Phurnutus
Φουρνούτος
(Φουρνούτος), is no other than L. Annaeus Cornutus [CORNUTUS, p. 859].
Works
Mythological Treatise
Editions
His mythological treatise was first published under this by Aldus, Venice, 1505, with the alias, however, of Cornutus. He is also called Πολυδεύκης Φουρνούτος.
We transcribe the title of the last edition of this work, from Engelmann's Bibliotheca: "Phurnutus (s. Cornutus) L. Annaeus, De Natura Deorum ex schedis J. Bapt. d'Ausse de Villoison recens. commentariisque instr. Freid. Ossannus. Adjecta est J. de Villoison de Theologia Physica Stoicorum commentant. Gottingae." 1844.
Treatise on the Labors of Hercules
Gesner says that a treatise under this name, treating of the labours of Hercules, was extant in his time in one of the Venetian libraries (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 556).
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.