Satyrarum quæ supersunt reliquiæ - Lucilius, Gaius 180-102 BC; Does, Jan van der 1571-1596 (Amsterdam van Berge, 1661)
Gaius Lucilius (c. 180-103/2 BC) was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipionic Circle.
He may be called the inventor of poetical satire, as he was the first to impress upon the rude inartistic medley, known to the Romans by the name of satura, that character of aggressive and censorious criticism of persons, morals, manners, politics, literature, etc. which the word satire has ever since denoted.
Manuscript note in front matter: "lucillius forti a lucillo idim quod lucillum... Fl. Hof...."
Orginally published in Leiden in 1597
Ex libris J.E. (plate)
bound in white vellum
Keywords: Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); 17th Century (1601-1700); Satire; Poetry; Rome (Italy); dwarsfluit; gamba; Scaliger, J; luit; Scriverius, P; Mensius, J; Merula, P; Vulcanius, B