Sulpicia (? - ?)She was a kinswoman of Marcus Valerius Messala, the patron of Tibullus and Ovid. She had a lover named Cerinthus and is said to have written love poems to him. The elegist Tibullus has these poems in his collection along with five poems that he wrote about Sulpicia’s love. According to some sources, the identity of Sulpicia’s lover may have been Cornutus who was in Messala’s group. The poems that Sulpicia wrote reflected the rise and fall of her relationship with Cerinthus. She is regarded by scholars to have been an amateur author, but now, these claims have been challenged.
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N.B: There were two Sulpicia known in Latin literature, but this Sulpicia is the one involved in Messala's circle.
Sulpicia's wrote many sets of poems (a lot about her love life and her personal business)
Latin text and more information about Sulpicia:
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sulpicia.html
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0070%3Atext%3Dcommintro
Sulpicia's wrote many sets of poems (a lot about her love life and her personal business)
Latin text and more information about Sulpicia:
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sulpicia.html
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0070%3Atext%3Dcommintro