Although he was normally taken as the north wind, the Roman writers Aulus Gellius and Pliny the Elder both took Boreas as a northeast wind, equivalent... 25 KB (2,116 words) - 00:20, 9 April 2024 |
Classical compass winds (section Aulus Gellius) vicinity. Pliny, Bk. 18, Ch.77, (p.116) Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights Lib. II, Ch. 22 (Gk: p.95; Eng: p.146) Aulus Gellius (Lat: 96; Eng: 148) Thompson (1918:... 88 KB (10,247 words) - 04:12, 11 February 2024 |
Gabinius Aulus Gellius Aulus Hirtius - consul after Caesar Aulus Licinius Archias Aulus Licinius Nerva Silianus Aulus Metellus or Aule Metele Aulus Paulinus... 1 KB (183 words) - 14:54, 21 January 2018 |
1946) is an English classical scholar, an authority on the works of Aulus Gellius, and a former reader for the Oxford University Press. He is married... 10 KB (1,002 words) - 14:34, 15 April 2024 |
Roman counterpart is Vulturnus, according to Pliny the Elder; but for Aulus Gellius Volturnus was the equivalent of the southeast wind Euronotus. In the... 19 KB (2,034 words) - 22:36, 30 April 2024 |
poem by Vincent Bourne dating from 1716–17 is based on the account of Aulus Gellius. Titled Mutua Benevolentia primaria lex naturae est, it was translated... 21 KB (2,485 words) - 10:24, 2 May 2024 |
to us. He is occasionally identified with Apollo and young Jupiter. Aulus Gellius, in the Noctes Atticae, written around 177 CE, speculated that Vejovis... 4 KB (377 words) - 00:20, 30 April 2024 |
goddess of death. She was believed to preside over infants who died. Aulus Gellius understood her name to be the similar as Morea. Morta’s name most likely... 2 KB (108 words) - 10:26, 1 July 2023 |
were collected by Hermann Peter. The largest fragment is preserved in Aulus Gellius, and concerns a single combat between T. Manlius Torquatus and a Gaul... 3 KB (351 words) - 11:03, 22 March 2024 |
Antiquitates Romanae XI 39, 1. Plutarch Publicola, 16 Aulus Gellius Noct. Att. IV, 5; Gellius writes that the episode was recorded in the XI book of... 41 KB (5,442 words) - 05:03, 30 January 2024 |
Peregrinus Proteus (section Gellius's account) infamous. Aulus Gellius provides a brief, but different, view of Peregrinus. He describes Peregrinus as "a man of dignity and fortitude," and Aulus would... 9 KB (1,135 words) - 14:14, 3 July 2023 |
were considered classical, or recepti scriptores ("select writers"). Aulus Gellius includes authors like Plautus, who are considered writers of Old Latin... 38 KB (4,941 words) - 09:15, 16 April 2024 |
cup and the tip of the lip." This verse was proverbial at the time of Aulus Gellius (2nd century), who mentions it in his comment on the Latin phrase inter... 12 KB (1,489 words) - 15:36, 8 February 2024 |
century CE) was a Stoic philosopher. Very little is known about his life. Aulus Gellius mentions him as one of his contemporaries, and describes him as a "grave... 4 KB (437 words) - 21:49, 2 July 2023 |
Macrobius alone. There are also ancient writings on this topic from Aulus Gellius when speaking on how Romans swore oaths. He mentioned that Roman women... 29 KB (3,197 words) - 19:38, 16 April 2024 |
occurred during the same period. The lyrics of Catullus, whom the writer Aulus Gellius called "the most elegant of poets," are noted for their emotional intensity... 20 KB (2,596 words) - 12:19, 15 April 2024 |
Antonia gens (redirect from Aulus Antonius Rufus) as Antonius Castor. Antonius Julianus, a friend and contemporary of Aulus Gellius, and a teacher of grammar and oratory. Marcus Antonius Polemon, a celebrated... 16 KB (1,975 words) - 20:30, 8 January 2024 |
ancient Roman religion, Averruncus or Auruncus is a god of averting harm. Aulus Gellius says that he is one of the potentially malignant deities who must be... 3 KB (420 words) - 06:12, 16 February 2024 |
originating in ancient Greece. The story is related by the Latin author Aulus Gellius in Attic Nights, who says that the famous sophist Protagoras took on... 3 KB (353 words) - 09:45, 3 April 2024 |
the Loeb Classical Library: Ammianus Marcellinus, Cornelius Nepos, Aulus Gellius, Quintus Curtius, Sallust, and Suetonius. Telegenius Hinsdale, B.A.... 5 KB (260 words) - 06:14, 28 February 2024 |
I. 633 Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights, XVI. 16 Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. 7 Servius' commentary to Aeneid, VIII. 339 Varro, cited by Aulus Gellius in his... 1 KB (139 words) - 11:52, 12 October 2023 |