Bavius and Maevius (or Mevius) were two poets in the age of Augustus Caesar, whose names became synonymous with bad verse and malicious criticism of superior writers. Both are named together in Virgil`s Eclogues (3.90). Maevius is also the object of Horace`s tenth Epode, which invites the gods to drown him as he embarks on a sea voyage. The name.....