Flavius Felix (poet)

Flavius Felix (fl. c. AD 480) was a Latin poet of the 5th century, known for five poems in praise of the thermal baths built by the Vandal king Thrasamund (496–523). Quotes Sic tibi florentes aequaeuo germine natiindolis aetheriae sidera celsa petant,sic priscos uincant atauos clarosque parentisexsuperent meritis saeclaque longa gerant,sic subolis numerum transcendat turba nepotumnobilibusque iuges gaudia tanta toris:ne sterilem praestes indigno munere Musam,utque soles, largus carmina nostra foue,imperiis ut nostra tuis seruire Thaliapossit et in melius personet icta chelys. ? A.L. 216. Postulatio muneris ('To his Patron') Bibliography Alexander Riese, ed. Anthologia Latina, vol. 1 (1869), no. 216 H. W. Garrod, ed. The Oxford Book of Latin Verse (1912), no. 378 External links Category:Poets from Rome Category:Latin authors