Definitions for Accius

Accius Ac·ci·us

Spelling: [ak-shee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈæk ʃi əs/

Accius is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in Accius (accisu).

Definitions for Accius

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  1. Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.

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Accius lived to a great age, but the date of his death is not known.

To Pacuvius succeeded his disciple Accius, whose first drama appeared in the very same year that Pacuvius produced his last.

Once when Julius Cæsar entered an assembly of poets, Accius alone abstained from rising to do him homage.

Does the facetious Lucilius make no alterations in the tragedies of Accius?

Tragœdiæ scriptores Accius atque Pacuvius, clarissimi sententiarum verborumque pondere, et auctoritate personarum.

Horace applies the epithet 'altus,' Ovid that of 'animosus' to Accius.

Or do you think sopus was ever angry when he acted, or Accius was so when he wrote?

What qualities of Accius do we find in the fragments of his writings which remain?

Of the plays of Accius somewhat more than 700 lines are preserved, and about fifty titles are known.

Yet Accius was unquestionably a lofty and excellent poet, though his style was censured for harshness.

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