1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASPER, AEMILIUS. Latin grammarian, possibly lived in the jnd c«ntury A.D. He wrote commentaries on Terence, Sallust and Virgil. Numerous fragments of the last show that as both critic and commentator he possessed good judgment and taste. They arc printed in Kcil, Prubi in Vtrgilii Bucolica Commentarius (1848); sec also Suringar, Historic Critica Sckoliastiirum Lali«0ru«(i834); GMenh&n,Gesehi(htederkl<usiscltenPhiJologie im 'Ilium, iv. (1843-1850). Two short grammatical treatises, extant under the name of Asper, and…
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