PUBLILIUS SYRUS
\pʌblˈɪlɪəs sˈɪɹəs], \pʌblˈɪlɪəs sˈɪɹəs], \p_ʌ_b_l_ˈɪ_l_ɪ__ə_s s_ˈɪ_ɹ_ə_s]\
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A Latin writer of farces; first century B.C. He was a native of Syria ("Syrus", the Syrian), and was brought to Rome a slave. He made tours of the provincial cities of Italy, acting in his own farces, and everywhere received with great popular favor. All that remains of his works is a collection of "Sentences", maxims in iambic and trochaic verse: of these verses about 700 have come down to us.
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See Publilius Syrus.
By Charles Dudley Warner
