Hyginus, C. Julius
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- phi0533
- phi0899
- phi1263
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.755
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- phi0533
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- stoa0155
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- LCCN n 84175578
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- Name:
- Hyginus, C. Julius
- Abbr:
- HYG.
Hyg.
- Alt names:
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius
Gaius Julius Hyginus
Gaius Iulius Hyginus
C. Julius Hyginus
C. Iulius Hyginus
Hyginus
Hyginus Astronomus
Gai Juli Higí
许癸努斯
Hygin
Igino
Gaio Giulio Igino
Igino, C. Giulio
Cayo Julio Higino
Cayo Julio Higinio
Higino
HYG.
Hyg.
- Field of activity:
- Grammarian
Historian
Fabulist
Astronomer
Librarian
Polymath
Philologist
- Notes:
- Brill's New Pauly, "Hyginus, C. Iulius, A philologist and polymath of
the Augustan era from Spain or Alexandria
a freedman of Augustus who served as the prefect
of the Palatine library after 28 BC while simultaneously engaging in extensive teaching
activities... ... Numerous fragments have survived......Probably by the same author [10.
xxxiff.] is a handbook of astronomy and mythology in 4 vols. ....Based on this attribution,
(cf. Hyg. Poet. Astr. 2,12: De quo in primo libro Genealogiarum scripsimus) another
mythological handbook may also be reunited with its original author and title: the
Genealogiae (Fabulae in later sources)...." Schmidt, Peter L. (Constance). Hyginus, C.
Iulius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth
Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 04 November 2010
LC data base, 11-13-84 (hdg.: Hyginus, C. Julius)
Hyginus. L'astronomia, 1988: t.p. (C. Giulio Igino)
- Author info:
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- VIAF
Works Currently Cataloged
Astronomica / De astronomia
Fabulae (Genealogiae) / Fabellae
