Atilius (poet)
Atilius (also Attilius and Atilius Comicus ) was a playwright during the time of the Roman Republic .
The exact dates of his life are unknown, but Varro and Volcacius Sedigitus together with poets from the 1st half of the 2nd century BC. Called BC. Two of his works are known by name : an Electra as a translation of the tragedy of the same name by Sophocles and a comedy entitled Misogynus , perhaps based on the Misogynos of Menander . There are also three fragments, two of which are in Varros De lingua Latina and one in Cicero .
Varro names him after Trabea and before Caecilius Statius as an example of a comedy poet who knew how to arouse the emotions of the audience ( Greek πάθη ) particularly easily. Volcacius Sedigitus assigns him fifth place in his canon of palliative poets , behind Licinius Imbrex , but before Terence.
Despite some weaknesses, Cicero considered Atilius to be worth reading, although his style was harsh and, according to Porcius Licinius, the author of a literary-historical poem from the 2nd half of the 2nd century BC. Was an "iron author" (ferreus scriptor) . At the celebrations for Caesar's funeral, a lament was performed from his Electra , which speaks for an enduring fame. Whether he should be equated with the palliative poet Aquilius cannot be decided.
literature
- Jürgen Blänsdorf : Atilius. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of the Latin Literature of Antiquity. Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 256.
- Jürgen Blänsdorf: Atilius I 1. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 210.
- Teresa Mantero: Il poeta drammatico Atilio. In: Tetraonyma. Miscellanea Graeco-Romana (= Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di filologia classica dell'università di Genova. Volume 25). Università di Genova, Genua 1966, pp. 181-209
- Gesine Manuwald : Roman theater. From the beginnings to the early imperial era. Francke, Tübingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8252-4581-8 , p. 211.
- Friedrich Marx : Atilius 2 and 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2076.
- Otto Ribbeck : The Roman tragedy in the age of the republic. Teubner, Leipzig 1875, pp. 608-610 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ^ Cicero , De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.5.
- ↑ Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 4,25: odium mulierum, quale in Μισογύνῳ Atili est
- ↑ Varro, de lingua Latina. 7.90: Cape, caede, Lyde, come, condi ("pack it, slaughter it, Lydus, clean it, season it)"; 7.106: Per laetitiam liquitur / animus (“the spirit dissolves with happiness”) - the latter possibly from the Electra.
- ↑ Cicero, ad Atticum 14,20,3: 'suam quoique sponsam, mihi meam; suum quoique amorem, mihi meum '- non scite, hoc enim Atilius, poeta durissimus ("each his bride, mine mine; each his lover, mine mine - not sent (said), namely by Atilius, a very bumpy poet") .
- ↑ Varro Frg. 40 from de lingua Latina in Charisius 1,241,28.
- ↑ Volcacius Frg. 1.9.
- ↑ Cicero, ad Atticum 14,20,3.
- ^ Porcius Licinus in Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.5.
- ^ Suetonius , Iulius 84.2.
- ^ Teresa Mantero: Il poeta drammatico Atilio. In: Tetraonyma. Miscellanea Graeco-Romana (= Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di filologia classica dell'università di Genova. Volume 25). Università di Genova, Genua 1966, pp. 181-209
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Atilius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Atilius Comicus; Attilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |