M/M: You Cannot Compare These Two, Lucilius fr. 311

 

Huncin ego umquam Hyacintho hominem cortinipotentis

deliciis contendi?

--Lucilius, fr. 311-312, preserved in Nonius 258,38

Have I ever compared this man to the Apollo’s love-slave* Hyacinthus?

* Note that the author refers to Hyacinthus here with deliciae, which sometimes is used to indicate sexual subservience or even slavery when referring to a male partner

LUCILIUS	MAP:
Name:  Gaius Lucilius Date:  2nd century BCE Works:  Satires	REGION  1
BIO:	Timeline:
Lucilius was an Italian poet and one of Rome’s earliest satirists. Although his works and his style deeply influenced the genre of Roman satire, most of his writings are lost to history and only fragments remain.	REPUBLICAN ROME