Excerpt from The American Educator, Vol. 5 of 8: Completely Remodelled and Rewritten From Original Text of the New Practical Library, With New Plans and Additional MaterialLivius, the common designation of Livius Andronicus (about 290-about 205 B. Was the earliest epic and dramatic Roman poet of note. By birth he was a Greek, but he became a prisoner in the Taren tine wars, and Pyrrhus carried him to Rome. He was sold as a slave to a man named Livius, and to this fact is due the name by which he was known after Livius freed him. The young man learned Latin and became a teacher and a writer of tragedies, hymns and comedies. Only fragments of these have been preserved.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.