Aemilius Asper

Background

Nothing is known about his life exept he possibly lived in the 1st century AD or late 2nd century AD.

Career

Aemilius Asper wrote commentaries on Terence, Sallust and Virgil dealing with content and form, and including parallels with other authors. Numerous fragments of the commentary on Virgil show that as both critic and commentator he possessed good judgment and taste. They are printed in Keil, Probi in Vergilii Bucolica Commentarius (1848); see also Suringar, Historia Critica Scholiastarum Latinum (1834); Grafenhan, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie im Alterthum, iv (1843–1850).

Two short grammatical treatises, extant under the name of Asper, and of very little value, have nothing to do with the commentator, but belong to a much later date; the time of Priscian (6th century). Both are printed in Keil, Grammatici Latini.

Aelius Donatus is thought to have borrowed freely from Asper.

Achievements

• Aemilius Asper was a Latin grammarian who wrote commentaries on Terence, Sallust and Virgil and " Probi in Vergilii Bucolica Commentarius ".

Works

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  • M. Valerii Probi In Vergilii Bucolica Et Georgica Commentarius... (Latin Edition)

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References

• Aemilius Asper: Ein Beitrag Zur Romischen Literaturgeschichte. Progr. - Primary Source Edition (German Edition)