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Aelius Serenus
Aelius Serenus
Known forgrammarian

Aelius Serenus was an Athenian grammarian of uncertain date.[1]

Biography

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He was born and lived in ancient Athens.[1]

Career

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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.[1]

Bibliography

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He wrote an epitome of the work of Philo on Cities and their illustrious men, in three books, and an epitome of the commentary of Philoxenus on Homer, in one book.[1]

Aelius Serenus also wrote Ἀπομνημονεύματα, from which Stobaeus makes numerous extracts (Stobaeus, Floril. 11.15, et passim).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Saba or Saba Hamartolus or St. Saba, Septi'mius, Sere'nus, Ae'lius". www.perseus.tufts.edu.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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