Cinna, C. Helvius
- Textgroups:
- phi0486
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.370
- Phi id:
- phi0486
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 95021134
- Name:
- Cinna, C. Helvius
- Abbr:
- CINNA
Cinn.
- Alt names:
- Helvius Cinna, C
Helvius Cinna, Gaius
Cinna, Gaius Helvius
Cinna, Gajus Helvius
C. Helvius Cinna
CINNA
Cinn.
- Field of activity:
- Poet
- Notes:
- His Carmina [CF] 1991: PHI CD ROM #5.3, Latin Canon, bibliographic
screen (C. Helvius Cinna)
Oxford class. dict., 1st ed.: p. 193 (Cinna, Gaius Helvius
Tribune, 44
B.C.
killed by the mob after Caesar's funeral)
NUC pre-56: v. 110, p. 59 (Cinna, C. Helvius)
Pauly-Wissowa
15. Halbbd., col. 225-226
"Helvius" #11-12, (C. Helvius
Cinna
tribune, 44 B.C., follower of Caesar
mistaken for L. Cornelius Cinna, one of
Caesar's murderers, and killed by the mob
often identified with: Helvius Cinna, Gaius, a
friend of Catullus)
LC in RLIN, 6/9/95 (hdg.: Cinna, C. Helvius)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1,
1867, p. 755-756: "Cinna, C. Helvius, a poet of considerable renown, was the contemporary,
companion, and friend of Catullus,
Brill's New Pauly: "H. Cinna, Author of the Zymrna, 1st cent. B.C.,
Probably comes from Brixen in Gallia Transpadana (fr. 9 Courtney: Genumana per salicta). The
Helvii were a respected, long-established family there [1. 46f.]
H.'s date of birth is
unknown. He could be identical to the Cinna, who bought the poet Parthenius of Nicaea at the
end of the Mithridatic War as a slave and gave him his freedom because of his erudition
(Suda s.v. Parthenius)....: "Wiseman, T. P. (Exeter). "Helvius." Brill's New Pauly.
Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill
Online. Tufts University Library. 20 January 2009
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
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