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Messius Cicirrus

Name: Horace Entire
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Author: Quintus Horatius Flaccus

also: Messius, Cicirrus

An Oscan buffoon (his nickname means 'fighting-cock') matched against Sarmentus in the dinner-table duel of insults.

Reading notes

The Satires §1.5 Messius Cicirrus
An Oscan buffoon (his nickname 'Cicirrus' means fighting-cock), matched against Sarmentus in a duel of insults.

The Satires poem · 1 mention