Volcacius Sedigitus

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Volcacius Sedigitus ("the six-fingered") was a Roman author. He lived around 100 BC BC or later and wrote a Liber de poetis ("Book on the Poets") in iambic senars . Only four fragments about Roman comedy poets ( palliata ) have survived , three of them about Terence . The fourth fragment deals with the hierarchy of ten comedy poets in 13 verses.

literature

  • Werner Suerbaum : Volcacius Sedigitus. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , pp. 291-294
personal data
SURNAME Sedigitus, Volcacius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman author
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.