[7.] One of the nation of the Getæ.
[8.] See the Dramatis Personæ of the [Eunuchus].
[9.] From Syria, his native country.
[10.] See the Dramatis Personæ of the [Andria].
[11.] See the Dramatis Personæ of the [Eunuchus].
[12.] See the Dramatis Personæ of the [Heautontimorumenos].
[13.] From κανθαρὸς “a cup.”
[14.] Of Æmilius Paulus)—This Play (from the Greek Ἀδελφοὶ “The Brothers”) was performed at the Funeral Games of Lucius Æmilius Paulus, who was surnamed Macedonicus, from having gained a victory over Perseus, King of Macedon. He was so poor at the time of his decease, that they were obliged to sell his estate in order to pay his widow her dower. The Q. Fabius Maximus and P. Cornelius Africanus here mentioned were not, as some have thought, the Curale Ædiles, but two sons of Æmilius Paulus, who had taken the surnames of the families into which they had been adopted.
[15.] Sarranian flutes)—The “Sarranian” or “Tyrian” pipes, or flutes, are supposed to have been of a quick and mirthful tone; Madame Dacier has consequently with much justice suggested that the representation being on the occasion of a funeral, the title has not come down to us in a complete form, and that it was performed with the Lydian, or grave, solemn pipe, alternately with the Tyrian. This opinion is also strengthened by the fact that Donatus expressly says that it was performed to the music of Lydian flutes.
[16.] Being Consuls)—L. Anicius Gallus and M. Cornelius Cethegus were Consuls in the year from the Building of the City 592, and B.C. 161.