Alphius Avitus
Alphius Avitus was a Latin poet believed to have flourished during the reigns of the Roman emperors
iambic dimeters, extending to several books;[4] and eight lines are cited by Priscian from the second book, forming a part of the legend of the Faliscan schoolteacher who betrayed his students to Marcus Furius Camillus; besides which, three lines more from the first book are contained in some manuscripts of the same grammarian.[5] These fragments are given in the Latin Anthology of Pieter Burman the Younger.[6]
There is also an "Alpheus Philologus," from whom Priscian adduces five words,[7] and an "Alfius" whose work on the Trojan War is mentioned by Festus.[8][9]
See also
- Alfia (gens)
References
- ^ Ramsay, William (1867). "Avitus, Alphius". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 534–535. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ Seneca the Elder, Controversiae i.
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia ix. 8
- ^ Terentianus, 1. 2448
- ^ Priscian, vol. i. pp. 410, 553, vol. ii. p. 131, ed. Krehl, or pp. 823, 947, 1136, ed. Putsch.
- ^ Pieter Burman the Younger, Latin Anthology ii. p. 267, and Add. ii. p. 730, or Ep. n. 125, ed. Meyer
- ^ Priscian, vol. i. p. 370, ed. Krehl, or p. 792, ed. Putsch
- s.v.Mamertini
- ^ Wernsdorf, Poett. Latt. Minn. vol. iii. p. xxxi., vol. iv. pars ii. p. 826
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Avitus, Alphius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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