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A Short Biography of Dionysius Cato

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Dionysius Cato

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Dionysius Cato

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Dionysius Cato

Born:

300

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Distichs of Cato - Latin: Catonis Disticha, most famously known simply as Cato, is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by an author named Dionysius Cato from the 3rd or 4th century AD.

Distich means closed couplets, a style of writing with two-liners. It is a collection of moral advice, each consisting of two hexameters, in four books. Cato is not particularly Christian in character, but it is monotheistic.                          
Cato was in common use as a Latin teaching aid all the way to the 18th century, used by Benjamin Franklin. It was one of the best-known books of the Middle Ages and was translated into many languages.