Ilias Latina
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The Ilias Latina is a short Latin hexameter version of the Iliad of Homer. According to Ernest Robert Curtius, it is a "crude condensation", into 1070 lines.[1] It is attributed to Publius Baebius Italicus, said to be a Roman Senator, and to the decade 60 CE - 70 CE.[2]
[edit] References
- Marco Scaffai, Baebii Italici Ilias Latina (Bologna, 1982)
- George A. Kennedy, The Latin Iliad. Introduction, Text, Translation, and Notes
- Steven R. Perkins, Achilles in Rome: The Latin Iliad of Baebius Italicus (Lulu, 2006)
