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Zenobius was a Greek sophist, who taught rhetoric at Rome during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117- 138).

He was the author of a collection of proverbs in three books, still extant in an abridged form, compiled, according to the Suda, from Didymus of Alexandria and "The Tarrhaean" ( Lucillus of Tarrha in Crete).

Zenobius is also said to have been the author of a Greek translation of Sallust and of a birthday poem on Hadrian.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica

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ZenobiusZenobius was a Greek sophist, who taught rhetoric at Rome during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117- 138). He was the author of a collection of proverbs in three books, still extant in an abridged form, compiled, according to the Suda from Didymus of Alexandria  
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