Calpurnius Siculus

Evangelos Karakasis

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: Anca Dan (École Practique de Hautes Études PSL), Martine Diepenbroek (University of Johannesburg), William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Victoria Fendel (University of Oxford), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Guendalina Daniela Maria Taietti (University of Liverpool), Jula Wildberger (American University of Paris)

Dates

Born c. 30
Died c. 70
Activity c. 54-c. 68

Places

Born in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)
Active in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)

Genres and Modes

Pastoral

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Calpurnius Siculus' Works

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The Poet (dating and origin)

One of the most problematic issues in Calpurnian scholarship has to do with the dating of the poet’s life and works. Calpurnius has variously been dated during Domitian’s reign (cf. Ostrand 1984), in the late first century, after Statius (cf. Courtney 1987, 148–57), in the time of Severus Alexander (cf. Champlin 1978, 95–110; 1986, 104–12), in the third century AD (cf. Baldwin 1995, 157–67), or during the end of the third / the fourth century (cf. Chastagnol 1976, 81–2). It has also been suggested that the poet, although of a later date, opts to set his poems in the Neronian period (cf. e.g. Horsfall 1993, 269–70; 1997, 166–96). Since Haupt 1875, 1.358–406, however, the majority of the scholars view Calpurnius as a Neronian poet; moreover,

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Citation: Karakasis, Evangelos. "Calpurnius Siculus". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 August 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13117, accessed 22 November 2024.]