SPEAR Factoids about Poetics
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event: Between 513 and 516, Severus wrote a letter to Musonius and Alexander concerning the orthodoxy of Eastern bishops and the evil of poetry. See factoid page
event: Due to the annoyance caused by Martyrius the poet, Severus condemned the practice of poetry, even among the clergy, as an instigator of passions and fornication. See factoid page