books are in Vergil’s Aeneid?
Twelve
214
What work of Horace has the line Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus?
Odes (1.37)
215
Who wrote the lines, “Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.”
Vergil
216
What poet was banished to Tomi on the Black Sea?
Ovid
217
Which figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence? He left in a huff and a yellow cab?
Zeugma
218
In Roman comedies, which wily character usually served as the problem-solver who overcame the central obstacle in the plot? the clever
Slave
219
Which of the following authors did NOT write history: Tacitus, Livy, Sallust, Statius?
Statius
220
In what book of the Aeneid is the following passage: “emissamque hiemem sensit Neptunus et imis stagna refusa vadis, graviter commotus, et alto prospiciens summa placidum caput extulit unda.”
Book One
221
What work by what author begins by recounting a letter from Penelope to Odysseus and ends with a letter from Sappho to Phaon?
Ovid’s Heroides
222
Which of these men did Cicero make a speech against rather than a speech of defense – Gaius Rabirius, Publius Vatinius, Marcus Caelius, Sextus Roscius?
Publius Vatinius
223
What early Latin author who considered himself the reincarnation of Homer was known for his Annales as well as for his statement that he had three hearts – a statement that referred to the three languages which he spoke?
Ennius
224
The Roman author Lucan had a grandfather who was also a noted author. Name this man, who started writing at a relatively late age and who supplemented his Controversiae with an oratorical exercise – Suasoriae.
Seneca the Elder
225
Which Roman author wrote a poem of 644 lines in which he references mythological tortures and punishments as ideas for what he wishes would happen to his enemy? The author wrote this poem while in exile in Tomi.
Ovid
226
What Roman naturalist, author, and naval commander died while attempting to rescue victims of the explosion of Vesuvius at Pompeii?
Pliny the Elder
227
What is the total if you add the number of books of Vergil’s three best known works – the Aeneid, the Georgics, and the Eclogues?
Twenty-Six
228
Haleutica, Tristia, Ars Amatoria, and Amores were all written by what author?
Ovid
229
What work of Latin Literature begins with the line: “Quō usque tandem abutēre, Catilina, patientiā nostrā”?
Cicero’s First Catilinarian
230
What Silver Age author wrote 124 philosophical letters addressed to his friend Lucilius?
Seneca the Younger
231
Which of Vergil’s three major works did he publish first?
Eclogues
232
What work of literature was the first work of prose in Latin?
De Agri Culture/De Re Rustica
233
What Roman historian served as consul with Nerva in 97 A.D.?
Tacitus
234
Which Plautine comedy is the author’s only play about a mythological subject?
Amphitruo / Amphitryon
235
What poet, patroned by Maecenas, wrote 4 books of elegy addressed to a woman named Cynthia?
Propertius
236
What work of Tacitus, published in 98 AD was a biographical monograph recounting the life of his father in law?
Agricola
237
What massive work of stoic philosophy, dedicated to the emperor Titus, aims to summarize the state of things in its 37 books?
Naturalis Historiae
238
What author, whose genius was first recognized by Pollio, wrote a work containing 10 brief poems on pastoral themes that included the stories of Cordyon, Alexis, Tityrus, and the real poet Cornelius Gallus, which is collectively called the Eclogues?
Vergil
239
What speech of Cicero, delivered in 70 BC at the request of the Sicilians, prosecuted an administrator on charges of extortion?
In Verrem
240
What late Christian author, born in Stridon, wrote a series of biographies modeled off of Suetonious about the lives of famous Christians?
Saint Jerome
241
Who was the author of the following works of Latin Literature? Medea, Remedia Amoris, Medicamnia Faciei Femineae, Fasti, Metamorphoses.
Ovid
242
In what work does Vergil refuse to sing of ‘reges et proelia,’ chosing instead to model his 10 hexameter poems after Theocritus’ Idylls?
Eclogues / Bucolics
243
What work of Tacitus’ may have bean heavily based on documentation of Pliny the Elder and was an ethnographical study published in 98 AD?
Germania
244
What neoteric poet traveled to Bithynia with Gaius Memmius and wrote to girl whom he called Lesbia?
Catullus
245
Which Augustan age poet wrote the Ars Poetica, a work in which he gives advice on the proper way to write various styles of poetry?
Horace
246
Who says "O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem" in the Aeneid?
Aeneas
247
What better place to start than with the famous maxim of Apollo from Delphi: Gnothi Seauton, or Know thyself. What author of the Tusculan Disputationss put this maxim into Latin?
Cicero
248
O socii - neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum- is a line from which poet’s work?
Vergil
249
Which Roman author is chiefly known for the 14 books of witty epigrams he produced in the 1st century AD?
Martial
250
It may well be that the English saying virtue is its own reward can trace its origins to this 1st century poet when he said Ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi in his poems Ex Ponto.
Ovid
251
Name the author and his history which covers the years 14 -68 AD in 18 books?
Tacitus’ Annales
252
Nunc est bibendum- is a line from which poet’s work?
Horace
253
Although he briefly led the life of a Roman legionary, his flight from the battle of Philippi in 42 was in keeping with Archilochus and other Greek models for his poetry. Can you name this man, a far more successful poet than soldier?
Horace
254
“Multas per gentes et multas per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, fater, ad inferias" are the first two lines of an elegiac poem by this poet.
Catullus
255
Some lines in Latin poetry are simply gnomic. Case in point: quis fallere possit amantem ? What does this mean?
Who could deceive a lover?
256
Caligula was fond of quoting the phrase Oderint, dum metuant. Whom is he quoting?
Accius
257
What author opens one of his works with these lines: Qui modo Nasonis fueramus quinque libelli, tres sumus; hoc illi praetulit auctor opus.
Ovid
258
Which of the following authors was the earliest to use elegiac? Catullus, Propertius, Gallus, Ovid, Lucilius, Tibullus
Lucilius
259
In what work of Horace is the famous Ars Poetica found?
Epistles
260
Against whom did Cicero write 14 Philipics in the style of Demosthenes?
Marc Antony
261
In what meter did Gnaeus Naevius write his work on the Punic war?
Saturnian Meter
262
Identify the speaker of the following lines of book 6 of the Aeneid, which I will read as prose: “Anchisa generate, deum certissima proles, / Cocyti stagna alta vides Stygiamque paludem, / di cuius iurare timent et fallere numen.”
Cumean Sibyl
263
Who wrote love poems to a woman he called Lesbia, identified as Clodia Metelli?
Catullus
264
What Greek slave is considered to be the founder of Latin Literature?
Livius Andronicus
265
For which family did Livius Andronicus become a tutor?
Marcus Livius Salinator
266
What job position did Livius Andronicus hold in Rome?
*grammaticus*
267
What Greek work does Livius Andronicus translate into Latin?
Homer's *Odyssey* (called the *Odusia*)
268
According to Varro, what did Livius Andronicus produce at the Ludi Romani in 240 BC, and what was it for?
the first Latin comedy and tragedy to celebrate the end of the First Punic War
269
Name the 8 titles of Livius Andronicus' tragedies that survive today.
- Equos Troianus
- Achilles
- Aegisthus
- Ajax Mastigophorus
- Andromeda
- Danae
- Tereus
- Hermiona
270
What did Livius Andronicus compose in 207 BC?
a maid song for Juno (called a partheneion)
271
How does Cicero later regard Livius Andronicus?
"antiquated" and of little interest
272
On what famous books did Livius Andronicus consult?
Sibylline Books
273
What Fabula Palliata was written by Livius Andronicus?
Gladiolus
274
Give the years of Livius Andronicus' life.
284 BC - 204 BC
275
What Roman author was a younger contemporary to Andronicus?
Gnaeus Naevius
276
Into what social class was Naevius born?
Plebian by birth, no evidence of a aristocratic patron
277
In what war did Naevius participate?
First Punic War
278
Which Roman genre did Naevius invent?
*fabulae praetextae*
279
What were *fabulae praetextae*?
tragedies adopted from Roman subjects
280
Name Naevius’ two main *fabulae praetextae*.
*Romulus* and *Clastidium*
281
How many titles of *fabulae palliatae* do we have of Naevius?
34 (130 lines are extant)
282
Name Naevius’ four main *fabulae palliatae*.
*Colax*, *Guminasticus*, *Dolus*, and *Corollaria/Tarentilla*
283
What ranking does Sedigitus give to Naevius?
third best comic writer
284
What is Naevius’ magnum opus?
*Bellum Punicum*
285
Against what family does Naevius notoriously fight?
Metelli
286
What did Naevius say to the Metelli?
“*Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules*” (“The Metelli are made consuls of Rome by Fate)
287
How do the Metelli respond to Naevius’ scornful comment?
“*Dabunt malum Metelli Naevio poetae*.” (“The Metelli will give trouble to the poet Naevius.”)
288
After the conflict between Naevius and the Metelli, to where was Naevius exiled?
Utica, where he dies
289
Who is said to have written Naevius’ epitaph?
himself
290
Who quotes Naevius’ epitaph?
Aulus Gellius
291
Which of Naevius’ plays was played at the opening of the Theater of Pompey?
Equos Troianus
292
What famous Roman, along with other nobles, criticized Naevius?
Scipio Africanus
293
What were *fabulae cothurnatae*?
Greek tragedies in Latin
294
Name three of Naevius’ *fabulae cothurnatae*.
Lycurgus, Hector Proficiscens, and Iphigenia
295
Give the years of Gnaeus Naevius’ life.
270 BC - 201/199 BC
