person
Homer
also: Maeonides, the Maeonian
The greatest of Greek epic poets, called the Maeonian; emblem of supreme poetic fame, set here against the man who merely gives gifts.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.8 Homer
The supreme Greek poet, byword for fame; the bawd says the man who gives gifts should rank 'greater than great Homer.'
- The Loves §1.15 Maeonian
Homer, called Maeonides from Maeonia (Lydia), one claimed birthplace; first and greatest in the catalogue of deathless poets.
- The Loves §3.9 man of Maeonia
Homer, called Maeonian from his reputed Lydian origin, the unfailing spring of all later poetry.
- The Art of Love §2.1 Maeonia
Maeonia (Lydia) was claimed as Homer's birthplace; the 'old man of Maeonia' is Homer.
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.10 eternal Homer
Homer, the supreme epic poet; Macer takes up the matter of the Trojan War 'left over' from the Iliad and Odyssey.
- The Cure for Love §12 great Homer's genius
The poet of the Iliad and Odyssey, archetype of epic genius and so the favorite target of envious critics.
- Sorrows §1.1 Homer
The supreme epic poet, here invoked as one whose very genius would fail under ills as great as Ovid's.
- Sorrows §1.6 Maeonian bard
Homer, the 'Maeonian' (Lydian) bard, whose song made Penelope immortal.
- Sorrows §4.10 Maeonides
Homer ('the Maeonian'), cited by Ovid's father as the poet who 'left no wealth' — a warning against verse.