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Lucius Afranius (Poet)
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Roman comic poet, flourished about 94 B.C. His comedies chiefly dealt with everyday subjects from Roman middle-class life, and he himself tells us that he borrowed freely from Menander and others. His style was vigorous and correct; his moral tone that of the period.
Horace, Epp. ii. I. 57; Cicero, Brutus, 45, de Fin. i. 3; Quintilian x. I. 100; fragments, about 400 lines, in Ribbeck, Scaenicae Romanorum Poesis Fragmenta, ii. (1898).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lucius Afranius (Poet)'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lucius-afranius-poet.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lucius Afranius (Poet)'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lucius-afranius-poet.html. 1910.
