Lucius Afranius (poet)

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Lucius Afranius (* around 150 BC) was a Roman comedy poet . According to Quintilian, he was considered the most important author of togata (comedy with a Roman scene).

About 200 fragments of Afranius' work and 43 titles of his pieces are known. He imitated Menander and Terence , but added independent vocal parts ( cantica ). The pieces were played among the common people of Rome and other cities in Italy. In contrast to the other representatives of the togata, Titinius and Titus Quinctius Atta , Afranius chose somewhat more upscale topics, which he presented in an appropriate language.

The works of Afranius were already in the 1st century BC. Chr. Only rarely listed. At the time of Hadrian , when there was interest in the early phases of Latin literature and language ( archaism ), a commentary was written on the plays of Afranius, which like these has been lost.

expenditure

  • Otto Ribbeck (ed.): Comicorum Romanorum praeter Plautum et Terentium Fragmenta (= Scaenicae Romanorum Poesis Fragmenta. Volume 2). 2nd Edition. Teubner, Leipzig 1873, pp. 164–222 (Reprographic reprint. Olms, Hildesheim 1962, archive.org ).

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personal data
SURNAME Afranius, Lucius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman comedy poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 150 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.