The statement made there that the real name of the Cynthia of Propertius was Hostia, is confirmed by the line in one of his elegies, Splendidaque a docto fama refulget avo.
Damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum=--Gain at the expense of credit must be set down as loss.
Hinc totam infelix vulgatur fama per urbem=--Hence the unhappy news is spread abroad through the whole city.
Ovid had earlier used Fama as the formal addressee of EP II i, which described his reaction to the news of Germanicus' triumph.
The fourth poem is a description of how Famacame to Ovid and told him of Pompeius' election to the consulship; Ovid then pictures the joyous scene of the accession.
The device of having Fama report Pompeius' accession to the consulship serves to emphasize the importance of the event and raise the tone of the poem.
Alexander and the Romans, he says: "Quem nefama quidem illis notum arbitror fuisse.
I follow the interpretation of Cortius: "Me vexabat honoris cupido, et vexabat propterea etiam eadem, quae caeteros, fama atqua invidia.
This is evidently the fourth line of the verse just quoted, "Fama vincit mortem.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fama" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
