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In ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', along with [[Midas]] and [[J. P. Morgan]], Maecenas is one of the three famous wealthy men whose secrets narrator [[Nick Carraway]] hopes to find in the books he buys for his home library.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fitzgerald |first=F. Scott |author-link=F. Scott Fitzgerald |date=1925 |title=''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' |location=New York |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]] |page=4 |isbn=978-0-7432-7356-5 }}</ref>
==In other media==
Maecenas is a supporting character in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', in which he is presented as a level-headed and loyal lieutenant to Octavian; [[Enobarbus]] describes him as 'half the heart of Caesar'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Antony and Cleopatra'' at Folger|url=https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/antony-and-cleopatra/read/}}</ref> Maecenas was portrayed by [[Alex Wyndham]] in the second season of the 2005 [[HBO]] television series [[Rome (TV series)|''Rome'']]. He was portrayed by Russell Barr in the made-for-TV movie ''[[Imperium: Augustus]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340529/|title = Imperium: Augustus|website = [[IMDb]]|date = 30 November 2003}}</ref> He is also featured in one episode of the second series of ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. In the 2021 TV series ''[[Domina (TV series)|Domina]]'', he was portrayed by [[Youssef Kerkour]].
==See also==
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