Fronto of Emesa
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Fronto of Emesa was a famous Greek rhetorician and uncle of Cassius Longinus. Fronto taught rhetoric in Athens. He was born in Emesa.[1] He died in Athens, aged about 60.[2]
References
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 981.
- ^ "Some grammarians, rhetoricians and sophists from the Suda". Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
Bibliography
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Longinus, Cassius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 981–982. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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