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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
published by Mai. The lines in question, Juppiter omnipotens, rerum regumque repertor, Progenitor genitrixque Deum, Deus unus et idem, may very possibly, as Meyer conjectures, have been contained in the work spoken of by Pliny (H. N. Praef.) as having been entitled *)Epopti/dwn, while the fragment adduced in the treatise of Varro De Lingua Latina (7.31, comp. 6.5, 10.70), as an example of the word ad agio, is probably extracted from a different piece. It is evident, from the passage in Cicero referred to above, that Soranus mist have been a contemporary of Antonius the orator, and therefore flourished about B. C. 100. (See Anthol. Lat. ed. Meyer. praef. p. x.) The mythographer of Mai calls him Serranus, which is clearly a blunder, perhaps due to the copyist, and in no way must he be confounded with the Serranus of Juvenal (Sat. 7.80), who lived under Nero. Further Information Compare Plin. Nat. 3.5; Plut. Quaest. Rom. 61; Gerlach's ed. of Lucilius, 8vo. Turic. 1846. p. xxxi.[W.R]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
d in Greek and Roman literature, and especially well acquainted with ancient Latin works. Aelius gave instruction in grammar to Varro, who speaks of him with the greatest respect, and frequently quotes him; and he was also one of Cicero's teachers in rhetoric. He received the surname of Praeconinus, because his father had been a praeco, and that of Stilo on account of his compositions. He belonged to the aristocratical party in the state, and accompanied Q. Metellus Numidicus into exile in B. C. 100, and, no doubt, returned with him to Rome in the following year. Works Orations Aelius, however, did not aspire himself to any of the offices of state, and did not speak in public; but he wrote orations for many of his friends, such as Q. Metellus, Q. Caepio, Q. Pompeius Rufus and Cotta, upon which Cicero does not bestow much commendation. Grammatical Works It was by his grammatical works that he acquired the most celebrity. He wrote Commentaries on the Songs of the Salii and on th
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Vale'rius Aedituus In the ninth chapter of the nineteenth book of the Noctes Atticae a certain rhetorician Julianus, when challenged to point out anything in the Latin language worthy of being compared with the graceful effusions of Anacreon, and other bards of that class among the Greeks, quotes two short epigrams by Valerius Aedituus, who is simply described as " veteris poetae," one by Porcius Licinius, and one by Quintus Catulus. Upon these collectively A. Gellius pronounces "mundius, venustius, limatius, pressius, Graecumve Latinumve nihil quidquam reperiri puto." They unquestionably merit high commendation, but are so evidently derived from some Greek source, that they could scarcely be adduced with fairness as specimens of the Roman lyric muse. Judging from the language and versification we may assign them to a period about B. C. 100. (Gel. 19.9; Anthol. Lat. 3.242, 243, ed. Burmann, or Nos. 27, 28, ed. Meyer.) [W.R]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Va'tia or Va'tia Isauricus (search)
Va'tia or Va'tia Isauricus 1. P. Servilius Vatia, C. F. M. N., surnamed ISAURICUS, was the grandson of Q. Metcllus Macedonicus. (Cic. pro Dom. 47.) He is first mentioned in B. C. 100, where he took up arms with the other Roman nobles against Saturninus. (Cic. pro C. Rabir. perd. 7.) He was raised to the consulship by Sulla in B. C. 79, along with Ap. Claudius Pulcher, and in the following year (B. C. 78) was sent as proconsul to Cilicia, with a powerful fleet and army, in order to clear the seas of the pirates, whose ravages now spread far and wide. He was a man of integrity, resolution, and energy, and carried on the war with great ability and success. At first he sailed against the pirates, and defeated them in a naval engagement off the coast of Cilicia. The pirates then abandoned the sea and took refuge in their strongholds among the mountains which skirt the southern coast of Asia Minor. Servilius proceeded to attack their fortresses, which were defended with the greatest obstin
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