This author wrote three poems on the death of a girl almost six years old, one of which concludes, "press not heavy on her, O earth; she pressed but lightly on you." The image
This author wrote three poems on the death of a girl almost six years old, one of which concludes, "press not heavy on her, O earth; she pressed but lightly on you." The image of a lion who spares a hare features prominently in a set of eight of his poems, and Tom Brown's rhyme "I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, / The reason why I cannot tell" is said to be a translation of one of this man's poems. In addition to three poems on the death of Erotion, he wrote many poems addressed to a friend who shared his name, one of which laments that the need for patronage prevents the two of them from "enjoy[ing their] days together free from care." Another poem addressed to that friend lists among the things that make life happy "wealth not gained by labour, but inherited" and "neither to fear death nor seek it," while a poem addressed to Licinianus extols the virtues of his native Spain. He wrote two collections of poems intended to accompany gifts, Xenia and Apophoreta, as well as a poem addressed to his younger contemporary Juvenal. For 10 points, identify this Roman poet best known for his Epigrams.
This author wrote three poems on the death of a girl almost six years old, one of which concludes, "press not heavy on her, O earth; she pressed but lightly on you.
Marcus Valerius Martialis