Simon Chèvre d'Or (or Simon Aurea Capra) was poet and a canon at the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris in the 12th century.[1] It is believed that Simon was commissioned by Henry I, Count of Champagne to write three poems in Latin based on the Trojan Wars including a summary of the Aeneid and the Iliad.[2] In his Ylias,[3] Simon drew on Joseph of Exeter's work Frigii Daretis Yliados libri sex as well as Virgil's Aeneid. The largest version of this poem runs to 994 verses.[4] Albert C. Friend has argued that Chaucer, in turn, relied on Simon's work along with the original version by Virgil for his own retelling of the Aeneid.[5] Simon is also credited with the composition of a series of epitaphs dedicated to Saint Bernard.[6]
References
edit- ^ DiMarco 2007, p. 1338.
- ^ Reichert 2006, p. 10.
- ^ Swanson 1999, pp. 60–61.
- ^ Ziolkowski 1996, p. 551.
- ^ Sundwall 1975, pp. 151–156.
- ^ Benton 1991, p. 22.
Bibliography
edit- Benton, John F. (1991). "The Court of Champagne as a Literary Center". In Bisson, Thomas N. (ed.). Culture, Power and Personality in Medieval France. Continuum. pp. 3–44. ISBN 978-1852850302.
The only author known to have written at Count Henry's request is Simon Chèvre d'Or (Capra Aurea), a canon of Saint-Victor of Paris. Simon composed a series of short poetic epitaphs for St Bernard
- DiMarco, Vincent (2007). ""The Matter of Troy" and its transmission through translation in Medieval Europe". In Kittel, Harald; House, Juliane; Schultze, Brigitte (eds.). Ubersetzung - Translation - Traduction. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 1337–1374. ISBN 978-3110171457.
- Reichert, Michelle (2006). Between Courtly Literature and Al-Andaluz: Oriental Symbolism and Influences in the Romances of Chretien de Troyes. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415976152.
- Sundwall, McKay (1975). "Deiphobus and Helen: A Tantalizing Hint". Modern Philology. 73 (2). University of Chicago Press: 151–156. doi:10.1086/390633. JSTOR 436329. S2CID 161499451.
- Swanson, R.N. (1999). The Twelfth-Century Renaissance. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719042560.
- Ziolkowski, Jan M. (1996). "Epic". In Mantello, Frank A. C.; Rigg, A. G. (eds.). Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide. Catholic University of America Press. pp. 537–555. ISBN 978-0813208428.