Rymer particularly praises Hart and Mohun in this tragedy, saying: 'There we have our Roscius and Aesopus both on the stage together.'

For who was Aesopus?

The only one he mentions is the great tragic actor Aesopus, who "was in such a state that no one could say a word against his retiring from the profession."

This may conveniently remind us that Aesopus was the last of the great actors of tragedy, and that his best days were in the early half of this centuryanother sign of the decay of the legitimate drama.

In Cicero's later years, when Roscius was dead and Aesopus retired, we hear no more of great actors of this type.

See Pons Aemilius Aeneas Aerarium, the Aesopus, the actor Afranius Africa, province of Agrippa Alexandria Alexis (Atticus's slave)

10. 2. Cicero was said to have learnt gesticulation both from Aesopus and Roscius.

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Alexander Gode-von Aesch (A); 12May69; R461233. AESOPUS.

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Alexander Gode-von Aesch (A); 12May69; R461233. AESOPUS.

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Aesopus auctor quam materiam reperit, Hanc ego polivi versibus senariis.

BY HARRY THURSTON PECK Like Homer, the greatest of the world's epic poets, Aesop (Aesopus), the most famous of the world's fabulists, has been regarded by certain scholars as a wholly mythical personage.