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L. ANNAEUS CORNUTUS EGYIK TÖREDÉKÉNEK TÖRTÉNETE
ONE HISTORY FRAGMENT OF ANNAEUS CORNUTUS

Author(s): László Takács
Subject(s): History, Ancient World, Ancient Philosphy, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: history; ancient world; Roman Empire; Lucius Annaeus Cornutus; history fragment;

Summary/Abstract: Based on a fragment by Charisius, a grammarian from Late Antiquity, L. Annaeus Cornutus dedicated his critical work on Virgil to Silius Italicus, author of the epic “Punica”, who in his youth belonged to Nero’s poetic circle. Knowing the history of Nero’s literary circle and from detailed examination of the fragment, it can be assumed that this work of Cornutus, which may have been quoted by Pliny the Elder in his “Dubius sermo”, was probably written and published at the beginning of the 60’ s A.D:

  • Issue Year: 46/2002
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 127-139
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian