Maecenas

(mī sē′nəs, mi-)

noun

any wealthy, generous patron, esp. of literature or art

Origin: after (Gaius Cilnius) Maecenas

Maecenas, (Gaius Cilnius) 70?-8 ; Rom. statesman & patron of Horace & Virgil

See Maecenas in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Roman politician and patron of Horace and Virgil.

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