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Maecenas Patron Mih See Nus Noun Generous Literature Art Gaius

Front Maecenas \mih-SEE-nus\
Back noun
A generous patron especially of literature or art.

[After Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, Roman statesman, friend and patron of Horace and Virgil.]

"The elected or appointed Maecenas learns to think not of art but of a line of goods known as `The Arts.'" - Lewis H. Lapham, Performance art, Harper's Magazine, Dec 1999.

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