Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 2 : Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts

b. before 199 BC in Megalopolis; d. ca. 120 BC in Megalopolis; Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. Works Principal works are the Histories, in 40 books, of which about one third are extant. Smaller works are lost. Manuscripts The first five books of the Historiae survive in their entirety. For the remainder, we possess comprehensive collections of excerpts, including: Excerpta antiqua (books 1–16; 18), and Excerpta Constantini (compiled at the behest of the Byzantine emperor Konstantinos [1] VII Porphyrogennetos, 905–959). Works Greek Title Latin Title English Title Dating Br…

b. ca. AD 234 in Tyre; d. AD 305/10; Greek Neo-Platonist philosopher and universal scholar, pupil of Longinus [1] and Plotinus. Works Porphyrius was one of the most prolific authors of Antiquity. In addition to commentaries on Aristoteles [6] , Plato [1] , and Plotinus (with the intention of integrating Aristotle into the [Neo]-Platonic system), he wrote treatises on various philosophical disciplines. He also produced works on mathematics, geography, general and philosophical histo…

b. ca. 135 BC in Apamea (Syria); d. ca. 51 BC in Rhodes; Greek Stoic philosopher, historian and geographer. Works Only fragments are extant of his extensive and varied work. A central position is occupied by the philosophical writings, which deal with questions of physics, logic, and ethics. They are joined by the geographical work On the Ocean, the Histories (a continuation of Polybius’ [2] historical work), and a small number of mathematical-technical treatises. Of the approximately 25 works that are known by their title, only two are known by content, namely: the Histories, thanks to…

The present volume illustrates how the principal works of Greek and Latin literature have inscribed themselves upon the cultural memory of Europe and its intellectual relatives. It defines the primary stages of the history of each work: papyri, scholia, manuscripts, early and authoritative modern editions, translations, and commentaries. The Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts constitutes a systematic expansion and augmentation of the corresponding articles in the New Pauly. It enables the reader to trace the path of Greek and Latin literature from the…

Modern term to describe various groups of Greek philosophers who lived in the period before, or contemporary with, Socrates [2] (470–399 BC). In particular, this included the members of the Milesian School (Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes [1]), the Eleatic School (Parmenides, Zeno [1] of Elea and Melissus [2]), Pythagoras [2] and his school, Xenophanes [1], Heraclitus [1], Empedocles [1], the Atomists (Leucippus [5] and Democritus [1]), as well as the Sophists (Gorgias [2], Hippias [5] and Pr…

Works Anonymous collection of 80 lascivious Latin epigrams. Works Latin Title English Title Dating Brief Description 1 Carmina Priapea The Priapus Poems/The Garden of Priapus ca. AD 100 Manuscripts Name / Number Dating Selection Content / Notable Features 1 Laurentianus 33,31 First half of the 14th cent. Oldest MS, written by Giovanni Boccaccio Early editions Editor Selection / Vols. Place / Series Year Content / Notable Features 1 G.A. de’ Bussi Rome 1469–1471 Ed. princ.; under the name of Vergilius [4] 2 J.J. Scaliger Lyon 1572 With comm. Modern editions (complete works) Editor Select…

b. in the latter half of the 5th cent AD in Caesarea (Mauretania); d. in the first half of the 6th cent. AD; important Latin grammarian and teacher of grammar in Constantinople. Works The main focus of his written work was on grammar. Also extant are a poetic panegyric, and the Latin version of Dionysius [27] Periegetes’ didactic geographic poem. Manuscripts Due to their importance in the educational system, Priscian’s grammatical works have been transmitted in many manuscripts. More than 800 manuscripts are known for his main work Institutio de arte grammatica. From the 12th cent., i…

b. AD 410/412 in Constantinople; d. AD 485 in Athens; important Greek universal scholar, and Neo-Platonist philosopher; became head of the Neo-Platonic school in Athens around AD 450. Works Only parts of Proclus’ extensive work survive. Extant are: (1) systematic philosophical treatises, (2) commentaries on Plato [1] , (3) mathematic-scientific works, and (4) literary works. Manuscripts Considerable differences exist in the textual transmission among individual works and groups of works. A special case are the Hymns, which are based on a manuscript that combined the Orphic Argon…

b. ca. AD 507 in Caesarea in Palestine; d. after AD 555; Christian historian. Works Procopius wrote several works about the emperor Iustinianus [1]. Editions Because of the scandalous content of the Anékdota, the work was only published in translated in the 17th cent. Works Greek Title Latin Title English Title Dating Brief Description 1 Ἀνέκδοτα / Anékdota ( Anekd.) Historia arcana Secret History publ. after 565 Crit. account of the reign of Iustinianus’ [1] in 30 bks.; published after the emperor’s death. 2 Ὑπὲρ τῶν πολέµων/Hypèr tôn polémōn ( Pol.) De bellis History of the Wars of Ju…

b. between 54 and 48 BC in Asisium (Assisi), Umbria; d. ca. AD 2; important Roman elegiac poet. Works Propertius’ oeuvre consists of four books of elegies. The first book, also known as Monobiblos, was initially published as a separate book. Manuscripts The manuscript transmission falls into two, possibly three classes, represented by N, A, and X (Poggio’s Manuscript, now lost). The interrelationship between the three manuscripts, and their relationship to the archetype, is controversial. Codex Neapolitanus is the oldest manuscript; mos…

b. 348, probably in Calagurris (Spain); d. after AD 405; Christian Latin poet. Works The œuvre of Prutentius, who is probably the most important Late Antique Christian poet ( Horatius Christianus), comprises lyrical and hexametric works. The arrangement of the works between Praefatio and Epilog varies. In the hymn collections, Cathemerinon liber, and Liber Peristephano, Prudentius was the first Christian poet to use a wide variety of different metres, thus elevating a previously liturgical-practical genre to a true literary one. The individual work…

active in the 2nd cent. AD; important Greek natural scientist. Works Fundamental works on astronomy, astrology, geography, optics, harmonics, and mathematics. Translations Translations of Ptolemaeus into Arabic, and from Arabic into Latin, secured his influence up to the Early Modern age. Works Greek Title Latin Title English Title Dating Brief Description 1 Γεωγραφικὴ ὑφήγησις/Geōgraphikḕ hyphḗgēsis ( Geogr.)/Chōrographía/Kosmographía Geographia Guide to Geography Handbook of mathematical geogr. with instructions on cartography in 8 bks. 2 Μεγίστη σύνταξις/Megístē sý…