Abronius Silo
Latin poet
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| Intro | Latin poet | |
| Places | Italy | |
| is | Poet | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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Abronius Silo (fl. 1st century BC) was a Latin poet who lived in the latter part of the Augustan age. He was a pupil of the rhetorician Marcus Porcius Latro. His son was also a poet, but degraded himself by writing plays for pantomimes. Only two hexameters of his work survive today.