Persius

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CITE id:
urn:cite:perseus:author.1060
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phi0969
Stoa id:
stoa0225
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LCCN n 79060980
Name:
Persius
Abbr:
Pers.
PERS.
Alt names:
Persjusz Flakkus, Aulus
Perse
Persio
Aulo Persio Flacco
A. Persius Flaccus
Persius Flaccus, Aulus
Flaccus, Aulus Persius
Persius, Paulus Flaccus
Aulus Persius Flaccus Volateris
PĂ©rsio,
Persio, Flaco, Aulo
Aulo Persio Flaco
Pers.
PERS.
Field of activity:
Satirist
Stoic?
Poet
Notes:
His Satirae, 1482
His Pauli Flacci Persii, poetae, Satyrarum opus, 1494, i.e. 1495: t.p. (Pauli Flacci Persii, poetae ...)
Il commento a Persio dell'umanista Raffaele Regio, c1997: p. 31 (Aulus Persius Flaccus Volateris)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 209: "Persius, is the third in the order of the four great Roman satirists, being younger than Lucilius and Horace, older than Juvenal....The extand works of Persius, who, we are told, wrote seldom and slowly, consist of six short satires, extending in all to 650 hexamater lines, and were left in an unfinished state."
Wikipedia. "Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (Volterra, 34-62), was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for the abuses of his contemporaries. His works, which became very popular in the Middle Ages, were published after his death by his friend and mentor the stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Roman satirical poet of the Neronian period...
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Wikipedia
Smith's Dictionary
 

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