Helen Dixon

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Pomponio Leto’s notes on Lucretius (Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, X fol 82 rariora) digital

di Helen Dixon

Anno: 2011

SUMMARY: The discovery of 10 pages of brief notes in Pomponio Leto’s hand in the Utrecht copy of the 1486 Verona edition of Lucretius, in which in 1492 two disciples collated a codex Pomponianus and copied a Vita Lucretii, raises questions about the identity of the textual sources used. A previous hypothesis that the Utrecht book may attest a lecture course on Lucretius delivered by Pomponio is found not to be substantiated by the evidence. It is instead suggested that the disciples were simply producing their own ‘edition’ of Lucretius, as they said they were in their colophon, with occasional help and supplementary material from their teacher.

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Where was the birthplace of Pomponio Leto? digital

di Helen Dixon

Anno: 2010

In the wake of past attempts to identify Pomponio Leto’s birthplace in different locations in Southern Italy a fresh review of the evidence is offered, including the lives by the Pomponian disciples Petrus Marsus, Michael Fernus and Marcus Antonius Sabellicus; Giovanni Pontano’s and Pietro Ranzano’s accounts; records by contemporary diarists; a heading in a manuscript; and sixteenth-century histories. It is suggested that Pomponio’s own phrase ut Calaber noster Ennius was intended to give news of Ennius’ origins thanks to the rediscovery of Silius’ Punica. The sources for Pomponio’s origins are then reassessed and a strong case is made for Teggiano in Campania.

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