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Persius
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in full Aulus Persius Flaccus
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| Satirist, born of a distinguished equestrian family in Volaterrae, Etruria. He was educated in Rome, where he came under Stoic influence. He wrote fastidiously and sparingly, leaving at his death only six admirable satires, the whole not exceeding 650 hexameter lines. These were published by his friend Caesius Bassus after his death. Dryden and others have translated them into verse. |
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