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Maecenas, Gaius (Cilnius)(encyclopedia)

Maecenas (iou)



Maecenas noun. M16.
[Gaius Maecenas (d. 8 BC), Roman friend of Augustus, statesman, and patron of Horace and Virgil.]
A generous patron of literature or art. Formerly also, any patron.
Maecenatism noun (long rare) patronage E17.