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SUMMAET. 
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Stilo/« Statins Sebosus,^^ Melissus,^^ Seneca,^^ Cicero/^ Mmi- 
lius Macer,'^^ Messala Corvinus,'^^ Trebius Mger/^ Nigidius.''* 
Foreign authoes auoTED. — Aristotle/^ King Archelaus/^ 
Callimachus,'^'^ Democritus/^ Theophrastus/^ Thrasylius/' 
Hegesidemus,^^ Cythnius,®^ Alexander Polyhistor.^^ 
66 L. -^lius Praeconinus Stilo, a Roman of equestrian rank, one of the 
earliest grammarians, and also one of the most celebrated. He instructed 
Varro, and was one of Caesar's instructors in rhetoric. He received the 
name of Prseconinus, from the circumstance of his father having been a 
" praeco," and that of Stilo, on account of his writings. He wrote com- 
mentaries on the songs of the Salii, and on the Twelve Tables, a work De 
Proloquiis, &c. 
67 See end of B. ii. 68 gg^ end of B. vii. 
69 L. Annaeus Seneca. See end of B. vi. 
See end of B. vii. 
'^^ A poet of Verona, who died b.c. 16, He wrote a poem upon birds, 
snakes, and medicinal plants, in imitation, probably, of the Theriaca of 
Nicander. There is a work, still extant, under his name, On the Virtues 
of Herbs which, no doubt, belongs to the middle ages. He also wrote 
sixteen or more Books of Annals. 
M, Valerius Messala Corvinus. He was born at Rome, b.c. 59. He 
joined the party of Cassius against Antony and Augustus, which last he 
defeated at the battle of Philippi. He afterwards served under Antony, 
and then Augustus ; the centre of whose fleet he commanded at Actium, 
About two years before his death, which happened in the middle of the 
reign of Augustus, his memory failed him, and he was often unable to 
recollect his own name. He wrote a history, or rather, commentaries on 
the Civil wars after the death of Cajsar, and towards the close of his life 
composed a genealogical work " On the Families of Rome." He also 
wrote poems of a satirical, and sometimes licentious character ; and works 
on grammar, the titles of only two of which have come down to us. He 
was especially famous for his eloquence. 
'^^ See end of B. viii. ''^ See end of B. vi. 
See end of B. ii. '''6 See end of B. viii. 
77 See end of B. iv. 78 gee end of B. ii. 
79 See end of B. iii. so See end of B. ii. 
Nothing whatever is known of him. 
82 See end of B. iii. 
