In Virgilium laureatum (n.d.)

See introduction to d2_MaiT_029. Homer was known as the 'Maeonian' poet. Metre: elegiac couplets.

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In Virgilium laureatum

Laurea Romani cingit mea tempora vatis,
Maeonio Phœbus quam dedit ante seni. 1

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On Virgil, having gained his laurel

A laurel ends my time as Roman prophet, which Phoebus gave before to old Maeonius.

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Original

1: 'Maeonioque seni': Ovid, Ars Amatoria II.4