Dares Phrygius

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Under the pseudonym Dares Phrygius , a Latin novel on the Trojan War with the title Acta diurna belli Troiani was published in the 5th century . This apparently goes back to a lost Greek original and represents an alternative to the work of Dictys Cretensis , which treats the same subject from a Greek point of view.

In the Acta diurna , Dares Phrygius, whose true identity is still unclear, changes the Homeric version of the legend in a number of important points. Overall, the plot is rationalized and deheroized, the anger of Achilles made understandable through the description of his love for Polyxena , the daughter of the Trojan king Priam .

As an alleged eyewitness report from the Trojan side, the work can be seen as an alternative to the Ephemeris belli Troiani des Dictys Cretensis. The arrangements of the Troy material by these two authors had a decisive influence on the reception of this topic in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. From the 12th century onwards, they became the basis of "historical knowledge" about the Trojan War. When designing an Achilles, Goethe still used Dictys and Dares for the plot.

Editions and translations

  • Marcus Tatius ("Tatius Alpinus"): Warhrachtige Hiſtori vnd beſchreybung / von dem Troianiſchen war vnd Destruction of the Stat Troie / By the highly respected writers of history / Dictyn Cretenſem / vñ Darem Phrygium / Erſnachtlich in Greek / ychribach be in Greek / ychriblich Latin Tatium etc. In addition to Latin changed into Teütſch / previously never gone / adorned with outwardly echoed figures . Haynrich Stayner, Augsburg 1536.
  • Dares Phrygius: De excidio Troiae historia . Published by Ferdinand Meister . 2nd Edition. Teubner, Stuttgart et al. 1991, ISBN 3-8154-1960-3 ( digitized by Gallica - reprint of the Teubner, Leipzig 1873 edition).
  • Dares from Phrygia, Dictys from Crete: The war against Troy. How he really was . From the Latin by Wolfgang Hradsky. docupoint, Magdeburg 2005, ISBN 3-938142-61-8 .
  • Dares Phrygius: The Story of the Fall of Troy . Translated from Latin by Robert Sturm. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86573-891-2 .
  • Dictys and Dares: War for Troy. Latin and German . Edited by Kai Brodersen . De Gruyter, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-062013-9 ( Tusculum Collection ).

literature

  • Andreas Beschorner: Investigations on Dares Phrygius (=  Classica Monacensia . Volume 4 ). Narr, Tübingen 1992, ISBN 3-8233-4863-9 (also dissertation, University of Munich 1991).
  • Louis Faivre d'Arcier: Histoire et geographie d'un mythe. La circulation des manuscrits du De excidio Troiae de Darès le Phrygien (VIII e –XV e siècles) (=  Mémoires et documents de l'École des Chartes . Volume 82 ). École des Chartes, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-900791-79-0 .
  • Otto Rossbach : Dares 1) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 2, Stuttgart 1901, Col. 2213 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Dares Phrygius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latin author
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century or 6th century