The fact that cicero's remark is in answer to one of his might suggest the opinion that the poem had been read by him before it became known to the older brother, and perhaps been sent by him to cicero.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The statement involved in the words 'quos cicero emendavit,' has also been the subject of much criticism.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The most important external evidence from which we form our idea of him is that of Horace and cicero.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar