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Publilius, Syrus, active 1st century B.C. Sententiae

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Personal name headingPublilius, Syrus, active 1st century B.C. Sententiae
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Variant(s)Mimi Publiani
Mimi Publiliani
Publilius, Syrus, 1st cent. B.C. Sententiae
Publilius, Syrus, active 1st century B.C. Mimi
Publilius, Syrus, active 1st century B.C. Proverbia
Publilius, Syrus, active 1st century B.C. Stage verses
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Proverbia
Senecae Proverbia
Seneca's Proverbs
Form of workCollection of aphorisms
Beginning date-00
Found inBiblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Vat. lat. 1783 [MI] between 1951 and 1959 (name not given)
Codices Vaticani Latini. Tomus 3, pars 1 (codices 1461-2059), 1912: p. 239 (under Vat. lat. 1783: Publilii Syri Sententiae)
Oxford classical dict., 1996: p. 1276 (under Publilius Syrus: Sententiae)
Erasmus, D. Adagia. English, 1539: t.p. (Mimi Publiliani)
Catonis disticha de Moribus, 1688: t.p. (Mimi Publiani, sive, Senecae Proverbia; Publius' Stage Verses, or Seneca's Proverbs)
MoSU files (the Sententiae of Publilius Syrus are called Mimi in 16th century English editions, where they are also referred to as Seneca's Proverbs)
Publilius, Syrus, 1st cent. B.C. Publilii Syri Sententiae, 1895: p. ix (the Sententiae were attributed to Seneca until the 16th century, when Erasmus restored the credit to Publilius, whom he called Publius)
LC classification schedule : PA6648.P8-.P9 (Sententiae (Proverbia))