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Choerilus

Choerilus · m

a wretched Greek poet

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Where it lives

De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k

What it meant

Choerĭlus — Lewis & Short

Choerĭlus, i, m., = *xoiri/los,

I a wretched Greek poet, in the train of Alexander the Great, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 233; id. A. P. 357; Curt. 8, 5, 8; Aus. Ep. 16, 3.—After him, or another poet of the same name (cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 232), is named Choerĭlīum (or -ēum) metrum, a dactylic species of verse, Serv. Centim. p. 1820 P.; Victorin. p. 2558 ib.

In the wild

Choerilus Horace, De Arte Poetica liber 357
Choerilus Horace, Epistulae 2.1.233

Where it came from

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