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Avianus or Avienus (the MSS give both forms), Roman fabulist (fl. c. 400 ce). He dedicated his 42 fables in elegiacs to one Theodosius, who is commonly held to be *Macrobius (Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius); it is possible (though not more) that he is the Avienus who appears in the latter's Saturnalia (who is certainly not the geographical ...
MACROBIUS, AVIENUS, AND AVIANUS I. THE DATE OF AVIANUS DESPITE Lachmann's attempt to place them in the second century, it is now generally agreed that the Fables of Avianus cannot have been written before the late fourth or early fifth century. The linguistic and metrical evidence is decisive.
New Manuscript Material for the Study of Avianus William Abbott Oldfather Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , Vol. 42 (1911), pp. 105-121 (17 pages)
Avianus (or possibly Avienus; [1] c. AD 400) a Latin writer of fables, [2] identified as a Greco-Roman Polytheist. [3] The 42 fables which bear his name are dedicated to a certain Theodosius, whose learning is spoken of in most flattering terms.
This paper for the first time draws this material together and discusses the evolving habit of artisan signatures in Italy over time. What emerges from my assembly of material is the ways in which signatures reflect wider Italian social and economic developments.
This paper provides an account of the little-read late Latin fables of Avianus, and argues that their imagery reflects contemporary representations of criminal punishment.
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