Gaius Helvius Cinna
Gaius Helvius Cinna († 44 BC in Rome ) was a Roman poet and belonged to the neoteric circle . He was a friend of Catullus and with him in the cohors praetoria of Gaius Memmius , when this 57 BC. Was governor of the province of Bithynia et Pontus .
According to many scientists, the poet Cinna can be equated with the tribune of the same name from the year 44 BC. He applied for two of his colleagues, Lucius Caesetius Flavus and Gaius Epidius Marullus , to be removed from office when they had royal diadems removed from Caesar's statues . Due to a mix-up with Lucius Cornelius Cinna , he was murdered in the commotion at the funeral for Caesar.
As a poet, Cinna was under the influence of Parthenius , which z. B. shows in the choice of materials of his Zmyrna . The incest motive (love of father and daughter) probably attracted by its unfamiliar possibilities of psychological treatment. He wrote a propempticon for the young Gaius Asinius Pollio to accompany him on his trip to Greece - this form of individually addressed poetry has also quickly become popular. Only one epigram copied from Callimachus is completely preserved .
literature
- William Ramsay: Cinna, C. Helvius . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 1 : Abaeus – Dysponteus . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 755–756 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Remarks
- ↑ Catullus 10, lines 29-30.
- ^ Cassius Dio 44, 10, 3 .
- ↑ Valerius Maximus 9, 1, 1; Suetonius , Divus Iulius 85 ; Plutarch , Caesar 68 and Brutus 20, 8–11 (there expressly referred to as poet); Appian , Civil Wars 2, 147 ; Cassius Dio 44, 50, 4 .
- ↑ Catullus 95.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cinna, Gaius Helvius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helvius Cinna, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 44 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Rome |