not a citizen, he should be granted citizenship on the basis of his literary attainments alone.” Further Cicero strongly argued that creators of literature had almost universally been held in high esteem. That speech, which furnishes nearly all the information concerning Archias, states that he had celebrated the deeds of Gaius Marius and Lucullus in the Cimbrian and Mithridatic Wars and that he was engaged upon a poem of which the events of Cicero's consulship formed the subject. The Greek Anthology contains 35 epigrams under the name of Archias, but it is doubtful how many are his work. See also Pro Archia Poeta References Steven M. Cerutti (1998), "Cicero Pro Archia Poeta Oratio", Bolchazy-Caarducci Publishers, paper back, 125 pages, External links Archias: Epigrams, in English translation at attalus.org Ancient Greek poets People from Antioch 1st-century BC Romans 1st-century BC Greek people 1st-century BC poets 2nd-century BC births 60s BC deaths Lucanian Greeks Licinii