Andes
Andes was an ancient village near Mantua in the Roman province of Gallia cisalpina , Gaul "this side of the Alps", in what is now northern Italy .
In Andes, on October 15, 70 BC. Chr. The poet Virgil was born, received some fame through the site. The exact location of the village, which according to the Virgil Vita of Aelius Donatus is said to have been "not far" from Mantua, can no longer be determined today. In general, however, it is localized at the location of today's Mantuan suburb of Pietole, for example by Dante , who referred to Virgil as the one "who is still called Pietola in honor of Mantua today".
literature
- Ezio Buchi: Andes. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 .
- P. Tozzi: Andes . In: F. della Corte u. a. (Ed.): Enciclopedia Virgiliana. Volume 1. Rome 1984, columns 164-166.
- Christian Hülsen : Andes 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2123.
Remarks
- ^ Aelius Donatus, Vita Vergilii 2 : Natus est Cn. Pompeio Magno M. Licinio Crasso primum coss. Iduum Octobrium die in pago, qui Andes dicitur et abest a Mantua non procul. The vita of the pseudo-Probus , on the other hand, names a distance of 30 miles.
- ^ Dante, Divine Comedy , Purgatorio XVIII 83.