Maecenas
n.
Gaius Maecenas (70?-8 B.C.), Roman statesman and patron of the arts
maecenas
n.
person who is a generous patron of the arts (like Gaius Maecenas)
Gaius Maecenas
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (
70 –
8 BC) was a confidant and political advisor to
Octavian (who was to become the first Emperor of Rome as
Caesar Augustus) as well as an important patron for the new generation of 'Augustan' poets. His name has become a byword for a wealthy patron of the arts.
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Maecenas (der)
n.
Maecenas, patron of the arts
Maecenas
n.
Maecenas, Gaius Maecenas (70?-8 B.C.), Roman statesman and patron of the arts
maecenas