Gnaeus Naevius - Surviving Titles and Fragments

Surviving Titles and Fragments

  • Acontizomenos (a comedy)
  • Aesiona (a tragedy)
  • Agitatoria (a comedy)
  • Agrypnuntes ("Sleepless People," a comedy)
  • Appella (a comedy)
  • Astiologa (a comedy)
  • Clastidium ("The Fortress," a fabula praetexta)
  • Colax ("The Flatterer," a comedy)
  • Corollaria ("The Garlands," a comedy)
  • Danae ("Danae," a tragedy)
  • Dementes ("Crazy People," a comedy)
  • Dolus ("The Trick," a comedy)
  • Figulus ("The Potter," a comedy)
  • Glaucoma ("The Cataract," a comedy)
  • Hariolus ("The Fortune-Teller," comedy)
  • Hector Proficiscens ("Hector Setting Forth," tragedy)
  • Leo ("The Lion," a comedy)
  • Lycurgus (a tragedy)
  • Nautae ("Sailors", a comedy)
  • Paelex ("The Concubine," or "Mistress", comedy)
  • Personata ("Lady Wearing a Mask," comedy)
  • Projectus (a comedy)
  • Quadrigemini ("The Quadruplets," a comedy)
  • Romulus, or Alimonium Romuli et Remi ("The Nourishing of Romulus and Remus", a fabula praetexta)
  • Stalagmus (a comedy)
  • Stigmatias ("The Tattooed Man," a comedy)
  • Tarentilla (a comedy)
  • Triphallus ("The Man With Three Penises," a comedy)

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