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Aulus Persius Flaccus

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römischer Dichter etruskischer Abstammung

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Aulus Persius Flaccus was an Ancient Roman poet, writer, and philosopher who wrote in Latin. Born in Volterra in 34 AD, he died in Rome in 62 AD. His literary genre was Latin satire. He studied under Lucius Annaeus Cornutus and Remmius Palaemon.

His works include *Poetical miscellanies*, *Iuuenalis. Persius*, *Satyres de Perse*, *A. Persii Flacci Satirii VI*, and *Œuvres complètes de Juvénal et de Perse suivies des fragments de Turnus et de Sulpicia*. Persius is referenced by 342 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
229

Top works

  • Poetical miscellanies
  • Oeuvres completes d'Horace, de Juvénal, de Perse, de Sulpicia, de Turnus, de Catulle, de Properce, de Gallus et Maximien, de Tibulle, de Phèdre et de Syrus
  • Iuuenalis. Persius
  • Satyres de Perse
  • A. Persii Flacci Satirii VI

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
40
Total plays
266

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Satires

    · 2004 · cited 4x

  2. The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 4: Poems 1693–1696

    · 1974 · cited 4x

  3. Saturarum liber

    · 2007 · cited 3x

  4. Oxford Classical Texts: A. Persi Flacci et D. Iuni Iuvenalis Saturae

    · 1992 · cited 3x

  5. Saturae

    · 1992 · cited 2x

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Quotes

  • Magister artis ingenique largitorventer.
  • Nec te quaesiveris extra.
  • Usque adeonescire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter?
  • At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est".
  • Nec nocte paratum,plorabit qui me volet incurvasse querella.
  • Virtutem videant intabescantque relicta.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Rome
Place of birth
Volterra
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
philosopher
Languages spoken
Latin
Image
Aulus Persius Flaccus.jpeg
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Aulus Persius Flaccus
date of birth
0034-12-04
date of death
0062-11-24
Commons Creator page
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Aulus Persius Flaccus
praenomen
Aulus
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
writing language
Latin
cognomen
Flaccus
P13311
1845
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Aulus Persius Flaccus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Article · Deutsch

Aulus Persius Flaccus (kurz Persius; * 4. Dezember 34 in Volterra; † 24. November 62) war ein römischer Dichter etruskischer Abstammung. In seinen Werken, Dichtungen und Satiren lehrte Persius die stoische Lebensweisheit und kritisierte zeitgenössische Missstände. Seine Werke wurden nach seinem Tod vom Philosophen Lucius Annaeus Cornutus herausgegeben und waren bis ins Mittelalter populär. Mit seinem bei ihm erstmals schriftlich erwähnten Motiv des habitare secum hat Persius auch die christliche Spiritualität geprägt.

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