Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries
Gresham College Lectures
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Ovid's Tristia Three
Ovid's poem shows a literary reflection of the truth that the great public baries of rome partly functioned as instruments of censorship. Augustus died in 14 c e, to be replaced by that bookworm, tiberius. And we don't know the exact date of tristia three, but we do happen to know the name of the man that tiberius appointed to the august office of commissioner of libraries. He was called tiberius eulus papis, free born roman citizen from the greek east. This super librarian's tomb inscription amazingly survives,. having been discovered east of rome on the vere prines ina, sacred to the shades
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