Tiberianus (poet)

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Tiberianus was a late Latin writer and poet, surviving only in fragments, who experimented with various metrical schemes.

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He is a possible candidate for the authorship of the Pervigilium Veneris . [1]

Identity

Tiberianus has traditionally been identified with Annius Tiberianus, the "eloquent" [disertus] governor of Gaul in 336 AD mentioned by Jerome. [1]

An earlier candidate is however the prefect of Rome 303–4, Iunius Tiberianus. [2]

Known poems

Four poems (and a fragmentary fifth on a sunset) are known to have been written by Tiberianus: [3] Spring Day [Amnis ibat]; an attack on the power of gold; a hymn; and a description of a dying bird. [4]

Other writings

Influences

Tiberianus was influenced by authors such as Ovid, Statius, Calpurnius Siculus, and the prose of Apuleius. [3]

Read and quoted by Fulgentius and Augustine, [8] his metrical experiments may also have influenced such Christian poets as Hilary of Poitiers and Prudentius. [9]


See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 H J Rose, A Handbook of Latin Literature (London 1967) p.527
  2. ↑ A Cameron, Studies in Late Roman Literature and History (Bari 2016) p. 16
  3. 1 2 A Cameron, Studies in Late Roman Literature and History (Bari 2016) p. 14
  4. ↑ E Kenney ed., The Cambridge History of Classical Literature (Cambridge 1983) p. 14
  5. ↑ A Cameron, Studies in Late Roman Literature and History (Bari 2016) p. 15
  6. ↑ Helen Waddell, The Wandering Scholars (Fontana 1968) p. 42
  7. ↑ A Cameron, Studies in Late Roman Literature and History (Bari 2016) p. 14–18
  8. ↑ A Cameron, Studies in Late Roman Literature and History (Bari 2016) p. 15-6
  9. ↑ A Cameron, Studies in Late Roman Literature and History (Bari 2016) p. 21

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