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AELIAN (CLAUDIUS AELIANUS)

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AELIAN (See also:CLAUDIUS AELIANUS) , See also:Roman author and teacher of See also:rhetoric, See also:born at See also:Praeneste, flourished under Septimius See also:Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus (d. 222). He spoke See also:Greek so perfectly that he was called " See also:honey-tongued " (zeXiyXom-See also:cos); although a Roman he preferred Greek authors, and wrote in Greek himself. His See also:chief See also:works are: On the Nature of Animals, curious and interesting stories of See also:animal See also:life, frequently used to convey moral lessons (ed. See also:Schneider, 1784; See also:Jacobs, 1832); Various History—for the most See also:part preservedonly in an abridged form—consisting mainly of anecdotes of men and customs (ed. Lunemann, 1811). Both works are valuable for the numerous excerpts from older writers. Considerable fragments of two other works On See also:Providence and Divine Manifestations are preserved in Suidas; ,twenty Peasants' Letters, after the manner of See also:Alciphron but inferior, are also attributed to him. Editio princeps of See also:complete works by See also:Gesner, 1556; Hercher, 1864-1866. See also:English See also:translation of the Various See also:History only by See also:Fleming, 1576, and See also:Stanley, 1665; of the Letters by Quillard (See also:French), 1895.

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