The Student's Companion to Latin Authors

GENERAL INDEX

  • Abuccius, 99.
  • Accius,
    • birth, 55;
    • literary activity, friendships with leading men, 56;
    • character, 56;
    • plays and other works, 57;
    • Accius on philology and philosophy, 57;
    • views on Accius, 58;
    • relations with Pacuvius, 35;
    • on the dates of Livius, 1;
    • imit. by Lucr. 121;
    • by Virg. 161.
  • Acro, 354.
  • Acta diurna and Acta senatus,
    • used by Tac. 346;
    • by Sueton. 349.
  • Aedituus, see Valerius.
  • Aelius Stilo, 10, 25, 29.
  • Aelius Tubero, 220.
  • Aemilius Macer, 182.
  • Aemilius Scaurus, 58.
  • Aeschylus,
    • imit. by Livius, 3;
    • by Accius, 57;
    • by Sen. 253;
    • trans. by Cic. 88.
  • Aesop, imit. by Phaedrus, 239.
  • Aesopus, actor, 69.
  • Aetna, see Lucilius Iunior.
  • Afranius, L. 64.
  • Agricola, 338, 341.
  • Agrippina, 243 sqq.;
    • her memoirs, 346.
  • Albinovanus Celsus, 181.
  • Albius, see Tibullus.
  • Alcaeus, imit. by Hor. 174 sqq.
  • Alexandrian influence on Catull. 139, 175;
    • on Virg. 157;
    • on Propert. 199;
    • on Ovid, 210.
  • Alimentus, Cincius, 53.
  • Amafinius, 83.
  • Ambivius Turpio, 38, 43 sqq.
  • Amiternum, birthplace of Sallust, 125.
  • Anacreon, foll. by Hor. 175.
  • Andes,
  • Andronicus, Livius,
    • dispute as to his dates, 1;
    • facts of life, 2;
    • actor and schoolmaster, 3;
    • plays, 3;
    • Odisia, 3;
    • Hor.’s reference to, 165.
  • Annaeus, see Cornutus, Lucanus, Seneca.
  • Anser, 184, 141-2.
  • Antias, see Valerius.
  • Antioch, birthplace of Publilius Syrus, 145.
  • Antiochus,
    • teacher of Cicero, 70;
    • of Varro, 91.
  • Antipater, see Coelius.
  • Antonius, C. Iullus, 181.
  • Antonius, M., the orator, 69.
  • Antonius Gnipho, rhetorician, 69.
  • Apollodorus, imit. by Ter. 46, 47.
  • Apollonius Rhodius,
    • trans. by Atac. 144;
    • imit. by Virg. 161;
    • by Val. Flaccus, 287.
  • Aquilius, 39.
  • Aquinum, birthpl. of Juv. 313.
  • Aratus,
    • trans. by Cic. 87;
    • this trans. used by Lucr. 120;
    • imit. by Atac. 145;
    • by Virg. 157;
    • trans. by Germanicus, 281.
  • Archias, 69, 75, 89.
  • Archilochus, imit. by Hor. 174.
  • Argumenta,
    • to Plautus, 18;
    • to Ter. 51;
    • to Livy, 217.
  • Aristius Fuscus, 181.
  • Aristotle,
    • foll. by Cic. 79, 85;
    • by Hor. 179.
  • Arpinum, birthpl. of Cic. 69.
  • Asconius Pedianus, 77.
  • Asinius, see Pollio.
  • Asisium, birthpl. of Propert. 192.
  • Atacinus, see Varro.
  • Ateius, foll. by Sall. 131.
  • Atellana fabula, 67.
  • Atilius, 39.
  • Atta, T. Quintius, 64.
  • Attalus, teacher of Seneca, 241.
  • Atticus, T. Pomponius, 90, 85 sqq.;
    • on chronology, 1;
    • friend of Nepos, 113.
  • Attius, see Accius.
  • Augustus,
    • works, 152;
    • relations with Virg. 149, 152, 159;
    • with Hor. 166 sqq.
    • with Gallus, 182;
    • with Propert. 195;
    • with Ovid, 211;
    • with Livy, 215;
    • with Vitruvius, 225.
  • Bacchanalia, 12.
  • Bacchylides, foll. by Hor. 175.
  • Bassus, Aufidius, 284.
  • Bassus, poet, 196, 206.
  • Bavius, 183.
  • Bibaculus, see Furius.
  • Bilbilis, birthpl. of Martial, 295.
  • Britannicus, 245.
  • Brundisium, birthpl. of Pacuvius, 34.
  • Brutus,
    • relations with Cic. 80 sqq.;
    • with Hor. 165 sqq.;
    • Lucan on, 269.
  • Burrus, friend of Seneca, 245 sqq.
  • Caecilius of Novum Comum, 139.
  • Caecilius Statius,
    • dates, 37;
    • comedies, 38;
    • relations with Ter. 38, 42;
    • views on Caecilius, 39;
    • friend of Ennius, 28;
    • imit. by Ter. 43.
  • Caelius Rufus,
    • defended by Cic. 76;
    • enemy of Catull. 135.
  • Caesar, C. Iulius,
    • birth, 100;
    • early connexion with democrats, 100;
    • military and civil career, 101-2;
    • supports Pompey, 102;
    • first triumvirate, conquest of Gaul, civil war, 103;
    • dictator, death, 104;
    • De Bello Gallico, 104;
    • its objects, style, 105;
    • De Bello Civili, 106;
    • other works in the Corpus Caesarianum, 106;
    • theories on their authorship, 107;
    • Caesar’s lost works, incl. speeches and poems, 109;
    • criticisms on his poems, 111;
    • verses on Ter. 51;
    • relations with Cic. 71, 77, 109, 110;
    • with Varro, 92;
    • with Sall. 127;
    • with Laberius, 97;
    • with Catull. 137;
    • with Calvus, 143;
    • celebrated by Bibaculus, 100;
    • by Atac. 144;
    • Livy on, 223;
    • Lucan on, 268, 270;
    • foll. by Frontinus, 311;
    • by Tac. 346.
  • Caesar Strabo, 66.
  • Calagurris, birthpl. of Quintilian, 302.
  • Calendar, Caesar’s reform of, 104, 110.
  • Calidus, Iulius, 124.
  • Caligula, and Seneca, 242.
  • Callimachus,
    • imit. by Catull. 139;
    • by Propert. 198-9;
    • by Ovid, 211-2.
  • Calpurnius Piso, 58;
    • foll. by Livy, 220.
  • Calpurnius Siculus, T. 275;
    • discussion of his date, 276;
    • Eclogae and sequel by Nemesianus, his models, De laude Pisonis, 277.
  • Calvus, C. Licinius Macer,
    • life, speeches, 142;
    • poems, relations with Caes. 143;
    • with Catull. 138-9, 143;
    • Hor.’s opinion of, 143, 176.
  • Canticum, 19, 50.
  • Cassius Hemina, 58.
  • Catilinarian conspiracy, 70, 75, 102.
  • Catius, T. 83, 112.
  • Cato, M. Porcius, the censor,
    • date, 53;
    • founder of Latin prose, 53;
    • works, 54-5;
    • patron of Enn. 27;
    • foll. by Nep. 117;
    • by Virg. 157, 161;
    • by Livy, 219;
    • imit, by Sall. 131.
  • Cato Uticensis, Lucan on, 269.
  • Cato, Valerius, teacher of Catullus, 133, 139.
  • Catullus, C. Valerius,
    • birth and dates, 132;
    • family and education, 133;
    • relations with Lesbia, 134;
    • voyage to Bithynia, 136;
    • attacks Caesar’s party, 137;
    • relations with contemporaries, 138;
    • longer poems, Alexandrian influence, publication of poems, 139;
    • metre, 175;
    • friend of Nep. 114-5;
    • of Calvus, 138-9, 143;
    • of Cinna, 140;
    • Hor.’s opinion of, 143, 176;
    • imit. by Virg. 154;
    • by Mart. 301.
  • Catulus, see Lutatius.
  • Celsus, Cornelius,
    • his encyclopaedia, 235;
    • its subdivisions, extant part De Re Medica, 236;
    • foll. by Quint. 309.
  • Christians, Tacitus’ view of, 347.
  • Cicero, M. Tullius,
    • birth, education, at the bar, 69;
    • in the East, political career, Catilinarian conspiracy, banishment, 70;
    • recall, proconsul of Cilicia, in civil war, 71;
    • death, 73;
    • speeches, 73;
    • philosophical works, 79;
    • Cic. as a philosopher, 83;
    • rhetorical works, 83;
    • letters, 85;
    • their style, lost prose writings, 86;
    • poems, 87;
    • criticisms of his poetry, 88;
    • on chronology, 1, 9;
    • verses on Ter. 51;
    • conversed with Accius, 56;
    • criticises Sisenna, 67;
    • attacked by Catull. 138;
    • his reference to Lucr. 119;
    • editorship of Lucr. 120;
    • relations with Nep. 114;
    • with Calvus, 142;
    • foll. by Nep. 117;
    • by Lucr. 120;
    • by Hor. 174;
    • by Val. Max. 234;
    • largely quoted by Quint. 308;
    • admired by elder Sen. 228.
  • Cicero, Quintus, 89.
  • Cincius Alimentus, 53;
    • foll. by Livy, 219.
  • Cinna, C. Helvius,
    • friend of Catull. 136-9, 140;
    • partisan of Caesar, discussion of his identity, 141;
    • poems, 141;
    • patronized by Pollio, 112.
  • Claudius, emperor,
    • relations with Livy, 216;
    • with Sen. 243 sqq.
  • Claudius Quadrigarius, 67;
    • foll. by Livy, 220.
  • Clodia (Lesbia), 76;
    • Catullus’ relations with, 134 sqq.
  • Clodius, P. 70, 76.
  • Clodius Licinus, 220.
  • Cluvius Rufus, foll. by Tac. 346.
  • Codrus, 183.
  • Coelius Antipater, 58;
    • foll. by Livy, 220.
  • Columella,
    • birth, military service, property, date, 258;
    • works, 258-9.
  • Comum, birthpl. of the two Plinii, 281, 326.
  • Contaminatio, 6, 13, 46 sqq.
  • Corbulo, Domitius, memoirs of, 346.
  • Corduba, birthpl. of the two Senecas and Lucan, 226, 240, 264.
  • Corinna, celebrated by Ovid, 207.
  • Cornelius, see Celsus, Gallus, Nepos, Sisenna, Tacitus.
  • Cornificius, 88.
  • Cornificius, poet, 139.
  • Cornutus, Annaeus,
    • teacher of Persius, 260 sqq.;
    • of Lucan, 265.
  • Corvinus, see Messalla.
  • Cremona, birthpl. of Bibaculus, 99.
  • Crispus, see Sallustius.
  • Curtius Rufus,
    • his date and identity, 256;
    • Historiae Alexandri, 257.
  • Cynthia (Hostia), Propertius’ relations with, 65, 193, 197 sqq.
  • Delia (Plania), Tibullus’ love for, 188-9.
  • Demetrius the Cynic, 251, 254.
  • Democritus, imit. by Lucr. 123.
  • Demophilus, 11.
  • Didascaliae, 15, 17, 44 sqq.
  • Diodotus, teacher of Cic. 69.
  • Diphilus,
    • imit. by Plaut. 12, 15, 17;
    • by Ter. 48.
  • Diverbium, 19, 50.
  • Domitian,
    • patron of Statius, 293;
    • of Mart. 297 sqq.;
    • of Quint. 305.
  • Domitius Marsus, 184;
    • epigram on Tibull. 186.
  • Donatus, Aelius, 354, 39, 44, 147 sqq.
  • Dossenus, in fabula Atellana, 25, 67.
  • Eclecticism,
    • of Enn. 29;
    • of Cic. 83;
    • of Hor. 173.
  • Egnatius, 99.
  • Empedocles, imit. by Lucr. 122.
  • Ennius,
    • birth, 26;
    • in Sardinia, 26;
    • life in Rome, 27;
    • in Aetolia, a Roman citizen, death, 28;
    • character and views, 29;
    • plays, Saturae, etc. 30;
    • Annals, 31;
    • services to Latin literature—the hexameter, 32;
    • influence on other poets, 33;
    • views on Ennius, 34;
    • criticised by Lucilius, 62;
    • imit. by Lucr. 121;
    • by Virg. 161;
    • in Bell. Hisp. 109;
    • imit. Naevius, 7;
    • quoted by Phaedrus, 237;
    • taught Pacuv. 35.
  • Epicureanism, 83;
    • in Enn. 30;
    • discussed by Cic. 80 sqq.;
    • in Lucr. 120 sqq.
    • in Virg. 149;
    • in Hor. 170, 173;
    • in Aetna, 279.
  • Epidius, teacher of Virg. 149.
  • Euhemerism, 31, 162.
  • Euphorion, 156, 183.
  • Euripides,
    • imit. by Enn. 30;
    • by Pacuv. 36;
    • by Accius, 57;
    • by Sen. 253;
    • criticised by Lucilius, 62.
  • Gades, birthpl. of Columella, 258.
  • Gaetulicus, 301.
  • Gallio, see Novatus.
  • Gallus, Cornelius,
  • Gellius, Aulus, 352.
  • Geminus, see Tanusius.
  • Germanicus Caesar, 281.
  • Glycera, see Nemesis.
  • Gracci, 58.
  • Guilds of poets, 2, 38.
  • Hadrian,
    • banishes Juv. 322;
    • dismisses Sueton. 349.
  • Helvia, 227, 240 sqq.
  • Helvius, see Cinna.
  • Hemina, see Cassius.
  • Herennium, Rhet. ad, 88;
    • foll. by Quint. 309.
  • Hesiod, imit. by Virg. 157.
  • Hieronymus, see Jerome.
  • Hirtius and the Corpus Caes. 106 sqq.
  • Homer,
    • trans. by Livius, 3;
    • by Matius, 66;
    • by Cic. 88;
    • imit. by Hostius, 65;
    • by Virg. 161;
    • by Val. Flaccus, 288;
    • by Silius, 291;
    • parodied by Petron. 273.
  • Horatius Flaccus, Q.,
    • name, birth, 163;
    • parentage, 164;
    • education, in civil war, 165;
    • clerkship, 166;
    • introduction to Maecenas, journey to Brundisium, Sabine farm, 167;
    • relations with imperial house, 168;
    • death, personal appearance, 169;
    • chronology of works, 170;
    • Satires, 170, 172;
    • Odes and Epodes, 171, 174;
    • Epistles, 171, 172, 179;
    • Carm. Saec. 171;
    • Ars Poet. 172, 179;
    • nature of the Satires, 173;
    • Odes, models of, 174;
    • metre and subjects of, 175;
    • Epistles, subjects of, 179;
    • Hor. and nature, popularity of Hor. 180;
    • relations with Virg. 151;
    • with Tibull. 189;
    • with Propert. 195;
    • patronized by Pollio, 112;
    • on Calvus and Catull. 143, 176;
    • on Atac. 144;
    • imit. Lucilius, 62;
    • Lucr. 125;
    • parodied Bibac. 100;
    • imit. by Persius, 263;
    • by Lucan, 271;
    • by Mart. 301;
    • by Juv. 325;
    • foll. by Quint. 309.
  • Hortensius, 74.
  • Hostia, see Cynthia.
  • Hostius, 65;
    • imit. by Virg. 161.
  • Hyginus, C. Iulius, 224;
    • friend of Ovid, 206.
  • Iambi = satirical verses, 100, 174.
  • Imbrex, Licinius, 39.
  • Italicus, see Silius.
  • Iulia, grand-daughter of Augustus, 203.
  • Iulius, see Caesar, Calidus, Florus, Frontinus, Hyginus.
  • Iunior, see Lucilius.
  • Iuvenalis, D. Iunius,
    • sources for his life, 312;
    • birth, 313;
    • inscription at Aquinum, 314;
    • parentage, position, and education, 314-6;
    • military and civil career, 316;
    • in Britain, 317;
    • references to Britain, 318;
    • life in Rome, 319;
    • dates of Satires, 320;
    • banishment, 322;
    • death, 323;
    • subjects of Satires, 323;
    • pessimism, rhetorical learning and style, 324-6;
    • friend of Mart. 298;
    • imit. Virg. 163.
  • Iuventius, 52.
  • Jerome, 351;
  • Jews, Tacitus’ view of, 347.
  • Labeo, Fabius, 42, 52.
  • Laberius,
    • dates, 97;
    • contest with Publ. Syrus, 97, 145;
    • mimes, 98;
    • language and views, 99.
  • Laelius, literary circle of, 35, 41, 59.
  • Laenas, see Popillius.
  • Laevius, 66.
  • Lanuvinus, see Luscius.
  • Latro, Porcius,
    • teacher of Ovid, 201;
    • friend of Sen. 227.
  • Lesbia, see Clodia.
  • Libri lintei, 68.
  • Licinius Imbrex, 39.
  • Licinius Tegula, 52.
  • Licinius Macer, 67;
    • foll. by Livy, 220.
  • Licinius Macer Calvus, see Calvus.
  • Licinus, Porcius, 65.
  • Livius, see Andronicus.
  • Livius, T.,
    • birth, intimacy with imperial house, 215;
    • death, 216;
    • works on philosophy and rhetoric, 216;
    • his history, the Periochae, number and scope of books, 217;
    • date of composition, 218;
    • publication, 219;
    • his sources, 68, 319;
    • comparison with Polybius, 220;
    • characteristics of his history, 220-1;
    • views on religion and morality, 222;
    • politics, 223;
    • imit. Virg. 163;
    • foll. by Ovid, 211;
    • by Val. Max. 234;
    • by Lucan, 271;
    • by Silius, 290;
    • by Frontinus, 311.
  • Lucanus, M. Annaeus,
    • biographies of, 264;
    • education, Laudes Neronis, political advancement, breach with Nero, 265;
    • satirizes Nero, joins Piso’s conspiracy, suicide, 266;
    • his wife, 267;
    • lost works, 267;
    • De Bello Civili (Pharsalia), 267, 268 sqq.
    • popularity of his works, 268;
    • his views on politics, 268;
    • on philosophy and religion, 270;
    • rhetorical treatment, 271;
    • his models, 271;
    • criticisms of Lucan, 272;
    • friendship with Persius, 261;
    • imit. Virg. 163;
    • imit. by Juv. 326;
    • admired by Statius, 293;
    • parodied by Petron. 275.
  • Lucilius,
    • date, 58;
    • birthpl. and rank, 59;
    • his friends and enemies, 59-60;
    • Saturae, dates of composition, 61;
    • subjects of, 62;
    • on philology, 62;
    • style and character, 63;
    • imit. by Lucr. 121;
    • by Virg. 161;
    • by Hor. 173;
    • by Persius, 262-3;
    • by Juv. 326.
  • Lucilius Iunior, 277;
    • official career, friendship with Sen. 278;
    • date and authorship of Aetna, 279;
    • imit. Sen. and Lucr. 280;
    • imit. Virg. 163.
  • Lucillius, epigrammatist, 301.
  • Lucretius Carus, T.,
    • his dates, 119;
    • Cic.’s editorship of his works, recently discovered biography, 120;
    • position and character, 121;
    • De rerum natura, 122;
    • his ethics and physics, 123;
    • imit. Enn. 33;
    • imit. by Virg. 158, 161;
    • by Hor. 173;
    • in Aetna, 280.
    • Lucullus, 68.
  • Ludi Megalenses, 15, 17, 44;
    • Romani, 17;
    • plebei, 17.
  • Luscius Lanuvinus, 39, 49.
  • Lutatius Catulus, 65.
  • Lycinna, 193.
  • Lygdamus, 190.
  • Lynceus, 196.
  • Maccius, see Plautus.
  • Macer, see Aemilius, Calvus, Pompeius.
  • Macrobius, 354.
  • Maecenas, 166;
    • relations with Virg. 151, 157;
    • with Hor. 166 sqq.;
    • with Valgius, 180;
    • with Propert. 195, 198.
  • Mamurra, Catullus’ hostility to, 137.
  • Manilius, 213;
    • imit. Lucr. 125;
    • Virg. 163;
    • imit. by Juv. 326.
  • Marcellus, nephew of Augustus, 159, 171.
  • Maro, see Vergilius.
  • Marsus, see Domitius.
  • Martialis, M. Valerius,
    • birth, 295;
    • education, life at Rome, patrons, 296;
    • life under Domitian and Titus, 297;
    • friends of Martial, 298;
    • returns to Spain, 299;
    • character, 299;
    • publication of Epigrams, popularity, 300;
    • models, mistakes, 301;
    • satire and versification, 302;
    • imit. Catull. 140;
    • Virg. 163;
    • friend of Lucan, 267;
    • of Silius, 289;
    • of Frontinus, 311;
    • of Juv. 319;
    • of Pliny the younger, 335;
    • imit. by Juv. 326.
  • Maternus, Curiatius, 341.
  • Matius, Cn. 66.
  • Maximus, see Valerius.
  • Mediocritas of Terence, 51.
  • Mela, Pomponius, 259.
  • Melissus, 149, 185.
  • Memmius, C. 120, 122, 136.
  • Menander,
    • imit. by Plaut. 13, 15, 18;
    • by Caecilius, 38;
    • by Ter. 44 sqq.;
    • by Turpilius, 52;
    • by Afranius, 65.
  • Menippea Satira, 96, 273.
  • Messalina, 243.
  • Messalla Corvinus, 187;
    • patron of Tibull. 186 sqq.;
    • relations with Ovid, 205.
  • Mevius, 183.
  • Molo,
    • teacher of Cic. 69, 70;
    • of Caes. 102.
  • Murena, conspiracy of, 171.
  • Naevius, Cn.,
    • birth, 4;
    • attacks Metelli, 5;
    • banishment and death, 6;
    • plays, 6;
    • Bellum Punicum, 7;
    • Plautus’ reference to, 14;
    • imit. by Lucr. 121;
    • by Virg. 161.
  • Naples, birthpl. of Statius, 291.
  • Naso, see Ovidius.
  • Nemesianus, 275, 277.
  • Nemesis (Glycera), Tibullus’ love for, 188, 190.
  • Neoptolemus, 179.
  • Nepos, Cornelius,
    • discussion of date, 113;
    • intimacy with Atticus, 113;
    • with Catull. 114;
    • character and views, 114;
    • minor works, 115;
    • De viris illustribus, 116;
    • sources, 117;
    • value of his work, 117;
    • authenticity of his works, 118;
    • on Terence, 40;
    • on Cato, 54;
    • friend of Catull. 139;
    • foll. by Mela, 259.
  • Nero,
    • relations with Sen. 244 sqq.;
    • with Lucan, 265;
    • with Petron. 272;
    • with Silius, 289;
    • Calp. Sic. on, 276;
    • his poetry parodied by Persius, 262;
    • by Petron. 275.
  • Nicander,
    • foll. by Virg. 158;
    • by Macer, 182;
    • by Ovid, 210.
  • Nonius Marcellus, 353.
  • Novatus, M. Annaeus (= Gallio), 227, 250, 264.
  • Novius, 67.
  • Oppius, and the Corpus Caes. 106.
  • Orbilius, 99, 165.
  • Ovidius Naso, P.,
    • name and birth, 200;
    • rank and education, 201;
    • official career, 202;
    • travels, 203;
    • banishment, 203;
    • probable reasons for it, 203-4;
    • life at Tomi, 204-5;
    • death, 205;
    • his literary friends, 206;
    • his property, 206;
    • poems, 207;
    • relations with Aemilius Macer, 182;
    • with Tibull. 189;
    • with Propert. 196;
    • imit. Catull. 140;
    • Virg. 163;
    • foll. Propert. 199;
    • Verrius Flaccus, 224;
    • imit. by Sen. 253;
    • by Lucan, 271;
    • in Aetna, 279;
    • by Val. Flaccus, 288;
    • by Mart. 301;
    • by Juv. 326;
    • on Varro Atac. 144;
    • on Gallus, 182.
  • Pacuvius,
    • birth, 34;
    • literary friends, 35;
    • tragedies, saturae, 36;
    • views and style, 36;
    • views on Pacuvius, 37;
    • imit. by Lucr. 121;
    • by Virg. 161.
  • Paetus Thrasea,
    • relative of Persius, 261, 286;
    • Tacitus’ attitude to, 344.
  • Palliata fabula, 6, 10 sqq., 39, 44 sqq., 52.
  • Panaetius, 82.
  • Papinius, see Statius.
  • Patavinitas, 215, 219.
  • Patavium, birthpl. of Livy, 215.
  • Paterculus, see Velleius.
  • Paul, St., and Seneca, 254.
  • Paulus Diaconus, abridged Festus, 224.
  • Pedianus, see Asconius.
  • Pedum, prob. birthpl. of Tibull. 185.
  • Pellio, actor of Plautus, 12.
  • Persius Flaccus, A.,
    • dates, birthpl., rank, education, 260;
    • his friends, property, and character, 261;
    • early works, 261;
    • Satires—their nature, 262;
    • obligations to Hor. 263;
    • popularity, 263-4;
    • imit. Lucilius, 63.
  • Petronius Arbiter, C.,
    • life, 272;
    • Satirae—their subject, 273;
    • dramatic scene and date, 273-4;
    • style, 274;
    • poems in the book, 275.
  • Phaedrus (philosopher), 69.
  • Phaedrus (poet),
    • life, 237;
    • persecuted by Seianus, 237;
    • personal points, 238;
    • fabulae Aesopiae, 239;
    • the five books, 239.
  • Philemon, imit. by Plaut. 14, 15, 17.
  • Philetas, imit. by Propert. 199.
  • Philo, teacher of Cic. 69.
  • Philology, 57, 63, 94, 307.
  • Phocas, 147.
  • Pictor, Fabius, 52.
  • Pindar, foll. by Hor. 175.
  • Pisaurum, birthpl. of Accius, 55.
  • Piso, see Calpurnius.
  • Piso, conspiracy of, 248, 266, 296.
  • Plania, see Delia.
  • Plato,
    • trans. by Cic. 82;
    • foll. by Nep. 117;
    • by Virg. 162.
  • Plautus, T. Maccius,
    • name, 7;
    • date and pl. of birth, 8;
    • varied employments, 8, 9;
    • intimacy with the Scipios, death, 9;
    • Plautine canon, 10;
    • extant plays, 10-18;
    • argumenta, 18;
    • prologues, 18;
    • acts, diverbium, canticum, characters, 19;
    • language, 20;
    • references to Greek and Roman life, 20;
    • prosody, 22;
    • views on Plautus, 25;
    • reference to Naevius, 5.
  • Plinius Secundus, C. (the elder), 281;
    • education, 282;
    • military and procuratorial career, 282-3;
    • death, 283;
    • lost works, 284;
    • Naturae Historiae, their contents and character, 285;
    • views, 286;
    • foll. by Tac. 346.
  • Plinius Secundus, C. (the younger),
    • name and birthpl. 326;
    • date of birth, education, 327;
    • adoption by his uncle, 328;
    • at the bar, civil career, 328;
    • Panegyricus, 330;
    • governor of Pontus et Bithynia, correspondence with Trajan, municipal relations, 331-333;
    • as orator and writer, 333;
    • the Epistles, 334;
    • relations with other writers, character, 335;
    • love of nature, 336;
    • friend of Silius, 289;
    • of Mart. 298;
    • of Frontinus, 310;
    • of Tac. 340;
    • of Sueton. 348.
  • Polla Argentaria,
    • wife of Lucan, 267;
    • patroness of Mart. 297.
  • Pollio, Asinius, 112;
    • criticises Caesar, 105;
    • connexion with Corpus Caes. 107 sqq.;
    • criticises Livy, 219;
    • friend of Virg. 149, 154 sqq.
  • Pollio, see Vitruvius.
  • Polybius,
    • foll. by Nep. 117;
    • by Livy, 220.
  • Polybius, favourite of Claudius, 250.
  • Pompeius Macer, poet, 203.
  • Pompeius Magnus,
    • Livy a supporter of, 219;
    • Lucan’s view of, 268-9.
  • Pompeius, see Trogus.
  • Pompilius, 65.
  • Pomponius, see Mela, Atticus.
  • Pomponius Bononiensis, 67.
  • Pomponius Secundus, 282, 284.
  • Ponticus, 196, 206.
  • Popillius Laenas, 42, 52.
  • Porcius, see Cato, Latro.
  • Porcius Licinus, 65.
  • Porphyrio, 355.
  • Posidippus, 14.
  • Posidonius, 70, 82.
  • Praetexta fabula, 7, 30, 36, 57, 341.
  • Probus, M. Valerius, 147;
    • his life of Persius, 260.
  • Probus, Aemilius, falsely credited with Nepos’ works, 118.
  • Prologues, 18, 49.
  • Propertius, Sex.,
    • name, 191;
    • birth, 192;
    • youth and education, 193;
    • relations with Lycinna and Cynthia, 193-4;
    • later life, 194-5;
    • relations with Maecenas, Augustus, and contemporary poets, 195-6;
    • elegies, 196;
    • dates and contents of the four books, 196-9;
    • his archaeological tastes, 198;
    • character, 200;
    • friend of Ovid, 206;
    • imit. Virg. 163;
    • imit. by Mart. 301.
  • Prosody, 22, 32.
  • Publilius Syrus,
    • life and works, 145;
    • views on, 146;
    • contest with Laberius, 97, 145.
  • Pupius, 185.
  • Pythagoreanism,
    • in Enn. 30;
    • in Laberius, 99;
    • in Virg. 162.
  • Quadrigarius, see Claudius.
  • Quintilianus, M. Fabius,
    • pl. of birth, 302;
    • probable date of birth, his teachers, at the bar, 303;
    • professor of oratory, date of the Institutio, retirement, 304;
    • tutor to Domitian’s grandnephews, consul, flattery of Domitian, domestic relations, 305;
    • earlier works, 306;
    • Institutio, 306;
    • scope of work, 307;
    • his authorities, 308;
    • spurious works, 309;
    • friend of Martial, 298;
    • teacher of Pliny the younger, 327;
    • views on Roman writers, passim.
  • Quintius, see Atta.
  • Rabirius, 83.
  • Reate, birthpl. of Varro, 91.
  • Religion,
    • in Enn. 29;
    • in Pacuv. 36;
    • in Accius, 57;
    • in Lucr. 122;
    • in Virg. 161;
    • in Livy, 222;
    • in Tac. 343.
  • Rhinthonica, 11.
  • Roscius, actor, 69, 73.
  • Rudiae, birthpl. of Enn. 26.
  • Rufus, see Curtius, Valgius, Varius.
  • Rusticus, see Fabius.
  • Rutilius, 220.
  • Sallustius Crispus, C.,
    • dates, youth, rank, 125;
    • political and military life, 126-7;
    • retirement, 128;
    • Bell. Cat., object of work, 128;
    • Bell. Iug., object of work, 129;
    • Hist. 129;
    • spurious works, 130;
    • as a historian, 130;
    • authorities and models, 131;
    • style, popularity, 132;
    • criticised by Livy, 216;
    • foll. by Frontinus, 311;
    • by Val. Max. 235;
    • on Sisenna, 67.
  • Santra, on Terence, 42.
  • Sappho,
    • imit. by Catull. 139;
    • by Hor. 174.
  • Sarranae tibiae, 45.
  • Sarsina, birthpl. of Plautus, 8.
  • Saturae, 30, 36, 61, 64, 172, 262, 320;
  • Saturnians, 3, 7.
  • Scaurus, see Aemilius.
  • Scipio Africanus the elder, friend of Enn. 27.
  • Scipio Africanus the younger,
    • friend of Ter. 40;
    • of Lucilius, 59.
  • Sedigitus, Volcacius, 66;
    • on Plautus, 10;
    • canon, 39, 66.
  • Seianus,
    • praised by Velleius, 234;
    • relations with Phaedrus, 237.
  • Seneca, Annaeus, the elder,
    • birth, rank, 226;
    • life in Rome, death, character, 227;
    • Controversiae, 228-9;
    • Suasoriae, 229;
    • his history, 230.
  • 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.
  • Theocritus,
    • imit. by Virg. 156;
    • by Calp. Sic. 277.
  • Theophrastus, imit. by Cic. 79, 82.
  • Thrasea, see Paetus.
  • Thucydides,
    • imit. by Sall. 132;
    • by Lucr. 123;
    • foll. by Nep. 117.
  • Tiberius,
    • Tac.’s view of, 344 sqq.;
    • praised by Hor. 172;
    • by Velleius, 233;
    • by Val. Max. 235.
  • Tibiae, 45, 50.
  • Tibullus, Albius,
    • birth, 185;
    • rank and wealth, 186;
    • friendship with Messalla, 187;
    • relations with Delia and Nemesis, 188;
    • with other poets, 189;
    • poems, 189;
    • imit. Virg. 163;
    • friend of Ovid, 206;
    • imit. by Mart. 301.
  • Ticidas, 140.
  • Ticinum, birthpl. of Nepos, 113.
  • Tingentera, birthpl. of Mela, 259.
  • Tiro, M. Tullius, 90;
    • edits Cicero’s works, 78, 85.
  • Titinius, 52.
  • Titius, 181.
  • Togata fabula, 6, 52, 64, 185.
  • Trabea, 39.
  • Trabeata fabula, 185.
  • Tragicomoedia, 10.
  • Tranquillus, see Suetonius.
  • Trogus, Pompeius, 223;
    • followed by Val. Max. 235.
  • Tucca, 154, 160.
  • Tullia, 72, 80.
  • Tullius, see Cicero, Tiro.
  • Turpilius, 52.
  • Tusculum, birthpl. of Cato, 53.
  • Vacca, biographer of Lucan, 264.
  • Valerius, see Catullus, Probus, Martialis.
  • Valerius, writer of palliatae, 52.
  • Valerius Aedituus, 65.
  • Valerius Antias, 67;
    • foll. by Livy, 220.
  • Valerius Cato, 133.
  • Valerius Flaccus,
    • life, 234.
    • the Argonautica, 287;
    • imit. Virg. 163.
  • Valerius Maximus, 234;
    • his Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 234;
    • foll. by Juv. 325.
  • Valerius Soranus, 65.
  • Valgius Rufus, 180.
  • Varius Rufus, L., 181;
    • friend of Virg. 154, 160;
    • of Horace, 166 sqq.
  • Varro Atacinus, P. Terentius, 144;
    • imit. by Virg. 161.
  • Varro, M. Terentius,
    • birth, 91;
    • military and political career, 91-2;
    • death, 93;
    • works, 93-7;
    • on chronology, 5, 6, 26;
    • on criticism, 10, 51;
    • on Sallust, 126;
    • foll. by Virg. 157, 161;
    • by Ovid, 211;
    • friend of Cic. 81, 94.
  • Vatinius,
    • attacked by Cic. 76;
    • by Catull. 137;
    • by Calvus, 142.
  • Vatronius, 52.
  • Velleius Paterculus, C.,
    • military and civil career, 231-2;
    • his Historia Romana, 232.
  • Venusia, birthpl. of Hor. 163.
  • Vergilius Maro, P.,
    • name, 147;
    • parentage and education, 148;
    • evictions from farm, 149, 150;
    • friendship of Augustus, 149;
    • literary life, 151;
    • later years, 152;
    • personal appearance and character, 153;
    • minor poems, 153;
    • Bucolica, 154;
    • the separate Eclogues, 155;
    • sources, 156;
    • scenery in the Eclogues, 156;
    • Georgics, 157;
    • sources, 157;
    • political purpose, 158;
    • natural scenery, 158;
    • Aeneid, 159;
    • method of composition, 159;
    • posthumous publication, subject, why chosen, 160;
    • the Aeneas legend, 161;
    • sources of Aeneid, religion in Aeneid, 161;
    • political significance, 162;
    • influence of Virg. 163;
    • popularity of Virg. 180;
    • patronized by Pollio, 112;
    • imit. Naevius, 7;
    • Enn. 33;
    • Accius, 58;
    • Lucilius, 62;
    • Hostius, 65;
    • Bibaculus, 100;
    • Lucr. 125;
    • Catull. 140;
    • Atac. 145;
    • Hyginus, 224;
    • relations with Hor. 166 sqq.;
    • with Aemilius Macer, 182;
    • with Gallus, 183;
    • with Propert. 196;
    • imit. by Manilius, 214;
    • by Lucan, 271;
    • by Calp. Sic. 277;
    • by Val. Flaccus, 288;
    • by Silius, 291;
    • by Statius, 293;
    • by Mart. 301;
    • by Juv. 325;
    • supplemented by Colum. 258;
    • Aetna attributed to, 277;
    • quoted largely by Quint. 308;
    • half-lines in, 144.
  • Verona,
    • birthpl. of Catull. 132;
    • of Aemilius Macer, 182.
  • Verrius Flaccus, 224.
  • Visci, 181.
  • Vitruvius Pollio, 224;
    • his Architectura, 225.
  • Volaterrae, birthpl. of Persius, 260.
  • Volcacius, see Sedigitus.
  • Volusius, 138.
  • Xenophon,
    • trans. by Cic. 87;
    • foll. by Nep. 117.
  • Zeno, 69.