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
- URN:
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0709.phi001
- Word Count:
- 103 Click here for Work record