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Gnaeus Naevius

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Also known as Cneius Nævius, Cneius Naevius

ancient Roman dramatist

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Gnaeus Naevius, born Cnaeus Naevius, was an Ancient Roman poet, playwright, and writer. He was born in 275 BCE in ancient Capua and died in 201 BCE in Utica. A male citizen of Ancient Rome, he spoke, wrote, and signed in Latin, which was also his native language.

His literary output is documented across various sources, with work counts ranging from five to eleven. Notable titles associated with him include *Cn. Naevi de bello Pvnico reliqviae*, *Ein köstliche Schatzkamer*, *Thesavarivm artis scriptoriae*, *Naevius poeta*, and *Belli Punici carminis quae supersunt*. He is described in reference works such as *Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition*, *Nordisk familjebok*, *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
ca. 270 B.C.
Died
ca. 200 B.C.
Works
11

Top works

  • Cn. Naevi de bello Pvnico reliqviae
  • Ein köstliche Schatzkamer
  • Thesavarivm artis scriptoriae
  • Naevius poeta
  • Belli Punici carminis quae supersunt

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Fragmentary Latin Poets

    · 1993 · cited 1x

  2. Tragedies

    · 1936

  3. Naevius

    · 1993

  4. Comedies in Greek Dress; Comedy in Roman Dress

    · 1936

  5. Cypria Ilias

    · 1993

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Quotes

  • Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules.
  • Novem Iovis concordes filiae sorores.
  • Postquam avem aspexit in templo Anchisa,sacra in mensa Penatium ordine ponuntur;immolabat auream victimam pulchram.
  •     Amborum uxoresnoctu Troiad exibant capitibus opertis,flentes ambae, abeuntes lacrimis cum multis.
  • Blande et docte percontat, Aenea[s] quo pactoTroiam urbem liquisset.
  • Dein pollens sagittis inclutus arquitenenssanctusque Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo.

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Works in European collections

6 objects attributed to Gnaeus Naevius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Theater in Pompeii Gnaeus Naevius (/ˈniːviəs/; c. 270 – c. 201 BC) was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metellus family, one of whom was consul. After a sojourn in prison he recanted and was set free by the tribunes (who had the tribunician power, in essence the power of habeas corpus). After a second offense he was exiled to Tunisia, where he wrote his own epitaph and committed suicide. His comedies were in the genre of Palliata Comoedia, an adaptation of Greek New Comedy. A soldier in the Punic Wars, he was highly patriotic, inventing a new genre called Praetextae Fabulae, an extension of tragedy to Roman national figures or incidents, named after the Toga praetexta worn by high officials. Of his writings there survive only fragments of several poems preserved in the citations of late ancient grammarians (Charisius, Aelius Donatus, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Aulus Gellius, Isidore, Macrobius, Nonius Marcellus, Priscian, Marcus Terentius Varro).

Biography

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