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 Marmo Lunense.Maron or Marron (French). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ma’ro.
 
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.)   1
       
“Sweet Maro’s muse, sunk in inglorious rest,
Had silent slept amid the Mincian reeds.”
       
Thomson: Castle of Indolence.
 


 Marmo Lunense.Maron or Marron (French). 

 
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