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| Macrobius |
(m kr ´b s) (KEY) , fl. c.430, Latin writer and philosopher. His Saturnalia, a dialogue in seven books chiefly concerned with a literary evaluation of Vergil, incorporates valuable quotations from other writers. He also wrote a commentary on Cicero’s Dream of Scipio, which was popular in the Middle Ages and influenced Chaucer. |
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