Editing Domitius Marsus

{{Short description|Latin poet}}'''Domitius Marsus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑr|s|ə|s}}; died {{Circa}} 15 BC) was a [[Latin]] [[poet]], friend of [[Virgil]] and [[Tibullus]], and contemporary of [[Horace]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Marsus, Domitius |volume=17 |page=784}} Citations:
*J. A. Weichert, ''Poetarum latinorum vitae et reliquiae'' (1830)
*R. Unger, ''De Dom. Marsi cicuta'' (Friedland, 1861)</ref>

He survived Tibullus (died 19 BC), but was no longer alive when [[Ovid]] wrote (''c''. 12 AD) the epistle from [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] (''Ex Ponto'', iv. 16) containing a list of poets. He was the author of a collection of [[epigram]]s called ''Cicuta'' ("[[Cicuta|hemlock]]") for their bitter sarcasm, and of a beautiful epitaph on the death of Tibullus;<ref>For a critical appreciation of this epitaph see: Morgan, L. (2001). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44696760 "Metre matters: some higher-level metrical play in Latin poetry"]. ''The Cambridge Classical Journal'', 46, 99–120; pages 108–111.</ref> of elegiac poems, probably of an erotic character; of an epic poem ''Amazonis''; and of a prose work on wit (''De urbanitate'').<ref name="EB1911"/>

[[Martial]] often alluded to Marsus as one of his predecessors, but he was never mentioned by Horace, although a passage in the ''Odes'' (iv. 4, 19) is supposed to be an indirect allusion to the ''Amazonis''.<ref>M. Haupt, ''Opuscula'', iii. 332</ref><ref name="EB1911"/>

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