Accius

Japanese: Accius
Accius

…Livius Andronicus produced the first tragedies and comedies in Rome. Naevius, Ennius, Pacuvius, and Accius produced tragedies and praetexta (Roman history plays), Naevius, Plautus, Caecilius, and Terentius produced comedies, and Titinius and Afranius produced togata (Roman comedies). Of these, only 21 comedies by Plautus and 6 by Terentius remain. …

From Roman Theatre

…These writers seem to have written in both the tragic and comedic genres, but gradually they specialized in one or the other. Ennius' nephew, Marcus Pacuvius (c. 220-130 BC) and Lucius Accius (c. 170-86 BC), are known primarily as tragedies. Roman tragedies are divided into two types: the "fabula crepidata" and the "fabula praetexta." The former are based on Greek works and have Greek themes (crepidata means "wearing Greek sandals"), while the latter are based on Roman themes and feature famous Romans as characters (praetexta means "wearing Roman (purple) fringed robes")…

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Accius" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…リウィウス・アンドロニクスはローマで初めて悲劇と喜劇を上演した。続いてナエウィウス,エンニウス,パクウィウスPacuvius,アッキウスAcciusが悲劇とプラエテクスタ劇(ローマ史劇)を,ナエウィウス,プラウトゥス,カエキリウスCaecilius,テレンティウスが喜劇を,ティティニウスTitiniusとアフラニウスAfraniusがトガータ劇(ローマ喜劇)を創作上演した。これらのうちで現存するのは,プラウトゥス21編,テレンティウス6編の喜劇だけである。…

【ローマ演劇】より

…これらの作家は悲劇と喜劇の両方のジャンルで劇作を行ったようであるが,しだいに作家はどちらかのジャンルに専門化していった。エンニウスの甥であるパクウィウスMarcus Pacuvius(前220ころ‐前130)やアッキウスLucius Accius(前170‐前86ころ)は,もっぱら悲劇作家として知られている。ローマ悲劇は〈クレピダタ劇fabula crepidata〉と〈プラエテクスタ劇fabula praetexta〉の2種類に分かれるが,前者はギリシアの作品に基づき,題材をギリシアに求めたものであり(crepidataは〈ギリシア風のサンダルをはいた〉の意),後者は題材をローマに求め,著名なローマ人を登場人物にした劇である(praetextaは〈ローマ風の(紫の)縁飾のついた外衣を着た〉の意)。…

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