Friday, November 4, 2022

Achilles' earrings! Servius, Aen. 1.30

apud Sigeum Achillis statua fuisse dicitur, quae in lanna, id est in extima auris parte elenchum more femineo habuerit.

 --Servius, In Aen. 1.30

It is said that there’s a statue of Achilles in Sigeum where he wears an earring in his ear just like a woman does.



SERVIUS

MAP:

Name:  Maurus Servius Honoratus

Date:  4th – 5th c. CE (???)

Works:  In Vergilii carmina comentarii

 

REGION  1

Region 1: Peninsular Italy; Region 2: Western Europe; Region 3: Western Coast of Africa; Region 4: Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean; Region 5: Greece and the Balkans


BIO:

Timeline:

 Little is known about the author or manuscript tradition for the grammatical commentary of Vergil’s Aeneid.

 BYZANTINE / LATE LATIN

Early Roman Lit: through 2nd c BCE: Republican Rome: through 1st c. BCE; Golden Age: 70 BCE to 18 CE; Silver Age: 18 CE to 150 CE; Age of Conflict: 150 CE - 410 CE; Byzantine and Late Latin: after 410 CE


No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.