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-100–-100 · 1st century BC Syrian-born Latin writer

Also known as: Публилий Сир, بوبليليوس سيروس, 푸블릴리우스 시루스, プブリリウス・シルス, 普布里乌斯·西鲁斯, Публий Сир

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Known works

  • Minor Latin poets
  • Sententiae
  • Prouerbios y sentencias de Lucio Anneo Seneca y de Don Yñigo Lopez de Mendoça, marqués de Santillana
  • Pvblii Syri mimi Selectae sententiae. Dionysii Catonis Disticha de moribus
  • Die Sprüche des Publilius Syrus