Question

Select the writer(s) of Roman tragedy.

Answer 1

Plautus is a writer of Roman tragedy (although his works supposedly contain comedic aspects). Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides were also very famous tragedians but they were all Greek writers.

Answer 2

Some of the first prominent pieces of the Roman tragedy and comedy were written by Livius Andronicus in 240 BC. Mostly, all Roman writers of the tragedy were influenced by the philosophical and political conceptions of Greek authors. The great names of the Roman tragedy are Seneca, Plautus, Terence.  Aeschylus is considered as the "Father of Tragedy" was Greek as well as Euripides, the famous writer of tragedy, and known as a misunderstood poet, and Sophocles one of the most famous writers of his time in ancient Greece. Aristophanes was a Greek comedian playwright.

Writers of Roman tragedy are Seneca, Plautus, Terence.