LIVIUS ANDRONICUS
\lˈɪvɪəs andɹˈɒnɪkəs], \lˈɪvɪəs andɹˈɒnɪkəs], \l_ˈɪ_v_ɪ__ə_s a_n_d_ɹ_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k_ə_s]\
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An early Roman dramatic poet and actor; born at Tarentum, about 284 B. C.; died about 204. A Greek by birth, captured in war and sold as a slave in Rome, he was afterward freed, and became a teacher of Latin and Greek. His plays, mostly tragedies, with a few comedies, were translated from the Greek. They were first played in Rome, 240 B. C.
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See Andronicus.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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