Vincent Obsopoeus

Diodori Siculi Historiarum Libri Aliquot, qui extant Vincent Obsopoeus (or Opsopoeus) was a German humanist, Latin poet, and translator active in the Reformation.

[1] Born Vincent Heidnecker in “Vindelitia” (i.e. Bavaria), Obsopoeus was the son of a chef for local princes and the wealthy.

For a number of years, Obsopoeus was rector (principal) of the classical Gymnasium in Ansbach; Albert Alcibiades was one of his students there.

[5] The book includes a translation of Prodicus's fable Hercules at the Crossroads; a manuscript copy is also extant [1].

In 1536, in gleeful revenge, he wrote De Arte Bibendi, the world's first guide to drinking alcohol.