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is that Roman literature and theatre was essentially a Greek
derivative. Although that is not entirely true it is a good
manner of approaching the subject: Livius Andronicus was a Greek
slave in southern Italy who taught his master's children Greek
language through literature and poetry. Amongst his many works
he translated and adapted works such as Homer's Iliad.
Andronicus was freed by his patron Livy and in a sense this
opened the way for a cultural revolution for the Romans.
Thereafter the cultural influence of the Greek colonies in
Sicily and southern Italy were to inf