Octavianus (poet) explained

Octavianus or Octavian was a Latin poet of the 6th century AD, to whom several poems are attributed in the Latin Anthology.^[1] Emil Baehrens (Poetae Latini Minores) conjectured that Octavianus had been the first editor of the Anthology, based on the fact that his name and other life details, such as his Carthaginian blood and tender age of sixteen, are mentioned therein.^{[2] [3]} The most famous poem is an ecphrasis of an imaginary portrait of the poet's beloved.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Allen, Philip Schuler . The Romanesque Lyric . Jones . Howard Mumford . 1928 . 108, 329.
2. Book: Poetae Latini Minores . 1879 . Baehrens . Emil . 3 . Leipzig . 241-259.
3. Ohl . Raymond T. . 1949 . Some Remarks on the "Latin Anthology" . The Classical Weekly . 42 . 10 . 147–153 . 10.2307/4342540 . 1940-641X.
4. Tommasi Moreschini . Chiara O. . 2010 . The Role and Function of Ekphrasis in Latin North African Poetry (5th–6th Century) . Text und Bild . Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 256.