Valerius Aedituus was a Roman poet of the 1st century BCE. He is known for his epigrams; otherwise there is very little information, what there is being in the form of literary references.Fro

''In the ninth chapter of the nineteenth book of the '' Noctes Atticae'' a certain rhetorician Julianus, when challenged to point out anything in the Latin language worthy of being compared with the graceful effusions of

Anacreon Anacreon (; grc-gre, Ἀνακρέων ὁ Τήϊος; BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ...

, and other bards of that class among the Greeks, quotes two short epigrams by Valerius Aedituus, who is simply described as " veteris poetae," one by Porcius Licinius, and one by Quintus Catulus.''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aedituus, Valerius Ancient Roman poets Golden Age Latin writers Latin writers known only from secondary sources 1st-century BC Romans 1st-century BC Roman poets Valerii