(fl. 1st century) was the of Sicily during the reign of Nero, a friend and correspondent of Seneca, and the possible author of the poem Aetna, which presents a naturalistic account of the origin and nature of .
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"Plurima pars scaenae rerum est fallacia: vates sub terris nigros viderunt carmine manes atque inter cineres Ditis pallentia regna: mentiti vates Stygias undasque canesque."
"Debita carminibus libertas ista; sed omnis in vero mihi cura: canam quo fervida motu aestuet Aetna novosque rapax sibi congerat ignes."
"Nosse fidem rerum dubiasque exquirere causas, ingenium sacrare caputque attollere caelo, scire quot et quae sint magno natalia mundo principia ... divina est animi ac iucunda voluptas."
"Artificis naturae ingens opus aspice."