Pacuvius
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Marcus Pacuvius (; 220 – ) was an ancient Roman tragic poet. He is regarded as the greatest of their tragedians prior to Lucius Accius.
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Pacuvius, also known as Marcus Pacuvius, was a male playwright, poet, writer, and painter from Ancient Rome. He was born in Brindisi in 220 BCE and died in Taras in 130 BCE. His works were produced during the Roman Republic and written in Latin. He is associated with the genre of tragedy.
His notable works include Caecilius Statius, M. Pacuvius, L. Accius, Marco Pacuvio, I frammenti dei drammi, ricostruiti e tradotti da Raffaele Argenio, and Fragmenta. He is described by sources such as Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Caecilius Statius, M. Pacuvius, L. Accius
- Marco Pacuvio
- I frammenti dei drammi, ricostruiti e tradotti da Raffaele Argenio
- Fragmenta
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Pacuvius
- Writer.image
- Marcus Pacuvius (Liber chronicarum) (cropped).jpg
- Writer.caption
- An illustration of Pacuvius from the Nuremberg Chronicle
- Writer.birth_date
- 220 BC
- Writer.birth_place
- Brundisium
- Writer.death_date
- c. 130 BC
- Writer.death_place
- Tarentum
- Writer.nationality
- Roman
- Writer.genre
- Tragedy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Brindisi
- Place of death
- Taras
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Genre
- tragedy
- Image
- Marcus Pacuvius.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0220-04-29
- date of death
- 0130-02-07
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time period
- Roman Republic
- writing language
- Latin
- name
- Pacuvius
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Pacuvius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Epitaph
- Literary legacy
- References
Marcus Pacuvius (; 220 – ) was an ancient Roman tragic poet. He is regarded as the greatest of their tragedians prior to Lucius Accius.
== Biography == He was the nephew and pupil of Ennius, by whom Roman tragedy was first raised to a position of influence and dignity. In the interval between the death of Ennius (169 BC) and the advent of Accius, the youngest and most productive of the tragic poets, Pacuvius alone maintained the continuity of the serious drama, and perpetuated the character first imparted to it by Ennius. Like Ennius he probably belonged to an Oscan stock, and was born at Brundisium, which had become a Roman colony in 244 BC.
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