AUC Philologica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica) is an academic journal published by Charles University. It publishes scholarly articles in a large number of disciplines (English, German, Greek and Latin, Oriental, Romance and Slavonic studies, as well as in phonetics and translation studies), both on linguistic and on literary and cultural topics. Apart from articles it publishes reviews of new academic books or special issues of academic journals.
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AUC PHILOLOGICA, Vol 2015 No 2 (2015), 9–20
The fiery eyes of Augustus and the annales of Nicomachus Flavianus
Ivan Prchlík
published online: 22. 07. 2015
abstract
The fiery eyes of Augustus and the annales of Nicomachus Flavianus The anecdote concerning the fiery eyes of Augustus is known from the Epitome de Caesaribus and Servius. The latter quotes Suetonius as its source, yet in Suetonius’ extant works, the anecdote is missing. According to Jörg Schlumberger, its late antique source could have been the annales of Nicomachus Flavianus, which, however, could not possibly be referred to at the time, due to the damnatio memoriae cast upon its author. Some observations seem to support this explanation, and in addition, the annales may even have been at least a partial cause to have brought about this damnatio. Augustovy ohnivé oči a annály Nicomacha Flaviana Autor Epitome de Caesaribus a Servius zmiňují tutéž anekdotu o Augustových ohnivých očích, Servius s odkazem na svůj zdroj, Suetonia, u nějž se ale tato anekdota nevyskytuje. Podle Jörga Schlumbergera mohly jejím skutečným pozdně antickým zdrojem být annály Nicomacha Flaviana, které ale nebylo možné citovat kvůli damnatio memoriae uvalené na jejich autora. Postřehy autora článku tuto domněnku podporují, a navíc samotné annály současně mohly uvalení této damnatio spoluzpůsobit.
keywords: Augustus; annales of Nicomachus Flavianus; Epitome de Caesaribus; Servius; commentary on Aeneid; Suetonius; historians of late antiquity; Quellenforschung; correspondence of Symmachus; damnatio memoriae
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