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AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS (c. 310-395) , Roman poet and rhetorician, was born at Burdigala [Bordeaux]: He received an etcellent education, especially in grammar and rhetoric, but confesses that his progress in Greek was unsatisfactory. Having completed his studies, he practised for some time as an advocate, but his inclination lay in the direction of teaching. He set up (in 334) a school of rhetoric in his native place, which was largely attended, his most famous pupil being Paulinus,afterwards bishop of Nola. After thirty years of this work
heir -apparent. The prince always entertained the greatest regard for his tutor, and after his accession bestowed upon him the highest titles and honours,culminating in the consul
His most important extant works are: in prose
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Ephemeris, the occupations of a day ; Parentalia and Commemoratio Prolessorum Burdigalensium, on deceased relatives and literary friends ; Epitaphia, chiefly on the Trojan heroes Caesares, memorial verses on the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Elagabalus ; Ordo Nobilium Urbium, short poems on famous cities ; Ludus Septem Sapientum, speeches delivered by the Seven Sages of Greece ; Idyllia, of which the best-known are the Mosella, a descriptive poem on the Moselle, and the in-famous Cento Nuptialis. We may also mention Cupido Cruciatus, Cupid on the cross ; Technopaegion, a literary trifle consisting of a collection of verses ending in monosyllables ; Eclogarum Liber, on astronomical and astrological subjects ; Epistolae, including letters to Paulinus and Symmachus ; lastly, Praefatiunculae, three poetical epistles, one to the emperor Theodosius. Ausonius was rather a man of letters than a poet; his wide reading supplied him with material for a great
There are no MSS. containing the whole of Ausonius's works. Editio princeps, 1472; editions by Scaliger 1575, Souchay 1730, Schenkl 1883, Peiper 1886; cf. Mosella, Bocking 1845, de la Ville de Mirmont ( critical edition with translation) 1889, and De Ausonii Morelia, 1892, Hosius 1894. See Deydou, Un Poste bordelais (1868) ; Everat, De Ausonii Operibus (1885) ; Jullian, Ausone et Bordeaux (1893); C. Verrier and R. de Gourmont, Les 1pigrammesd'Ausone (translation with bibliography, 1905); R. Pichon, Les Derniers _(translation profanes (1907). End of Article: AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS (c. 310-395) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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