Afranius, Lucius

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Name:
Afranius, Lucius
Abbr:
Afran.
AFRAN.
Alt names:
Lucio Afranio
Afranius, Lucjusza
Afranio
Afran.
AFRAN.
Field of activity:
Comic Poet
Latin Poet
Notes:
Stankiewicz, Lucyna. Komedia Lucjusza Afraniusza i jej związki z innymi odmianami komedii, 1999: t.p. (Lucjusza Afranius)
LC data base 03-01-00: (hdg.: Afranius, Lucius)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 55: "Afranius, L. a Roman comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the first century B.C....Afranius must have written a great many comedies, as the names and fragments of between twenty and thirty are still preserved.."
Brill's New Pauly: "Afranius, 4, Roman comic poet. According to the opinion of ancient literary criticism (Vell. Pat. 2,9,3
Quint. Inst. 10,1,100) the most important representative of the fabula togata, Roman comedy in Roman garb. Like both of the other toga poets ( Titinius and Quinctius Atta) A. was probably a born Roman...."Stärk, Ekkehard (Leipzig). "Afranius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online.
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