Lactantius Placidus
Lactantius Placidus was the editor or author of a late antique Latin commentary on the epic Thebais by Statius . Nothing else is known about his life; he probably lived in the first half of the 5th century . Various other writings, including the Placidus glosses and the Narrationes fabularum (from Ovid ), were ascribed to him.
Edition of the Thebais Commentary
- Robert Dale Sweeney (ed.): Lactantii Placidi in Statii Thebaida commentum . Volume 1: Anonymi in Statii Achilleida commentum. Fulgentii ut fingitur Planciadis super Thebaiden commentariolum . Teubner, Stuttgart 1997 (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana), ISBN 3-8154-1823-2 .
literature
- Franz Bretzigheimer: Studies on Lactantius Placidus and the author of the Narrationes fabularum Ovidianarum . Mayr, Würzburg 1937.
- Alan Cameron : Greek Mythography in the Roman World . Oxford 2004, ISBN 9780872208209 , pp. 313-316
- Paul Wessner : Lactantius 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 1, Stuttgart 1924, Sp. 356-361.
Web links
Wikisource: Lactantius Placidus - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Lactantius Placidus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Excerpt from his Thebais commentary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lactantius Placidus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | late antique commentator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century or 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century or 5th century |