Terpnus

Role: performer upon the harp · First appears: Nero 20

Life events

• Nero began musical training under Terpnus after becoming emperor.(Nero 20)
  • With: Nero
  • “immediately after his advancement to the empire, he sent for Terpnus, a performer upon the harp, who flourished at that time with the highest reputation. Sitting with him for several days following, as he sang and played after supper, until late at night, he began by degrees to practise upon the instrument himself.”

Nero 20

• pupil: Nero “he sent for Terpnus, a performer upon the harp, who flourished at that time with the highest reputation. Sitting with him for several days following, as he sang and played after supper, until late at night, he began by degrees to practise upon the instrument himself.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.