Aelius Serenus was an
Athenian
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grammarian of uncertain date.
Biography
He was born and lived in ancient
Athens
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.
Career
He is chiefly notable for being a grammarian and for having written several treatises on the meanings of Greek words and on Latin words derived from Greek language.
Bibliography
He wrote an epitome of the work of
Philo
Philo of Alexandria (; ; ; ), also called , was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.
The only event in Philo's life that can be decisively dated is his representation of the Alexandrian J ...
on Cities and their illustrious men, in three books, and an epitome of the commentary of
Philoxenus on
Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
, in one book.
Aelius Serenus also wrote Ἀπομνημονεύματα, from which
Stobaeus
Joannes Stobaeus (; ; 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia (Roman province), Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containing two books each. The tw ...
makes numerous extracts (Stobaeus, Floril. 11.15, et passim).
References
External links
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Saba or Saba Hamartolus or St. Saba, Septi'mius, Sere'nus, Ae'lius
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60s deaths
1st-century Romans