Junius Philargyrius (Philargirius, Filargirius) was an early
commentator on the ''
Bucolica'' and ''
Georgica'' of
Vergil, dedicated to a certain Valentinianus. He was a member of the
Junia Junia may refer to:
*Three daughters of Servilia, mistress of Caesar, sisters or half sisters of Marcus Junius Brutus
*:Junia Prima
*: Junia Secunda
*:Junia Tertia
*Junia Calvina, Roman noblewoman of 1st century
*Junia Lepida, another Roman noble ...
gens, active in
Milan.
The commentary is preserved in two recensions: one is found in the
Berne scholia (ed. H. Hagen, ''Jahrbuch für classische Philologie'' Suppl. 4.5 Leipzig, 1867). The other contains ''Explan.'' 1 and 2 on the ''Buc.'', and the ''Brevis expositi'' on the ''Georg.'' (ed. Thilo and Hagen 1881
The text is later than the first quarter of the 5th century, but there is no certain ''terminus ante quem'', and dates in the 6th or 7th century are possible. It has been shown that the ''Explanationes'' were known to
Adomnán, Adomán, abbot of
Iona
Iona (; gd, Ì Chaluim Chille (IPA: iːˈxaɫ̪ɯimˈçiʎə, sometimes simply ''Ì''; sco, Iona) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there ...
in the mid-seventh century.
See also
*
Titus Gallus
References
*G. Funaioli, ''L'esegesi virgiliana di Giunio Filargirio e di Tito Gallo'', SIFC NS 1, 1920, 184–296.
*G. Funaioli, ''Esegesi Virgiliana Antica. Prolegomeni alla edizione del Commento di Giunio Filargirio e di Tito Gallo'' Milan: Società editrice ‘Vita e Pensiero,’ 1930.
*Karl Barwick, ''De Ivnio Filargirio Vergilii interprete'', 1908.
*Joan J. Brewer, ''An analysis of the Berne scholia and their relation to Philargyrius, the Servian commentaries and other exegesis of Virgil's Eclogues'', Diss. Univ. of Virginia Charlottesville, 1973.
* Robert A. Kaster, ''Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997, p. 284
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