The Student's Companion to Latin AuthorsMiddleton, George
Philosophy
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors
Middleton, George
Authors, Latin; Latin literature -- History and criticism
Seneca, L. Annaeus, the younger,
birth, family, education, 240;
voyage to Egypt, 241;
political advancement, 242;
banishment, recall, 243;
tutorship of Nero, privy to Claudius' murder, 244;
checks Nero, 245;
power and wealth, 246;
loss of power, 247;
wishes to retire, 248;
Piso's conspiracy, death of Seneca, 248;
extant prose works, 249;
extant poems, incl. tragedies, 252;
lost works, 253;
spurious works, views and character, 254;
style, 255;
imit. Curtius Rufus, 257;
friend of Persius, 261;
of Calp. Sic. 276;
of Lucilius Iunior, 277 _sqq._;
foll. by Lucan, 271;
imit. by Lucilius, 280;
by Val. Flaccus, 288;
by Juv. 326;
patron of Mart. 296;
Quintilian's antagonism to, 309.
Servius, 354, 147 _sqq._
Sextius, 237, 240 _sqq._
Siculus, _see_ Calpurnius.
Silanus, D. 203.
Silius Italicus,
life, 289;
_Punica_, 290;
models, 291;
Homerus Latinus, 291;
friend of Mart. 298;
of Pliny the younger, 335;
on life of Ennius, 26;
imit. Virg. 163.
Siron, 149, 150.
Sisenna, L. Cornelius, 67;
foll. by Sall. 129;
by Tac. 346.
Sophocles,
imit. by Pacuv. 36;
by Accius, 57;
by Virg. 161;
by Sen. 253.
Soranus, _see_ Valerius.
Sotadean metre, 31, 57.
Sotion, 240.
Stataria, 11, 46.
Statius, _see_ Caecilius.
Statius, P. Papinius,
birth, 291;
poetical competitions, 292;
patronized by Domitian, admiration for Lucan and Virgil, 293;
works, 293-5;
imit. Virg. 163;
Val. Flaccus, 288;
friend of Lucan, 267;
sneered at by Mart. 298.
Stilo, Aelius, 10, 25, 29.
Stoicism,
discussed by Cic. 79 _sqq._;
in Virg. 162;
Hor.'s attitude to, 173;
in Sen. 241, 254;
in Persius, 262;
in Lucan, 270;
in _Aetna_, 279;
in Juv. 325.
Sueius, 66.
Suessa, birthpl. of Lucilius, 59.
Suetonius Tranquillus, C.,
life, 348;
works, 349;
biography of Lucan, 264.
Sulla, 68, 129.
Sulmo, birthpl. of Ovid, 200.
Sulpicia, 191.
Sulpicius, 181.
Sulpicius Apollinaris, 18, 51.
Syrus, see Publilius.
Tabernaria fabula, 6, 64.
Tacitus, Cornelius, 336;
birth and rank, 337;
reputation as an orator, 338;
political career, death, 339;
works, 340-3;
views, 343;
sources, 346;
his credibility, 347;
friend of Pliny the younger, 335;
imit. Sall. 132;
Virg. 163;
Pliny the elder, 285.
Tanusius Geminus, 138.
Tegula, Licinius, 52.
Terentius Afer, P.,
date and pl. of birth, 39, 40;
relations with Laelius, Scipio, and Caecilius, 41-2;
death, 43;
personal appearance, 44;
comedies, 44;
prologues, representation, 49;
names of characters, 50;
arguments, prosody, views on Ter. 51;
imit. by Afranius, 65;
relations with Caecilius, 38;
attacks on Luscius, 39.
Terentius, _see_ Varro.
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