Scribonius Aphrodisius was a grammarian of ancient Rome. He was originally a slave and disciple of the grammarian Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, who was also the teacher of the Roman poet Horace. [1] He was purchased by Scribonia, the second wife of the emperor Augustus, and was by her manumitted. [2] She may have purchased him to educate her children, or possibly herself. [3]
Aphrodisius is known to have written a treatise on orthography, in opposition to a similar work written by the grammarian Verrius Flaccus, [4] also a freedman, but this work is now lost. [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William (1870).
"Aphrodisius, Scribonius". In
Smith, William (ed.).
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 224.
Scribonius Aphrodisius was a grammarian of ancient Rome. He was originally a slave and disciple of the grammarian Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, who was also the teacher of the Roman poet Horace. [1] He was purchased by Scribonia, the second wife of the emperor Augustus, and was by her manumitted. [2] She may have purchased him to educate her children, or possibly herself. [3]
Aphrodisius is known to have written a treatise on orthography, in opposition to a similar work written by the grammarian Verrius Flaccus, [4] also a freedman, but this work is now lost. [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William (1870).
"Aphrodisius, Scribonius". In
Smith, William (ed.).
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 224.