person
Cornelius Severus
also: Severus
An Augustan epic poet who, like Virgil and Ovid before him, treated the theme of Aetna; cited by Seneca as proof a good subject is never used up.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §9.79.5 Cornelius Severus
An Augustan epic poet who treated Aetna after Virgil (Aeneid 3) and Ovid had; Seneca cites the succession to argue a great theme is never exhausted by those who reach it first.