Julianus the Egyptian

Julianus, or Julian, surnamed the Egyptian was a Greek Byzantine administrator and epigrammatist.

Life

Described in the lemmata of his epigrams as apo hypaton and apo hyparchon, it is inferred that Julianus served as Prefect of Egypt at some point during the reign of Justinian, and is likely to be the Julianus who was Praetorian Prefect of the East in 530/531, who supported the short-lived usurper Hypatius.

Works

Seventy-one epigrams are ascribed to Julianus in the Greek Anthology. They are primarily of a sensual and descriptive character derivative of earlier poems of the same kind. There are also two epigrams addressed to Hypatius, the nephew of the emperor Anastasius, who was put to death in AD 532 for inciting a failed rebellion against Justinian. Another epigram concerns Joannes, the nephew or grandson of Hypatius. One of Julianus' epigrams from the Greek Anthology was included in the Anacreontea, attributed to Anacreon.

Translations

Epigram	Title	Translator	Publication
16.388		George Ogle	The Loves of Hero and Leander, 1728
16.388		Joseph Addison	The Works of Anacreon, 1735
6.18		George Ogle	Antiquities Explained, 1737
7.32		Francis Fawkes	The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus, 1760
16.388		Francis Fawkes	The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus, 1760
16.388		Thomas Moore	Odes of Anacreon, 1800
7.32		Thomas Moore	Odes of Anacreon, 1800
9.447		William Cowper	The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, 1803
7.565		William Cowper	The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, 1803
16.388		John Herman Merivale	The Athenæum, January 1809
7.59		John Herman Merivale	Collections from the Greek Anthology, 1813
6.12		John Herman Merivale	Collections from the Greek Anthology, 1813
16.388		Charles James Blomfield	Museum Criticum, 1814
7.600		Francis Wrangham	Psychæ; or, Songs on Butterflies, 1828
16.388		John Doran	The Royal Lady's Magazine, June 1831
7.599		William Mcleager Hay	Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, April 1835
16.130		William Mcleager Hay	Blackwood's, November 1835
16.388		Leigh Hunt	The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, September 1836
7.590		William Mcleager Hay	Blackwood's, May 1837
5.298		William Mcleager Hay	Blackwood's, May 1837
16.113		Goldwin Smith	Anthologia Polyglotta, 1849
7.603		Goldwin Smith	Anthologia Polyglotta, 1849
7.599		John Burgon	Anthologia Polyglotta, 1849
16.388		Samuel Taylor Coleridge	The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1893
7.600	The Bride of Sixteen	F. L. Lucas	A Greek Garland: A Selection from the Palatine Anthology, 1939