

He also wrote several treatises: the Didascalica Didascalica, a work of at least nine books on the history of Greek and Latin poetry; , and Annales, which seems to deal with the calendarhave dealt with Roman religious festivals. Gellius, Varro, and other later grammarians refer to his observations on grammar and orthography. Cicero records having met Accius in his youth and having seen his plays. He quoted with admiration , which he admired and often quoted, including the famous line from Accius’ Atreus, “Oderint, dum metuant!” (“Let them hate so long as they fear”), a motto that is said to have appealed to the tyrant Caligula.