Lucius Varius Rufus
Lucius Varius Rufus (* probably around 75/70 BC; † around 15 BC) was a Roman poet of the time of Augustus and a follower of Epicureanism . He was a contemporary of Horace and Virgil , with whom he was associated in a circle of poets promoted by Maecenas . He was also friends with Plotius Tucca ; together with him he published his Aeneid after Virgil's death .
Some of his works have been lost, some have only survived in fragments. Well-known are De morte , an Epicurean didactic poem from which twelve verses have come down, and the lost tragedy Thyestes , which 29 BC. Was performed at games to celebrate the victory at Actium .
literature
- François Kirbihler: Varius Rufus, L. In: Richard Goulet (Ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Volume 7, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2018, ISBN 978-2-271-09024-9 , pp. 90-94
Web links
- Emil Baehrens (Ed.): Fragmenta poetarum Romanorum , 1886, p. 337
- Eckard Lefèvre : The Thyestes of Lucius Varius Rufus: ten reflections on its reconstruction , 1976
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| SURNAME | Varius Rufus, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 70 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 15 BC Chr. |