‘Repente ad studium hunc se adplicasse musicum,
amicum ingenio fretum, haud natura sua.’
Hence probably arose the hatred of other writers, referred to as isti (Andr. 15; 21); iniqui (H.T. 27); cf. also Hec. prol. ii. 38,
‘Nolite sinere per vos artem musicam
recidere ad paucos.’
As to further connexion between Caecilius and Terence, note (1) that they had a common actor Ambivius; (2) that Terence sometimes imitates Caecilius. Thus, according to Donatus, Andr. 805,
‘ut quimus, aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet’
is from Caecilius (l. 177 R.),
‘vivas ut possis quando nec quis ut velis.’
Cf. also Adelph. 985,
‘Quod prolubium? quae istaec subitast largitas?’
and Caecilius (l. 91 R.),