Musaeus Grammaticus

Musaeus Grammaticus (Greek: Μουσαῖος Mousaios) probably belongs to the beginning of the 6th century CE, as his style and metre are evidently modeled on those of Nonnus. He lived before Agathias (530–582) and has been identified with the friend of Procopius whose poem (340 hexameter lines) on the story of Hero and Leander is considered the most beautiful of the age (editions by Franz Passow, 1810; G. H. Schafer, 1825; C. Dilthey, 1874; Hans Färber, Hero und Leander: Musaios und die weiteren antiken Zeugnisse, Greek and Latin texts with German translation, Munich: Heimeran, 1961). The little love-poem Alpheus and Arethusa (Anthol. pal. ix. 362) is also ascribed to Musaeus.

References

• Musaeus Grammaticus, Hero and Leander, Greek text with parallel French translation
• English translations of Musaeus Grammaticus' Hero and Leander: The Divine Poem of Musaeus: First of All Books Translated According to the Original (George Chapman, 1616); Hero & Leander (E.E. Sikes, 1920)

External links

•  Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Μουσαῖος