Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

INTRODUCTIONTO CALPURXIUS SICULUSThe group of poems consisting of the pastorals byT. Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus, the LausFisojiis and two short Einsiedehi eclogues " presenta bundle of interconnected and, though baffling,still not uninteresting problems. Certain questionsarise at once. On separating the eclogues of Calpurniusfrom those of Nemesianus, to what datesshould one assign their authors? Why did "CalpurniusSiculus " bear these two names? Had he arelationship with C. Calpurnius Piso, the conspiratorof A.D.the Laus Pisonis was addressed ? ^ If so, didCalpurnius Siculus WTite that panegyric in praise ofPiso as his patron, and can " Meliboeus," thepatron in two Calpurnian eclogues, have been thesame Calpurnius Piso ? If he was not, was heSeneca, or someone else ? Again, can the Einsiedelneclogues have emanated from the samehand as the Calpurnian eclogues or the Laus Pisonis,or are they products of a school of Neronian poetsinfluenced by a transient passion for pastoral themes,65, to whom, according to most authorities," For these other poems see pp. 289-315, pp. :i 19-335, andpp. 451-515 in this volume.* See Introduction to the Panegyric on Piso, p. 289.VOL. I.P209