Symphosius

Roman writer and poet · Writers

Symphosius was the author of the Aenigmata, an influential collection of 100 Latin riddles, probably from the late antique period. They have been transmitted along with their solutions.

Symphosius is read about 11 times a day, in 9 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 August 2026

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Title page of the riddles of Symphosius, from the late tenth- or early eleventh-century London, British Library, Royal MA 12 c xxiii folio 104r

Symphosius's riddles on smoke, a cloud, rain, ice, river and fish, and snow, in London, British Library, Royal MA 12 c xxiii folio 105r

About this person

Writers born in the 400s 6

Aristaenetus41.9 of 100 Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus40.8 of 100 Panodorus of Alexandria41.9 of 100 Nummius Aemilianus Dexter40.5 of 100 Isaac of Antioch41.9 of 100 Eustathius of Epiphania39.3 of 100