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Meaning of mecenas

mecenas: Sponsor. A person who supports a cause by taking advantage of its economic power or social recognition. Protector, benefactor, tutor, godfather.; Backer: Wealthy Roman citizen (Aretio 69-8 before Christ ). During the reign of Augustus was a great protector of the arts and letters in Rome. Under their protection were Horace, Virgil, and Propertius.; A patron is important and powerful men of letters or arts sponsoring.; Person with possessions and he dedicates part of his wealth to the patronage of the arts and the like.Protector of artists.; The patron word refers to that person, to have sufficient financial resources, taking under his protection to an artist or scientist to enable it to perform its task and benefit from it in some more or less direct way. The patronage is the establishment of this bond that could, in certain respects, be compared to the relationship of vassalage that existed in the middle ages.