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Cornelius Gallus
Gallus
The first Roman love-elegist, soldier and statesman, 'known to West and East'; his poetry to Lycoris is lost.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.15 Gallus
Cornelius Gallus, founder of Roman love-elegy, 'known to West and East'; his verse is lost.
- The Art of Love §3.17 Gallus
Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman elegist, lover of Lycoris.
- Sorrows §2.1 Gallus
Cornelius Gallus, the elegist who celebrated his Lycoris; ruined (Ovid says) not by his verse but by loose talk under wine.
- Sorrows §4.10 Gallus
Cornelius Gallus, first of the four canonical Roman elegists, in whose succession Ovid places himself fourth.