Quintus Sulpicius Maximus
Quintus Sulpicius Maximus (81/82–94 CE) – was an ancient Roman boy poet, whose memorial contains the only known example of juvenilia from the ancient Roman world.
Life
The young Quintus, probably the son of a
Ludi Capitolini in 94. The Ludi had been founded by Domitian in 86 to celebrate the restoration of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
.
Quintus' event was an improvisation category, in which competitors had to compose a poem in Ancient Greek on the theme of the myth of Phaethon. Quintus' poem is preserved on a memorial stele, originally on the Porta Salaria, and now in the Centrale Montemartini.[2]
According to the memorial, the 12-year-old Quintus died of overwork shortly after the competition.[3]
Text
Studies
- The Boy Poet Sulpicius: A Tragedy of Roman Education, J. Raleigh Nelson, The School Review, Vol. 11, No. 5 (May, 1903), pp. 384–395
- The First-Century Inscription of Quintus Sulpicius Maximus: An Initial Catalogue of Lexical Parallels with the New Testament, Brian J. Wright, Bulletin for Biblical Research 27.1 (2017) pp. 53–63
References
- ^ Theodor Mommsen: Römisches Staatsrecht. Band 3, 1. 3. Auflage. Leipzig 1887, S. 789 Anm. 6.
- ISBN 9780198826477.
- ^ Beard, Mary. "The 'pushy parent' syndrome in ancient Rome". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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