CHAPTER VII.

TERENCE AND THE COMIC POETS SUBSEQUENT TO PLAUTUS.

Comedy between the time of Plautus and Terence 204
Caecilius Statius 204
Scipionic Circle 206
Complete Hellenising of Roman Comedy 207
Conflicting accounts of life of Terence 207
Order in which his Plays were produced 209
His 'prologues' as indicative of his individuality 210
'Dimidiatus Menander' 212
Epicurean 'humanity' chief characteristic 213
Sentimental motive of his pieces 214
Minute delineations of character 215
Diction and rhythm 217
Influence on the style and sentiment of Horace 218
Modern estimates of Terence 220
Comoedia Togata, Atellanae, Mimus 220
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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