Terence's Andrian, a comedy, in five acts - Terence

The joyous train that graced the scene are fled,

And weep to lose, the wittiest of his age.

While jests and sports their patron’s death deplore,

And even laughter, now can smile no more.

Cæcilius Statius was born in Gaul, and raised himself into eminence, from the condition of a slave, by his poetical talents: he died at Rome five or six years before the Andrian was first published. Volcatius gives Cæcilius the first place: Horace draws a sort of comparison between him and Terence in the following line,

“Vincere Cæcilius gravitate, Terentius arte.”

Cæcilius

Excelled in force, and grandeur of expression,

Terence in art.