Chapter 7 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