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Varius Rufus, Lucius (lived 1st century BC)| Roman poet. Maecenas was his patron, and he was a friend of Horace and Virgil. His tragedy Thyestes, performed in 29 BC, was highly esteemed, being compared to Greek tragedy. He also wrote epics, only fragments of which are extant. He was commissioned to edit Virgil's Aeneid by the emperor Augustus. |
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