Cyrus Theodorus
Poet who mocked Prefect Modestus with verses about him being under Basil's authority.
Works
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Mocked Modestus with verses about him being under Basil's authority
"Rightly therefore did Cyrus Theodorus mock this Prefect... with these verses"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— His verses quoted: "You are Prefect over all men else, Modestus, / but under Basil the Great you take your place."
"You are Prefect over all men else, Modestus, but under Basil the Great you take your place. However much you crave to be in command, you submit; an ant you are, though you may roar like a lion."