- Aristius Fuscus
Aristius Fuscus was a friend of the Roman poet
Horace , and is mentioned in Satire I.9, Ode 1.22 and elsewhere. Horace addresses Epistle 1.10 to Fuscus and links Fuscus and himself as 'twins', but are separated by their love for the city and the country, respectively. [ cite book | last = Ancona | first = Ronnie | title = Horace: Selected Odes and Satire 1.9 | year = 1999 | location = Wauconda, Illinois | publisher = Bolchazy-Carducci | pages = p15 ] In Horace's Satire 1.9, Fuscus meets Horace struggling with a boor but fails to save Horace.Porphyrio, calls Fuscus an outstanding
grammaticus (philologist or grammarian) and a writer of comedies.Helenius Acron , however, called Fuscus atragedian . [Citation | year = 1870 | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | volume = 2 | pages = 191 | place = Boston | publisher = C. Little, and J. Brown]An "Aristius Fuscus" also appears in
Ben Jonson 's comedy "Poetaster " (1601).Notes
References
* cite web|accessmonthday=April 20 |accessyear=2005
url=http://members.tripod.com./sicttasd/fuscus.html
title=FUSCUS RIDES AGAIN
work=FUSCUS, FAUSTUS and DWARF KING
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