Aulus Gellius - Another one of the old poets, whose name has escape

Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.

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Gellius, Aulus. The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius. Translated by J. C. Rolfe, vol. 2, Harvard University Press, 1927, p. 385.

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Aulus Gellius

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Nationality: Roman
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Biography

Aulus Gellius (c. 125 – after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his Attic Nights, a commonplace book, or compilation of notes on grammar, philosophy, history, antiquarianism, and other subjects, preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might otherwise be unknown today.

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