Atilius
- Textgroups:
- phi0007
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.231
- Phi id:
- phi0007
- Stoa id:
- stoa0039
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 95031014
- Name:
- Atilius
- Abbr:
- Atil.
- Alt names:
- Atilius, Marcus
Atilius, M. (Marcus)
Atil.
- Field of activity:
- Latin Poet
Comic Poet
- Notes:
- His Palliatae [CF] 1991: PHI CD ROM #5.3, Latin Canon, bibliographic
screen (Atilius)
Ribbeck, O. Scaenicae romanorum poesis fragmenta, 1897: v. 2, p. 37
(Atilius)
Pauly-Wissowa: 4. Halbbd., col. 2076
"
Atilius"
, #2-3 (Atilius
author of palliatae
to be identified with
the translator of Sophocles'
Electra)
Oxford class. dict., 1st ed.: p. 117 (Atilius, Marcus
contemporary of
Caecilius
composed comoediae palliatae of which very few fragments remain)
Dict. of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1967: v. 1, p. 465-466
(M. Atilius
early Roman poet
translated Sophocles'
Electra into Latin
described by Licinius as ferreus scriptor)
NUC pre-56
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 405:
"M. Atilius, one of the early Roman poets, is classed among the comic poets of Rome by Vulcatius Sedigitus, who assigns him the fifth place
among them in order of merit...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Atilius, 1, author of palliata comedies as well as tragedies, Lived in the 2nd cent. BC, soon
after Ennius, perhaps identical to Aquillius...."Blänsdorf, Jürgen (Mainz)/ "Atilius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by:
Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2008. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 12 December 2008
- Author info:
- VIAF
- LNCNAF
- Smith's Dictionary
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