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A.Word.A.Day--maecenas Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio Maecenas (mee-SEE-nuhs, mi-) noun A generous patron or supporter, especially of art, music, or literature. [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. This week's theme: words and phrases from classical mythology. X-Bonus He who does not attempt to make peace / When small discords arise, / Is like the bee's hive which leaks drops of honey / Soon, the whole hive collapses. -Nagarjuna (c. A.D. 100-200)

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