Albinovanus Pedo
Gaius Albinovanus Pedo,Augustan age.[2]
Works
Albinovanus Pedo was a member of the
gens Albinovana. He wrote a Theseis, referred to in a letter from his friend Ovid, epigrams which are commended by Martial and an epic poem on the exploits of Germanicus.[4][5] He had the reputation of being an excellent raconteur, and Quintilian awards him qualified praise as a writer of epics.[6][1]
All that remains of his works is a fragment preserved in the Suasoria of the rhetorician Seneca the Elder, from a description of the voyage of Germanicus (AD 16) through the river Ems to the Northern Ocean, when he was overtaken by the storm described by Tacitus.[7][8] The cavalry commander spoken of by the historian is probably identical with the poet.[9][1]
Three elegies were formerly attributed to Pedo by
Edward Hayes Plumptre (1907).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Albinovanus Pedo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 511.
- ^ a b William Smith (1867). "Albinovanus, C. Pedo". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 90.
- ^ William Bingley (1824). "Caius Pedo Albinovanus". Biography of celebrated Roman characters. London: Harvey & Darton. p. 325.
- ^ Ovid, Ex Ponto iv. 10
- ^ Martial, ii. 77, v. 5
- ^ Quintilian, x. i. 90
- ^ Seneca the Elder, Suaseriae i. 15
- ^ Tacitus, Annales ii. 23
- ^ Tacitus, Annales i. 60
Sources
- E. Bahrens, Poetae Latini Minores (1879) and Fragmenta Poetarum Latinorum (1886)
- Moritz Haupt, Opuscula, i. (1875)
- Oskar Haube, Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Albinovanus Pedo (1880).
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