Naevius

'Nam os columnatum poetae esse indaudivi barbaro, quoi bini custodes semper totis horis occubant,' we have a reference to the imprisonment of Naevius, which shows that the play was written before his banishment, probably B.C. 206-5 (see under 'Naevius').

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

And yet at the same time Naevius and Plautus, the first

Areopagitica 2007

And yet at the same time Naevius and Plautus, the first

Areopagitica 2007

Then began to be considered there also what was to be done to libellous books and authors; for Naevius was quickly cast into prison for his unbridled pen, and released by the tribunes upon his recantation; we read also that libels were burnt, and the makers punished by Augustus.

Areopagitica 2007

Then began to be considered there also what was to be done to libellous books and authors; for Naevius was quickly cast into prison for his unbridled pen, and released by the tribunes upon his recantation; we read also that libels were burnt, and the makers punished by Augustus.

Areopagitica 2007

Greek culture continued to exercise its influence as seen in the Latin epic on the First Punic War, Bellum Punicum, by Cn. Naevius (c. 270–200), who also composed dramas.

b. Economy, Society, and Culture 2001

Plautus, Terence and Naevius were well represented, but there were several mimes listed too, and these were always Sulla's favorites.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

No, they loved comedy — the giggle-gorged Latin larkery of Plautus and Naevius and Terence; and above all else the simple, maskless idiocy of the pure mime, with its naked strumpets, clumsy fools, clarion farts, elaborate practical jokes, improbable plots made up on the spur of the moment from traditional repertoires.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

At the end of the third century B.C., the poet Naevius seems to have been prosecuted in accordance with this law when he attacked the powerful Metelli in a theatrical perform - ance (the details are extremely obscure).

Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARNALDO MOMIGLIANO 1968

It is shown by all the poets except those who sometimes had recourse to a hiatus in order to finish their verse; as Naevius --

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero