Quintus Sulpicius Maximus

Quintus Sulpicius Maximus (81/82–94 CE) – was an ancient Roman boy poet, whose memorial contains the only known example of juvenilia from the ancient Roman world.

Life

The young Quintus was the son of a freedman named Quintius Sulpicius Eugramus, who was of Greek descent. As such, Quintus had mastered the Greek language almost perfectly,

According to the memorial, the 12-year-old Quintus died of overwork shortly after the competition.

Text

IGUR III 1336

Studies

The Boy Poet Sulpicius: A Tragedy of Roman Education, J. Raleigh Nelson, The School Review, Vol. 11, No. 5 (May, 1903), pp. 384–395 The First-Century Inscription of Quintus Sulpicius Maximus: An Initial Catalogue of Lexical Parallels with the New Testament, Brian J. Wright, Bulletin for Biblical Research 27.1 (2017) pp. 53–63