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In Gaius Helvius Cinna
…wrote the mythological epic poem Zmyrna, about the incestuous love of Zmyrna for her father. He was a friend of the poet Catullus. The early Christian-era historians Suetonius, Valerius Maximus, Appian, and Dio Cassius all state that at Caesar’s funeral (44 bc) a certain Helvius Cinna was killed by mistake…
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neōteroi

In neōteros
…poem hails the obscure epyllion Zmyrna by Gaius Helvius Cinna as a model text of the new movement. The movement’s supporters attracted the hostile attention of the famous orator and minor poet Marcus Tullius Cicero, who labeled them the “new poets” in both Greek (neoteroi) and Latin (poetae novi). He…
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