Lactantius Placidus

Lactantius Placidus (maybe end of the 4th century / 5th century) was the editor or author of a commentary on the epic Thebaid of Statius. He took on various other writings, including the Placidusglossen and Narrationes were attributed fabularum ( from Ovid ).

Edition of the Thebaid commentary

  • Robert Dale Sweeney (ed.): Lactantii Placidi Statii in Thebaida commentum. Volume 1: anonymity in Statii Achilleida commentum. Fulgentii ut fingitur Planciadis super Thebaiden commentariolum. Teubner, Stuttgart 1997 ( Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana ), ISBN 3-8154-1823-2.
Thebaid (Greek poem) Alan Cameron (classical scholar) Integrated Authority File
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