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Calvus was apparently short, since Catullus alludes to him as ''salaputium disertum'' (eloquent Lilliputian).<ref name=EB1911/> [[Seneca the Elder]] also mentions his short stature, and refers a story in which Calvus asked to be raised to a platform, so that he could defend one of his clients.<ref>Seneca the Elder, ''Controversiae'', 7.4.6</ref> |
Calvus was apparently short, since Catullus alludes to him as ''salaputium disertum'' (eloquent Lilliputian).<ref name=EB1911/> [[Seneca the Elder]] also mentions his short stature, and refers a story in which Calvus asked to be raised to a platform, so that he could defend one of his clients.<ref>Seneca the Elder, ''Controversiae'', 7.4.6</ref> |
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[[Frédéric Plessis]] published fragments of Calvus in 1896.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Plessis |first1=Frédéric |title=Calvus: édition complète des fragments et des témoignages |date=1896 |publisher=Klincksieck |location=Paris |url=https://archive.org/details/clicinicalvirelicalv/mode/}}</ref> |
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Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (28 May 82 BC[1] – c. 47 BC) was an orator and poet of ancient Rome.
Son of Licinius Macer[2] and thus a member of the gens Licinia, he was a friend of the poet Catullus, whose style and subject matter he shared.[2] Calvus' oratorical style opposed the "Asian" school in favor of a simpler Attic model: he characterized Cicero as wordy and artificial. Twenty-one speeches are mentioned, including several against Publius Vatinius.[2]
Calvus was apparently short, since Catullus alludes to him as salaputium disertum (eloquent Lilliputian).[2] Seneca the Elder also mentions his short stature, and refers a story in which Calvus asked to be raised to a platform, so that he could defend one of his clients.[3]
Frédéric Plessis published fragments of Calvus in 1896.[4]
See also
References
- Weiss, M. "An Oscanism in Catullus 53", Classical Philology 91 (1996) 353–359.
References
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 7.165
- ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 587.
- ^ Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, 7.4.6
- ^ Plessis, Frédéric (1896). Calvus: édition complète des fragments et des témoignages. Paris: Klincksieck.
