Licinius Imbrex
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- phi0091
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.834
- Phi id:
- phi0091
- Stoa id:
- stoa0175
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 95030635
- Name:
- Licinius Imbrex
- Abbr:
- IMBR.
- Alt names:
- Imbrex, Licinius
Gai Licini Imbrex
IMBR.
- Field of activity:
- Comic Poet
- Notes:
- His Palliatae [CF] 1991: PHI CD Rom #5.3, Latin Canon, bibliographic screen (Licinius Imbrex)
Oxford class. dict., 1st ed.: p. 504 (Licinius Imbrex, Latin poet
NUC pre-56
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 2, 1867, p. 571:
"Imbrex, C. Licinius, an ancient Latin comic poet, quoted by Gellius and Festus, of whose plays only
one is expressly mentioned, namely, "Neara"...."
Brill's New Pauly: "L. Imbrex Probably a poet of comedies, 2nd cent. BC, ...
Probably a contemporary of Plautus (vetus comoediarum scriptor, Gell. NA 13,23,16
Festus Paulus p. 109 M.)
Volcacius Sedigitus
....ranked him fourth after Caecilius [III 6], Plautus and Naevius in the canon of Roman comedians. He wrote comedies,
of which only the Neaera (CRF 39) is known
the same comedy title is already mentioned in Timocles and Philemon..."
from Blänsdorf, Jürgen (Mainz). "Licinius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider .
Brill, 2011. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 16 March 2011
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