Marsus, Domitius
- Textgroups:
- phi0709
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.896
- Phi id:
- phi0709
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 81127417
- Name:
- Marsus, Domitius
- Abbr:
- DOM. MARS.
- Alt names:
- Domitius Marsus
Domitius, Marsu
Domizio, Marso
Domicio, Marso
DOM. MARS.
- Field of activity:
- Poet
Epigrammatist
Latin Poet
- Notes:
- Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 2,
1867, p. 962: "Marsus, Domitius, a Roman poet of the Augustan age, of whose life no
particulars have come down to us..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Domitius Marsus, poet of epigrams, Writer of
epigrams
a contemporary of Ovid (Pont. 4,16,5), probably to be identified with the
addressee of a letter from Apollodorus, teacher of rhetoric to Augustus.....Martial's
frequent naming of him....gives us an idea of D.'s significance for the art of the literary
epigram in Rome..." Schmidt, Peter L. (Konstanz). Domitius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity
volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online. Tufts
University Library. 16 September 2009
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
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