Abronius Silo

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 degraded himself by writing 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, 1, p. 3
  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.

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