Lucius Annaeus Cornutus
Lucius Annaeus Cornutus was an ancient Roman philosopher of the Stoic direction.
Cornutus came from Leptis Magna in Libya, but mostly lived in Rome . He lived at the time of Emperor Nero . He is best known as the teacher and friend of the poet Aulus Persius Flaccus , whose satires he edited for publication after his friend's death and then handed over to Caesius Bassus for publication at his request.
In 66 or 68 Cornutus was banished by Nero for indirectly denigrating the emperor's plan to write a Roman story in heroic verse . Thereafter, no more data is available about him.
Cornutus wrote rhetorical works in both Latin and Greek. Traces of his rhetorical teaching have been preserved in later rhetoricians, including in Anonymus Seguerianus .
Text output
- Peter Busch, Jürgen K. Zangenberg (eds.): Lucius Annaeus Cornutus: Introduction to the Greek doctrine of the gods (= texts on research. Vol. 95.) Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-21228-6
- George Boys-Stones: L. Annaeus Cornutus, Greek Theology. Fragments, and Testimonia. Society of Biblical Literature Press 2018.
literature
- Pedro Pablo Fuentes González: Cornutus. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 2, CNRS Éditions, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-271-05195-9 , pp. 460-473
- Gretchen Reydams-Schils: L. Annaeus Cornutus. In: Christoph Riedweg et al. (Hrsg.): Philosophy of the imperial era and late antiquity (= outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity. Volume 5/1). Schwabe, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-7965-3698-4 , pp. 141-143, 230
- Hans von Arnim : Annaeus 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2225 f.
- Arthur Darby Nock : Kornutos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement volume V, Stuttgart 1931, Sp. 995-1005.
- Paul Moraux : Aristotelianism among the Greeks. From Andronikos to Alexander of Aphrodisias. Volume 2: Aristotelianism in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1984, pp. 592–601
Web links
- Lucius Annaeus Cornutus: De natura deorum (edition by Friedrich Osann , Göttingen 1844)
Remarks
- ^ Cassius Dio 62, 29.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornutus, Lucius Annaeus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Annaeus Cornutus, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | stoic philosopher at the time of the emperor Nero |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leptis Magna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |