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Martial\u27s fiction : Domitius Marsus and Maecenas
No full textIn keeping with his « persona » of mendicant poet, Martial appropriates themes regarding Maecenas\u27 patronage that had begun to take shape in the previous generation (Calpurnius Siculus, ecl. 4, 158-163 ; Laus Pisonis 230-248). Martial (7, 29, 7-8 ; 8, 55 [56], 21-24) adds Domitius Marsus to the list of clients. In fact, no other evidence connects Domitius Marsus to Maecenas, though it is not surprising that Martial would fabricate a relationship between a patron of Roman literary talent and a pioneer of Latin epigram as a way of solidifying respectability for the genre of epigram
Un epigramma di Domizio Marso in Quintiliano?
No full textNew arguments for the ascription to Domitius Marsus of the verses quoted by Quintilian, Inst. 8.3.29
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