BAVIUS et Maevius

BAVIUS et Maevius
BAVIUS et Maevius
Poetae duo ineptissimi et malevoli, Olymp. 186. Augusti et Virgilii aetate, nullâ aliâ te noti, quam quod clarissimis suae aetatis Poetis oblatrare non dubitârint; qua de causa optimi cuiusque odium incurrebant. Virg. Ecl. 3. v. 90.
Qui Bavium non odit, amet tua carmina Maevi.
Vide Lil. Giraldum, de Poetis.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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