Abronius Silo (fl. 1st century BC) was a

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poet who lived in the latter part of the Augustan age. Silo is mentioned in the '' suasoriae'' of

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. Seneca wrote that he was a pupil of the

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ian

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. According to Seneca, he plagiarized a poem about the

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from his Latro. The plagiarized line read: Translated into English this quote reads: Seneca also wrote that he fathered another poet, also named Silo, who wrote poetry intended for pantomimes. Which Seneca considered to be a waste of his talents.

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