Helenius Acron (or Acro) was a Roman commentator and

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ian, probably of the 3rd century AD, but whose precise date is not known. Helenius Acron is known to have written on

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('' Adelphi'' and ''

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'' at least) and Horace. These commentaries on Horace are now lost but are referred to by the grammarian

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. There is some evidence for a commentary on

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. ''

Scholia Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from grc, σχόλιον, "comment, interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of t ...

'' attributed to Acron appear in manuscripts of Horace; there are three

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s known, the earliest dating to the 5th century. The fragments which remain of the work on Horace, though much mutilated, are valuable, as containing the remarks of the older commentators,

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and others. The attribution to Acron, however, is not found before the 15th century, and is doubtful. Fragments of Acron's writing may also appear in

Pomponius Porphyrion Pomponius Porphyrion (or Porphyrio) was a Latin grammarian and commentator on Horace. Biography He was possibly a native of Africa, and flourished during the 2nd century A.D. (according to some, much later). Works His ''scholia'' on Horace, which ...

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*''Acronis et Porphyrionis commentarii in Q. Horatium Flaccum''. Edidit Ferdinandus Hauthal
vol. 1vol. 2
Berolini sumptibus Julii Springeri, 1864. * Heleni Acronis
commentarium in Horatium Flaccum
' at www.horatius.net. 3rd-century Romans Post–Silver Age Latin writers Grammarians of Latin Horace 3rd-century Latin writers {{AncientRome-writer-stub