De bello Troiano
| Daretis Phrygii Ilias De bello Troiano | |
|---|---|
| by Joseph of Exeter | |
.jpg) Manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library by Bartolomeo Sanvito (late 15th century) | |
| Language | Latin |
| Genre(s) | epic poem |
| Publication date | 1183 |
Daretis Phrygii Ilias De bello Troiano ("The Iliad of Dares the Phrygian: On the Trojan War") is an
Dares of Phrygia. When Joseph's text was printed for the first time in 1541, it was actually erroneously attributed to Dares of Phrygia, announced as the long-lost verse version of his story (quibus multis seculis caruimus – which we lacked for many centuries) supposedly put into Latin hexameters by Nepos
.
Notes
- ^ Mortimer Angevin England p. 210
References
- Mortimer, Richard Angevin England 1154-1258 Oxford: Blackwell 1994 ISBN 0-631-16388-3
External links
- English translation by A. G. Rigg available
- Latin edition from 1824 (Internet Archive)
- 1541 List of editiones principes in Latin in original Latin (Bavarian State Library)
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