person
Cassius of Etruria
Etruscan Cassius
also: Etrusci Cassi
A fluent, prolific poetaster of fiery output, said to have been cremated on a pyre of his own books; the type of quantity over craft.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.10 Etruscan Cassius
A fluent, prolific versifier said to have been cremated on a pyre of his own books — the emblem of quantity without craft.