Pomponius Porphyrio
Pomponius Porphyrio (also Pomponius Porphyrion ) was a Roman grammarian and author of a commentary on Horace . He was a teacher in Rome in the early 3rd century.
Porphyry may have come from Africa. His commentary on Horace focuses on rhetorical and grammatical analyzes. The work has only survived in a version that was heavily interpolated and abridged in the Middle Ages .
expenditure
- Wilhelm Meyer , Teubner, Leipzig 1874 ( digitized )
- Alfred Holder , Innsbruck 1894 ( digitized version )
literature
Overview display
- Peter Lebrecht Schmidt : Pomponius Porphyrion. 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. 259-261
Investigations
- Eugenia Mastellone Iovane: The "auctoritas" di Virgilio: nel commento di Porfirione ad Orazio . Naples 1998.
- Silke Diederich: Porphyrio's commentary on Horace as part of the imperial school and educational tradition (= studies of ancient literature and history 55). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016389-6 .
- Antonina Kalinina: Pomponius Porphyrio's commentary on Horace. Research into its terminology and text history . Steiner, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-515-09102-2 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pomponius Porphyrio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Porphyry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grammarian, Horace commentator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century or 3rd century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Africa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |