Turpilius (poet)
Turpilius (from 1505 also called Sextus Turpilius ; † 104/103 BC) was a Roman comedy poet . Only his gentile name Turpilius is known, prae- and cognomen are not passed down. It is unclear why he was ascribed the praenomen sextus , first documented in 1505 by Petrus Crinitus in his work De poetis latinis libri V.
Turpilius wrote comedies in the genre of the palliata , his main source being Menander . In contrast to his older contemporary, Terence , Turpilius, like Plautus, preferred metrical diversity and linguistic colors. Because of the grace and grace of his comedies, Turpilius was also called Novella Sirena with the honorary title .
Only fragments of 13 pieces have survived. Most of these fragments were handed down by the grammarian Nonius , others can be found in Cicero , Diomedes , Hieronymus , Isidore and Priscian .
The titles are all Greek: Boethuntes , Canephoros , Demetrius , Demiurgus , Epicleros , Hetaera , Lemniae (also Lemnii ), Leucadia , Lindia , Paedium , Paraterusa , Philopator , Thrasyleon . The titles Acta and Veliterna (?) Are no longer listed in the newer releases.
Text output
- Ludwika Rychlewska (Ed.): Turpilii Comici Fragmenta . Wrocław / Breslau 1962.
literature
- Jürgen Blänsdorf : Sex. Turpilius. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 258 f.
- Edmund Bigott : Turpilius 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII A, 2, Stuttgart 1948, Col. 1428-1430.
Web links
- Literature by and about Turpilius in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
- ^ Cavedoni in: Bull. Arch. nap. (1857) 105f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turpilius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turpilius, Sextus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 104 BC Chr. |