Domitius Marsus

Template:Short descriptionDomitius Marsus (Template:IPAc-en; died Template:Circa 15 BC) was a Latin poet, friend of Virgil and Tibullus, and contemporary of Horace.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |

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• J. A. Weichert, Poetarum latinorum vitae et reliquiae (1830)
• R. Unger, De Dom. Marsi cicuta (Friedland, 1861)</ref>

He survived Tibullus (died 19 BC), but was no longer alive when Ovid wrote (c. 12 AD) the epistle from Pontus (Ex Ponto, iv. 16) containing a list of poets. He was the author of a collection of epigrams called Cicuta ("hemlock") for their bitter sarcasm, and of a beautiful epitaph on the death of Tibullus;<ref>For a critical appreciation of this epitaph see: Morgan, L. (2001). "Metre matters: some higher-level metrical play in Latin poetry". The Cambridge Classical Journal, 46, 99–120; pages 108–111.</ref> of elegiac poems, probably of an erotic character; of an epic poem Amazonis; and of a prose work on wit (De urbanitate).<ref name="EB1911"/>

Martial often alluded to Marsus as one of his predecessors, but he was never mentioned by Horace, although a passage in the Odes (iv. 4, 19) is supposed to be an indirect allusion to the Amazonis.<ref>M. Haupt, Opuscula, iii. 332</ref><ref name="EB1911"/>