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Gaius Julius Hyginus (/ h ɪ ˈ dʒ aɪ n ə s /; c. 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' De Grammaticis, 20.
Gaius Julius Hyginus was a Latin author and scholar who, according to Suetonius (De Grammaticis, 20), was appointed by Augustus superintendent of the Palatine library. He went to Rome from Spain or Alexandria as a slave or perhaps a prisoner of war and was freed by Augustus.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The form of the text as we have it, however, means that if Gaius Julius Hyginus was the author, the text has suffered so greatly over time that one of its most famous editors could call its author “unskilled,” “semi-educated,” and “foolish” (Rose 1967: xii).
GAIUS JULIUS HYGINUS was a Latin writer who flourished in Roman Spain in the C1st AD. Two extant collections of fables were attributed to him: the Fabulae (or Fables) and Astronomica (or Astronomy).
One of the Graeco-Roman versions is the summary by Gaius Julius Hyginus, a first-century CE author from Roman Spain who collected ancient myths in a book called Fabulae, "stories". Although brief and poorly written, it is interesting because (a) it contains no reference to a boat and (b) it refers to an uncommon site where they survived.
Mar 22, 2022 · Apollodorus. Publication date. 2007. Topics. Mythology, Greek -- Early works to 1800. Publisher. Indianapolis : Hackett Pub. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.
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GAIUS JULIUS HYGINUS, Latin author, a native of Spain (or Alexandria), was a pupil of the famous Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor and a freedman of Augustus, by whom he was made superintendent of the Palatine library (Suetonius, De Grammaticis, 20).
