Nemesianus

Marcus Aurelius Nemesianus was a Roman poet thought to have been a native of Carthage and flourished about AD 283. According to the Historia Augusta, he was a popular poet at the court of the Roman emperor Carus. Quotes Cantet, amat quod quisque: levant et carmina curas. Let each sing of what he loves: song too relieves love's pangs. Ecloga, IV, 19 (tr. Duff & Duff) The device of a refrain follows the examples in Theocritus, Idylls I and II, and Virgil, Eclogue VIII. It is effectively used in the trochaics of the Pervigilium Veneris: cras amet qui numquam amavit; quique amarit cras amet. Omnia tempus alit, tempus rapit: usus in arto est. Time nurtures all things, time snatches them away; enjoyment lies within narrow bounds. Ecloga, IV, 32 (tr. Duff & Duff) External links J. Wright & Arnold M. Duff, Minor Latin Poets, Vol. 2 (LCL, 1934), pp. 451–515 H. W. Garrod, ed. The Oxford Book of Latin Verse (Oxford, 1912), nos. 302–3 Norbert Guterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (Anchor Books, 1966), p. 350 Category:Poets from Rome Category:Latin authors