Luxorius - Criticisms

Criticisms

While information on the life and times of Luxorius may be scarce, articles and reviews on his A Latin Poet Among the Vandals are more abundant. While the focus of many of these reviews is on the translation and additions by Rosenblum, there are several notes about Luxorius's actual writings.

In his review of A Latin Poet Among the Vandals, Richard Bruere writes, "...Luxorius' epigrams, although ingenious in their antitheses and on occasion almost neat, are chiefly remarkable examples of the wet squib, the joke that does not quite come off"

On a similar note, in his review of these works, Robert Palmer writes, "I ask whether the epigrams of Luxorius might not ave better remained in the obscurity of the Anthologia Latina whence they now emerge with introduction, translation, commentary and indexes"

A link to an alternative interpretation by the poet Art Beck, including a translation of two Luxorius's poems can be found in the secondary sources section of this article. Beck's translation of Luxorius' complete works, Opera Omnia or, A Duet for Sitar and Trombone was published in spring 2012 by Otis Books | Seismicity Editions.