Symphosius
Sign in to savethumb|Title page of the riddles of Symphosius, from the late tenth- or early eleventh-century London, British Library, Royal MA 12 c xxiii folio 104r Symphosius (sometimes, in older scholarship and less properly, Symposius) was the author of the Aenigmata, an influential collection of 100 Latin riddles, probably from the late antique period. They have been transmitted along with their solutions.
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- Born
- 0400-00-00
- Died
- 0500-00-00
- Works
- 2
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- The enigmas of Symphosius
- The hundred riddles of Symphosius
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Key dates
- Born
- 400
- Died
- 500
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Africa
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Latin
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- Latin
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10 sectionsContents
- Biography
- The riddles
- Intrinsic nature of the Symphosius riddles, and how they may be solved
- Contents
- Influence
- Manuscripts
- Editions
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Title page of the riddles of Symphosius, from the late tenth- or early eleventh-century London, British Library, Royal MA 12 c xxiii folio 104r Symphosius (sometimes, in older scholarship and less properly, Symposius) was the author of the Aenigmata, an influential collection of 100 Latin riddles, probably from the late antique period. They have been transmitted along with their solutions.
==Biography==