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Julianus the Egyptian

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Julianus, or Julian, surnamed the Egyptian (Greek: Ἰουλιανός ὁ Αἰγύπτιος, Ioulianos; Latin: Julianus Aegyptius; fl. 6th century AD) was a Greek Byzantine administrator and epigrammatist.[1]

Life

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Described in the lemmata of his epigrams as apo hypaton and apo hyparchon ("ex-prefect"), it is inferred that Julianus served as Prefect of Egypt at some point during the reign of Justinian, and is likely to be the Julianus who was Praetorian Prefect of the East in 530/531, who supported the short-lived usurper Hypatius.[2]

Works

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Seventy-one epigrams are ascribed to Julianus in the Greek Anthology. They are primarily of a sensual and descriptive character derivative of earlier poems of the same kind. There are also two epigrams addressed to Hypatius, the nephew of the emperor Anastasius, who was put to death in AD 532 for inciting a failed rebellion against Justinian (7.591 and 7.592). Another epigram concerns Joannes, the nephew or grandson of Hypatius (7.590).[3][4][5] One of Julianus' epigrams from the Greek Anthology (16.388) was included in the Anacreontea, attributed to Anacreon.

Translations

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Epigram Title Translator Publication
16.388 In Imitation of Anacreon George Ogle The Loves of Hero and Leander, 1728
16.388 On Cupid Joseph Addison The Works of Anacreon, 1735
6.18 "Lais, when Time had spoil'd her wonted Grace," George Ogle Antiquities Explained, 1737
7.32 "What oft alive I sung, now dead I cry" Francis Fawkes The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus, 1760
16.388 The Love-Draught Francis Fawkes The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus, 1760
16.388 Ode VI Thomas Moore Odes of Anacreon, 1800
7.32 "This lesson oft in life I sung," Thomas Moore Odes of Anacreon, 1800
9.447 From the Greek of Julianus William Cowper The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, 1803
7.565 Another William Cowper The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, 1803
16.388 An Anacreontic John Herman Merivale The Athenæum, January 1809
7.59 On Democritus John Herman Merivale Collections from the Greek Anthology, 1813
6.12 The Offering of Three Brother Sportsmen John Herman Merivale Collections from the Greek Anthology, 1813
16.388 "While for my fair a wreath I twined," Charles James Blomfield Museum Criticum, 1814
7.600 "Thine, Laura—thou, of every grace the bloom!" Francis Wrangham Psychæ; or, Songs on Butterflies, 1828
16.388 From the Greek of Julianus John Doran The Royal Lady's Magazine, June 1831
7.599 "She that was called the Beautiful—(so named)" William Mcleager Hay Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, April 1835
16.130 On a Statue of Niobe William Mcleager Hay Blackwood's, November 1835
16.388 Cupid Swallowed! A Paraphrase Leigh Hunt The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, September 1836
7.590 Epitaph William Mcleager Hay Blackwood's, May 1837
5.298 To Mary William Mcleager Hay Blackwood's, May 1837
16.113 "'Tis Philoctetes' self! To all how well" Goldwin Smith Anthologia Polyglotta, 1849
7.603 "Cruel is Death? Nay kind. He that is ta'en" Goldwin Smith Anthologia Polyglotta, 1849
7.599 "More for her gracious spirit than her face" John Burgon Anthologia Polyglotta, 1849
16.388 An Ode in the Manner of Anacreon Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1893
7.600 The Bride of Sixteen F. L. Lucas A Greek Garland: A Selection from the Palatine Anthology, 1939

References

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  1. ^ Smith, p. 643.
  2. ^ Cameron, pp. 46–47.
  3. ^ Gullo, Arianna (2020). "Writing Classicizing Epigrams in Sixth-Century Constantinople: The Funerary Poems of Julian the Egyptian". The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry. De Gruyter. pp. 59–74. doi:10.1515/9783110696219-003. ISBN 978-3-11-069621-9.
  4. ^ Smith, p. 643.
  5. ^ Anth. Gr. iii. 195.

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