Albinovanus
- I C. Pedo Albinovanus, a contemporary and friend of Ovid (v. Pont. 4, 10), an epic poet, of whose greater epic, which had for its subject the deeds of Germanicus, we have only a fragment remaining, under the title: De navigatione Germanici per Oceanum Septentrionalem, in Sen. Suas. 1, p. 11.—See Quint. 10, 1, 90; Crinit. Poët. Lat. c. 64; Bähr's Lit. Gesch. 83; 217 and 218; Weich. Poët. Lat. 382.—
- II Celsus Albinovanus, a contemporary of Horace, to whom the latter addresses one of his epistles (Ep. 1, 8, v. Schmid. Einl.).
- 1. C. ~ Pedo, episch dichter, tijdgenoot en vriend v. Ovidius;
- 2. Celsus ~, secretaris v. Tiberius.
a friend and contemporary of Ovid, to whom the latter addresses one of his Epistles from Pontus. (4.10.) Works
He is classed by Quintilian (10.1) among the epic poets. Poem on Theseus
Ovid speaks of his poem on the exploits of Theseus, and calls him sidereus Pedo, on account of the sublimity of his style. (Ex. Pont. 4.16. 6.) Epic on Germanicus
He is supposed to have written an epic poem on the exploits of Germanicus, the son of Drusus, of which twenty-three lines are preserved in the Suasoria of Seneca. (lib. i.) This fragment is usually entitled " De Navigatione Germanici per Oceanum Septentrionalem," and describes the voyage of Germanicus through the Amisia (Ems) into the northern ocean, A. D. 16. (Comp. Tac. Ann. 2.23.) Epigrams
It would seem from Martial (5.5), that Albinovanus was also a writer of epigrams. L. Seneca was acquainted with him, and calls him fabulator elegantissimus. (Ep. 122.) Elegies attributed to Albinovanus
Three Latin elegies are attributed to Albinovanus, but without any sufficient authority : namely,-- 1. Ad Liviam Aug. de Morte Drusi, which is ascribed to Ovid by many, and has been published separately by Bremer, Helmst. 1775. 2. In Obitum Maecenatis. 3. De Verbis Maecenatis moribundi. (Wernsdorf, Poetae Latini Minores, iii. pp. 121, &c., 155, &c.) Editions
The fragment of Albinovanus on the voyage of Germanicus, has been published by H. Stephens, Fragm. Poet., p. 416, Pitboeus, Epigram. et poem. vet., p. 239, Burmann, Anth. Lat. ii. ep. 121, Wernsdorf, Poet. Lat. Min. Iv. i. p. 229, &c.
All that has been ascribed to Albinovanus was published at Amsterdam, 1703, with the notes of J. Scaliger and others. The last edition is by Meinecke, which contains the text, and a German translation in verse, Quedlinburg, 1819.
belonged to the party of Marius in the first civil war, and was one of the twelve who were declared enemies of the state in B. C. 87. He thereupon fled to Hiempsal in Numidia. After the defeat of Carbo and Norbanus in B. C. 81, he obtained the pardon of Sulla by treacherously putting to death many of the principal officers of Norbanus, whom he had invited to a banquet. Ariminium in consequence revolted to Sulla, whence the Pseudo-Asconius (in Cic. Verr. p. 168, ed. Orelli) speaks of Albinovanus betraying it. (Appian, App. BC 1.60, 62, 91; Florus, 3.21.7.)
An epic writer of the Augustan Age, the friend of the younger Seneca, who calls him fabulator elegantissimus, and quotes him to show his ability as a raconteur. He is also mentioned by Ovid, Martial, and Quintilian. He wrote a Thebaïs, and an epic on contemporary history. The elder Seneca (Suas. 14) cites twenty-three hexameters of his, describing a storm in the North Sea. See Haube, Zur Kenntn. des Alb. Ped. (Fraustadt, 1880).