Severus, Cornelius
- Textgroups:
- phi0851
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.1281
- Phi id:
- phi0851
- Stoa id:
- stoa0101
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 95015550
- Name:
- Severus, Cornelius
- Abbr:
- Corn.Sev.
- Alt names:
- Cornelius Severus
Cornelius Seuerus
Corn.Sev.
- Field of activity:
- Epic Poet
- Notes:
- The works of Cornelius Severus [CF] 1991: PHI CD ROM #5.3, Latin Cano
n, bibliographic screen (Cornelius Severus)
Oxford class. dict., 2nd ed.: p. 292 (Cornelius Severus)
NUC pre-56: v. 539, p. 675 (Severus, Cornelius)
LC in RLIN, 6/6/95 (hdg.: Severus, Cornelius)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3,
1867, p. 804: "Severus, COrnelius, according to the criticism of Quintilian, more distinguished as a verse-maker
than as a poet...He was the author of a poem entitled Bellum Siculum...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Augustan epic poet, from whom 16 fragments are
extant (two probably in prose). The poem about kings, attributed to him by his friend Ovid
(Pont. 4,16,9
cf. 4,2,1), may have been the first part of a long verse chronicle called Res
Romanae ....: "Courtney, Edward (Charlottesville, VA). "Cornelius." Brill's New Pauly.
Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill
Online.
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
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