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Abronius Silo

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Abronius Silo (fl. 1st century BC) was a Latin poet who lived in the latter part of the Augustan age. He was a pupil of the rhetorician Marcus Porcius Latro. His son was also a poet, but he was not respected because he wrote plays for pantomimes.[1] Only two hexameters of his work survive today.[2] During his life he would face a charge of plagiarism.[3] Although Silo believed he was simply inspired by his teacher.

References

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Abronius Silo", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 3, archived from the original on 2005-12-31, retrieved 2007-09-08
  2. ^ Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae ii. p. 21. Bip.
  3. ^ "Plagiarism or Imitation?: The Case of Abronius Silo in Seneca the Elder's Suasoriae 2.19–20". Project Muse. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William (1870). "Abronius Silo". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 3.