Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler, 10.1.97

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[97] tragoediae scriptores veterum Accius atque Pacuvius clarissimi ¹ gravitate sententiarum, verborum pondere, auctoritate personarum. ceterum nitor et summa in excolendis operibus manus magis videri potest temporibus quam ipsis defuisse. virium tamen Accio plus tribuitur; Pacuvium videri doctiorem qui esse docti adfectant volunt.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[97] Among writers of tragedy Accius and Pacuvius ¹ are most remarkable for the force of their general reflexions, the weight of their words and the dignity of their characters. But they lack polish, and filed to put the finishing touches on their works, although the fault was perhaps rather that of the times in which they lived than of themselves. Accius is generally regarded as the most vigorous, while those who lay claim to learning regard Pacuvius as the more learned of the two.

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1. clarissimi, several late MSS.: gravissima, G: gravissimus, other late MSS.: grandissimus, cod. murac .: grandissimni, Halm .

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 10.1.97

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