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Furius Antias was an ancient Roman poet, born in
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Editions

Willy Morel, ''Fragmenta poetarum latinorum epicorum et lyricorum praeter Ennium et Lucilium'', Leipzig, Teubner, 1927. (New ed. Leipzig 1995.) Furius Antias (Aulus Furius Antias) ragmenta in aliis scriptis seruata Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina.


Studies

W. W. Batstone, "The Fragments of Furius Antias", ''Classical Quarterly'', New Series, 46 (1996), pp. 387–402.


References

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