Simon Chèvre d'Or

Simon Chèvre d'Or was poet and a canon at the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris in the 12th century.[1] It is believed that Simon was commissioned by Henry I, Count of Champagne to write three poems in Latin based on the Trojan Wars including a summary of the Aeneid and the Iliad.[2] In his Ylias,[3] Simon drew on Joseph of Exeter's work Frigii Daretis Yliados libri sex as well as Virgil's Aeneid. The largest version of this poem runs to 994 verses.[4] Albert C. Friend has argued that Chaucer, in turn, relied on Simon's work along with the original version by Virgil for his own retelling of the Aeneid.[5] Simon is also credited with the composition of a series of epitaphs dedicated to Saint Bernard.[6]

References

  1. ↑ DiMarco 2007, p. 1338.
  2. ↑ Reichert 2006, p. 10.
  3. ↑ Swanson 1999, pp. 60-61.
  4. ↑ Ziolkowski 1996, p. 551.
  5. ↑ Sundwall 1975, pp. 151-156.
  6. ↑ Benton 1991, p. 22.

Bibliography

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