"A virgo infelix, herbis pasceris amaris."
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Fragment of Io, quoted by Servius Danielis, on Eclogue 6, 47; M. R. Gale, "The Shield of Turnus ('Aeneid' 7.783-92)", Greece & Rome, vol. 44, no. 2 (October 1997), p. 191 (note); see also: Richard F. Thomas, "Theocritus, Calvus, and Eclogue 6", Classical Philology, vol. 74, no. 4 (1979), pp. 337–39
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Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus
Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (28 May 82 – c. 46 BC) was an orator and poet of ancient Rome.
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