The Roman Poets of the Republic, 3rd edition

by W. Y. Sellar

[⁴⁶] Cp. Mr. Monro's criticism in the Journal of Philology.

[⁴⁷] Passages of Lucilius apparently imitated by Lucretius:—

(1) Quantum haurire animus Musarum ec fontibu' gestit.

(2) Cum sciam nil esse in vita proprium mortali datum

Iam qua tempestate vivo, chresin ad me recipio.

(3) Ut pueri infantes credunt signa omnia ahena

Vivere et esse homines, sic istic omnia ficta

Vera putant.

Virgil's 'rex ipse Phanaeus' is said by Servius to be imitated from the Χῖός τε δυναστής of Lucilius. Other imitations are pointed out in Macrobius and in Servius. An apparent imitation by Catullus has been already noticed.

[⁴⁸] Cic. De Fin. i. 3.