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Lucius Livius Andronicus, stay on top of him, non native speaker of Latin, is the first poet of
Latin literature. Andronicus, whose real name is Ανδρόνικος (Andronikos), is an ancient Greek
of Tarentum. He had made translations from ancient Greek literature, specially had wroten poem
and commentaries. There was no Latin work similar to Homeric epics for Roman children.
Therefore, Livius Andronicus prepared the first textbook for the children of Roman families. This
textbook is also the Odyssea epic of Homeros, which he translated into Latin using the “saturnius”
meter of a native meter. His name has been also adapted to the Latin, Odusia (Odyssea, Odissia).
The beginning of the Roman epic has been with Odusia of Livius Andronicus, a pioneer work
and a document of cultural transformation. In addition, Andronicus has written first Latin plays
by his own effort, adapted to the ancient Greek requirements, which are directed to the genre of
drama. He has brought not only Old Greek tragoedia (tragedy, tragedy) works but also comoedia
(comedy, comedy) works to Latin literature without distorting their own meters as a translation
or adaptation from original ones. He has earned a great reputation for his hymns and plays. He
has also written theatrical plays as an example of ancient Greek plays. As a result, Lucius Livius
Andronicus is of great importance for the history of Latin (Rome) literature..