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'''Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus''' (28 May 82 – c. 47 BC) was an [[orator]] and [[poet]] of [[ancient Rome]]. |
'''Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus''' (28 May 82 BC – c. 47 BC) was an [[orator]] and [[poet]] of [[ancient Rome]]. |
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Son of [[Licinius Macer]] and thus a member of the ''[[Licinia (gens)|gens Licinia]]'', he was a friend of the poet [[Catullus]], whose style and subject matter he shared. Calvus' oratical style opposed [[Asiatic style|the "Asian" school]] in favor of a simpler [[Atticism|Attic]] model: he characterized [[Cicero]] as wordy and artificial. Twenty-one speeches are mentioned, including several against [[Publius Vatinius]]. |
Son of [[Licinius Macer]] and thus a member of the ''[[Licinia (gens)|gens Licinia]]'', he was a friend of the poet [[Catullus]], whose style and subject matter he shared. Calvus' oratical style opposed [[Asiatic style|the "Asian" school]] in favor of a simpler [[Atticism|Attic]] model: he characterized [[Cicero]] as wordy and artificial. Twenty-one speeches are mentioned, including several against [[Publius Vatinius]]. |
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Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (28 May 82 BC – c. 47 BC) was an orator and poet of ancient Rome.
Son of Licinius Macer and thus a member of the gens Licinia, he was a friend of the poet Catullus, whose style and subject matter he shared. Calvus' oratical 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.
Calvus was apparently short, since Catullus alludes to him as salaputium disertum.[1]
F. Plessis published fragments of Calvus in 1896.
See also
References
- Weiss, M. "An Oscanism in Catullus 53", Classical Philology 91 (1996) 353–359.
References
- ^ Catullus 53.5 (eloquent wit-refiner)
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