Isidore of Seville and comici ueteres. Ad Isid., Orig. VIII 7.7
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2012.17.1123Keywords:
Accius, Caecilius Statius, Isidore of Seville, comic playwright, comici ueteres, comici nouiAbstract
In chapter 7 of book VIII of Etymologies dedicated to Roman poets (De poetis), Isidore draws a dividing line between the so-called ueteres and noui comici. Among ueteres he counts Plautus, Accius, Terentius, although Accius, according to our knowledge, composed only tragedies and can hardly be considered a comic playwright. In this paper I try to prove that all the palaeographic, phonetic, historical, and literary arguments speak in favour of emending in the discussed passage the peculiar «Accius» to the expected «Caecilius» (i.e. Caecilius Statius).
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