person
Gaius Asinius Pollio
Pollio
also: Pollio
Statesman, orator, tragedian, and historian; praised for tragic verse and named among the discerning readers Horace courts.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.1 Pollio
Asinius Pollio—soldier, orator, and historian of the civil wars—addressee of 2.1, his laurel won in a Dalmatian triumph.
- The Satires §1.10 Pollio sings
Asinius Pollio, statesman, orator, and tragedian; praised here for tragic verse and named among Horace's hoped-for readers.