person
Juventius
The boy the poet loves, of the noble Juventii; the unnamed 'love' / 'boy' guarded against Aurelius in poems 15 and 21, named explicitly later in the corpus.
Reading notes
- Carmina §15 my love
The boy the poet loves (Juventius, of the noble Juventii, named elsewhere); here entrusted to Aurelius's restraint.
- Carmina §24 Juventii
The Juventii, a noble Roman family; the beloved boy Juventius is their 'little flower.'