Musæus

, an ancient Greek poet, supposed to have been son or disciple of Linus or Orpheus, and to have lived about 1410 years before the christian era. Virgil has paid great honour to his memory by placing him in the Elysian fields attended by a great multitude, and taller by the head than his followers. None of the poet’s compositions are extant. The elegant poem of the loves of Leander and Hero was written by a Musæus, who flourished in the fourth century, according to the more received opinions. Among the good editions of Musæus two may be selected as the best; that of Rover, 8vo, Leiden, 1727, and that of Schroder, 8vo, Leovard, 1743. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 6 , li. 677 .— Diogenes Laërtius. ――A Latin poet, whose compositions were very obscene. Martial , bk. 12 , ltr. 96 .――A poet of Thebes who lived during the Trojan war.