THE TEXT OF HORACE,<i>SATIRES</i>1.4.4: GREEK OLD COMEDY AND LUCILIUS
Giacomo Fedeli
In the famous and widely cited opening of his Satires (henceforth, Sat. ) 1.4, Horace states (1–5): Eupolis atque Cratinus Aristophanesque poetae alii quorum comoedia prisca uirorum est, si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, moechus foret aut sicarius alioqui famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. 5
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