‘Argutos inter strepere anser olores.’
(g) Domitius Marsus. His epigram on Tibullus (see [p. 186]) shows that he was alive in B.C. 19; he was, however, dead when Ovid was exiled in A.D. 8.
Ovid, Ex Pont. iv. 16, 3,
‘Famaque post cineres maior venit; et mihi nomen
tunc quoque, cum vivis adnumerarer, erat,
cum foret et Marsus, magnique Rabirius oris,
Iliacusque Macer sidereusque Pedo.’
He was a member of Augustus’ literary circle. Mart. viii. 56, 21,
‘Quid Varios Marsosque loquar, ditataque vatum
nomina, magnus erit quos numerare labor?’
His works were:
1. Cicuta, a collection of epigrams, often referred to by Martial. Cf. ii. 71, 3,
‘aut Marsi recitas aut scripta Catulli.’
2. Amazonis, an epic poem.[64] Mart. iv. 29, 7,