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Tereus (Accius)
the Tereus
also: Tereus, Tereo, Tereo Acci, Accius's Tereus
A tragedy by Lucius Accius staged at the Ludi Apollinares of July 44 BC (the games given in absentia by the praetor Marcus Brutus); its lines on tyranny and liberty drew pointed applause from the Roman audience, gratifying Brutus.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.2 §3 delighting in the Tereus and to feel greater gratitude to Accius than to Antony
The Tereus was a tragedy by the early Roman poet Accius, revived at the Apollinarian games that Brutus, as praetor, had to fund while in hiding; the audience cheered lines that could be read as anti-tyrannical, so Brutus took more pleasure in Accius's play than gratitude to Antony for letting the games proceed.
- Ad Atticum 16.5 §1 Accius's Tereus
The Tereus, a tragedy by the early Roman poet Lucius Accius, staged at the Apollinarian games of 44 BC; its lines on tyranny drew politically charged applause that year, which is why its reception mattered to Brutus's circle.