Chapter VII

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