Octavianus or Octavian was a Latin poet of the 6th century AD, to whom several poems are attributed in the Latin Anthology.[1] Emil Baehrens (Poetae Latini Minores) conjectured that Octavianus had been the first editor of the Anthology, based on the fact that his name and other life details, such as his Carthaginian blood and tender age of sixteen, are mentioned therein.[2][3] The most famous poem is an ecphrasis of an imaginary portrait of the poet's beloved.[4]
References
edit- ^ Allen, Philip Schuler; Jones, Howard Mumford (1928). The Romanesque Lyric. pp. 108, 329.
- ^ Baehrens, Emil, ed. (1879). Poetae Latini Minores. Vol. 3. Leipzig. pp. 241–259.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ohl, Raymond T. (1949). "Some Remarks on the "Latin Anthology"". The Classical Weekly. 42 (10): 147–153. doi:10.2307/4342540. ISSN 1940-641X.
- ^ Tommasi Moreschini, Chiara O. (2010). "The Role and Function of Ekphrasis in Latin North African Poetry (5th–6th Century)" (PDF). Text und Bild. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften: 256.