person
Lucius Caecilius Metellus
Metellus
Pontifex Maximus who rescued the Palladium from the burning temple of Vesta (241 BC), losing his sight.
Reading notes
- The Festivals §6.9 Metellus
L. Caecilius Metellus, Pontifex Maximus, who rescued the Palladium from Vesta's burning temple, losing his sight.
- Sorrows §2.1 Metellus
The Metellus whose real name, Ovid says, now stands in verse where a mistress had been disguised as 'Perilla.'