The Student's Companion to Latin Authors

by George Middleton; Thomas Ross Mills

• Quadrigarius, see [Claudius].
• Quintilianus, M. Fabius,
  • pl. of birth, [302];
  • probable date of birth, his teachers, at the bar, [303];
  • professor of oratory, date of the Institutio, retirement, [304];
  • tutor to Domitian’s grandnephews, consul, flattery of Domitian, domestic relations, [305];
  • earlier works, [306];
  • Institutio, [306];
  • scope of work, [307];
  • his authorities, [308];
  • spurious works, [309];
  • friend of Martial, [298];
  • teacher of Pliny the younger, [327];
  • views on Roman writers, passim.
• Quintius, see [Atta].

• Rabirius, [83].
• Reate, birthpl. of Varro, [91].
• Religion,
  • in Enn. [29];
  • in Pacuv. [36];
  • in Accius, [57];
  • in Lucr. [122];
  • in Virg. [161];
  • in Livy, [222];
  • in Tac. [343].
• Rhinthonica, [11].
• Roscius, actor, [69], [73].
• Rudiae, birthpl. of Enn. [26].
• Rufus, see [Curtius], [Valgius], [Varius].
• Rusticus, see [Fabius].
• Rutilius, [220].
• Sallustius Crispus, C.,
  • dates, youth, rank, [125];
  • political and military life, [126]-[7];
  • retirement, [128];
  • Bell. Cat., object of work, [128];
  • Bell. Iug., object of work, [129];
  • Hist. [129];
  • spurious works, [130];
  • as a historian, [130];
  • authorities and models, [131];
  • style, popularity, [132];
  • criticised by Livy, [216];
  • foll. by Frontinus, [311];
  • by Val. Max. [235];
  • on Sisenna, [67].

• Santra, on Terence, [42].
• Sappho,
  • imit. by Catull. [139];
  • by Hor. [174].
• Sarranae tibiae, [45].
• Sarsina, birthpl. of Plautus, [8].
• Saturae, [30], [36], [61], [64], [172], [262], [320];
  • Menippeae, [96], [273].
• Saturnians, [3], [7].
• Scaurus, see [Aemilius].
• Scipio Africanus the elder, friend of Enn. [27].
• Scipio Africanus the younger,
  • friend of Ter. [40];
  • of Lucilius, [59].
• Sedigitus, Volcacius, [66];
  • on Plautus, [10];
  • canon, [39], [66].
• Seianus,
  • praised by Velleius, [234];
  • relations with Phaedrus, [237].
• Seneca, Annaeus, the elder,
  • birth, rank, [226];
  • life in Rome, death, character, [227];
  • Controversiae, [228]-[9];
  • Suasoriae, [229];
  • his history, [230].
• Seneca, L. Annaeus, the younger,
  • birth, family, education, [240];
  • voyage to Egypt, [241];
  • political advancement, [242];
  • banishment, recall, [243];
  • tutorship of Nero, privy to Claudius’ murder, [244];
  • checks Nero, [245];
  • power and wealth, [246];
  • loss of power, [247];
  • wishes to retire, [248];
  • Piso’s conspiracy, death of Seneca, [248];
  • extant prose works, [249];
  • extant poems, incl. tragedies, [252];
  • lost works, [253];
  • spurious works, views and character, [254];
  • style, [255];
  • imit. Curtius Rufus, [257];
  • friend of Persius, [261];
  • of Calp. Sic. [276];
  • of Lucilius Iunior, [277] sqq.;
  • foll. by Lucan, [271];
  • imit. by Lucilius, [280];
  • by Val. Flaccus, [288];
  • by Juv. [326];
  • patron of Mart. [296];
  • Quintilian’s antagonism to, [309].
• Servius, [354], [147] sqq.
• Sextius, [237], [240] sqq.
• Siculus, see [Calpurnius].
• Silanus, D. [203].
• Silius Italicus,
  • life, [289];
  • Punica, [290];
  • models, [291];
  • Homerus Latinus, [291];
  • friend of Mart. [298];
  • of Pliny the younger, [335];
  • on life of Ennius, [26];
  • imit. Virg. [163].
• Siron, [149], [150].
• Sisenna, L. Cornelius, [67];
  • foll. by Sall. [129];
  • by Tac. [346].
• Sophocles,
  • imit. by Pacuv. [36];
  • by Accius, [57];
  • by Virg. [161];
  • by Sen. [253].
• Soranus, see [Valerius].
• Sotadean metre, [31], [57].
• Sotion, [240].
• Stataria, [11], [46].
• Statius, see [Caecilius].
• Statius, P. Papinius,
  • birth, [291];
  • poetical competitions, [292];
  • patronized by Domitian, admiration for Lucan and Virgil, [293];
  • works, [293]-[5];
  • imit. Virg. [163];
  • Val. Flaccus, [288];
  • friend of Lucan, [267];
  • sneered at by Mart. [298].
• Stilo, Aelius, [10], [25], [29].
• Stoicism,
  • discussed by Cic. [79] sqq.;
  • in Virg. [162];
  • Hor.’s attitude to, [173];
  • in Sen. [241], [254];
  • in Persius, [262];
  • in Lucan, [270];
  • in Aetna, [279];
  • in Juv. [325].
• Sueius, [66].
• Suessa, birthpl. of Lucilius, [59].
• Suetonius Tranquillus, C.,
  • life, [348];
  • works, [349];
  • biography of Lucan, [264].
• Sulla, [68], [129].
• Sulmo, birthpl. of Ovid, [200].
• Sulpicia, [191].
• Sulpicius, [181].
• Sulpicius Apollinaris, [18], [51].
• Syrus, see [Publilius].

• Tabernaria fabula, [6], [64].
• Tacitus, Cornelius, [336];
  • birth and rank, [337];
  • reputation as an orator, [338];
  • political career, death, [339];
  • works, [340]-[3];
  • views, [343];
  • sources, [346];
  • his credibility, [347];
  • friend of Pliny the younger, [335];
  • imit. Sall. [132];
  • Virg. [163];
  • Pliny the elder, [285].
• Tanusius Geminus, [138].
• Tegula, Licinius, [52].
• Terentius Afer, P.,
  • date and pl. of birth, [39], [40];
  • relations with Laelius, Scipio, and Caecilius, [41]-[2];
  • death, [43];
  • personal appearance, [44];
  • comedies, [44];
  • prologues, representation, [49];
  • names of characters, [50];
  • arguments, prosody, views on Ter. [51];
  • imit. by Afranius, [65];
  • relations with Caecilius, [38];
  • attacks on Luscius, [39].
• Terentius, see [Varro].
• Theocritus,
  • imit. by Virg. [156];
  • by Calp. Sic. [277].
• Theophrastus, imit. by Cic. [79], [82].
• Thrasea, see [Paetus].
• Thucydides,
  • imit. by Sall. [132];
  • by Lucr. [123];
  • foll. by Nep. [117].
• Tiberius,
  • Tac.’s view of, [344] sqq.;
  • praised by Hor. [172];
  • by Velleius, [233];
  • by Val. Max. [235].
• Tibiae, [45], [50].
• Tibullus, Albius,
  • birth, [185];
  • rank and wealth, [186];
  • friendship with Messalla, [187];
  • relations with Delia and Nemesis, [188];
  • with other poets, [189];
  • poems, [189];
  • imit. Virg. [163];
  • friend of Ovid, [206];
  • imit. by Mart. [301].
• Ticidas, [140].
• Ticinum, birthpl. of Nepos, [113].
• Tingentera, birthpl. of Mela, [259].
• Tiro, M. Tullius, [90];
  • edits Cicero’s works, [78], [85].
• Titinius, [52].
• Titius, [181].
• Togata fabula, [6], [52], [64], [185].
• Trabea, [39].
• Trabeata fabula, [185].
• Tragicomoedia, [10].
• Tranquillus, see [Suetonius].
• Trogus, Pompeius, [223];
  • followed by Val. Max. [235].
• Tucca, [154], [160].
• Tullia, [72], [80].
• Tullius, see [Cicero], [Tiro].
• Turpilius, [52].
• Tusculum, birthpl. of Cato, [53].

• Vacca, biographer of Lucan, [264].
• Valerius, see [Catullus], [Probus], [Martialis].
• Valerius, writer of palliatae, [52].
• Valerius Aedituus, [65].
• Valerius Antias, [67];
  • foll. by Livy, [220].
• Valerius Cato, [133].
• Valerius Flaccus,
  • life, [234].
  • the Argonautica, [287];
  • imit. Virg. [163].
• Valerius Maximus, [234];
  • his Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, [234];
  • foll. by Juv. [325].
• Valerius Soranus, [65].
• Valgius Rufus, [180].
• Varius Rufus, L., [181];
  • friend of Virg. [154], [160];
  • of Horace, [166] sqq.
• Varro Atacinus, P. Terentius, [144];
  • imit. by Virg. [161].
• Varro, M. Terentius,
  • birth, [91];
  • military and political career, [91]-[2];
  • death, [93];
  • works, [93]-[7];
  • on chronology, [5], [6], [26];
  • on criticism, [10], [51];
  • on Sallust, [126];
  • foll. by Virg. [157], [161];
  • by Ovid, [211];
  • friend of Cic. [81], [94].
• Vatinius,
  • attacked by Cic. [76];
  • by Catull. [137];
  • by Calvus, [142].
• Vatronius, [52].
• Velleius Paterculus, C.,
  • military and civil career, [231]-[2];
  • his Historia Romana, [232].
• Venusia, birthpl. of Hor. [163].
• Vergilius Maro, P.,
  • name, [147];
  • parentage and education, [148];
  • evictions from farm, [149], [150];
  • friendship of Augustus, [149];
  • literary life, [151];
  • later years, [152];
  • personal appearance and character, [153];
  • minor poems, [153];
  • Bucolica, [154];
  • the separate Eclogues, [155];
  • sources, [156];
  • scenery in the Eclogues, [156];
  • Georgics, [157];
  • sources, [157];
  • political purpose, [158];
  • natural scenery, [158];
  • Aeneid, [159];
  • method of composition, [159];
  • posthumous publication, subject, why chosen, [160];
  • the Aeneas legend, [161];
  • sources of Aeneid, religion in Aeneid, [161];
  • political significance, [162];
  • influence of Virg. [163];
  • popularity of Virg. [180];
  • patronized by Pollio, [112];
  • imit. Naevius, [7];
  • Enn. [33];
  • Accius, [58];
  • Lucilius, [62];
  • Hostius, [65];
  • Bibaculus, [100];
  • Lucr. [125];
  • Catull. [140];
  • Atac. [145];
  • Hyginus, [224];
  • relations with Hor. [166] sqq.;
  • with Aemilius Macer, [182];
  • with Gallus, [183];
  • with Propert. [196];
  • imit. by Manilius, [214];
  • by Lucan, [271];
  • by Calp. Sic. [277];
  • by Val. Flaccus, [288];
  • by Silius, [291];
  • by Statius, [293];
  • by Mart. [301];
  • by Juv. [325];
  • supplemented by Colum. [258];
  • Aetna attributed to, [277];
  • quoted largely by Quint. [308];
  • half-lines in, [144].
• Verona,
  • birthpl. of Catull. [132];
  • of Aemilius Macer, [182].
• Verrius Flaccus, [224].
• Visci, [181].
• Vitruvius Pollio, [224];
  • his Architectura, [225].
• Volaterrae, birthpl. of Persius, [260].
• Volcacius, see [Sedigitus].
• Volusius, [138].

• Xenophon,
  • trans. by Cic. [87];
  • foll. by Nep. [117].

• Zeno, [69].

INDEX OF TITLES

• A fine Aufidii Bassi, [284]
• Ab excessu divi Augusti, [342]
• Ab urbe condita, [217]
• Academica, [80]
• Achilleis, [294]
• Achilles, [3]
• Actis Scenicis, De, [95]
• Adelphoe, [48]
• Admiranda, [87]
• Aegisthus, [3]
• Aeneadae, [57]
• Aeneas, [282]
• Aeneid, [159]
• Aethiopis, [100]
• Aetia, [95]
• Aetna, [277]
• Agamemnon, [253]
• Agave, [295]
• Agricola, [341]
• Agricultura, De
  • (Cato), [54]
  • (Hyginus), [224]
• Ajax, [152]
• Alexandri Historiae, [256]
• Amazonis, [184]
• Ambracia, [30]
• Amicitia, De
  • (Cic.), [82]
  • (Sen.), [253]
• Amores
  • (Marsus), [185]
  • (Ovid), [207]
• Amphitruo, [10]
• Analogia, De, [109]
• Andria, [44]
• Ἀνέκδοτα, [87]
• Annales of
  • Accius, [57]
  • Q. Cicero, [90]
  • Ennius, [31]
  • Fenestella, [224]
  • Hortensius, [74]
  • Sueius, [66]
  • Tacitus, [342]
  • Varro, [95]
• Annalis, [90]
• Anticatones, [110]
• Antiopa, [36]
• Antiquitate litterarum, De, [94]
• Antiquitates, [94]
• Antonianae orationes, [78]
• Apocolocyntosis, [251]
• Apophoreta, [300]
• Ἀποφθέγματα
  • (Cato), [55]
  • (Caes.), [110]
• Aquis urbis Romae, De, [312]
• Arboribus, De, [259]
• Archia, Pro, [75]
• Architectura, De, [225]
• Argonautae, [144]
• Argonautica, [287]
• Ars Amatoria, [209]
• Ars Poetica, [172], [179]
• Asinaria, [11]
• Astris, De, [110]
• Astrologia, De, [95]
• Astronomica, [213]
• Attis, [139]
• Auguriis, De, [82]
• Aulularia, [11]

• Bacchides, [13]
• Balbo, Pro, [76]
• Balistam, In, [153]
• Bella Germaniae, [284]
• Bello Civili, De (Lucan), [267]
• Bellum
  • Africum, [106]
  • Alexandrinum, [106]
  • Civile, [106]
  • Gallicum
    • (Bibaculus), [100]
    • (Caes.), [104]
  • Hispaniense, [106]
  • Histricum, [65]
  • Iugurthinum, [129]
  • Punicum, [7]
  • Sequanicum, [144]
• Beneficiis, De, [251]
• Bibliothecis, De, [95]
• Boeotia, [39]
• Brevitate vitae, De, [250]
• Brundusinae, [64]
• Brutus
  • (Accius), [57]
  • (Cic.), [84]
• Bucco Adoptatus, [67]
• Bucolica, [154]