"Corpore (inquit) pectoreque undique obeso ac Mente exsensa tardigenuclo Senio obpressum."
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From Alcestis, quoted by , XIX, vii, 3 (tr. J. C. Rolfe)
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Laevius
Laevius (died c. 80 BC) was a Latin poet, of whom practically nothing is known. He is sometimes identified with the Laevius Melissus mentioned by Suetonius.
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