person
Macer
The epic poet Aemilius Macer, friend of Ovid, who was versifying matter of the Trojan War; foil to Ovid's love-elegy.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.18 Macer
The epic poet Aemilius Macer, friend of Ovid, then versifying the Trojan War; foil to Ovid's elegy.
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.10 words, Macer
Aemilius Macer, an epic-poet friend of Ovid working on themes left untold by Homer; Ovid recalls their shared travels through Asia and Sicily.
- Sorrows §4.10 Macer
Aemilius Macer, the older poet who read Ovid his didactic verse on birds, snakes, and herbs.