Note 855 — Chapter VI · LUCAN: HISTORICAL EPIC
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Probus took Persius and Lucan to be of the same time of life; but Persius was Lucan’s senior by about five years. Prob., Vit. Persii: “Cognouit per Cornutum etiam Annaeum Lucanum, aequauum auditorem Cornuti. Lucanus adeo mirabatur scripta (Persii) Flacci ut uix retineret se recitante eo cum clamore quin illa esse uera poemata diceret, sua ipse ludos faceret.” (v.l. “recitante eo de more.”)