Helenius Acron

Helenius Acron was a Roman grammarian and commentator. He probably lived in the later 2nd century, at the time of Marcus Aurelius , safe from the Horazerklärer Pomponius Porphyrio .

Acron wrote commentaries on Horace and pieces by Terence . He has certainly worked on the comedy Adelphoe des Terence, probably also on the Eunuchus . It is doubtful whether he also wrote a comment on Persius .

Acron's works are only passed down indirectly through Charisius , who in turn refers to Iulius Romanus .

In the past, various scholias of Horace were ascribed to Helenius Acron ( pseudo-Acron ), but his name can only be found in younger manuscripts from the 15th century. However, parts of these scholia can actually go back to Acron.

Text output

• Otto Keller (ed.): Scholia in Horatium vetustiora: Pseudacro. Teubner, Leipzig 1902–1904 (2 volumes).
  • also in: Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) 3. Editor: Center Traditio Litterarum Occidentalium Turnhout. Saur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-598-40834-X .

literature

• Peter Lebrecht Schmidt : Helenius Acron. In: Klaus Sallmann (ed.): The literature of upheaval. From Roman to Christian literature, AD 117 to 284 (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 4). CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39020-X , pp. 253-255
• Paul Wessner : Helenius Acron. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 2, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 2840-2844.

Web links

• Literature by and about Helenius Acron in the catalog of the German National Library