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Aelian
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Aelian (ē`lēən), fl. 2d cent. A.D., Greek rhetorician, b. Praenesta; his original name was Claudius Aelianus. He taught rhetoric in Rome c.220. His works, all in Greek, include Historical Miscellanies, stories of supernatural occurrences throughout history; and On the Characteristics of Animals. Both of these are largely extant. He also wrote Peasant Letters, 20 fictitious letters from farmers from Attica.


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The Accusers (# 15 in the series), which takes place back in Rome, pits Falco and Helena's two brothers, Aelianus and Justinus, against corrupt lawyers.
The usual characters aid him--his wife, the patrician Helena Justina; his overbearing mother; his antique-dealing, much despised father: his best friend Petronius Longus, an honest, hard-drinking cop; his favorite sister, Maia, a widow whose alcoholic husband has been eaten by a lion in the arena (for the gory details, read Two for the Lions); Aelianus, a feckless brother-in-law; and Anacrites, an old enemy and the Emperor's Chief Spy.
 
 
 
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