"At scelus incesto Zmyrnae crescebat in alvo."
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The heinous design was gaining strength in Zmyrna's incestuous bosom. — Zmyrna, quoted by , I, 268; Norbert Gutterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (1966), p. 107
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Helvius Cinna
Gaius Helvius Cinna (died 20 March 44 BC) was an influential neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic, a little older than the generation of Catullus and Calvus. He was lynched at the funeral of Julius Caesar after being mistaken for an unrelated Cornelius Cinna who had spoken out in support of the dictator's assassins.
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