Eutychios Proclus
Eutychios Proklos (Greek Εὐτυχίος Πρόκλος, Latin, Eutychius Proculus ) was a grammarian who lived in the second half of the 2nd century AD. He was born in Sicca Veneria in Numidia and was the teacher of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius , who made him proconsul .
Perhaps it is this Proclus who is described in the Historia Augusta as the most learned grammarian of his time.
Works
No works by Proklos have been preserved with certainty and little is known about him personally. In any case, it is widely recognized, if not entirely certain, that he is the author of the Chrestomathy , which is our main source for the Epic Cycle.
If so, Eutychios Proclus is identical to the Proclus mentioned by Photios , the patriarch and scholastic of the 9th century. Photios writes that Chrestomathie contains 4 books that contain numerous materials from classical Greek literature, and he describes the content of the first two books as follows:
- Biographies of the 5 most important epic poets : Homer , Hesiod , Peisandros , Panyasis and Antimachos
- A record of a long version of the Epic Cycle (including the Titanomachy and Theban Cycle, and the Trojan War )
- a discussion of the authorship of Kypria
- a description of various lyric and epic poets
A famous manuscript of the Iliad known as Venetus A contains a version of Homer's life and summaries of the Epic Cycle. Unfortunately, the section of Kypria is corrupt. Various other manuscripts contain the Life of Homer , or the Summary of Kypria, or both, but none contain the remainder of the Epic Cycle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historia Augusta , Marcus Aurelius 2, 3.
- ↑ Historia Augusta, Marcus Aurelius 2, 5.
- ↑ Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 22.
- ↑ see e.g. BDB Monro: On the fragment of Proclus' abstract of the Epic Cycle contained in the Codex Venetus of the "Iliad". In: Journal of Hellenic Studies . Volume 4, 1883, pp. 305-334. ISSN 0075-4269 .
- ↑ Photios cod. 239 = 318b.22-322a.40. Bekker edition.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eutychios Proclus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eutychius Proculus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |