PALÆMON, Q. RHEMIUS, a famous grammarian of
Rome, in the reign of Tiberius, who was born of a slave, at
Vienza. We are told he was first brought up to the busi-
ness of a weaver; but attending his master's son to school,
he profited by this opportunity of attaining knowledge, and
acquired so much skill in common learning, that he ob-
tained his freedom, and became a teacher or preceptor at
Rome. His claim to learning cannot be questioned, since
he is recorded as a scholar even by Juvenal. Only some
fragments of his works remain.