person
Sextus Pompeius
Sex. Pompeius
also: Pompey, Sextus
Consul of AD 14, a wealthy patron who aided Ovid materially on his journey into exile and afterward; addressee of four poems in Book 4.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.1 Receive, Pompey
Sextus Pompeius, consul of AD 14 and a wealthy patron who helped Ovid on his way into exile; the poet protests his gratitude and dedicates the poem to him.