person
Saleius Bassus
An epic poet of the day, praised as gifted but impoverished; Vespasian gave him 500,000 sesterces. Cited as the example of poetry's lack of worldly reward.
Reading notes
- A Dialogue on Oratory §5 Saleius Bassus
A gifted but poor epic poet, the running example of poetry's want of worldly reward.