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Gaius Memmius

Name: Lucretius Entire
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Author: Titus Lucretius Carus

Memmius

also: Memmiades, Memmi clara propago

Roman politician and orator (praetor 58 BC), the dedicatee of the poem. Lucretius addresses the whole work to him and repeatedly calls on him by name.

Reading notes

On the Nature of Things §5.1 Memmius
Gaius Memmius, the Roman noble to whom the poem is addressed.

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Mentioned in 1 work (10 mentions)

On the Nature of Things poem · 10 mentions

§1.1 Memmius
§1.27 Memmius
§1.75 Memmius
§2.6 Memmius
§2.7 Memmius
§5.1 Memmius
§5.10 Memmius
§5.48 Memmius
§5.6 Memmius
§5.64 Memmius