Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Maro

Virgil, whose name was Publius Virgilius Maro, was born on the banks of the river Mincio, at the village of Andes, near Mantua. (B.C. 70-19.)

Sweet Maro's muse, sunk in inglorious rest,
Had silent slept amid the Minclan reeds.

Thomson: Castle of Indolence

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Maron
Marmo Lunense
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