Nemesianus

Roman poet and writer

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

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  • 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)
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