1. Q.Novius, a celebrated writer of Atellane plays, was a
contemporary of Pomponius, who wrote plays of the same kind, and of the dictator Sulla.
(Macrob. Sat 1.10; Gel. 15.13.)
Works
Atellanae
The plays of Novius are frequently mentioned by Nonius Marcellus, and occasionally by the
other grammarians.
Editions
A list of Novius' plays, and the fragments which are preserved, are given by Bothe.
(Poet. Lat. Scenic. Fragmenta, vol. ii. p. 41, &c.)