
Letters
Books 3-9
Sidonius(Author)
LOEB (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1965
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-674-99462-1 (ISBN)
Description
Belles lettres.
Sidonius Apollinaris, a Gallo-Roman, was born at Lugdunum (Lyon) about AD 430. He married Papianilla, daughter of the Emperor Avitus in whose honor he recited at Rome on 1 January 456 a panegyric in verse. Sidonius later joined a rebellion, it seems, but was finally reconciled to the emperor Majorian and delivered at Lyon in 458 a panegyric on him. After some years in his native land, in 467 he led a Gallo-Roman deputation to the Emperor Anthemius, and on 1 January 468 recited at Rome his third panegyric. He returned to Gaul in 469 and became Bishop of Auvergne with seat at Clermont-Ferrand. He upheld his people in resisting the Visigoths. After Auvergne was ceded to them in 475, he was imprisoned but soon resumed his bishopric. He was canonized after his death.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sidonius is in two volumes. The first contains his poetry: the three long panegyrics, and poems addressed to or concerned with friends, apparently written in his youth. Volume I also contains Books 1-2 of his Letters (all dating from before his episcopate); Books 3-9 are in Volume II. Sidonius' writings shed valued light on Roman culture in the fifth century.
Sidonius Apollinaris, a Gallo-Roman, was born at Lugdunum (Lyon) about AD 430. He married Papianilla, daughter of the Emperor Avitus in whose honor he recited at Rome on 1 January 456 a panegyric in verse. Sidonius later joined a rebellion, it seems, but was finally reconciled to the emperor Majorian and delivered at Lyon in 458 a panegyric on him. After some years in his native land, in 467 he led a Gallo-Roman deputation to the Emperor Anthemius, and on 1 January 468 recited at Rome his third panegyric. He returned to Gaul in 469 and became Bishop of Auvergne with seat at Clermont-Ferrand. He upheld his people in resisting the Visigoths. After Auvergne was ceded to them in 475, he was imprisoned but soon resumed his bishopric. He was canonized after his death.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sidonius is in two volumes. The first contains his poetry: the three long panegyrics, and poems addressed to or concerned with friends, apparently written in his youth. Volume I also contains Books 1-2 of his Letters (all dating from before his episcopate); Books 3-9 are in Volume II. Sidonius' writings shed valued light on Roman culture in the fifth century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Publishing group
Harvard University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Index
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-99462-1 (9780674994621)
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Persons
William Blair Anderson (1877-1959) was Kennedy Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge.