Marcus Furius Bibaculus
Marcus Furius Bibaculus was one of the Roman Empire's time, the 1st century BC. BC, modern and penniless poet from the Furier family , who is counted among the neoterics .
According to Hieronymus , Furius Bibaculus was born in 103 BC. Born in Cremona in BC , but he may have been a little younger. He is identified with the addressee of some of Catullus' works , the poems 11, 16, 23 and 26, only named Furius , from which it can be seen that he was also friends with Juventius and Aurelius .
Except for fragments, his own works are lost. Among them were epigrams and iambi in which he appeared against Caesar and Octavian , as well as a prose work Lucubrationes . The attribution of further works is controversial in research.
literature
- John A. Richmond: Furius [I 9]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 4, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01474-6 , column 714.
- Franz Skutsch : Furius 37). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 320-322.
Remarks
- ↑ Quintilian , Institutio oratoria 10, 1, 93.
- ^ Tacitus , Annals 4, 34, 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Furius Bibaculus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bibaculus, Marcus Furius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cremona |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |