Gaius Julius Gigin ( lat.Gaius Julius Hyginus ) - Roman writer. Born in Spain or in Alexandria about 64 BC. e. , died in 17 A.D. e.
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Student of Alexander Polygistor .
According to Suetonius , he was freed from slavery by the emperor Octavian Augustus and appointed head of the Palatine Library .
In honor of Gigin, one of the lunar craters is named.
Works
The authorship of many works by Gigin is disputed and attributed to Pseudo-Gigin , in particular, “ Myths ” ( Fabulae ) and “ Astronomy "( De Astronomia ).
Gigin was the author of many works that have not reached us:
- De viris claris
- Exempla
- De familiis troianis
- Genealogiae
- De origine et situ urbium italicarum
- De proprietatibus deorum
- De dis penatibus
- De agricultureura
- De apibus
- Commentary on Propempticon Pollionis by Guy Helvius Zinn
Although his original works were preserved only in fragments (the collection of Peter includes 17 fragments, the collection of Funaioli - 23 fragments), a number of texts written later by various authors are known under his name.
Literature
- Funaioli H. Grammaticae Romanae fragmenta. - Lipsiae, 1907. - P. 525-538.
- Peter H. Historicorum Romanorum reliquiae. - Leipzig, 1906-1914. - Vol. II. - P. 72-77.