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BIBACULUS, MARCUS FURIUS , Roman poet, flourished during the last century of the republic. According to Jerome, he was born at Cremona in 103 B.C., and probably lived to a great
Quintilian (Instil. x. 1. 196), in his iambics. He even attacked Augustus
prose
Horace (Satires, ii. 5. 40) and whether he is identical with the turgidus Alpinus (Satires, i. ro. 36), the author of an Aethiopis dealing with the life
Horace would not have ventured to attack so dangerous an adversary, assume the existence of a poet whose real name was Furius (or Cornelius ) Alpinus. Bibaculus was ridiculed for his high-flown and exaggerated style
See Weichert, " De M. Furio Bibaculo," in his Poetarum Latinorum Reliquiae (183o); fragments in L. Mailer's edition of Catullus in the Teubner Series (187o).End of Article: BIBACULUS, MARCUS FURIUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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