Porcius Licinus
Porcius Licinus (2nd century BC) was an ancient Roman poet, whom Aulus Gellius places between Valerius Aedituus and Q. Lutatius Catulus, consul in BC 102 or 104, and who, therefore, probably lived in the latter part of the second century BC. Gellius quotes an epigram of Licinus, which seems to be taken from the Greek, and likewise cites the commencement of a poem of his on the history of Roman poetry, written in trochaic tetrameters. He seems to be the same as the Porcius mentioned in the life of Terence, ascribed to Suetonius, but must not be confounded, as he has been by some modern writers, with the consul of this name.
Porcius Licinus
- Born
- 150.
- Nationality
- Ancient Rome.
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
- Languages
- Latin.
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Porcius Licinus (2nd century BC) was an ancient Roman poet, whom Aulus Gellius places between Valerius Aedituus and Q. Lutatius Catulus, consul in BC 102 or 104, and who, therefore, probably lived in the latter part of the second century BC. Gellius quotes an epigram of Licinus, which seems to be taken from the Greek, and likewise cites the commencement of a poem of his on the history of Roman poetry, written in trochaic tetrameters. He seems to be the same as the Porcius mentioned in the life of Terence, ascribed to Suetonius, but must not be confounded, as he has been by some modern writers, with the consul of this name.
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Porcius Licinus born.
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- PORCIUS LICINUS, Poetarum Romanorum Veterum Reliquiae, 1967
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- Porcius Licinus, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993
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- Valerius Aedituus, Porcius Licinus, Lutatius Catulus, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993
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- 1.Aulus Gellius, 19.9, 17.2; Anthologia Latina, nos. 25, 26, ed. Meyer; Madvig, Commentatio de L. Attii Didascalicis, p. 20.
- 2.Smith, William, ed. (1844). "5. Porcius Licinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. London. p. 783.
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PORCIUS LICINUS, Poetarum Romanorum Veterum Reliquiae, 1967Crossref registry
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Porcius Licinus, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993Crossref registry
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Valerius Aedituus, Porcius Licinus, Lutatius Catulus, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3398151: Porcius LicinusWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 102404151, Porcius, Licinus.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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