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Maecenas meaning

A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.

Using Maecenas

  • The main meaning on this page is: A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
  • In the example corpus, maecenas often appears in combinations such as: maecenas was, that maecenas, with maecenas.

Context around Maecenas

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

patron 1×

Often after:

advised 1× endeavoured 1× gave 1×

Sentence patterns with Maecenas

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

address to maecenas at the 1× also with maecenas on one 1× horace to maecenas 1× imply that maecenas was deficient 1× in 36 maecenas was sent 1× maecenas endeavoured also 1× maecenas gave him 1× motivation with maecenas en route 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although virgil s 1× during the sicilian 1× expressions in the 1× his full name 1× horace was probably 1× in fact the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a positive light 1× and in italy 1× book of satires 1× descendant of kings 1× his ostentatious character 1× horace to maecenas 1×

Words around Maecenas

Just before it in the word index:

maebe 5 mae 432 madzongwe 3 madzokere 3 madziwa 2 madzivhandila 2

Just after it in the word index:

maeda 61 maeder 2 maeeni 2 maegan 8 maegashira 13 maegor 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Maecenas

  • In this selection, "maecenas" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, patron, advised, endeavoured and gave stand out and add context to how "maecenas" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include address to maecenas at the and also with maecenas on one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "maecenas" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with maecenas

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It was Virgil, impressed with examples of Horace 's poetry, who introduced Horace to Maecenas. (15 words)

Maecenas gave him full financial support as well as an estate in the Sabine mountains. (15 words)

The gardens became imperial property after Maecenas's death, and Tiberius lived there after his return to Rome in 2 AD. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

In fact the journey was political in its motivation, with Maecenas en route to negotiatie the Treaty of Tarentum with Antony, a fact Horace artfully keeps from the reader (political issues are largely avoided in the first book of satires). (40 words)

Horace was probably also with Maecenas on one of Octavian's naval expeditions against the piratical Sextus Pompeius, which ended in a disastrous storm off Palinurus in 36 BC, briefly alluded to by Horace in terms of near-drowning. (39 words)

Although Virgil's patron Maecenas was obviously not Augustus himself, he was still a high figure within Augustus' administration and could have personally benefitted from representing Aeneas in a positive light. (31 words)

Example sentences (13)

Although Virgil's patron Maecenas was obviously not Augustus himself, he was still a high figure within Augustus' administration and could have personally benefitted from representing Aeneas in a positive light.

During the Sicilian war against Sextus Pompeius in 36, Maecenas was sent back to Rome, and was entrusted with supreme administrative control in the city and in Italy.

Expressions in the Odes of Horace ii. 17. a seem to imply that Maecenas was deficient in the robustness of fibre which Romans liked to imagine was characteristic of their city.

His full name is "Gaius Pompeius Trimalchio Maecenatianus"; the references to Pompey and Maecenas in his name serve to enhance his ostentatious character.

Horace was probably also with Maecenas on one of Octavian's naval expeditions against the piratical Sextus Pompeius, which ended in a disastrous storm off Palinurus in 36 BC, briefly alluded to by Horace in terms of near-drowning.

In fact the journey was political in its motivation, with Maecenas en route to negotiatie the Treaty of Tarentum with Antony, a fact Horace artfully keeps from the reader (political issues are largely avoided in the first book of satires).

It is said that Maecenas advised Augustus to attach Agrippa still more closely to him by making him his son-in-law.

It was Virgil, impressed with examples of Horace 's poetry, who introduced Horace to Maecenas.

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Livy x. 3. Horace makes reference to this in his address to Maecenas at the opening of his first books of Odes with the expression "atavis edite regibus" (descendant of kings).

Maecenas endeavoured also to divert the less masculine genius of Propertius from harping continually on his love to themes of public interest.

Maecenas gave him full financial support as well as an estate in the Sabine mountains.

Poet Horace reads before Maecenas, by Fyodor Bronnikov The Epodes belong to the iambic genre of 'blame poetry', written to shame fellow citizens into a sense of their social obligations.

The gardens became imperial property after Maecenas's death, and Tiberius lived there after his return to Rome in 2 AD.

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Common combinations with maecenas

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Maecenas means: A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
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