NAEVIUS, GNAEUS

nīˈəs nēˈvəs, c.264–195 b.c., Roman poet and dramatist. Born in Campania, he served in the first Punic War (264–241 b.c.), which he evoked in De Bello Punico. Now only available in fragments, this work is considered the first Latin epic. In his plays, Naevius satirized Roman society from the perspective of a plebeian. Forced to leave Rome, he retired to Utica in Africa.

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Book by Paul Harvey; Clarendon Press, 1937
Subjects: Classical Dictionaries, Classical Literature--Dictionaries
...to funeral orations.Naevius, GNAEUS c. 270-c. 199 B...Naevio poetae.Finally Naevius was exiled and died at...interesting comparison of Naevius and Ennius in Ciceros...C. for Gaus Cn. for Gnaeus D. for Decimus L. for...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
N NAEVIUS, GNAEUS (third century B.C) Naevius was an early Roman poet, author of tragedies, comedies, and an epic entitled Punic War . Naevius was the first known native Roman poet, possibly from Campania...
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Book by M. C. Howatson; Oxford University Press, 1989
Subjects: Classical Dictionaries, Classical Literature--Dictionaries
...to funeral orations. Naevius, Gnaeus c. 270-190s BC , Roman...but it is possible that Naevius also wrote comedies with...see METRE, LATIN 1. Naevius may have gone into exile...Gaius see ALPHABET 2 Cn. Gnaeus see ALPHABET 2 D. Decimus...
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Who's Who in the Roman World
Book by John Hazel; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Rome--Biography, Rome--History
...Hellenistic and Roman Sparta, London: Routledge. Naevius , Gnaeus ( c. 270-201 BC), was an epic poet and dramatist...Punic War, in the Saturnian metre. Only fragments of Naevius works have survived. His stage plays, both tragedies...
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A History of Roman Literature
Book by Harold N. Fowler; D. Appleton, 1903
Subjects: Latin Literature--History And Criticism
...Maternus Curiatius , 201 ; Firmicus , 260 . Matius Gnaeus , 43 ; 62 . Maximus of Tyre, 240 . Mela Pomponius...Licinius Crassus , 44 . Musonius Rufus C. , 177 ; 270 . Naevius Gnaeus , 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9 ; 18 ; 53 ; 107 .
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Naevius, Gnaeus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAEVIUS, GNAEUS ni s ne v s, c.264 195 b.c., Roman poet and dramatist. Born in...fragments, this work is considered the first Latin epic. In his plays, Naevius satirized Roman society from the perspective of a plebeian. Forced to...
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Latin Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...beginning of literary work in Rome with the plays of the slave Livius Andronicus , adapted from the Greek. The epic poet Gnaeus Naevius also wrote dramas, but he was far surpassed by the greatest of Roman dramatists, Plautus , a master of comedy...
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Drama, Western
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...toward sensationalism and spectacle. The earliest Roman dramatic attempts were simply translations from the Greek. Gnaeus Naevius (c.270 c.199 b.c.) and his successors imitated Greek models in tragedies that never transcended the level...


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