Licinius Macer Calvus

Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (* 82 BC, † 47 BC) was an orator and poet in the Roman Republic.

He was a son of Gaius Licinius Macer, a member of the gens Licinia and a friend of the poet Catullus, whose style and subject matter, he followed. Calvus ' speech style corresponded to the Attic model and was the asianischen school opposite; he characterized even Cicero's style as wordy and artificial. 21 speeches are mentioned, including some against Publius Vatinius.

As Neoteriker he wrote the epic Io and elegies and epigrams.

Calvus seems to have been of short stature, as Catullus ( c. 53) describes him as salaputium disertum ( eloquent Lilliputians ).

Expenditure

  • F. Plessis 1896 published fragments of his works.
  • W. Morel (ed.): Fragmenta poetarum Latinorum, 1927.
  • Malcovati E. (ed.): Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta, 1967.

Secondary literature

  • Max Krüger C. Licinius Calvus: a contribution to the history of Roman eloquence. Grass, Barth & Comp, urn Breslau 1913. Nbn: de: HBZ :061:1 - 130001
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