Difference between revisions of "A Poet Secundinus"

<p> <b> [[Secundinus]] (11), </b> a poet, a contemporary and correspondent of Sidonius Apollinaris ( <i> Ep. </i> v. 8) who apparently highly esteemed Secundinus as a writer of hexameter verse on minor subjects, such as royal hunting parties and marriages. Secundinus afterwards attempted satire, and Sidonius highly commends a composition in hendecasyllabic metre, urging him to continue this kind of composition. It appears ( <i> Ep. </i> ii. 10) that some of his hexameters were inscribed upon the wall of the basilica built at [[Lyons]] by Patiens (bishop <i> c. </i> 451–491), and he may have been one of the many minor poets who flourished at Lyons in the latter half of 5th cent. </p> <p> [H.A.W.] </p>

<p> <b> [[Secundinus]] (11), </b> a poet, a contemporary and correspondent of Sidonius Apollinaris ( <i> Ep. </i> v. 8) who apparently highly esteemed Secundinus as a writer of hexameter verse on minor subjects, such as royal hunting parties and marriages. Secundinus afterwards attempted satire, and Sidonius highly commends a composition in hendecasyllabic metre, urging him to continue this kind of composition. It appears ( <i> Ep. </i> ii. 10) that some of his hexameters were inscribed upon the wall of the basilica built at [[Lyons]] by Patiens (bishop <i> c. </i> 451–491), and he may have been one of the many minor poets who flourished at Lyons in the latter half of 5th cent. </p> <p> [H.A.W.] </p>