Late Antique Historiography

Epic

Title(s):
  • Epic
Author:
Period covered:
Unknown
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Poetry (epic panegyric)
  • Poetry (historical epic)
Remarks:
Sidonius refers to the poetic activity of Heronius using the terms Clio (the muse of history) and hexameter (the epic verse). This suggests that Heronius wrote an epic panegyric or an epic with a historical subject.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Sidonius Apollinaris, Letter 1.9.7
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • W.B. Anderson (1936) Sidonius Apollinaris: Poems and letters. Volume One (The Loeb Classical Library). Cambridge (MA).