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Luxorius, active 6th century

LC control no.n 86112462
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPA6497.L7
Personal name headingLuxorius, active 6th century
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Variant(s)Luxorius, 6th century
Luxurius, 6th cent.
Luxurius, active 6th century
Lusorius, active 6th century
Lussorio, active 6th century
Associated placeAfrica, North
LocatedCarthage (Extinct city)
Birth date05
Field of activityLatin poetry
Profession or occupationPoet
Found inHapp, H. Luxurius, 1986: v. 1-2, t.p. (Luxurius) v. 1, p. 83, etc. (lived in Carthage at time Vandals ruled; Roman according to general opinion; wrote most of his epigrams 523-530, a few 530-534; name also written Luxorius; may be same as person named Lisorius)
LC manual cat. (hdg.: Luxorius, 6th cent.)
Oxford class. dict., 1970 (Luxorius of Carthage, early 6th c. A.D.; grammarian and poet)
Harper's dict. of class. lit. and antiq., 1937 (Luxorius; also written Luxurius and Lusorius; Roman epigrammatic poet who lived in Africa about beginning of 6th cent. A.D.)
Kleine Pauly, v. 3, 1969 (Luxurius (Luxorius); Latin epigrammatist; lived in Carthage in 1st third of 6th cent.; cannot identify with poet named Lisorius)
Studi su Lussorio, 2004.
Associated languagelat