Cornelius Severus
Cornelius Severus was an epic Roman poet in the Augustan era. He was friends with Ovid , among others .
16 fragments of Cornelius Severus have survived today. His friend Ovid ascribed to him the " Poem about the Kings " (Letters from Exile, 4,16,9), which was possibly the first part of a longer chronicle called " Res Romanae ". Seneca the Elder quoted 25 verses about the death of Cicero in his work suasoriae (6.26) , which may also have come from this work. Quintilian praises a poem about the Sicilian War and Seneca the Younger (Letters 79.6) refers to a description of Mount Etna . Both possibly came from " Res Romanae ".
literature
- Michael von Albrecht : History of Roman literature from Andronicus to Boethius and its continued effect . Volume 1. 3rd, improved and expanded edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-026525-5 , p. 696
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| SURNAME | Cornelius Severus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Augustan poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |