CHAPTER VII

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TERENCE AND THE COMIC POETS SUBSEQUENT TO PLAUTUS.

Comedy between the time of Plautus and Terence 201 Caecilius Statius 202 Scipionic Circle 203 Complete Hellenising of Roman Comedy 204 Conflicting accounts of life of Terence 205 Order in which his Plays were produced 206 His 'prologues' as indicative of his individuality 207 'Dimidiatus Menander' 209 Epicurean 'humanity' chief characteristic 210 Sentimental motive of his pieces 211 Minute delineations of character 212 Diction and rhythm 214 Influence on the style and sentiment of Horace 215 Comoedia Togata, Atellanae, Mimus 216

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