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HORACE.
ODES. BOOK I.
ODE I.
TO MiBCKHAS.
Maecenas, dite atavis regibus, О

Macenas, descended from ancestral kings, О (thou)
et meum prœsidium et dulce decus:

»ho art both my protection and my darling pride:
sunt quos juvat collegisse
there are (some) whom it delights to have collected
Olympicum pulverem curriculo ; que

the Olympic dust in the chariot-race; and (whom)
meta, evitata fervidis rotis,

the goal, (skilfully) avoided by the glowing wheels,
nobilisque palma evehit ad deos — dominos

and the noble palm exalts to the gods — the rulers
terrarum. Hunc, si turba mobilium

of the world. (It delights) this (man,) if a crowd of fickle
Quiritium certat tollere tergeminis honoribus ;

Romans strives to raise (him) to threefold honors;
ilium, si condidit proprio

(it delights) that (man) if he has stored in his own
horreo quicquid verritur Libycis areis ;
granary whatever is swept from the Lybian threshing-floors;
gaudentem findere sarculo (wtrios
(another) who delights to cleave with the hoe his paternal
agros nunquam dimoveas conditionibus

fields, you could never tempt for (all) the wealth
(1)
2 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
Attalicis pavidus nauta ut secet

of Attalas (to become) a timid sailor (and) plough
Myrtoum mare Cypria trabe. Mereator,
the Myrtoan sea with a Cyprian, bark. The merchant,
metuens Africum luctantem Icariis
dreading the southwest wind battling with the Icarian
flucti bus, laudat otium et rura sui
waves, extols the leisure and the rural-quiet of his
oppidi : mox reficit quassas
native-place: (soon) afterwards he repairs his battered
rates, indocilis pati pauperiem. Est

craft, unaccustomed to endure poverty. There is (another)
qui spernit nec pocula veteris Maseici,

who scorns neither (to quaff) Oie cups of old Massic
nec demere partem de solido die,
(wine,) nor tosnatch apart from the entire day,
stratus membra nunc sub viridi arbuto, nunc
stretching his limbs now under the green arbute, again
ad lene caput sacrœ aquœ. Castra
at the quiet source of some hallowed stream. Ths camp
juvant multos, et sonitus tubse permistus
delights many, and the blast of the trumpet mingled
lituo bellaque detestata matribus. Venator
with the clarion, and wars abhorred by mothers. The hunter
manet sub frigido, Jove, immemor tenerse

lingers under the cold sky, unmindful of his tender
conjugis; seu cerva est visa fidelibus

spouse; whether a hind has been sighted by his faithful
catulis, seu Marsus aper rupit teretes

hounds, or a Marsian boar has broken the fine-meshed
plagas. Ederœ, prsemia doctarum frontium,

nets. Ivy crowns, the rewards of learned brows,
miscent me dis superis ; gelidum nemus,

associate me with the gods above; a cool grove,
levesque chori Nympharum cum Satyris

and the lively dances of Nymphs with Satyrs
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 3
secernunt me populo ; si neque Euterpe

distinguish me from the common crowd; if neither Euterpe
cohibet tibias, лес Polyhymnia refugit tendere
restrains her pipes, nor Polyhymnia declines to play
Lesboum barbiton. Quod si inserís me lyricis
the Lesbian lyre. But if you class me with the lyric
vatibus,
poets, I feriam
shall strike
sidera
the stars
sublimi
with my uplifted
vertice.
head.
ODE II.
TO AUGUSTUS CiBSAB.
Jam Pater misit terris satis

Already Father (Jupiter) has sent upon the earth enough
nivis atque dirse grandinis, et jaculatus
of snow and dreadful hail, and having hurled his boll at
sacras arces rubente dextera, terruit
the sacred towers with his red right-hand, has terrified
urbem : terrait gentes, ne grave seculum
the city: he has alarmed the nations, lest the dreadful age
Pyrrhse, questœ nova monstra, rediret ;

sf Pyrrha, complaining of strange prodigies, should return;
cum Proteus egit omne pecus visere altos
when Proteus drove all h\s herd to visit the lofty
montes: et genus piscium hœsit
mountains: and the race of fishes were caught fast
summa nlmo, quse fnerat nota sedes

on the elm-tops, which had been a wonted haunt
columbis : et pavidœ damœ natarunt

of the doves: and the timid deer swam
superjecto sequore. Vidimus flavum

in the overwhelming flood. We have seen the yellow
Tiberim, undis violenter retortis Etrusco

Tiber, with his waves violently dashed back from the Truecan
littore, ire dejectum monumenta regis

shore, proceed to overthrow the monumentsof the king
ОПКЯ OK HORACE — BOOK I.
tampluque Vest« : dum uxonus

(Ifuma) and temples of Vesta: while the amorous
amnifl jantat se nimium ultorem

river-god (jjroudly) boasts himself the relentless avenger
querenti Iiis, et vagus,

of complaining Ilia, and wandering (from his course),
Jove non approbante labitur sinistra npa.
against the will of Jupiter overflows the left bank.
Juventus, rara vitio parentum,
Our youth, thinned out by the vices of their parents,
audiet ci ves acuisse ferrum,
shall hear that the citizens have whetted the sword,
quo graves Persœ melius

by which the formidable Persians might better
perirent j audiet pugnas. Quem divum
perish; they shall hear of battles. Which of the gods
populus vocet rebus ruentis

can the people call (to rescue) the fortunes of the sinking
imperi ? Qua prece sanctœ virgines fatigent

empire t With what prayer can the holy virgins importunt
Vestam audientem minus carmina ? Cni
Vesta who heeds not their hymns t To whom
Jupiter dabit partes expiandi scelus?
shall Jupiter assign the task of expiating our wickedness t
Venias tandem augur Apollo, precamur,
Come thou, at length, prophetic Apollo, we pray thee,
candentes humeros amictus nube : sive tu
with thy radiant shoulders veiled in a cloud : or if thou
mavis ridens Erycina, circum quam volat Jocus
choosest rather, smiling Venus, around whom fly Mirth
et Cupido : si ve respicis neglectum genus
and Love : or if thou regardest thy neglected race
et nepotes, auctor, satiate
and descendants, ( О Mars,) our founder, satiated
ludo, hen nimis longo, quem clamor
with thy sport, alas ! too long-continved. whom noise
juvat que lœves galeœ et vultus

delights and polished helmets and the countenance
Marsi peditis acer in cruentum

of the Marsian foot-soldier terrible against his bloodthirsty
hostem. Sive, ales filius almœ Maise,
foe. Or if (thou,) the winged son of gentle Maia,
imitaris juvenem in terris figura mu tata,

takest the form of a youth on earth with thy figure changed,
patiens vocari ultor Csesaris : serus

deigning to be called the avenger of Casar ; late
redeas in cœlum, diuque

may est thou return to heaven, and long (may est thou)
lsetus intersis populo Quirini ; neve
joyously remain with the people of (¿uirinus ; and may no
ocior aura tollatte iniquum nostris vitiis :
untimely blast bear thee away offended at our vices :
hic potius ames magnos triumphos,

here rather mayest thou choose great triumphs, (and)
hic dici Pater atque Princeps : neu sinas
here be called Father and Prince : nor permit
Medos equitare inultos, te,
the Medes to ride over the land with impunity, you,
Csesar, duce.
О Casar, being our leader.
ODE III.
TO VIRGIL.
Sic diva potens Cypri, sic

So may the goddess ruling over Cyprus, and so may
fratres Helense, lucida sidera, PateT

the brothers of Helen, bright constellations, 'and the father
ventorumque, aliis obstrictis prseter Iapyga,

of the winds, all others being confined except Iapyx,
regat te, navis, quœ debes fínibus Atticia

direct thee, ship, which owest to the shores of Attica
Virgilium creditum tibi red das incolumem, precor,
I
;
Virgil entrusted to thee (thy care;) restore (him) safe, pray,
et serves dimidium mese animse. Uli erat
and preserve the one -half of my existence. He had the
robur et triplex ses circa pectus, qui primus
strength of triple brass round his breast, who first
commisit fragilem ratem truci pelago, nec timuit
entrusted his frail bark to the boisterous deep, nor feared
prsecipitem Africum decertantem
the tempestuous south-west wind contending with the
Aquilonibus, nec tristes Hyades, nec rabiem

northern gales, nor the rainy Hyads, nor the fury of
Noti, quo non major
Notus (the south wind, ) than which there is no more powerful
arbiter Adrise, vult tollere seu ponere

lord of the Adriatic, whether he wishes to excite or calm its
freta. Quem gradum mortis timuit, qui,
waters. What approach of death did he fear, who,
siccis oculis, vidit natantia monstra; qui

with tearless gaze, beheld the swimming monsters; who
turgidum mare, et Acroceraunia, in-

(beheld the) swelling sea, and the Acroceraunia, ill-
fames scopulos. Prudens deus nequidquam abscidit
famed cliffs t A provident deity has in vain divided
terras dissociabili oceano, si impise
countries by a disconnecting ocean, if unhallowed
rates tamen transiliunt non tangenda vada.
barks still bound across the forbidden waters.
Humana gens audax perpeti omnia,

The human race boldly daring to encounter every hard-
rait per vetitum et
ship, rushes through what is forbidden by human and
nefas. Audax genus Iapeti mala
divine law. The resolute sonof Iapetus by an impious
fraude intulit ignem gentibus. Post ignem

fraud brought down fire to mankind. After the fire
subductum œtheria domo, macies et nova

was stolen from the ethereal mansion, decay and a new
cohors febrium incubuit terris, tardaque

troop f
of evers brooded over the earth, and the slow
necessitas leti, prius semoti, oorripuit gradum.
doomof death, previously distant, accelerated its pace.
Dsedalus pennis non datis homini ex pert us
Dadalus on wings not granted to man essayed the
vacuum œra. Labor Herculeus perrupit Acheronta.

emptyair. The labor of Hercules burst through Acheron.
Nil est arduum mortalibus ; stultitia petimus
Nothing is difficult to mortals; in our folly we aim at
cœlum ipsum, neque per nostrum scelus,
heaven itself, nor in consequence of our crimes,
patimur Jovem ponere iracunda fulmina.

do we allow Jupiter to lay aside his angry thunderbolts.
ODE IV.
TO SESTIUS.
Acbis hiems solvitur grata vice

Severe winter is melting beneath the agreeable change
veris et Favoni, machinse

of spring and the western breeze, and the windlasses
trahuntque siccas carinas. Ac jam neque

are drawing down the dry vessels. And now neither do
pecus gaudet stabulis, aut arator

the cattle rejoice in the stalls, nor the ploughman by the
igni ; nec prata albicant canis

fireside ; nor are the meadows whisened with hoar
pruinis. Jam Cytherea Venus ducit choros

frost. Now Cytherean Venus leads the dances
imminente Luna, decentes Gratiœ, junctœque

under a full moon, and the comely Graces, united with the
Nymphis, quatiunt terram alterno pede;

Nymphs, shake the earth with alternate foot ;
dum ardens Vulcanus urit graves officinas
while glowing Vulcan kindles the laborious forges
Cyclopum. Nunc decet impedire nitidum caput,

of the Cyclops. Now itisbecommg to encircle the glossy head,
aut viridi myrto, aut flore quem

either with the green myrtle, or the flowers which
solutœ terrœ ferunt. Nunc et decet
the unfettered lands produce. Now also it is becoming
¡inmolare Fauno in umbrosis lucis, seu

to sacrifice to Faunus in the shady groves, either with
agna, poscat, hœdo, sive malit.

a lamb, if he demand (one,) or with a kid, if he prefer (it.)
Pallida mors, cequo pede, pulsat
Pale death, with impartial tread, knocks at the
tabernas pan peru in, turres regumque. О
cottages of the poor, (and at) the palaces of kings. О
beate Sexti ! brevis summa vitœ vetat nos

happy Sextius I thebrief span of life forbids us to
inchoare longam spem. Jam nox premet te

entertain distant hope. Soon will night enshroud thee
fabulœque Manes, et exilis domus Plutonia ;

and the fabled Manes, and the phantom realm of Ptuto;
quo, simul mearis
whither, as soon as thou shalt have gone, thou shalt
nec sortiere talis regna vini,

neither cast lots with the dice for the sovereignty of wine,
nec m ¡ra be re tenerum Lycidan, quo
nor shalt thou admire the tender Lycidas, with whom
omnis juvenius nunc oalet, et
all the youths are now enamoured, and (with whom)
virgines mox tepebunt.

the virgins will soon be in love.
ODE V.
TO PYRRHA..
Qms gracilis puer, multa in rosa,

What graceful youth, on many a rose, (and)
perfusus liquidis odoribus, urguet te, Pyrrha,

bedewed with liquid perfumes, courte thee, Pyrrha,
sub grato aubro? Cui simplex
in some pleasant grotto t For whom (dost thou,) plain in
munditiis, religas flavamcomam? Heu quoties
thy neatness, braid thy golden hairt Alas! how often
flebit fidem mutatosque deos,
shall he deplore (thy broken) faith and the altered gods,
et insolens, emirabitur sequora âspera

and unaccustomed, be lost in wonder at the seas ruffled
nigris ventis, qui nunc credulus fruitur te,
by dark storms, who now unsuspectingly enjoys thee, all
aurea; qui, nescius fallacis aurœ, sperat
golden ; who, unconscious of the deceitful breese, hopes
semper vacuam
(that thou wilt be) always free (from affection for another, )
semper amabilem. Miseri quibus,

always attached (to him.) Wretched (are they) to whom,
intentatâ, nites. Sacer paries indicat

untried, (thou appearest) fair. The sacred wall shows
votiva tabula me suspendisse uvida

by the votive tablet that 1 have hung up (my) dripping
vestimenta deo potenti maris.
robes to the god that rules the ocean.
10 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK L
ODE VI.
TO AGRIPPA.
Vahío, alite Mseonii carminîs,

By Varius, a bird of Maonian Urain, (thou shalt be)
scriberis fortis et victor hostium, quam

celebrated as brave and a conqueror of enemies, for
rem cuuque ferox miles gesserit,
whatever exploit the fierce soldier shall have accomplished,
te duce, navibus ant equis. Nos,

under thy command, either on sea or land. We,
Agrippa, tenues neque conamur dicere hœc

Agrippa, humble (writers,) do not attempt to sing these
grandia ncc gravem stomach um Pelidse,

mighty deeds nor the stem wrath of Achilles,
noscii cedere, neс cursus duplicis
who knew not how to yield, nor the voyages of the crafty
Ulixei per mare, пес ssevam domum Pelopis;

Ulysses over the sea, nor the cruel house of Pelops;
dum pudor, que Musa potens
while diffidence, and the Muse that presides over
iinlx'llis lyrœ, vetat deterere laudes
Ihe peaceful lyre, forbid (us) to diminish the praises
egregii Cœsaris, et tuas, culpa

of the illustrious Casar, and thine own, by a defect
ingeni. Quis digne scripserit Martem tectum

of ability. Who could worthily describe Mars armed
adamantina tunica, aut Merionem nigrum
in his adamantine mail, or Meriones blackened
Troio pulvere, aut Tydiden, ope Palladis,

with Trojan dust, or Diomede, by the aid of Pallas,
pa rem superis? Nos cantamus convivia, nos
equal to the gods above t We sing of banquets, we
prœlia virginum, sectis unguibus

(sing of) the contests of maidens, with pointless nails
acrium in ju venes, vacui,

fiercely attacking their youthful (admirers,) heart-whole,
sive quid urimur, leves

or if we are at all fired (by love,) light-hearted
non praeter solitum.
as usual.
ODE VII.
TO MUNATIUS PLANCUS.
Alii laudabunt claram Rhodon aut Mitylenen,

Others shall praise sunny Rhodes or Mitylene,
ant Epheson, ve mœnia bi maris Corinthi
or Ephesus, or the walls of double-shored Corinth
vel Thebas insignes Baccho, vel Delphos Apolline.
or Thebes ennobled by Bacchus, or Delphi by Apollo,
"aut Thessala Tempe. Sunt quibus unum

or Thessalian Tempe. There are (those) whose onl¡
opus est celebrare perpetuo carmine urbem
task it is to celebrate in continuous song the city
intactee Palladis, et prœponere fronti

of the ever-maiden Pallas, and deck (their) brows
olivam decerptam undique. Plurimus,

with olives plucked from every spot (of Attic soil.) Many,
in Junonis honorem, dicet Argos, aptum

in Juno' s honor, will sing of Argos, (well) fitted for
equis, ditesque Mycenas. Me, nec patiens Lacedœmon,
steeds, and rich Mycenœ. But me, not hardy Lacedœmon,
nec opimse Larissse campus, percussit tam quam

nor rieh Larissa's plains, has charmed so much as
Albuneœresonantisdomus, et praeceps Anio ac

Albunea's echoing eave, the down-rushing Anio and
Tiburui locus, et pomaria uda mobilibus

Tibur's grove, and orchards irrigated by flowing
rivîs. Ut notus sœpe albus, deterget

streams. As the south wind often is clear, (and) sweeps
nubila obscuro cœlo, parturit neque

the clouds from blackened skies, (and) teems not with
perpetuos imbres ; sic tu, Plance, sapiens memento

incessant showers ; so do thou, Plancus, wisely remember
fînire vitœ tristitiam que labores molli mero ;

to drown life's cares and pains in mellow wine;
sen castra, fulgentia signis, tenent
whether the camp, glittering with standards, charms
te, seu tui Tiburis densa umbra tenebit.

thee, or thine own Tibur's thick shade shall keep (thee
Quum Teucer fugeret Salamina patremque,

there.) When Teucer fled from Salamis, and his father.
fertur tamen vinxisse populea corona
he is said still to have bound a poplar wreath
tempora uda lyœo, sic aftatus

upon( his) temples cheered withwine,(and)thus to have addressed
tristes amicos: 'Quocunque fortuna, melior

'
his desponding friends : Wherever fortune, kinder than
parente, feret nos, ibimus, O socii

a father, shall guide us, we will go, О friends
comitesque. Nil desperandum Teucro duce,
and comrades. No despair must be when Teucer leads,
et auspice Teucro; enim Apollo certus

and under the auspices of Teucer ; for Apollo has surely
promisit nova tellure futuram Salamina

promised that in a new land shall rise a Salamis
ambiguam. О fortes viri, sœpe passi

of doubtful (name.) О brave hearts, who often suffered
pejoraque mecum, nunc pellite curas vino ;

worse with me, now chase away your cares with wine;
eras iterabimus îngens œquor.
¡t-morrow we will venture on the wide sea (once more.)
ODE VIII.
TO LYDIA.
Die Lydia, per omnes deos, oro cur

Tell (me,) Lydia, by all the gods, I entreat
te,
thee, why
properas perdere Sy barin amando? Cur

thou dost hauten to ruin Sybaris by (thy) love t Why
patiens pulveris atque solis, oderit

does he, capable of enduring the dust and heat, detest
apricum campum ? Cur neque militarls

the sunny plain .' Why does he neither in martial array
equitat inter œquales, nec temperat
ride among his companions, nor manage
ora Gallica frenis

the mouths of Gallic (steeds) with curbs fashioned like the
lupatis? Cur timet tangere flavum

teeth of wolves t Why does he fear to touch the yellow
Tiberim? Cur vitat olivum

Tiber't Why does he shun the (wrestler's) oil more
cautius viperino sanguine? Nobilis disco
cautiously than viper's blood t Famed for the discus
ssepe expedito, jaculo sœpe expedito trans

often cast, for the javelin often hurled beyond the
finem, neque gestat brachia livida

mark, nor display his arms black and blue with martial
armis? Quid latet, ut dicunt
exercises t Why doee he lie concealed, as they say
filium marinee Thetidis sub

the son of the sea-born Thetis (did) on the eve
lacrimosa funera Trojse, ne virilis cultus

of the mournful carnage of Troy, lest a manly attire
proriperet in csedem et Lycias catervas.
should hurry (him) to slaughter and the Trojan bands.
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14 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK t,
ODE IX.
TO THALIAKCHUS.
Vides ut Soracte stet candidum alta

Seest thou how Soracte stands white with the deep
nive, laborantes silvœ пес jam

snow, and how the struggling woods cannot now
sustineant onus, flumina constiterint

support the weight, and the rivers are congealed by the
acuto geluque. Dissolve frigus, large reponeos
penetrating frost. Dispel the cold, (by) freely piling
ligna super foco, atque benignius deprome,
the logs upon the hearth, and more liberally bring out,
О Thaliarche, quadrimum merum Sabina
O Thaliarchus, the four -year old wine from the Sabine
diota. Permitte сstera divis ; simul qui

jar. Leave the rest to the gods ; (for,) as soon as
stravere ventos deprœl ¡antes fervido

they have lulled the wind contending with the seething
sequore, пес cupressi пес veteres

ocean, neither the cypresses nor the ancient
orni agitantur. Fuge quserere quid eras

ash-trees are moved. Avoid inquiring what to-morrow
futurum sit ; et appone lucro quemcunque
may produce ; and set down as gain whatever
dierum fors dabit ; puer

day fortune may grant (thee;) (while still) young
sperne пес dulce amores neque choreas,
disdain neither sweet love nor the dance,
doneс morosa canities abest

as long as peevish old age is absent
virenti. Nunc et Campus

(from thee) in thy bloom. Now let both the Campus Martius,
et areœ, lenesque susurri sub

and the public walks, and soft whispers at the approach
noctem, repetantur composita hora, nunc

of night, be repeated at the appointed hour, (and) now
et gratus risus ab intimo ângulo,
also the pleasant laugh from (some) seeret corner,
proditor latentis puellse, pignusque dereptum

the betrayer of the lurking maiden, and the forfeit snatched
lacertis, aut digito, male pertinaci.

from her arms, or from her finger, affectedly resisting.
ODE X.
TO MERCURY.
Mercuri fecunde nepos Atlantis, qui

Mercury, eloquent grandson of Atlas, who
catus formasti feros cultus recen tu m

didst skilfully civilize the savage manners of primeval
hominum voce, et more
man by the gift of language, and by the institution
canam te nuntium
I will sing
decorse Palœstrae,
of the graceful Palastra, of thee, the ambassador
magni Jovis et deorum, parentem

of great Jove, and of the gods, and the parent of the
curvseque lyrse ; callidum condere jocoso furto

curved * lyre ; skilful in concealing in sportive theft
quidquid placuit. Dum Apollo olim
whatever it hath pleased (thee.) While Apollo formerly
minaci voce terret te
with threatening voice endeavored to terrify thee
puerum nisi reddidisses boves amotas per

a boy, unless thou didst restore the cattle removed by
dolum, risit viduus pharetra.

ttratagem, he laughed on being deprived of his quiver.
Quin, te duce et Priamus

Nay, under thy guidance, even Priam
dives relicto Ilio, fefellit

laden with gold, having left Ilium behind, passed unobserved
superbos Atridas Thessalosque ignes et

the haughty sons of Atreus, the Thessalian watchfires, and
castra iniqua Trojœ. Tu reponis animas

the camp hostile to Troy. Thou placest the spirits
pias lœtis scdibus coercesque

of the good in the happy regions, and thou keepest together the
lеvem turbam âurea virga gratus

airy crowd with (thy) golden wand — a favorite
deorum Kuperis et deorum i mis.
with the gods abone and with the gods below
ODE XI.
ГО LEUCONOE.
fiRiTCOKOE tu qusesieris ne nefas scire—

1,eueonoe, enquire not — it is forbidden to know (it)
quem finem di dederint mihi quem tibi ;
— uihat term the gods have allotted to me, what to thee ;
nec tentaris Babylonios numeros. Ut melius

nor consult the Chaldean tables. How much better (it is)
pati quidquid erit ! Seu Jupiter
*
to bear patiently whatever happens ! Whether Jupiter
tribuit plures hiemes seu ultimam quœ
grants (us) more winters, or (this is) the last which
nunc debilitat Tyrrhenum mare oppositis
now breaks the force of the Tusean sea on the opposing
pumicibus ; sapias liques vina et reseces

rocks ; be wise, filter thy wines, and abridge
longam spem brevi spatio.
lengthened hope (on account of ) the short duration (of life.)
Dum loquimur invida setas fugerit.
While we are conversing, jealous time will be gone.
Carpe diem crédula quam minimum

Enjoy the present, trusting as little as possible to the
postero.
future.
ODE XII.
TO AUGUSTUS.
Quem virum aut heroa, Clio, sumis cele-

What man or hero dost thou, Clio, undertake to cele-
brare 1 yra vel acri tibia ? Quem deum ?

brate on the lyre or shrill-toned pipe t What deity t
Cujus nomen jocosa imago (vocis) recinet
Whose name shall the sportive echo resound
aut in umbrosis oris Heliconis aut super
either amid the shady borders of Helicon, or on the summit
Pindo in gelido Hsemo? unde

of Pindus, (or) on cool Hamust whence the
silvœ, temere insecutœ vocalem Orphea,

woods in wild confusion followed the tuneful Orpheus,
materna arte morantem rapidos lapsus

as by his maternal art he retarded therapid torrents
fluminum celeresque ventos blandum et
of the rivers and the swift winds, sweetly -persuasive also
ducere canoris fídibus auritas quercus ?
to lead along with melodious lyre the listening oaks t
Quid dicam prius solitis laudibus

What shall I celebrate before the accustomed praises of
Parentis qui temperat res hominum ac deorum,
the Parent who governs the affairs of men and gods,
qui mare ac terras mundum

who (rules over) sea and earth (and) the universe with
variisque horis? Unde nil generatur
its changing seasons t From whom nothing is produced
majus ipso; nec quidquam viget simile

greater than himself; nor does anything flourish like
aut secundum. Pallas tamen occupavit honores

him or second (to him.) Pallas, however, enjoys honors
illi. Liber
I
proximos Ñeque silebo te
next to his. Neither will be silent on thee, Bacchus,
audax prœliis et Virgo inimica

daring in combat, or (on thee,) Virgin, hostile
sœvis belluis nec te, Phœbe metuende

to the savage beasts; nor on thee, Apollo, terrible
certa sagitta. Dicam et Alciden
by (thy) unerring arrow. I will celebrate Hercules also, and
puerosque Ledse, hunc nobilem superare

the sons of Leda, the one illustrious for winning contests
equis, ilium pugnis, simul quorum

with horses, the other with fists, and as soon as their
alba Stella refulsit nautis agitatus
bright star has shone upon the sailors the troubled (foam-
humor defluit saxis, venti concidunt,

ing) water flows down from the rocks, the winds are lulled,
nubes fugiuntque, et minax unda recumbit
the clouds fly away, and the threatening wave subsides
ponto nam sic voluere. Post hos

on the deep, for so they have willed it. Next to these,
memorem Romulum,
I
dubito an
question whether I shallprius
first commemorate Romulus,
an quietum regnum Pompili an superbos

or thetranquil reign of Pompilius, or the splendid
fasces Tarquini an nobile letum Catonis.
ensigns of Tarquinius, or the noble death of Cato.
Gratus referam insigni camena Regulum, et
I will gratefully celebrate in ennobling song Regulus, and
Scauros, Paullum, prodigum magnее animseque
the Scauri, and Paullus, lavish of his noble soul
Pœno superante, Fabriciumque. Sœva
(when the) Carthaginian conquered, and Pabricius. Stern
paupertas et avitus fundus cum apto lare

foverty and an hereditary farm with a suitable dwelling
tulit hunc et Curium incomtis capillis et

produced him, and Curius, with untrimmed locks, and
Camillum, utilem bello. Fama Marcelli crescit

Camillus, useful in war. His fame of Marcellus increases
velut arbor occulto œvo;

like a tree amid the imperceptible lapse of time; the
Julium sidus micat inter omnes velut luna

Julian constellation shines among all (others,) as the moon
inter minores ignes. Pater atque Custos

amid the feebler fires (of night.) Father and Guardian
humanse gentis, orte Saturno лиra
of the human race, son of Saturn. the protection
magni Csesaris data tibi fatis ;

of mighty Casar has been assigned to thee by Fate;
tu rеgnes Cœsare secundo. Seu ille
do thou reign with Casar second (to thee.) Whether he
egerit dom i tos justo triumpho,

shall lead along subdued in a just triumph (the)
Parthos imminentes Latio sive Seras
Parthians threatening the Roman (world,) or the Seres
et Indos subjectos orœ orientis
and Indi dwelling close to the borders of the east,
minor te œquus reget latum

inferior to thee (alone) he shall impartially rule the wide
orbem ; tu quaties Olympum gravi

world; thou shalt shake Olympus with My terrible
curru, tu mittes inimica fulmina
chariot, thou shalt discharge the hostile thunderbolts
parum castis lucis.
againss thepolluted groves.
ODE XIII.
TO LYDIA.
Qutjm tu Lydia laudas roseam cervicem

When thou, Lydia, praisest the rosy neck
Telephi, cerea brachia Telephi — vse! meum

of Telephus — the waxen arme of Telephus — alas ! my
fervens jecur tumet difficili bile. Tunc nec

inflamed liver swells with irritable anger. Then neither
mihi mens nec color manet certa sede
my mind nor color remains in an unvarying state,
et humor labitur furtim in genas arguens

and the tear steals silently down my cheeks, proving
lentis
I
quam ignibus penitus macerer.
by what slow-consuming fires am inwardly wasted.
Uror, seu rixœ immodicœ

/ am tortured; whether quarrels (rendered) immoderate by
mero turparunt tibi candidos, humeros sive

wine have disfigured thy fair shoulders, or whether
furens puer impressit dente
the impetuous youth has impressed with his tooth
notam memorem labris. Si .
audias
a well-known token (on thy) lips. If thou wouldst listen
me satis non s pe res

to me attentively thou wouldst never expect (him)
perpetuum barbare lœdentem dulcia osctila
to be constant who barbarously wounds (those) sweet lips
quœ Venus imbuit quinta parte sui

which Venus has imbued with the fifth part of her
nectaris. Ter et amplius felices

nectar. Thrice and more than (thrice) happy (are
quos irrupta copula tenet nec amor
those) whom an indissoluble union binds, nor will their love
divulgus malis querimoniis solvet citius

torn apart by fatal complaining separate (them) sooner
suprema die.
than the last day.
ODE XIV.
TO THE REPUBLIC.
O na vis, Dovi fluctus referent in

О ship! new billows are bearing (thee) back again into
mare. О quid agis ? Fortiter occupa
the deep. Oh ! what art thou doing t Resolutely seize
portum. nonne vides ut nudum latus remigio ?

the haven. Dost thou not see how bare thy side is of oars t
Et malus saucius celeri Africo
And thy mast, damaged by an impetuous southwest wind,
antennœque gemant ; ac carinse sine funibus

and thy yard-arms groan; and thy hull, without cables,
possint vix durare imperiosius sequor?
can scarcely endure the increasing violence of the sea t
Non tibi sunt integra lintea non Di quos'

Thou hast not entire sails, nor gods, whom
iterum voces pressa malo;

thou may est again invoke when overwhelmed with misfortune;
quamvis Pontica pinus, nobilis filia silvse,

altlwugh of Pontic pine, the noble daughter of the forest,
jactes et genus et inutile
thou pridest thyself both (on) thy lineage and unavailing
nomen. Timidus navita fedit nil pictis
fame. The alarmed sailor trusts not to decorated
puppibus. Nisi tu debes ludibrium

vessels. Unless thou art doomed (to be) the sport
ventis cave. Quse nuper mihi
of winds, beware ! Thou who wast lately to me (a source
sollicitum tsedium nunc desiderium
of) disquieting weariness, but now (an object of) fond desire
que non levis cura, vites œquora

and no «light apprehension, may est thou avoid the seas
interfusa Cycladas nitentes.

that flow amid the Cyclades conspicuous (from afar.)
ODE XV.
THE PBOPHECT OF NEREUS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF TROT.
Quum perfidus pastor traheret

When the treacherous shepherd was bearing away
per freta navibus Idseis hospitam

over the seas, in vessels (made) of Idesan (wood,) his hostess
Helenam Nereus obruit celeres ventos ingrato
Helen, Nereus lulled the swift winds in an unwelcome
otio ut caneret fera fata:
calm, that he might foretell (their) cruel destinies :
'
Mala avi ducis domum
'Under an evil omen thou art conveying to thy home
quam Grsecia repetet multo

(her) whom Greece shall demand back again with a numerous
milite conjurata rumpere tuas nuptias et vеtus
host, bound by oath to sever thy union and the ancient
regnum Priami. Heu ! heu ! quantus sudor

kingdom of Priam. Alas! alas! what toil
adest equis quantus viris
! Quanta
is approaching for the horse — what for the warriors ! What
funera moves Dard an œ genti?
carnage art thou bringing on the Dardan nation t
Jam Pallas pa rat galeam et œgida
Even now Pallas is preparing her helmet and agis,
currusque et rabiem. Ferox prœsidio
and chariot and (martial) fury. Proud of the aid
Veneris, nequidquam pectes cœsariem,
of Venus, in vain shalt thou comb thy hair, (and )
divides grataque carmina feminis

distribute pleasing strains among women (on)
imbelli cithara ; ncquidquam thalamo
the unmanly lyre; mvain in thy chamber shalt thou
vitabis graves hastas et spicula Gnosii
avoid the fatal spears and the points of the Cretan
calami, strepitumque et Ajacem celerem sequi ;

arrow, and the uproar and Ajax swift in pursuit ;
tamen, heu ! serus collines pulvere
though alas ! late, (still) ehalt thou stain in the dust
adulteros crines. Non respicis

thy adulterous locks. Dost thou not behold (the son)
Laertiaden, exitium tuse gentis, non Pylium

of Laertes, the bane of thy nation, then the Pylian
Nestora ? Impavidi urguent te
Nestort There are undauntedly pressing on thee
Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus sciens

the Salaminean Teucer, on thee Sthenelus skilled
pugnœ ; eive est opus imperitare equis, non

in fight ; or if it be necessary to govern the steeds, no
piger auriga. Nosces Merionen quoque.

inactive charioteer. Thou shalt know Meriones also.
Ecce atrox Tydides, melior patre,

Lo ! the fierce son of Ту deus, superior to his father,
furit reperire te ; quem, uti cervus immemor
rages to find thee ; from whom, as a stag, unmindful
graminis, lupum visum in altera
of his pasture, (flees from) a wolf seen in the opposite
parte vallis, tu mollis fugies

extremity of (some) valley, thou, effeminate (one,) shalt flee,
sublimi anhelitu, non pollicitus hoc tuse.
with deep panting, not having promised this to thy
Iracunda classis Achillei proferet diem

(beloved.) The angry fleet of Achilles shall protract the day
Ilio Phrygum matronisque; post certas
for Ilium and the Trojan matrons ; after a destined
hiemes, Achaicus ignis uret

number of winters, the Grecian fires shall consume
domos Pergameas.'
'
the palaces of Pergamus.
ODE XVI.
A RECANTATION.
O filia pulchrior pulchra matre pones

О daughter, more lovely (than) thy lovely mother, put
quemcunque modum voles criminosis iambis,

whatever end thou pleasest to my scurrilous iambics,
sive flamma, sive libet Adriano

either by the flames, or, if thou choosest, by the Adriatic
mari. Non Dindymene non Pythius incola
Sea. Neither does Oybele, nor the Pythian inhabitant
seque quatit mentem sacerdotum adytis

equally agitate the minds of his priests in his secret shrines;
non liber non Corybantes sic
nor Bacchus, nor the Corybantes so violently,
geminant acuta sera ut tristes irse

when they clash their shrill cymbals, as gloomy anger
quae neque Noricus ensis deterret nec naufragum

which neither the Doric sword deters, nor the ship-wrecking
mare, nec ssevus ignis nec Jupiter ipse

sea, nor the unsparing lightning, nor Jove himself
ruens tremendo tumulto. Prometheus
rushing down amid dreadful thunderings. Prometheus
fertur coactus addere principi limo
»> said to have been compelled to add to our original clay
particulam desectam undique, et

(some) ingredient extracted from every (animal,) and
aposuisse nostra stomacho vim insani leonis.
to have placed in our breast the rage of a savage lion.
Irœ stravere Thyesten gravi exitio,

Angry (contentions) overwhelmed Thyestes in fatal ruin,
et stetere ultimee causœ altis urbibus
and have been the final canse to lofty cities
car funditus perirent, insolens
why they were completely overthrown, (and) an insuiting
exercitus imprimeret hostile aratrum muris.
army drove ahostile ploughshare (over their) walls.
Compesce mentem ; fervor pectoris tentavit

Restrain (thy) anger ; the glow of resentment assailed
me quoque in dulci ju venta et misit furentem in
me also in sweet youth, and urged (me,) excited to
Nunc mutare
I
celeres iambos. ego qusero
rapid iambics. Now am anxious to exchange
mitibus tristia, dum opprobriis,

bitter taunts for soothing strains, provided that (my) injurious
recantatis fías mihi amica
(expressions) being recanted, thou wilt become my friend
reddasque animum.
and restore my peace of mind.
ODE XVII.
TO TYNDABIS.
SjEPE Faunus velox mutat Lycseo

Often Faunus, in rapid flight, changes Mount Ly cents
amoenum Lucretilem, et usque defendit
for the pleasant Lucretilis, and constantly wards off
meis capellis igneam sestatem pluviosque ventos.
from (my) she-goats the fiery summer and rainy winds.
Devise uxores olentis mariti quœrunt
The wandering mates of the unsavory husband seek
impune per nemus tutum latentes

with safety through the grove protected (by him) the hidden
arbutos et thyma, hœduleœ metuunt neo

strawberry-trees and thyme, and the kids dread nol
virides colubras, nec lupos Martiales,
the green lizards, nor the wolves sacred to Mars,
utcunque Tyndari, valles et lœvia saxa

whenever, Tyndaris, the valleys and smooth rocks
cubantis Usticœ personuere dulci
of low lying Ustica have re-echoed with his melodious
fistulœ. Di tuentur me ; mea pietas et Musa
pipe. The gods protect me ; my devotion and my muse
est cordi Dis. Hic opulenta copia

are agreeable to the gods. Here a rich store
ruris honorum manabit tibi ad plenum

of rural honors shall flow to thee in full abundance
benigno cornu. Hic in reducta valle
from the bounteous horn (of fortune.) Here, in a retired vale
vitabis eestus caniculse et Teia
thou shalt avoid the heat of the dog-star, and on Teian
fide dices Penelopen vitreamque Circen

strings thou shalt sing Penelope and the beauteous Circe,
laborantes in uno. Hic Duces sub
striving for the same (hero.) Here, thou shalt quaff in the
umbra pocula innocentis Lesbii ; nec Semeleius
shade cups of harmless Lesbian; nor shall Semeleian
Thyoneus confundet prselia cum Marte ; nec

Bacchus engage in the contest with Mars; nor shalt thou,
suspecta metues protervum Cyrum, ne injiciat

suspected, fear the rude Cyrus, lest he may lay
incontinentes manus male dispari

his rash hands (on thee,) ill-fitted to contend (with him,)
et scindat coronam hœrentem crinibus immeritamque
or rend the wreath attached to thy tresses, or unoffending
vestem.
robe.
ODE XVIII.
TO VAKUS.
Vahe severis nullam arborem prius sacra

Varus, plant no tree in preference to the sacred
vite circa mite solum Tiburis et mœnia

vine, in the mild soil of Tibur and the walls
Catili. Nam deus proposuit omnia dura

of Catilus. For the god has imposed every hardship
siccis : neque mordaces
(en those) who abstain (from wine ;) nor do gnawing
sollicitudines aliter diffugiunt. Quis crepat

cares by any other means flee away. Who complains of
gravem militiam aut pauperiem post vina? Quis

the hardship of war or poverty after wine t Who
non potius te pater Bacche teque

(does) not rather (praise) thee, father Bacchus, and thee,
decens Venus? At rixa Centaurea cum
lovely Venus t But the quarrel of the Centaurs with
Lapitbis debellata super mero, monet

the Lapithœ fought out over their wine, warns (us)
ne quis transsiliat munera modici Liberi.
that no one should exceed the gifts of moderate Bacchus.
Non levis Sitboniis, Evius monet quum
Unpropitious to the Thracians, Bacchus warns (us) when
avidi discernunt fas atque nefas
(men) in their eagerness distinguish right from wrong
exiguo fine libidinum. Ego non quatiam te
by the narrow limit of passion. Iwill not disturb thee
in vi tum, candide Bassareu, пес rapiam

against thy will, gracious Bassareus, nor will hurry I
sub divum obsita variis
into open day (the mysteries) concealed under various
frondibus. Tene sœva tympana cum
leaves. Check the shrill-clashing cymbals witn
Berecyntio cornu, quœ subsequitur coecus

the Berecynthian horn, in whose train foliow blind
Amor-sui, et Gloria, tollens vacuum

self-love, and (foolish) vanity, raising the empty
verticem plus nimio Fides prodiga arcanique

head too high, and faith prodigalof secrets more
perlucidior vitro.
transparent than crystal.
ODE XIX.
TO GLYCEBA.
S.fiVA mater Cupidinum, puer Thebanseque

The cruel mother of the loves, and the son of Theban
Semeies et lasciva licentia jubet me
Semele and sportive wantonness, order me
reddere anîmum finîtes amoribus.

to surrender again my heart to its discontinued passions.
Nitor Glyoerœ splendentes purius
7%« brilliant beauty of Glycera, shining more purely than
Pario marmore urit ine ; grata
Parian marble, is consuming me ; her pleasing
protervitas et vultus nimium lubricus

coquetry, and her countenance, too dangerous
adspici urit. Venus ruens in me tota

to be gazed on, consume (me. ) Venus assailing me with all
deseruit Cyprum, nec patitur
(her power) has forsaken Cyprus, and does not permit (me)
dice re Scythas et Parthum animosun
to sing of the Scythian and Parthian fiercely contending
versis equis nec quse nihil
on retreating steeds, nor (of anything) which bears no
attinent. Hic, pueri, ponite mihi vivum

relation (to her.) Here, slaves, place forme the verdant
item ; hic, verbenas thuraque cum

; here, the sacred boughs and frankincense, with
patera meri bimi. Veniet lenior
a goblet of wine two years old. She will approach more gently
hostia m acta ta.
when a victim ha» been sacrificed.
ODE XX.
TO M .«CENAS.
Care eques Msecenas, potabis modicis

Beloved knight Mœcenos, thou shalt drink in small
cantharis vile Sabinum quod levi
I
ego ipse
сирs common Sabine (wine) which myself sealed up
conditum Greca testa quum plausus datus
(and) stored in a Grecian jar when cheers were given
tibi in theatro, ut ripœ
to thee in the amphitheatre, so that the banks of (thy)
paternis fluminis et simul jocosa imago
paternal river, and at the same time the sportive echo
Vaticani montis redderet tibi laudes.

of the Vatican mountain, repeated thy praises.
Tu bibes Cœcubum et uvam
Thou may est quaff Cacuban and (the wine of) the grape
domitam Caleno prœlo ; nec Falernœ vites,
crushed in a Calenian press; neither the Falernian vines,
neque Formiani colles temperant mea pocula.
nor the Formian hills, season my cups.
ODE XXI.
TO DIANA AND AFOLLO.
Teñera virgines, dicite Dianam ; pueri, dicite

Ye tender maids. sing of Diana; boys, sing of
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TO ODES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
in tonsu m Cynthium Latonamque penitus dilectam

beardless Apollo, and Latona deeply beloved
supremo Jovi. Vos lsetam

by supreme Jove. Ye maidens sing (of lier) that rejoices
fluviis et coma nemorum quœcunque
in the streams and in the foliage of the groves, which
prominet aut gelido Algido aut nigris sylvis

project zither over cold Algidus, or the shady woods
Erymanthi aut viridis Cragi. Vos mares tollite

of Erymanthus, or the evergreen Cragus. Ye boys, extol
totidem laudibus Tempe, Delon natalemque,

with equal praises Tempe and Delos, the birthplace
Apollinis, humer um insignemque pharetra

of Apollo, and his shoulders graced by the quiver
fraternaque lyra. Motus vestra prece, hie

and his brother's lyre. Moved by your entreaty, he shall
aget lacrimosum bellum hic

drive away tearful war, he (shall drive away)
mise ram famem pestemque a

wretched famine; and the plague from the (Roman)
populo — et principe Cœsare — in Persas atque

people—from their emperor Casar — to the Persians and
В ritan nos.
Britons.
ODE XXII.
TO ARISTIUS FUSCUS.
Inteqeb vitœ purus scelerisque non

The man of upright life and free from guilt does not
eget Mauris jaculis, Fusce, neque arcu, nec

need Moorish javelins, Fuscus, nor the bow, nor the
pharetra gravida venenatis sagittis ; sive

quiver laden with poisoned arrows; whether
facturus iter per sestuosas Syrtes

he is about to make a journey through the burning Syrtes,
sive per inhospitalem Caucasum, vel loca quse

or over the inhospitable Caucasus, or the regions which
fabulosus Hydaslws lambit. Namque in Sabina

the legendary Hydaspes laves. For in the Sabins
silva dum canto m eam Lalagen, et

wood,: while I was einging of my Lalage, and with (my)
caris expeditis vagor ultra terminum,
cares dispelled was wandering beyond my usual limits^
lupus fugit me inermem. Porten tum quale

a wolf fled from me unarmed. A monster such as
neque militaris Daunias alit latis

neither the warlike Daunia nourishes in her spacious
sesculetis nec tellus Jubee, arida nutrix

forests, nor the land of Juba, the parched nurse of
leonum generat. Pone me pigris campis ubi
lions, produces. Place me in (those) barren regions where
nulla arbor recreatur sestiva aura,
no tree is fanned by the summer breeze, in (that)
latus mundi quod nebulœ malusque
quarter -of the world which clouds and an inclemenl
Jupiter urget; pone sub nimium

sky (continually) oppress; place (me) beneath the too-closely
propinqui curru solis in terra negata

approaching chariot of the sun, in lands denied to (human)
domibus; amabo dulce ridentem du loe

habitations; and Iwill love (my) sweetly -smiling, sweetly-
loquentem Lalagen.
speaking Lalage.
ODE XXIII.
TO CHLOE.
Chloe vitas me similis hinnuleo quœrenti

Ohloe, thou dost shun me like a fawn seeking it*
pavidam matrem aviis montibus non sine

timid mother on the pathless mountains, not without
vano metu aurarum ct silva; nam

a groundless fear of the breeses and the thicket ; for
tremit et corde et genibus seu adventus
it trembles both in heart and knees, whether the arrival
veris inhorruit mobilibus foliis seu

of spring has rustled among the quivering leaves, or the
virides lacertœ dimovere rubum. Atqui ego

green lizards have stirred the brambles. And yet 1
non persequor te ut âspera tigris Gœtulusve
do not pursue thee like a savage tigress or a Gatulian
leo frangere Tempestiva viro

lion, to tear (thee) in pieces. (Being now) of a marriageable age,
desine tandem sequi matrem.
cease at length tocling to thy mother.
ODE XXIV.
TO VIRGIL.
Quia pudor aut modus sit desiderio

What shame or limit can there be to our regret
cari capitis? Praecipe ran tus lugubres,

(for the loss of) so dear a life t Teach (me) the strains of woe,
Melpomene, cui pater dedit liquidam vocem
Melpomene, to whom thy father has given a tuneful voice,
cum lyra. Ergo perpetuus sopor urget

with the lyre. And so an everlasting sleep lies heavy on
Quinctilium? Cui, quando Pudor et

Quinctilius t To whom, when will Modesty, and
incorrupta Fides, soror Justitise nudaque Veritas

i in- ¿oíate Faith, the sister of Justice, and naked Truth,
invenient ullum pa rem ? Ille occidit flebilis multis

find any equalt He died lamented by many
bonis, nulli flebilior quam tibi Virgili.

good men, by none lamented more than by thee, Virgil.
Tu, heu ! frustra pius, poscis
Thou, alas! in thy fruitless affection, dost pray
deos Quinctilium non ita creditum.
the gods for Quinctilius not on such terms "^truste*
Quod si moderere fidem

(to them.) Nay, even though thou couldst strike the lyre
auditam arboribus, blandius

listened to by the trees, more persuasively than the
Threicio Orpheo, sanguis non redeat

Thr ocian Orpheus, the blood cannot return to the
vanse imagini, quare Mercurius non lenis
unsubstantial shade, which Mercury, not gentle (enough)
recludere fata precibus,

to change(the order of )the fates (in compliance)with our prayers,
semel compulerit nigro gregi horrida virga.
has once driven in his dark flock with his gloomy wand.
Durum, sed quidquid est nefas corrigere

(Л is) hard, but whatever it is impossible to rectify
fit le vi us patientia.
becomes more supportable by patience.
ODE XXV.
TO LYDIA.
Protervi juvenes quatiunt j

unetas fenestras
The wanton youths shake thy fastened windows
jarcius crebris ictibus, nec adimunt
less frequently with redoubled knocks, nor do they deprive
tibi somnos ; januaque, quœ prius movebat

thee of repose; and thy door, which formerly moved
cardines multum facilis, amat

its hinges much more freely, clings lovingly
'
limen. Minns et minus jam audis:

to the threshold. Less and less (oflen) now dost thou hear:
" Lydia, dormis longas noctes, me
"Lydia, canst thou sleep the livelong night, while 1,
tuo pereunte?" Anus, levis in
thy (lover,) am dying t" An old woman (now,) neglected in
solo angiportu, flebis invicem arrogantes
(some) lonely alley, thou shalt bewail in(thy) turn theinsolence
mœchos Thracio vento bacchante magis
of гаkеs, while the Thracian wind rages the more
sub interlunia; quum flagrans amor

towards the changes of the moon; when burning passion
et libido, quse solet furiare matres equorum,
and desire, which is wont to madden the dams of horses,
sieviet circa ulcerosum jecur, non sine
shall rage about thy cankered liver, not without
questu quod lseta pubes gaudoat magis

the complaint that cheerful youth rejoices rather
virenti hedera atque pulla myrto, et dedicet
in the verdant ivy and dark myrtle, and devotes
aridas frondes Euro, Hiemis sodali.

withered leaves to Eurus, Winter's companion.
ODE XXVI.
ON ÄLIUS LAMIA.
Amicus musis, tradam tristitiam et

A friend of the Muses, I will consign sadness and
metus protervis ventis, portare in Creticum
fear to the wanton winds, to waft into the Cretan
mare, unice securus quis rex

sea, singularly regardless by whom the monarch of a
gel idee orse sub arcto metuatur, quid

frosen region beneath a northern sky is feared, or what
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK L 35
terreat Tiridatem. O dulcis Pimplei, quse gaudes

dismay) Tiridatcs. О sweet Muse, who rejoicest
integris fontibus, necte apricos flores, necte

in pure fountains, entwine sunny flowers, weave
coronam meo I^amise. Honores mei

a garland for my Lamia. The honors which I confer
possunt nil sine te. Decet
avail nothing without thee (thy inspiration.) It becomes
teque tuasque sorores sacrare hunc novis
both thee and thy sisters to render him (immortal) by new
fidibus hunc Lesbio plectro.
strains and Lesbian lyre.
ODE XXVII.
TO HIS COMRADES.
Est Thracum pugnare scyphis

It is (the practice) of Thracians to fight over cups
natis in usum lœtitiœ ; tollite barbarum morem,

made for joyous purposes; away with the savage custom,
que prohibete verecundum Bacchum sanguineis rixis.

and preserve modest Bacchus fromunseemly quarrels.
Quantum immane acinaces Medus discrepat

How utterly the dagger of Parthian is at variance
the
vino et lucernis ! Sodales,

with the wine cup and lamps (nocturnal banquets. ) Comrades,
lenite impium clamorem, et remanete cubito
restrain your unhallowed noise, and remain with elbow
presso. Vultis me quoque sumere

pressed on the couch. Do you wish that 1 also should take.
partem seven Falerni? Frater

(my) share of the strong Falernian .* Let the brother of the
Opuntiœ Megillœ dicat quo vulnere, qua

Opuntian Meg ilia declare by what wound, by what
sagitta, beatus pereat. Voluntas cessat ?

arrow, he is happy in perishing. Do you refuse t
Bibam non alia mercede. Quœcunque

I will drink on no other condition. Whoever
Venus domat te,

the fair object (may be) that enslaves tltee, she causes (you)
adurit ignibus non erubescendis, que

io burn with a flame not to be blushed at, for thou
semper peccas ingenuo amore. Quidquid

always indulgeH in honorable love. Whatever
habes, age, depone tutis auribus. Ab! miser,

you have, come, trust it to(my) faithful ears. Ah! haplessone,
quanta Charybdi laborabas, puer
sn what a Charybdis thou wast struggling, youth
digne meliore flamma ! Quse saga, quis magus

worthy of a better love ! What witch, what sorcerer
Thessalis venenis, quis deus poterit?

by Thessalian incantations, what deity can save (thee t)
Pegasus vix expediet te illigatum

Pegasus will scarcely extricate thee ensnared by (t.\is)
triform¡ Chimserse.
triple Chimara.
ODE XXVIII.
THE MARINERS AND THE SHADE OF ARCHYTAS.
Parva munera exigu i pul veris, Archyta,

The scanty present of a little dust, O Archytas,
cohibeut te, menso rem maris et terrse

confines thee, the measurer of sea and land,
carentisque numero arense prope Matinum litus ;

and of the numberless sand, near the Matine shore ;
nec quidquam prodest tibi tentasse aerias
nor does it at all avail thee to have explored the ethereal
domos, percurrisse animoque rotundum

mansions, and to have traversed in thought the round
polum, morituro.
world, (sinee thou wert) doomed to die.
Et occidit genitor Pelopis, conviva
A. Thus also died the father of Pelops, (though) a guest
deorum, Tithonusque remotus in auras, et
of the gods, and Tithonus translated to the skies, and
Minos, admissus arcanis Jovis;

Minos, (though) admitted to the secret councils of Jove ;
Tartaraqne habent Panthoiden, iterum
and Tartarus possesses the son of Panthous, again
demissum Oreo, quamvis refixo clypeo
sent down to Orcus, although by taking down his shield
testatus tempora Trojana, concesserat
he proved the times of (his life at) Troy, ere he surrendered
atne morti nihil ultra nervos atquecutem —

to gloomy death nothing except his sinews and skin-*
te judice non sordidus auctoi
even in thy own estimation no mean expounder
naturae verique. Sed una nox manet omnes,

of nature and truth. But the same night awaits all,
et via leti semel calcanda.

and the path of death must once be trodden (by all.)
Furiœ dant alios spectacula torvo Marti ;
The Furies give up some as spectacles for stern Mars ;
avidum mare est exitio nautis; mixta
the greedy ocean is destructive to sailors ; the mingled
funera senum ac juventum densentur ; sœva

funerals of old and young are crowded together; stern
Proserpina fugit nullum caput. Notus,

Proserpine lets no soul escape. The south wind,
râpidas comes devexi Orionis, obruit

the tempestuous attendant of the setting Orion, has engulfed
me quoque Illyricis undis. At ne tu, nauta,

me also in the 1llyrian waves. But do not thou, mariner,
malignus parce dare particulam vagse arense

unkindly refuse to bestow a portion of loose sand
ossibus et in bumato capiti. Sic, quodcunque

on my bones and unburied head. So, whatever
Eurus minabitur Hesperiis fluctibus,

the east wind shall threaten to the western waves, may the
Venusinœ silvœ plectantur te sospite.

Venusian woods be lashed (by it) while thou art in safety,
multaque merces defluat tibi

and may accumulated profit flow down (come) to thee
ab œquo Jove, Neptunoque custode

from propitious Jove, and from Neptune the guardian
sacri Tarenti, unde potest !
of hallowed Tarentum, from whom it can come !
Negligis committere fraudem

Dost thou make light of committing a crime which will
nocituram immeritis postmodo te natis ?

prove injurious to thy unoffending posterityt
Fors et debita jura que superbœ
Perhaps both a well-merited punishment and a proud
vices maneant teipsum. Non linquar

retribution may await thyself. I will not be forsaken
precibus inultis, nulla piacula resolvent
with my prayers unheard, and no expiationshall free
teque. Quamquam festinas, mora est non

thee. Although thou art in haste, the delay is not
longa; licebit curras injecto pulvere

long ; thou mayest run on afser casting dust
ter.
thrice (on my remains.)
ODE XXIX.
то icciub.
Icci, nunc invides beatis gazis

1ccius, dost thou now envy rich
the treasures
Arabum, et paras acrem militiam

of the Arabians, and prepare a vigorous warfare against
regibus Sabœœ non ante deviotis, quenectis
the kings of Sabœa not previously conquered, and forge
catenas horribili Medo? Quœ barbara
chains for the formidable Medet Wlmt barbarian
virginum tibi serviet necato

maid shall be thy slave after thou hast slain
sponso ? Quis puer ex aula unctis
her betrothed t What pagefrom the court with perfumed
capillis statuetur ad cyathum, doctus tendere

locks shall stand as thy cupbearer, skilled in aiming
Sericas eagittas paterno arcu? Quis
the Serie arrows from his father's bow t Who
neget pronos ri vos posse relabi

will(now)deny that descending rivers can glide backwards
arduis montibus, et Tiberim reverti
up the lofsy mountains, and that the Tiber can flow back
quum, pollicitus meliora, tu tendis

when, having given promise of better (deeds,) thou proceedest
mutare nobiles libros Panseti, coemtos

to exchange the noble works of Panatius, bought up
undique et Socraticam domum Iberis loricis?

anall sides, and the Socratic school for Iberian armor t
ODE XXX.
TO VENUS.
O Venus, regina Cnidi Paphique, sperne

O Venus, queen of Cuidos and Paphos, disregard (thy)
dilectam Cypron, et transfer in
beloved Cyprus, and transport (thyself) into
decoram œdem Glycerse, voeantis te
the ornamented shrine of Glycera, (who is) invoking thee
multo thure. Fervidus puer et

with abundance of incense. Let thy glowing son and
Gratise nymphseque zonis solutis
the Graces and nymphs with their girdles loosened
properentque tecum, et Ju ventas parum com is

hasten along with thee, and Тоuth not sufficiently pleasing
sine te, Mercuri usque.
without thee (thy aid,) and Mercury.
ODE XXXI.
TO APOLLO.
Quid vates poscit Apollinem dedicatum?

What does the poet ask from Apollo at the dedication
Quid orat,
(of his temple t) What does he pray for, (when)
fundeos novum liquorem de patera? Non
pouring out the new wine from the goblet t Not
opimas segetes feracis Sardinise, non grata

the rich crops of fertile Sardinia, not the goodly
armenia sestuosœ Calabriœ ; non aurum aut Indicum

herds of sunny Calabria ; not gold or Indian
ebur ; non rura quse taciturnus amine Liris
ivory; not (those) regions which the still river Liris
mordet quieta aqua. Quibus
eats away with its silent stream. (Let those) to whom
Fortuna dedit, premant vitem Calena
Fortune has given (it) prune their vines with Calenian
falce, et dives mercator exsicoet au reis
hook, and let the wealthy merchant quaff in golden
culullis vina reparata Syra
cup« the wines obtained in exchange for Syrian
merce — carns dis ipsis quippe,
merchandise — a favorite with the gods themselves, since,
impune, revisens Atlanticum œquor ter et

without loss, he visits the Atlantic sea three or
quater anno. Olivœ pascunt me ; cichorea

four (times) a year. Olives support me ; endives
levesque malvse me. Latoe, dones

and light mallows (support) me. Son of Latona, grant
mihi, frui paratis
me, Iprecor,
entreat (thee,) to enjoy (my) possessions
et valido et cum integra mente, пес degere
sound both in body and mind, nor (let me) spend
turpem senectam, пес carentem cithara.

i dishonorable old age, nor be without the lyre.
ODE XXXII.
TO HIS LYRE.
Poscimtjr. Si vacui sub

We are asked (for a strain. ) If we have (ever) at leisure in
umbra lusimus quid tecum quod vivat et
the shade sung anything with thee which may live both
in hunc annum et plures, age, barbite, dic

for this year and many more, come, my lyre, utter
Latinum carmen — primum modulate Lesbio
a Latin ode — thou (that wert) first tuned by a Lesbian
civi, qui, ferox bello tamen, inter

citisen, who, fierce in warfare, still, amid (the clash of )
anna, sive religarat jactatam navim
arms, or if he had moored his tempest-tossed bark
udo litore, canebat liberum et Musas,
on the damp beach, used to sing of Bacchus and the Muses,
Veneremque, et puerum semper hœrentem illi, et

and Venus, and the boy ever clinging to her (side,) and
Lycum, decorum nigris oculis

Lycus, (conspicuously) beautiful by his jet-black eyes
nigroque crine. O testudo, decos Phœb'i, grata

and raven locks. О shell, ornament of Apollo, acceptable
et dapibus supremi Jovis, O dulce lenimen

even at the banquet of supreme Jove, О sweet solace
laborum, salve mihi cunque rite vocanti.

of toil, aid me whenever 1 duly call upon (thee )
ODE ХХХШ.
TO ALBIUS TsBULLUS.
Albi, ne plus nimio doleas, memor

Albius, do not indulge in exccssivc grief, remembering
immitis Glycerae, neu decantes miserabiles

the relentless Glycera, nor persistently utter mournful
elegos cur lsesa fide
lamentations because she has broken her faith (and
junior prœniteat tibi. Amor Cyri

one) younger is preferred to thee. A passion for Cyrus
torret Lycorida, insignem tenui fronte ;
inspires Lycoris, remarkable for her low forehead ;
Cyrus declinat in aspe ram Pholoen ;
but Cyrus turns away (his affections) to the cruel Pholoe ;
sed capreœ jungentur Apulis lupis pruisquam
yet she-goats shall be united to Apulian wolves before
Pholoe pecoet turpi adultero.
Pholoe shall commit (herself) with (so) base a lover.
Sic visum Veneri, cui placet cum

Thus it has seemed (good) to Venus, who delights in
sœvo joco mittere sub œnea juga impares
cruel mirth, to subject to her brazen yoke ill-matched
formas atque ânimos. Quum melior Venus
forms and minds. When a more eligible beauty
peteret meipsum libertina Myrtale, acrior

wooed me, the slave-born Myrtale, more passionate
tretis Ad rise curvantis Catabros sinus.

Um she waves of the Adriatic, which forms the Calabrian bays,
detinuit grata compede.
entangled (me) with the pleasing fettere.
ODE XXXIV.
TO HIMSELF.
Parous et infrequens cultor deorum,

An unfrequent and irregular worshipper of the gods,
dum erro consultns, insanientis sapientiee,

whilst Istray, the professor of a foolish philosophy,
nunc cogor vela dare retrorsum atque iterare
I am now compelled to sail backward, and retrace
cursus relictos. Namque Diespiter, plerumque
the course (I had) forsaken. For Jupiter, who usually
dividens nubila corusco igni, egit

cleaves the clouds with his flashing lightning, drove (his
equos volucremque currum per purum ;

thundering) steeds and swift chario'. through a cloudless
quo bruta telius et vaga flumina,

(sky ;) by which the sluggish earth and winding rivers,
quo Styx et horrida sedes invisi

by which Styx and the terrible abode of odious
Tsenari, Atlanteusque finis concutitur.
Tomarus, and Atlas, '
limit (of the world,) are shaken.
'
Deus valet mutare ima summis,
The Deity can change the lowest to the highest, and
promens obscura, attenuat insignem.

bringing to light the obscure, depresses the exalted. (From
Hinc fortuna rapax cum acuto
the head of) this one. Fortune, the spoiler, with noisy
Stridore sustulit apicem ;

flapping (of her wings) snatches away the crown :
gaudet posuisse hic.

sA« rejoices m placing (it) on another.
ODE XXXV.
TO FORTUNE.
O DIVA, quse regis gratum Antii^m

О goddess, who rulest over delightful Antium,
prsesens- vel tollere mortale corpus de

ready (and able) either to raise mortal man from
imo gradu, vel vertere superbos triumphos
the lowest condition, or change proud triumphs
funeribus: te pauper colonus ruris
into disasters; thee the humble husbandman in the country
ambit sollicita prece; te quicumque lacessit
entreats with anxious vow ; thee whoever ploughs
Carpathium pelagus Bithyna carina

the Carpathian sea in a Bithynian craft (entreats)
dominant œquoris. Te asper Dacus, te
as empress of the ocean. Thee the fierce Dacian, thee
profugi Scythœ, urbesque, gentesque, et

the wandering Scythians, and cities, and nations, and
ferox Latium, matres barbarorum regum et
warlike Latium, and the mothers of barbarian kings, and
purpurei tyranni metuunt ne proruas

purple-clad tyrants fear lest thou shouldst overthrow
stantcm columnam injurioso pede, neu

the standing column with destructive foot, or lest
frequens populus concitet cessantes ad arma —

the thronging populace should rouse the inactive to arms —
ad arma! que franget imperium. Sseva necessitas

to arms ! — and overthrow governments. Stern necessity
semper anteit te gestans œna manu

always precedes thee, holding in (her) brazen hand
trabales clavos et cuneos; пес severus uncus
huge epikes and wedges ; nor is the unyielding clamp
liquidumque plumbum abest. Spes colit te, et
arid the liquid lead absent. Hope attends thee, and
Fides rara, velata albo panno ; пес
Fidelity seldom (found,) arrayed in white robes; nor
abnegat comitem, utcunque mutata

does she refuse (thee)(her) companionship, when, in changed
Veste, linquis inimica domos potentes.

attire, thou leavest in anger the abodes of the powerful.
At infidum vulgus et perjura meretrix
But the treacherous crowd and the perjured harlot
retro cedit. Amici dolosi ferre pariter
withdraw, F¡-iends (too) faithless to bear in common (with
jugum diffugiunt cum cadis
us) the yoke (of adversity) fly off when (our) casks
siccatis fœce. Serves Csesarem

•re drained to the very dregs. Mayest thou preserve Casar
iturum in Britannos, ultimos
(who is) about to march against the Britons, the remotest
orbis, et recens examen juvenum

(nation) of the globe, and the recent levy of youthful
timendum Eois parlibus rubro
(heroes,) to be dreaded by eastern lands, and by the Bed
Ehen cicatrbum
I ampudet
Oceanoque. ! et
Sea. Alas! ashamed of our scars, and
sceleris, fratrumque — quid nos dura
of our guilt, and of brothers —what (have) we, a hardened
setas, refugimus? Quid nefasti liquimus

age, refrained from t What (have we) impious left
intactum ? Unde juvenes metu
unhandled t From what have our youth through reverence
deorum continuit manum ? O utinam
for the gods restrained their hands t Oh ! mayest thou
4
diffingas nova incude retusum ferrum in

reforge on a new anvil the blunted steel against
Massagetas Arabasque.
the Massagstœ and Arabians.
ODE XXXVI.
TO PLOTIUS NUMIDA.
JtTVAT placare deos, custodes

It delights (us) to propitiate the gods, the guardians of
Numidœ et thure et fidibus, et
Numida, both with incense and the lyre, and
sanguine vituli, debito, qui nunc sospes

with the blood of л steer, their due, who now safe (back)
ab ultima Hesperia dividit multa oscula
from farthest Spain, distributes many embraces
caris sodalibus tamen nulli plura quam dulci

to his beloved friends. bulto none more than to his dear
Lamiee, memor puertiœ actœ non alio
Lamia, mindful о' i»j childhood passed under no other
rege, qu>> tagse mutatœ simul.

(the same) leader, and his Ijga changed at the same time.
Ne pu Ich ra dieo careat cressa nota ;

Let not (this) joyful day be (рачс 'by) without aCretan mark;
neu sit modus
nor let there be (anif) limit to (nor let us spare)
amphorae promptœ neu

the wine-jar takenfrom (the cellf4' ;f nor (let there be any)
requies pedum in Ew*"em Salium ;

cessation in the daneing after the manner of th+ Salians;
ne multi meri Damalis viocat Bassum
nor let the deep-drinking Damalis conque" Basent
Threicia amystide ; neu rosse desiut
in the Thracian draught; nor let roses he wanting
epulis, neu vivax api um, neu

to the banquet, nor the verdant parsley, nor
breve litium. Omnes deponent putres

the shortlived lily. All will fix their languishing
oculos in Damalim ; nec Damalis divelletur
eyes on Damalis ; nor will Damalis be torn from
novo adultero, ambitiosior lascivis
her new admirer, clinging (to him) more (closely) than wanton
hedería.
ivy.
ODE XXXVII.
TO HIS COMRADES.
Nunc sodales est bibendum nunc pulsanda

Now, comrades, we should carouse, now strike
tellus libero pede nuno erat tempus oruare
the ground with a free foot, now is the time to deck
pulvinar deorum Saliaribus dapibus. Antehac

the temples of the gods with Salsan banquets. Before this,
nefas depromere Cœcubuir.
(it would have been) impious to bring out the jar
cell is avitis dum regina cum

from the vaults of our ancestors, while a queen, with
contaminato grege virorum, turpium morbo,
a contaminated crowd of followers, polluted by disease,
pa rabat dementes ruinas Capitolio et

was preparing mad ruin for the capítol, and
funus imperio, impotens sperare quidlibet,
destruction for the empire, weak (enough) to коре for anything,
que ebria dulci fortuna. Sed vix
and intoxicated with delightful prosperity. But scarcely
una navis sospes ab ignibus minuit
a single ship preserved from the flames diminished
furo rem, Csesar redegit in veros timores
herfrensy, and Casar reduced to real fears.
mentemque lymphatam Mareotico, adurgens

her mind maddened by Mareotic wine, pursuing
remis volantem ab Italia, velut accipiter
(her) in his galley s as she fled from Italy, as the hawk
molles columbas, aut citus venator
(pursues) the gentle doves, or the active hunter
leporum campis nivalis Hœmoniœ — ut

the hare on the plains of snowy Hœmonia — that
daret catenis fatale monstrum ; quœ
he might consign to chains the fated monster, who,
quserens generosius perire, nec muliebriter, expavit

seeking a nobler death, neither, like a woman, dreaded
ensem, nec reparavit cita classe latentes

the swoi'd, nor sought with her swift ship the secret
oras. A usa et vultu sereno visere

shares. She dared even with a countenance unmoved tobehold
regi am jacentem, et fortis

her palace plunged in affliction, and was bold (enough)
tracta re âsperas serpentes, ut

to handle the irritated asps, in order that
combi beret corpore atrum venenum,
she might imbibe into her frame the deadly poison,
ferocior deliberata morte; scilicet,
(becoming) more fierce by premeditated death; in truth,
invidens deduct ssevis Li burn is
scorning to be led away by hostile Liburnians
triumpho privata
in (insulting) triumph, (though) stripped of her throne.
non humilis mulier.
(still) an un-yielding
ODE XXXVIII.
TO BIS SLAVE.
Puer, odi apparatus Periscos coronse

I detest
;
Boy, the preparations of the Persians ; garlands
nexœ philyra displicent; mitte sectari
entwined with lindenrind displease (me;) cease to search
locorum quo rosa moretur

for the place in which (where) the rose lingers
sera. Curo nihil sedulus all abo res
beyond its season. Icare not that you anxiously add
simplici myrto; myrtus neque

(anything) to the simple myrtle ; the myrtle neither
dedecet te ministrum, me bibentem sub
disgraces thee as a servant,
neque
nor me as I drink beneath
arcta vite.
the thick clustering line.
ODES OF HORACE.
BOOK II.
ODE I.
TO ASINIUS POLLIO.
Tf vctas civicum motum ex consule

Th<ri treatest of the civil commotion from the consulship
Metello, causas et vitia et

of Metellus, (and) of the causes and the errors and
modos bell ¡que ludumque Fortunœ,
the operations of war, and of the sport of Fortune,
gravesque amicitias principum, et arma
and of the fatal confederacies of the chiefs, and of arms
uncta cruoribus nondum expiatis, opus
stained with blood not yet atoned for — an undertaking
plenum periculosœ aleœ, et inoedis per
full of dangerous hasard; and thou walkest over
ignes suppositos doloso cineri. Musa

fires concealed beneath treacherous ashes. Let the Muse
severse Tragœdiœ desit paullum theatris ;
of dignified Tragedy be absent for awhile from our theatres;
mox, ubi ordinaris
presently, when thou shalt have completed (the history
respublicas repеtes grande

of our) public affairs, thou shalt resume thy important
munus Cecropio cothurno, Pollio, ineigne
task in the Athenian tragic style, Pollio, distinguished
prœsidium mœstis reis et consulenti

sourceof aid to the sorrowing accused and the deliberating
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ODES OF HORACE — BOOK II. 51
curiœ, cui laurus peperit œternos

senate, (thou) for whom the laurel procured undying
honores Dalmatico triumpho. Jam nunc
honors by the Dalmatian triumph. Even now
perstríngis aures minaci murmure

thou stunnest our ears with the threatening blast
coruuum ; jam litui strepunt ; jam fulgor

of the trumpets; now the clarions sound; now the glittering
armorum terret fugaces equos que vultus

of arms terrifies the flying steeds and (dazzles) the eyes
equitum. Jam videor audi re

of the riders. Already I seem to hear
magnos
of mighty
duces sordidos non indecoro pulvere, et cuncta
leaders stained with no inglorious dust, and all
terrarum subacta praeter atrocem animum Catonis.
the world subdued except the unyielding soul of Cato.
Juno et quisquis deorum amicior
Juno and whatever of the deities more favorable
Afris ¡m pote ne cesserat

to the Africans, being unable (to resist the fates, ) had retired
inulta - tellure retulit nepotes
from an unavenged country, offered up the descendants
victorum inferías Jugurtbœ. Quis campus

of the conquerors to the shades of Jugurtha. What plain
pinguior Latino sanguine non
loo richly fertilized with Latin blood, does not
testatur sepulcris, impia prœlia,

bear witness, by sls graves, to our unhallowed conflicts,
que sonitum ruinse Hesperiœ audi tu m

and to the sound of the downfall of Italy heard
Medis? Qui gurges, aut quœ flumina
by the Medes t What guy or what rivers
ignara lugubris belli ? Quod mare non

are ignorant of our mournful war t What sea has not
ceedes Daunise decoloravere ? Quœ ora

the blood of Bomans discolored t What coast
62 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
caret nostra cruore? Sed ne, procax

м unstained by our gore t But do not, presumptuous
Musa, relictis jocis, retractes munera
Мине, abandon sportive themes, and resume the task
Ceœ nœniœ ; sub antra Dionœo,

of the Caan dirge ; but beneath some grotto sacred to Venus,
mecum quœre modos leviore plectro.

with me seek measures of a lighter strain.
ODE II.
TO CRISPUS SALLUSTIUS.
Argento est nullus color abdito avaris

Silver has no brilliancy (while) concealed in t\e selfish
terris Crispe Sallusti, inimice lamnse, nisi splendeat
earth. Crispas Sallustius, thou foe to wealth, unless it shine
tempe ra to usu. Proculeius, notus paterni
by moderate use. Proculeius, renowned for his paternal
animi in fratres, -
vivet extenta
affection towards his brethren, shall live todistant
œvo ; superstes fama aget ilium solvi metuente
ages; undying fame shall bear him on an untiring
penna. Rеgnes latins domando
pinion. Thou may est rule more widely by subduing
avidnm spiritual quam si jungas Libyam

a covetous disposition than if thou couldst join Libya
remotis Gadibus et uterque Poanus serviat
to the distant Godes, and both the Carthages obeyed
uni. Dirus hydrops crescit sibi indulgens,

(thee) alone. Thedreadful dropsy increases by self-indulgence,
nec pellit sitim, nisi causa morbi
nor slakes its thirst, unless the cause of the disease
fugerit venis, et aquosus languor

has departed from the veins, and the watery languor
albo corpore. Virtus dissidens plebi

from the pale body. Wisdom, dissenting from the crowd,
eximit numero beatorum Phraatem redditum

excepts from the number of the happy, Phraates restored
solio Cyri, que dedocet populum uti

to the throne of Cyrus, and unteaches the people to use
falsis vocibus
(teaches the people to disuse) false names (for things)
deferens regnum et tutum diadema, propriamque
conferring sovereignty, the secure diadem, and unfading
lau rum uni quisquis spectat ingentes
laurel (on him) alone, vino can look upon vast
acervos irretorto oculo.

hoards with steady gase.
ODE III.
TO DKLLIUS.
Memento servare œquam mentem \%

Remember to preserve an evenly-balanced mind in
rebus arduis, non secus temperatam insolent!
difficulties, as well as (one) restrained from immoderate
lœtitia in bonis ; Delli, monture, seu

joy in prosperity; Dellius, doomed to die, whether
vixeris msestus omni tempore,

thou shalt have lived in sadness (during) all thy existence,
seu per festos dies interiore nota
or whether infestai times with a seasoned jar
Falerni, bearis te reсl i natu m in gramine
of Falernian, thou regalest thyself reclining in some grassy
remoto. Qua ingens pinus al baque populus amant
retreat. Where the tall pine and silver poplar love
consociare ramis hospitalem

U unite informing with their branches a hospitable
umbram et fugax lympha laborat

shade, and the swiftly -flowing water endeavors te
trepidare obliquo rivo; huc jube

hasten down its winding channel; thither order (ther
ferre vina, et ungaenta, et ameenos flores
to bring wines, and perfumes, and the lovely blossoms
nimium-brevis rosse, dum res et setas

of the too-short-lived rose, while circumstances and youth
et atra fila trium sororum patiuntur.
and the mystic threads of the three sisters allow thee.
Cedes coemtis saltibus et domo

Thoumust depart from thy purchased groves and mansion,
villaque quam flavus Tiberis lavit,

and from the villa which the golden Tiber washes
cedes et hœres potietur divitiis

thou must depart, and thy heir shall possess thy wealth
exstructis in altum. Interest nil
piled up on high. It matters not (whether thou art)
divesne natus ab prisco Tuacho, an
the wealthy descendant of ancient Inachus, or
pauper et de infima gente, moreris

(whether) poor and of lowest origin, thou dwellest
sub divo, victima nil miserantis Orci.
beneath the open air, the victim of unrelenting 'Vet/«.
Omnes cogimur eodem ; sors omnium
We are all forced towards the same goal ; the lots of all
versatur urna, ocius serius
are shaken in the (same) urn, sooner or later destined
exitura et impoeitura nos cymbœ in seternum
to come forth and to place us in the bark for eternal
exsilium.
ODE IV.
TO XANTHIA8 PHOCEU8.
Xanthia Phoceu ! ne amor ancillse

Xanthias Phoceus, let not thy passion for a handmaid
sit pudori tibi. Prius serva Briseis movit

be a disgrace to thee. Formerly, a slave. Brisеis, charmed
insolentem Achillem niveo colore;
arrogant Achilles with her enow white (fair) complexion;
forma captivœ Tecmessœ movit dominum
the beauty of the captive Tecmeesa charmed her master,
Telamone natum Ajacem ; Atrides in medio triumpho

Telamonian Ajax; Agamemnon, in the midst of victory,
arsit rapta virgine, postquam barbarse
burned for a captive virgin, after the barbarian (Phry-
turmse cecidere Thessalo victore et
gian) hosts fell before the Theesalian conqueror, and
ademtus Hector tradidit Pergama leviora tolli
the lose of Hector left Troy more easy to be taken
fessis Graiis. Nescias an

by the exhausted Gгееks. Thou knowest not but that
beati parentes flavœ Phyllidis

the noble parents of the golden-haired Phyllis
decorent te generum. Certe
may be an honor to thee, as their son-in-law. Unquestionably
regium genus, moeret ^'aiquos
of royal descent, she laments the unkindness
Penates. Crede illam dilectam tibi

of her household gods. Be assured that she who is beloved by thee
non de scelesta plebe, neque sic

is not (one) of the worthless crowd, and that she so
fidelem, sic lucro aversam, potuisse nasci

faithful, so unmercenary, could be born
pudenda matre. Integer laudo

of a disreputable mother. Free from passion, 1 praise
brachia, et vultum, teretesque suras; fuge

her arms, and face, and tapering limbs; avoid
suspicari cujus setas trepidavit claudere

being jealous (of one) whose age is on the verge of closing
octavum lustrum.
Ms eighth lustrum.
ODE V.
TO A FRIEND.
Nondum valet ferre jugum subacta

8he is not yet
fit to bear the (marriage) yoke with subjugated
cervice, nondum œquare munia comparis,

neck, nor yet equal to fulfil the duties of a partner,
nec tolerare pondus tauri ruentis in Venerem.
nor to bear the weight of the bull rushing on to enjoyment.
Animus tuœjuvencœ est circa virentes

The inclination of thy heifer is about the grassy
campos, nunc solantis gravem sestum

plains, now cooling the oppressive heat in running
fluviis, nunc prsegestientis ludere cum vitulis in
streams, now longing to play with the steers in
udo salicto. Tolle cupidinem immitis
the moist willow-ground. Suppress your desire for the unripe
uvse ; varias Auctumnus jam distinguet tibi
grape; the ehanging autumn shall soon tinge for thee
lividos racemos purpureo colore. Jam
the livid clusters with a purple hue. Soon
sequetur te, enim ferox œtas currit, et

she wsllfollow thee, for impetuous Time is advancing, and
apponet illi
annos quos demserit tibi ;
he will add to her those years which he shall take from thee;
jam Lalage, proterva fronte, petet maritum.

soon will Lalage, with bold confidence, seek a husband.
Dilecta quantum Pholoe non, non Chloris,

Beloved as much as Pholoe is not, nor Chloris,
nitens sic albo humero ut

shining as (brightly) with her fair shoulders as
pura luna renidet nocturno mari,

the unclouded moon gleams on a midnight sea,
Cnidiusve Gyges ; quem si insеres

or the Cnidian Gyges, whom if thou should place
choro puellarum obscurum discrimen

among a group of girls, the imperceptible difference
Bolutis crinibus ambiguoque vultu
»/ Ais flowing hair and doubtful countenance would
mire falleret sagaces
wonderfully deceive (puzzle) (even) the most sagacious
strangers (guests.)
ODE VI.
TO SEPTIMIUS.
Septtmi, aditure m ecu m Grades, et

Septimius, prepared to go with me to Gades, and to the
Cantabrum indoctum ferre nostra juga, et

Cantabrian untaught to endure our yoke, and to the
barbaras Syrtes, ubi Maura unda semper

inhospitable Syrtes, where the Moorish wave ever
sestuat; u ti nam Tibur, positum Argeo cojono,

boils ; may Tibur, founded by an Argive settler,
sit sedes mese senectse ; sit modus

6« the retreat of my old age ; may it be the limit (of
lasso maris et viarum,
wandering) for me exhausted from sea and land,
militiseque. Si iniquœ Parese prohibent

and military service. If the unfriendly Fates driv*
unde, ta m flumen dulce

me thence, I will
pe
eeek the river
Galsest,
Galossus, dear
pellitis ovibus, et rиra regnata

to the skin-elothed sheep, and the realms governed
Laconi Phalanto. Ille angulus terrarum ,

by the Spartan Phalantus. That region of the world
ridet mihi prœter omnes, ubi mella decedunt

charme me beyond all others, where the homy yields
non Hymetto, que bacca certat viridi
not to (that of ) Hymettus, and the olive rivals the verdant
Venafro; ubi Jupiter prœbet longum ver

Venafrian ; where the climate affords a long spring
tepidasque brumas, et Aulon amicus fertili

and mild winters, and Aulon, friendly to the fertile
Baccho, minimum invidet Falernis uvis. Ille
vine, is far from envying the Falernian grapes. That
locus et beatœ arces postulant te mecum ;
place and those delightful heights invite thee and me;
ibi debita lachryma tu sparges calentein

there with a tributary tear, thou shalt bedew the warm
favillam a m ici vatis.

ashes of thy friend the poet.
ODE VII.
TO POMPKY.
Pompei, prime meo rum sodalium, sœpe deducte

Pompey, chief of my companions, often reduced
mecum in ultimum tempus, Bruto, duce

with me to the last extremity, under Brutus, the leader
militiœ, quis redonavit te Quiritem

of our warfare, who has restored thee as a Roman
patriis dis Italoque coelo?

citizen to thy country's gods and an Italian sky t
Cum quo fregi morantem
Thou with whom I have sœpe
ofsen broken the lingering
diem mero, coronatus capillos nitentes Syrio

day with wine, crowning my tresses shining with Syrian
malobathro. Tecum sensi Philippos et celerem
ointment. With thee I experienced Philippi and the hurried
fugam, non bene relicta parmula, quum

flight, having ingloriously abandoned my shield, when
Virtus fracta, et mi naces tetigere

Valor was overcome, and threatening (foes) touched
mento turpe solum. Sed Mercurius,

with their chins the blood-stained earth. But Mercury,
denso aere, celer sustulit me paventem,
in a dense cloud, rapidly conveyed me away, terrified,
per bos tes. Unda
through (the midst of) the enemy. The tide of battle,
resorbens rursus tulit te in bellum œstuosis

dragging (thee) back, bore thee to war on its foaming
fretis. Ergo, redde Jovi dapem obligatam,

waters. Therefore, repay to Jove the feast that is his due,
depone sub mea lau ru latus fessum longa

rest beneath my laurel thy limbs, wearied by long
militia, que parce пес cadis destinatis tibi.

warfare, and spare not the casks reserved for thee.
Exple levia ciboria oblivioso Massico;
Fill up the polished goblets with care -dispelling Massic ,
funde ungaenta de capacibus conchis. Quis
pour out the perfumes from the capacious shells. Who
curat deproperare coronas udo apio ve

undertakes to weave the garlands of fresh parsley and
myrto? Quem Venus dicet arbitrum bibendi?

nyrtlet Whom shall the die declare master of the feast t
IEgo
bacchabor non sa ni us
will revel not more soberly than (as wildly as)
Edonis. Est dulce mihi fure re

the Thracians. It is delightful to me to indulge in pleasure
recepto amico.
on the recovery of a friend.
ODE VIII.
TO BARINE.
Barine, si ulla poena, tibi pejerati juris

Barine, if any penalty for thy violated oath
uam nocuisset ; si fieres turpior

ever harmed (thee;) if thou hadst become less pleasing
nigro uno dente vel ungui,

by the blackness of a single tooth or nail, I might have
crederem. Sed, simul tu obligasti perfidum

believed it. But, when thou didst bind thy treacherous
caput votis, enitescis multo pulchrior,

head with vows, thou shinest out far more beautiful,
prodisque publica cura juvenum.

and comest forth the public care of our youth.
Expedit fallera opertos cineres
It is profitable (for thee) to deceive the buried ashes
matris, et taciturna signa noctis, cum

of thy mother, and the silent stars of night, together with
toto coelo; divosque carentes gelida

the whole firmament; and the gods exempt from thechill
morte.
of death.
Venus
Venus
ipsa,
herself, I
inquam,
say,
ridet
smiles at
hoc;
this ;
simplices Nymphœ rident, et Гэrиe Cupido,
the good-natured Nymphs smile, and fierce Cupid,
semper acuens ardentes sagittas

constantly sharpening his burning arrows
cruenta cote. Adde, quod omnis pubes

on a blood-stained whetstone. Add that all our youths
crescit tibi; nova servitue

are growing up for thee ; a new (generation) of slaves
crescit ; nec priores relinquunt lectum
is growing up; nor do thy former (lovers) quit the abode
impiœ dominœ, sœpe minati.

of (their) impious mistress, (though) often threatening
Matres metuunt te suis
(to do so.) Mothers dread thee (on account of) their
juvencis ; parci senes te ; virginesque
sons ; thrifty old men (dread) thee ; and girls
nuper nuptœ miserœ, ne tua aura retardet

newly-married unhappy, lest thy attraction estrangs
m aritos.
their husbands (from them.)
ODE IX.
TO VALGIUS.
Imbres non semper manant nubibus

Showers do not always pour down from the clouds
in hispidos agros, aut inœquales procellœ usque
on the furrowed fields, nor do varying blasts continually
vexant Caspium mare ; nec, amice Valgi,
disturb the Caspian Sea ; nor, my friend Valgius,
iners glaciee stat per
does the motionless ice remain (unthawed) throughout
omnes menses in oris Armeniis, aut
all the months on the borders of Armenia, nor do
querceta Gargani laborant Aquilonibus,

the oakgroves of Garganus groan beneath the north winds,
et orni viduantur foliis.

and the mountain-ashes become stripped of their leaves.
Flebi'ibus modis tu semper urges Mvsten
It mournful strains thou art ever harping on Mystes
5
ademptum ; nec tibi amores

torn (from thee) by death; nor do thy affectionate sorrows
decedunt Vespero survente; nec iugiente
cease when Vesper rues; nor when he flees from
rapidum solem. At senex functus
rapidly -ascending sun. But the aged chief that out-lived
ter œvo non, omnes annos,

three generations did not, (during) all his years,
ploravit amabilem Antilochum ; nec parentes

mourn for the amiable Antilochus; nor did his parents
aut Phrygiœ sorores semper flevere impubem
or his Phrygian sisters always lament the youthful
Troilon. Desine tandem mollium querelarum, et
Troilus. Cease then thy unmanly complaints, and
potius cantemus nova tropsea Augusti

let us rather sing of the recent triumphs of Augustus
Cœsaris, et rigidum Niphatem, Medumque
Casar and the ice-bound Niphates, and (how) the Parthian
flumen, additum victis gentibus, volvere minores
river, added to the conquered nations, rolls humbler
vortices ; que Gelonos equitare intra prœscriptum
waves ; and how the Geloni ride within a prescribsd
ex ignis campis.
(limit) on their diminished plains.
ODE X.
TO LICIXtlCR.
Licim, vives rectius neque

Licinius, thou wilt live mere rationally by neither
semper urguendo altum, neque, dum cautus

always making for the deep, nor, while thou cautiously
horrescis procellas, premendo nimium iniquum

dreadest tempests, by keeping too close to the dangerous
litus. Quisquis diligit au ream mediocritatem

shore. Whoever admires the golden mean
tutus caret sordibus obsoleti

s« securely exempt from the wretchedness of a miserable
tecti ; sobrius, caret aula invidenda.

abode ; so prudent, he needs not a palace to be envied
I ngens pinus ssepius agitatur ventis,

The lofty pine is more frequently shaken by ths winds,
et celsœ turres deoidunt graviore casu,

and high towers fall down with a heavier crash
fulminaque feriunt su m mos montes. Piene

and lightnings strike the mountain-tops. A well-
prseparatum pectus infestis sperat,
regulated mind in adversity hopes for. (and)
secundis metuit alteram sortem. Jupiter
in prosperity fears, a change of condition. Jupiter
reducit informes hiemes; idem submovet.
brings back gloomy winters; he also removes (them.)
Si nunc male, non et erit sic olim.

If thou art now unfortunate, it will not be thus hereafter.
Apollo quondam suscitat citbara tacentem Musam,

Apollo often arouses with the lyre the silent Muse,
neque semper tendit arcum. Rebus

and does not always bend his bow. In adverse
angustis ad pare animosus atque fortis;

circumstances show thyself spirited and resolute ;
idem sapienter contralles vela turgida
thou wilt also prudently draw in thy sails inflated
nimium secundo vento.
by a too favorable gale.
64 ODES OF HORACE— BOOK П.
ODE XI.
TO QUINCTIUS.
QülNCTi Hirpine, remitías quœrere quid

Quinctius Hirpinus, refrain from inquiring what
bellicosus Cantaber et Scythes divisus
the warlike Cantabrian, and the Scythian eeparated
objecto Adria cogitet ; nec

(from us) by the intervening Adriatic, is meditating ; nor
trepides in usum œvi poscentis

be anxious about the wants of an existence that asks
pauca. Levis juventas et decor fugit retro ;

for little. Beardless youth and beauty are retreating;
arida canitie pellente lascivos amores

(while) sapless old age is banishing wanton love
facilemque somnum. Idem honor non semper

and tranquil sleep. The same beauty does not always
est floribus vernis; neque rubens
remain with the flowers ; nor
of spring does the glowing
luna nitet uno vultu. Quid

moon shine with an unvarying disc. "Why
fatigas animum minorem œternis consiliis?

dost thou harass thy mind unequal toeternal designst
Car non, dum licet potamus, jacentes
Why do we not, while it is allowable, drink, reclining
sic temere sub alta plâtano vel hac pinu,
thus at ease beneath a lofty plane-tree or this pine,
canos capillos odorati rosa, uncti
our silvery locks perfumed with roues, and anointed
Assyriaque nardo ; Evius dissipat edaces

with Assyrian spikenard t Bacchus dispels corroding
curas.
Quis puer ocius restinguet pocula
cares. What slave will immediately cool the eupi
ardentis Falerni prsetereunte lympha ? Quis

of the fiery Falernian in the passing stream t "Who
eliciet domo devium scortum Lyden?

will entice (from her) dwelling the coy and wanton Lyde t
Age, dic maturet cum eburua lyra, comam
Come, bid her hasten with her ivory lyre, her hair
religata in comtum nodum, more

tied up in a graceful knot, after the fashion
Lacsenœ.
of a Spartan maid.
ODE XII.
TO MiECENAS.
Nolis longa bella ferse Numantiœ,

Do not desire (that) the tedious wars of fierce Numantia,
nec dirum Hannibalem, nec Siculum mare purpureum

nor dreadful Hannibal, nor the Sicilian sea, crimsoned
Pœno sanguine, aptari mollibus,
with Carthaginian blood, should be adapted to the soft
modis citharœ; nec sœvos Lapithas, et Hylœum
strains of my lyre; nor the fierce Lapitha, and Hylosus
nimium mero ; ve juvenes telluris domitos

urged to excess by wine; or the sons of earth subdued
manu Herculea, unde fulgens domus

by the hand of Hercules, from whom the splendid palace
veteris Saturni contremuit periculum ; tuque,
of ancient Saturn dreaded danger; but thou,
Msecenas, melius pedestribus historiis,

Mœcenas, shalt more successfully, in prose narrative,
dices prselia Csesaris, que colla minacium
describe the battles of Casar, and the necks of threatening
regum ducta per vias. Musa
kings led in triumph along the streets. The Muse
voluit me dicere dulces cantus

wished that I should celebrate the sweet strains
66 0DES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
dominœ Licymnise, lucidum fugentes oculce et

of thy mistress Licymnia, her brightly sparkling eyes ant.
pectus bene fidum mutuis amoribus, quam

breast most faithful to reciprocated love, whom
nec dedecuit ferre pedem choris, nec

it does not misbecome to bearher foot in the dance, nor
certare joco nec ludentem dare
to contend in sportive mirth, nor to playfully throw
brach ia nitidis virginibus sacro
her arms about the neatly -attired virgins on the sacred
die Celebris Dianœ. Num velis tu permutare

day of the renowned Diana. Wouldst thou exchange
crine Licymnise quœ dives Achsemenes
one tress of Licymnia for all that the rich Achamenes
tenuit, aut Mygdonias opes pinguis Phrygian

possessed, or the Mygdonian treasures offertile Phrygia,
aut plenas domos Arabum ? Dum detorquet
or the wealthy homes of the Arabians t While she turns
cervicem ad flagrantia oscula, aut ssevitia facili
her neck to thy burning kisses, or with a cruelty easily
negat quœ magis gaudeat

overcome, refuses what she would be more glad
eripi, i nterdum occupat rapere.

to have taken from her— sometimes she is the first to snatch(one.)
ODE XIII.
TO A TREK.
Arb06, quicunque primum posuit te, ille te

Tree, whoever first planted thee, he (planted) thee
nefasto die, et sacrilega manu produxit

on an unlucky day, and with a sacrilegious hand reared
in perniciem nepotum opprobriumque
(thee) for the destruction of posterity and the disgrace
pagi. Crediderim ilium fregisse

of the village. I could believe that he had broken
cervicem sui parentis, et sparsisse penetralia

the neck of his father, and had stained his inmost(chambers)
nocturno cruore hospitis. Ule

with the midnight murder of a guest. He (dealt in)
Colcha venena, et tractavit quidquid nefas

Colehian poisons, and perpetrated whatever villany is
usquam concipitur, qui statuit meo agro te,

anywhere conceived, who planted in my grounds thee,
triste lignum, te caducum in caput

an ill-omened tree, thee doomed to fall on the head
immerentis domini. Satis cautum est

of thy unoffending master. Sufficient caution is
nunquam homini quid quisque vitet

never (exercised) by man (as to) what each one should avoid
in horas. Pœnus navita perhorrescit
every hour. The Carthaginian sailor shudders at
Bosphorum, neque, ultra, timet cœca

the Èosphorus, nor, beyond that, does he dread mysterious
fata aliunde ; miles sagittas

fate from another source; the soldier (fears) the arrows
et celerem fugam Parthi ; Parthus

and the rapid retreat of the Parthian; the Parthian
catenas et Italum robur ; sed improvisa
(dreads) chains and an Italian prison; but the unforeseen
vis leti rapuit, rapietqne

attack of death has hurried off, and will hurry off,
gentes. Quam pœna vidimus regna

the nations. How near were we to beholding the realms
furvœ Proserpinse, et .Жâсит judicantem ;

of the sable Proserpine, and ¿Eacus (sitting) in judgment;
sedesque piorum discretas, et Sappho

and the abodes of the pious set apart, and Sappho
querentem iEoliis fidibus de puellis

complaining on her ¿Eolian lyre of the maidens
popularibus, et te, Alcsee, sonantem plenius

of her island, and thee, Alcaus, sounding in deeper strains
au reo plectro dura navis,

with thy golden quill the hardships of the ocean,
dura mala fagse, dura belli.

the hardships of exile, (and) the hardships of war.
Umbrae mirantur utrumque, dicere
The Shades listen in admiration to each, as they utter strains
digna sacro silentio; sed vulgus,

worthy (of being heard) in reverential silence; but the crowd,
densum humeris, magis bibit aure
packed shoulder to shoulder, rather imbibe with the ear
pugnas et exactos tyrannos.

(more gladly listens to) conflicts and banished tyrants.
Quid mirum? ubi centiceps bellua,

What wonder, when the many-headed monster,
stupens illis carminibus, demittit atras

lost in amazement at those strains, hangs down his sable
aures, et angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,
ears, and the serpents, entwined in the hair of the Furies,
recreantur. Quin, et Prometheus et parons

are soothed t Ifay, even Prometheus and the father
Pelopis decipitur
of Pelops are beguiled (lulled into a forgetfulness)
laborum dulci sono, nec Orion
of their sufferings by the sweet melody, nor is Orion
curat agitare leones aut timidos lyncas.
anxious .to pursue the lions or timid lynxes.
ODE XIV.
TO P0STUMÜS.
Eheu ! Postume, Postume t fugaces anni

Alas! Postumus, Postumus! the fleeting years
labuntur ; nec pietas afferet moram rug's

glide by ; nor will piety cause any delay to wrinkles
et instanti senectœ, indomitœque morti. Non,
and approaching age, and invincible death. No,
amice, si places illacrimabilem

my friend, (even) though thou mayest appease inexorable
Plutona trecenis tauris quot quot dies
Pluto with three hundred bulls for every day
eunt ;
— qui compescit ter ampl um Geryonen,
that passes ; — who imprisons three bodied Geryon,
Tityonque tristi
(a monster of triple size,) and Tityus, by (that) gloomy
unda scilicet enaviganda omnibus

stream, that must undoubtedly be crossed by all
quicunque vescimur munere terrae,

of us who are nourishedby (enjoy ) the bounty of the earth,
sive erimus reges sive inopes coloni. Frustra
whether we be kings or needy husbandmen. In vain
carebimus cruento Marte, fractisque
shall we avoid bloodstained (warlike) Mars, and the broken
fluctibus rauci Adriœ; frustra metuemus

waves of the hoarse Adriatic ; in vain shall we dread
Austrum, nocentem corporibus per
the south wind, injurious to our persons during the
auctumnos ; ater Cocytos errans

Autumn months; the gloomy Cocytus flowing with
lânguido flumine, et infame genus Danai,
its languid current, and the notorious race of Danaiis
Sisyphus, bolides, damnatusque longi
and Sisyphus, son of sEolus, condemned to everlasting
laboris, viseudus. Tellus et domus et
labor, must be visited. Thy land, and mansion, and
placens uxor linquenda ; ueque ulla harum

pleasing wife must be forsaken ; nor shall any of those
arborum, quas colis, praeter invisas
trees which thou art rearing, except the odious
70 ODE8 OF HORACE — BOOK II.
cupressos, sequetur te, brevem dominum.

cypresses, follow thee, (their) short-lived master.
Dignior hseres absumet Csecuba servata

A worthier heir shall consume thy Cœcuban preserved
centum clavibus, et tinget pavimentum

under a hundred keys, and shall stain the pavement
superbo mero potiore

with generous wine superior to (that quaffed at)
eœnis pontificum.
the banquets of the pontiffs.
ODE XV.
ON THE LUXURY OF BIS AOS.
Regime moles jam relinquent pauca

The palatial structures will soon leave only a few
jugera aratro ; stagna latius extenta

acres forthe ploughshare ; fishponds of wider extent
Lucrino lacu visentur undique;

than the Luerine lake will be seen everywhere;
que cœlebs platanus evincet ulmos. Tum

and thi barren plane tree shall supplant the elms. Then
violaría et myrtus, et omnis copia narium
violets and myrtles, and all the riches offragrant flowers
epargent odorem olivetis
shall scatter their perfume along the olive grounds
fertilibus priori domino. Tum laurea

so productive to their former owner. Then the laurel,
spissa ramis excludet fervidos ictus.

thick with branches, shall exclude the burning rays.
Non ita prœscriptum auspiciis Romuli et
It was not so prescribed by the examples of Romulus and
intonsi Catonis, que norma veterum.
unshorn Cato, and by the simple lives of our ancestors
Ulis privatis census erat brevis, commune

Their private fortunes were small, the publie (resources)
magnum. Nulla porticus, metata privatis

extensive. No colonnade, measured for private individuals
decem pedis, excipiebat opaca m
by ten-foot rules, used to receive the cool (breeses)
Arcton ; nec leges ju be ntes decorare

of the north ; nor did the laws ordering (them) to adorn
oppida publico sumtu, et templa

their cities at the public expense, and the shrines
deorum novo saxo, sinebant

of their gods with newly-cut stone, allow (them)
spernere fortuitum cespitem.

io reject a chance turf (for their huts.)
ODE XVI.
TO OROSPHUS.
Grosphe, prensus in patenti JEgseo,

Grosphus, he that is overtaken on the wide Лдеап,
simul atra nubes condidit lunam,
when a dark tempest has shrouded the moon, and
sidera lieque fulgent certa nautis, rogat

the stars do not shine steadily for the mariners, implores
divos otium. Thrace, furiosa bello,
the gods for tranquillity. Thrace, fierce in war, (implores)
otium ; Medi, decori pharetra,
for peace ; the Medes, adorned with their quivers,
otium, non venale, gemmis,
(implore) tranquillity, which cannot be bought by jewels,
neque purpurn, neque auro. Enim non gazœ

nor by purple, nor by gold. For neither treasures
neque consularis lictor summovet miseros

nor the consul's lictor can remove the harassing
tumultus mentis, et curas volantis circum

anxieties of the mind, and the cares that hover round
laqueata tecta. Vivitur bene parvo,
panelled ceilings. He lives happily on a little (in poverty,)
cui paternum salinum splendet in tenui mensa ;
whose paternal salt-cellar glitters on his frugal board;
nec timor aut sordidus cupido aufert
nor does anxiety or sordid avarice deprive (Aim)
leves somnos. Quid fortes brevi

of soothing repose. Why do we, strong (only) for a brief
sevo, jaculamur multa? Quid mutamus
span, aim at so many (objects t) Why do we change
terras calentes alio sole? Quis exsul

to climes warmed by another sun t What exile
patrise fugit se quoque?

from his country has escaped from himself also Í
Vitiosa cura scandit ae ratas naves;
Corroding care boards (even) brazen-beaked galleys;
nec relinquet turmas equitum, ocior
nor does it quit the troops of horsemen, being swifter than
cervis, et ocior Euro agente

the stags, and swifter than the east wind propelling
nimbos Animus Isetus in prœsens,
the storm. Let the mind (that is) contented with the present
oderit curare quod est ultra; et
disdain to be uneasy about what lies beyond ; let
temperet amara lento risu.

it correct the bitters (of life) with a pleasant smile
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum Cita more

Nothing is completely blest. An untimely death
abstulit darum Achillem ; longa senectus

carried off the illustrious Achilles ; a protracted old age
minuit Titlionum ; et hora forsan porriget
wasted Tithonus ; and the hour will, perhaps, grant
milii quod negarit tibi. Centum
to me (that) which it may have refused thee. A hundred
Siculœque vaccse mugiunt circum te ; tibi

and Sicilian heifers low about thee; for thee
equa, apta quadrigis, tollit hinnitnm ; lanse,

the mare, fit for the chariot, raises her neigh ; wool,
bis-tinctœ Afro murice, vestiunt te; Parca,

doubly -dyed with African purple, clothes thee; Fate,
non mendax, dedit mihi parva rura, сt

that never lies, has conferred on me a humble farm, and
tenuem spiritum Graise Camenœ, et
some slight inspiration of the Grecian Muse, and
spernere malignnm valgus,

a contempt for the malicious throng.
ODE XVII.
TO M/ECENAS.
Cur exanimas me tin's querelis ? Est

Why dost thou harass me with thy complaints t It is
amicum neque Dis, пес mihi, te
agreeable neither to the gods, nor to me, that thou
obire prius Msecenas. grande decus
shouldst die before (me,) Macenas, (thou) great ornament
columenque mearum re rum Ah ! si maturior

and support of my affairs (life.) Alas! if a too untimely
vis rapit te, partem meœ anima?,
blow should hurry away thee, a portion of my (very) existence,
quid altera moror,

why should I, the remaining (portion,) linger behind,
nec seque carns, пес supe rates integer?
neither equally dear (to myself, ) nor surviving entire t
Tile dies ducet
I Ego
ruinam utramque.
The same day shall bring destruction to us both. have
non dixi perfidum sacramentum ; ibimus, ibimus,

not sworn a false oath; we will go, we will go,
utcunque prœcedes paratl

whenever thou s halt lead (the way), prepared
comites carpe re supremum iter. Nec
as companions to undertake the final journey. Neither
3piritus igneœ Chimserœ, nec centimanus

the breath of the fiery Chimara, nor the hundred-handed
Gyges, Si resurgat, unquam divellet

Gyges, he to rise again, shall ever tear (thee)
me. Sic placitum potenti Justitise que
from me. Thus it has pleased powerful Justice and
Parcis. Sea Libra seu formidolosus Scorpios
the Fates. Whether Libra or ill-omened Scorpio
violentior pars natalis horse adspicit
the more violent half of my natal hour presides over
me sen Capricornus, tyrannus Hesperiœ

my (existence,) or Capricorn, the ruler
of the wester ч
undœ, utrumque nostrum astrum

wave, each of our stars (our respective horoscopes)
consentit incredibili modo. Refulgens
agree in a wonderful manner. The brilliantly -shining
tutela Jovis eripuit te împio
protection of Jupiter preserved thee from perfidious
Saturno, que tardavit alas volucris Fati,
Saturn, and retarded the wings of swift Destiny,
quum freqnens populus ter crepuit lsetum

when the crowded audience thrice raised the joyful
son um tbeatris ; truncus illapsus cerebro,

cheer 1Я the theatre ; a tree falling on my head
sustulerat me, nisi Faunus, costos

would have destroyed me, had not Faunus, the guardian
Mercurialium virorum levasset ictum
of men of genius (poete,) warded off the blow
dextra. Memento reddere victimas que

with his right hand. Remember to offer the victims and
votivam feriemus humilem
I will
œdem ; nos agnam.
the votive temple ; sacrifice a humble iamb.
ODE XVIII.
ON THE LUXURY OF HIS AGB.
Non ebur neque aureum lacunar renidet in mea

Neither ivory nor golden ceiling shines in my
domo; non Hymettiœ trabes premunt columnas
house ; no Hymettian beams rest on columns
recisas ultima Africa; neque

cut from the extreme (part of) Africa ; nor
ignotus hseres, occupavi regiam

have I, an unknown heir, inherited the palace
Attali ; nec honestœ clientœ trahunt

of an Attalus; nor do nobly-descended females spin
mihi Laconicas purpuras. At fides et
for me the Spartan purple. But integrity and
benigna vena ingeni est; que dives

a liberal vein of talent is (mine ;) and the rich man
nihil
petit me pauperem; lacesso
I solicit
deos
seeks me (though) poor ; the gods for nothing
ultra; nec flagito amicum potentem
further; nor do Task of my friend in power
largiora, satis beatus
(any) further enjoyments, being sufficiently content
, Sabinis unicis. Dies truditur die,

with my Sabine (farm) alone. Day is driven on by day,
novseque Lunœ pergunt interire. Et sub ipsum

and the new moons hasten to wane. And, close on
funus tu locas marmora

the verge of the grave, thou art contracting to have marble
secanda ; et immemor sepulcri, struis

sut ; and unmindful of the grave, thou art building
domos ; locuples parum ripa continente,
houses ; not rich enough vñth the bank of the mainland,
urguesque summovere litora maris
and art eager topush forward the shore of the sea
ohstrepentis Baiis. Qu^ quod usque

beating against Baia. Why (is it) that you are
revellis proximos agri terminos, et,

«ver moving your neighbor's landmarks, and,
avarus, salis ultra limites clientium ;

as a miser, leaping over the boundaries of thy dependents ;
et uxor et vir pellitur, ferens,
both wife and husband are turned out, bearing (each)
in einu paternos deos sordidosque
in their bosom their household gods and squalid
natos. Tamen, nulla aula certior manet
offspring. Yet, no home more certainly awaits
divitem herum destinata fine rapacis
(Ae wealthy master than the appointed end of rapacious
Orci. Quid tendis ultra? Tellus
Orcus. Why strivest thou for more t The earth
recluditur sequa pauperi que pueris regum ;

is opened alike for the poor and the sons of kings ;
nec satelles Orci, captus auro,
nor has the ferryman of Orcus, bribed by gold,
revexit callidum Promethea. Hic

conveyed back to life the cunning Prometheus. He
coeroet superbum Tantalum, atque genus

imprisons proud Tantalus, and the race
Tantali ; vocatus atque non vocatus, hic audit

of Tantalus ; invoked or not invoked, he condescends
levare pauperem functum laboribus.

to relieve the poor man freed from his toils.
ODE XIX.
TO BACCHUS.
Vidi Bacchum — credite, posteri !— docentem

I beheld Bacchus —believe (it,) posterity! —dictating
carmina in remotis rupibns, Nymphasque discentes,

strains- on the remote rocks, and the nymphs learning
et acutas aures Capripedum Satyrorum.
them and (he sharp ears of the poatfooted Satyrs
Evoe ! mens trepidat recenti metu, que lsetatui
Evoe ! my mind trembles with recent fear, and rejoices
turbidum pectore pleno Bacchi. Evoe !
tumultuously in my breast filled with wine. Evoe!
parce, Liber ! Parce, metuende

spare (me,) Bacchus! Spare (me,) (thou who art) formidable
gravi thyrsus. Est fas mihi cantare

with thy terrible thyrsus. It is allowed me to sing
pervicaces Thyadas, fontemque vini,

of the stubborn Bacchantes, and the fountain of wine,
et rivos uberes Iactis, atque iterare

and the streams flowing with milk, and to tell again
mella lapsa cavis truncis.
ind again of the honey dropping from the hollow trees.
Fas et honorem
ft is granted (to me) also (to sing of) the honor
beatœ conjugis additum stellis;

if thy happy spouse, enrolled among the constellations ;
tectaque Penthei, disjecta non
and the palace of Pentheus, overwhelmed with no
levi ruina; et exitium Thracis

trifling ruin ; and the destruction of the Thräna*
Lycurgi. Tu flectis amnes; tu
Lycurgus. Thou turnest the streams ; thou (turnest^
barbarum mare ; uvidus, in separatis

a foreign sea; moist (with wine,) on the lonely
jugis, sine fraude, tu coerces

mountain-tops, without injury (to them,) thou eonfinest
crines Bistonidum nodo viperino.

the locks of the Bacchantes with a knot of vipers.
Quum impia cohors gigantum, per
When the unhallowed band of giants, through
arduum scanderet regna parentis,

the expanse attempted to scale tSt kingdoms of thy father
tu retorsisti Rhœtum unguibus
(Jupiter,) thou didst hurl back Rhœtus with the claws
horribilique mala leonis. Quamquam dictus

and dreadful jaw of a lion. Although reported (to be)
aptior choreis, et jocis, ludoque,

better adapted for dances, and amusement, and mirth,
ferebaris non sat idoneus pugnse,
thou wert considered not equally suited for the combat,
sed idem eras medius pacis bellique.

but yet thou didst become the arbiter of peace and war.
Insons Cerberus vidit te decorum
Harmless Cerberus gazed at thee ornamented
aureo cornu, leniter atterens caudam, et

with thy golden horn, gently wagging his tail, and
recedentis tetigitque pedes crura
o« you retreated he licked thy feet and legi
trilingui ore.
with his triple tongue.
ODE XX.
TO MiECENAS.
Vates
I shall
biformis, ferar per
A bard of twofold (nature,) be borne through
liquidum œthera non usitata, non tenui penna ; neque

the liquid air on no common, no feeble pinion; nor
longius moral>or in terris; que major

will 1 any longer delay on earth ; and beyond the reach
invidia relinquam urbes. Ego, sanguis, pauperum

of envy Iwill forsake cities. I, the offspring of humble
parentum, ego, quum Msecenas vocas
parents, I, whom thou. Mácenos, calless
dilecte, non obibo, nec cohibebor

thy dear friend, shall not perish, nor be imprisoned
*
Stygia unda. Jam, jam, asperœ pelles
by the Styqian wave. Now, now, the rough stein
residunt cruribus; et superna mutor in

is settling on my lege ; and above I am transformed into
album alitem que leves plumse nascuntur
a white bird ; and the downy plumage is growing
per digitos humerosque Jam, canorus ales,

over my fingers and shoulders. Now, a tuneful bird,
ocior Dsedaleo Icaro, visam litora

swifter than the Dœdalean Icarus, I will visit the coast
gementis Bospborus, Gœtulas Syrtesque.

of the murmuring Bosphorus, and the Gatulian Syrtes,
Hyperboreosque caml>os. Colchus, et Dacus,

and the Hyperborean plains. The Colchian, and the Dacian,
qui dissimulat metum Marsse

who endeavors to disguise his fear of the Marsian
cohortis, et ultimi Geloni, noscent
cohort, and the most distant Geloni, shall become acquainted
me; peritus Spaniard, que potor

with me ; the learned Iber, and he that drinks
Rhodani discet me.

of the Rhone shall become acquainted with me.
Nœniœ turpes luctusque et querimoni¡e

Let dirges and unmanly lamentations and complaints
absint inani funere ; compesce clamorem,
be absent from my unreal funeral; suppress the wailing,
sc mitte su|>ervacuos honores sepulcri.

and omit thesuperfluous honors of a tomb.
ODES OF HORACE.
BOOK III.
ODE I.
ON HAPPINESS.
Odi profan um vulgus, et arceo. Favete

I detest the vulgar rabble, and I repel (them.) Observe
Unguis ; sacerdos Musarum, canto

a religious silenee; I, the priest of the Muses, sing
virginibus puerisque, carmina prius non audita.
to vsrgins and youths, strains before unheard.
Imperium tremendorum regum est in

The sway of dreadful sovereigns extends (only) over
proprios gregee ; Jovis, clari

their i subjects; (that) of Jupiter, renowned
triumpho giganteo, moventis cuncta

for his conquest of the giants, moving all things
supercilio, in reges ipsos.
by his nod, (extends) over sovereigns themselves. (One)
Vir est ut ordinet arbusta sulcis latius
man may possibly plant trees in trenches at a greater distance
viro ; hic desoendat in
(than another) man; this ( ) may descend into
Campum, generosior petitor

the Campus (Martius,) a nobler applicant (than another,)
hic melior moribus famaque
(while yet) another superior in morality and character
contendat illi sit major turba
may vie (with him;) a fourth has a larger number
(80)
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK Ш. 81
clientium Necessitatis
of dependants; (but inexorable) Necessity, by
sortitur et insigues et
decides the destinies both of the great and f
capas urna movet omne nomen. Siculse
(her) capacious urn shakes up every name. Siiilian
dapes elaborabunt non dulcem saporem
meats will create no pleasing relish (in
super cui impia cervioe pendet destrictus ensis,

over whose impious neck hangs the drawn sword,
non cantus avium eitharseve reducent

nor can the songs of birds or the lyre bring back
somnum. Lenis somnus fastidit non agrestium
(to him) repose. Gentle slumber scorns not the peasant' s
humiles domos, umbrosamque ripam, non Tempe,

lowly cot; nor the shady bank, nor (yet) Tempe,
agitata Zephyris. Desiderantem quod est

fanned by the western breezes. Him who desires what is
satis neque tumultuosum
(merely) sufficient (for his wants,) neither the stormy
mare sollicitat, пес sœvus impetus cadentis
sea disquiets, nor the malignant violence of the setting
Arcturi, aut orientis Hœdi; non vinese
Arcturus, or of the rising Hadus; nor is his vineyard
verberatœ grandine, fundusque mendax
crushed by hail, and the farm which disappoints his hopes,
arbore culpante nunc aquas, nunc

his plantations blaming now the (excessive) rains, now
sillera torrentia agros uunc iniquas

the stars parching the fields, (and) now the inclement
hiemes. Pisces sentiunt œquora contracta molibus

winters. The fishes feel the seas contracted by vast masses
jactis in altum ; huc frequcus redemtor

thrown into the deep; to this place many a contractor
cum famulis dimittit csementa, que

with his workmen sends down the rubbish, and (many
82 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK Ш.
.dwÉinus fastidiosus terrse sed Timor et

■fcífjtfíy master disdaining the land; but Fear and
Mifc& scandunt eodum quo dominus;

Ifitoéis ascend to the same (place) as the possessor;
neque atra Cura decedit serata

nor does gloomy Care depart from the bгаzеп-prowed
if si,
triremi, et sedet post equitem. Quod
vesmel, and she sits behind the horseman. But
nec Phrygius lapis, nec usus purpurarum,
neither Phrygian marble, nor the wearing of purple coverings,
clarior sidere, nec Falerna vitis, que
more brilliant than a star, nor Falernian wine, nor
Achœmenum cost um delenit dolentem, cur
Eastern spikenard, can calm a troubled (mind,) why
moliar sublime atrium postibus invidendis,
should erect a stately hall with pillars that awake envy,
I
et novo ritu? Cur permutem

and (entirely) new in stylet Wlty should take in exchange
I
Sabina valle divitias operosiores

(for my) Sabine vale riches (that are far) more burdensome t ?
ODE II.
ON VIRTUE.
Robustus puer condiscat amice, acri

Let the hardy youth learn cheerfully, from severe
militia, pati angustam pauperiem et

;
military -service, to endure pinching want and

;
eques, metuendus basta, vexet

as a horseman, terrific by his lance, let him harass
feroces Parthos que agat vitam

;
the fierce Parthians and let him lead his life

;
sub divo ill trepidis rebus.

exposed to the open air in troublesome times (when danger
Matrona bellantis
threatens his country.) Let the spouse of (some) warring
tyranni et adulta virgo,
monarch and (Ai«) marriageable virgin-daughter,
prospiciens, suspiret : — " Eheu !
beholding (him from the rampart,) sigh (and say :) — "Ah!

ne regius sponsus rudis
let not the prince affianced (to our line,) inexperienced
agminum, laeessat tactu asperum leonem,

in arms, provoke by a touch (this) terrible lion,
quem ira rapit per medias csedes."

whom rage hurries through the midst of the carnage."
Mori pro patria est dulce et decorum :
To die for one's country is a sweet and noble (thing :)
Mors persequitur virum fugacem ; nec

Death pursues the man that flees (from him ;) nor
parcit poplitibus) que timido tergo

does he spare the loins nor the coward back
imbellis juventœ. Virtus, nescia sordidse

of the effeminate youth. Virtue, unconscious of disgraceful
repulsse, fulget intaminatis honoribus; nec

rejection, shines with unsullied honors ; nor
sumit aut pouit secures
does she assume or lay down the ensigns of authority
arbitrio popularis aurœ. Virtus, recludens
at the bidding of the popular will. Virtue, opening
coelum immeritis mori, tentat iter

heaven to those not deserving to die, directs her course
via negata que fugiente
by a way de nied (toothers,) and, (soaring) on rapid
penna spernit vulgares cœtus et

wings, she spurns the vulgar throng and
udam humum. Est et tu ta merces
the cloud-enveloped earth. There is also a sure reward
fideli silentio. Vetabo qui vulgarit
for faithful silence. I will forbid (him) who shall disclose
84 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK III.
sacrum arcanse Cereris sit sub

the sacred-rites of mysterious Ceres to be (remain) under
isdem trabibus mecum ve solvat fragilem
the same roof with me, or to sail in the (same) frail
phaselum. Ssepe Diespiter, neglectus,
bark. Oftentimes Jupiter, when disregarded,
addidit integrum incesto. Pœna,

has involved the innocent with the guilty. Vengeance,
claudo pede, raro deseruit

(though) lame of foot, seldom has failed to overtake
soelestum antecedentem.
'.he wicked man who goes before (her.)
ODE III.
THE REWARD ofr JUSTICE.
Non ardor civium jubentium

Neither the frenzy of his fellow-сШzепз ordering
prava, non vultus instantis
evil deeds, nor the countenance of the threatening
tyranni, neque Auster turbidus dux

tyrant, nor the Southern blast, the stormy ruler
inquieti Adriœ, пес magna manus Jovis
of the restless Adriatic, nor the mighty hand of Jove
fulminantis quatet solida mente
wielding his thunderbolts, shakes from his settled purpose
virum justum ac tenacem, propositi : si
the man (who is) just and firm in his resolution : if the
fractus orbis illabetur, ruinse ferient
shattered sphere should fall, the ruins would strike (him)
impavidum. Нâс arte Pollux et vagus Hercules

undismayed, In this way Pollux and roaming Hercules
inisus, attigit igneas arces, inter
having struggled, reached the starry citadels, among
quos Augustus recumbens bibet nectar

whom Auguslus (now) reclining, quaffs the nectar
purpureo ore. Tuse tigres trahentes jugum

with ruby lips. Thy tigresses drawing the yoke
indocili collo vexere te, Pater Bacche,

with their untamed necks, bore thee, Father Bacchus,
hac merentem ; hac Quirinus

for this deserving (immortality ;) by this Romulus
equis Martis fugit Acheronta, Junone

on the steeds of Mars escaped from Acheron, when Juno
elocuta gratum divis consiliantibus : —
uttered what was pleasing to the gods in council; —
"Judex, fâtalis
"A judge, the fated author (of his country's ruin,)
incestusque, et peregrina mulier vertit
and impure and a foreign woman have reduced
in pulverem Ilion — Ilion, cum populo et fraudulento

to ashes Ilium, — Шum with its people and fraudulent
rege, damnatum mihi que castœ Minervœ, ex

king, consigned to me and the virgin Minerva, ever
quo Laomedon destituit deos pacta

since Laomedon cheated the gods of (their) stipulated
mercede. %Jam nec famosas hospes splendet
reward. Now neither does the infamous guest shine
Lacœnœ adulterœ, nec perjura domus

(before) the Spartan harlot, nor does the perjured house
Priami opibus Hectoreis refringit pugnaces

of Priam by the aid of Hector repel the warlike
Achivos ; bellumque, ductum nostris seditionibus,

Greeks ; and the war, protracted by our dissensions,
resedit, Protinus redonabo Marti et

has subsided. Henceforth I shall yield to Mars both my
graves iras et invisum nepotem, quem

stern resentment and (my once) hated grandson, whom
Troia sacerdos peperit. Ego patiar ilium

the Trojan priestess bo*-e. I will permit him
86 ODBB OF HORACE — BOOK III.
inire lucidas sedes, ducere succos nectaris,
to enter the bright regions, to quaff juice
the of the nectar,
et adscribí quietis ordinibup

and to be enrolled among the peaceful ordere
deorum. Dum longus pontus sœviat inter Ilioo

of the gods. While a wide ocean rages between Troy
que Romam, beati exsules regnanto in qualibet
and Rome, let the happy exiles reign in whatever
parte; dum armentum insultet

quarter they please ; while the herd may trample on
busto Priami que Paridis, et ferse

the tomb of Priam and Paris, and the wild beasts
inultœ celent catulos, Capitolium

unmolested may conceal (therein) their young, let the Capital
stet fulgens que ferox Roma possit dare

stand reeplendent, and warlike Home be enabled to give
jura triumphatis Medis. Horrenda,

laws to the vanquished Medes, An objectof dread,
extendat nomen late in ultimas
let her extend her name far and wide to the most distant
oras, qua medius liquor secernit

shores, where the intervening sea separates
Europen ab Afro, qua tumidus

Europe from Africa, (and) where the inundating
Nilus rigat arva; fortior spernere

Nile irrigates the fields ; more heroic in despising
aurum irrepertum, et sic melius situm, cum
the gold not yetfound, and therefore better placed, while
terra celat quam cogere in humanos
the earth conceals (it, ) than in applying (it) to human
usus dextra rapiente omne
purposes with a right hand plundering every thing
sacrum. Quicunque terminus obstitit mundo,

sacred. Whatever limit bounds the world,
tanget bunc armis, gestiens

let her reach (even) that by her arms, eagerly desiring
visere qua parte ignes debacchenter nebulseque

to see in what region the fires hold sway, and the clouds
pluvii rores. Sed dico fata

(and) rainy mists (prevail.) But I pronounce the fate*
bellicosis Quiritibus, ' hac lege,

to the warlike Quirites, on this condition, that
ne nimium pii, que fidentes

they shall -not with an excess of piety, and trusting to
rebus, velint reparare tecta

their resources, desire to rebuild the dwellings
avitse Trojse. Fortuna Trojœ renascens

of ancestral Troy. The fortune of Troy, reviving
lugubri alite, iterabitur tristi

under inauspicious omen, shall be repeated with sorrowful
clade, me, conguge et sorore Jovis, ducente

slaughter, I, the wye and sister of Jove, leading on
victrices catervas. Si œneus munis
(my) conquering troops. (Even) if abrome wall should
ter resurgat auctore Phœbo, ter
thrice rise under the guidance of Apollo, thrice
pereat, excisus meis Argivis: ter

should it fall, razed by my Argives : thrice should
capta uxor ploret virum que pueros.

the captive wife weep for her husband and children."
Hoc non conveniet jocosse lyrse ;
(But) these (strains) do no* suit the sportive lyre ;
quo Musa, tendis? Desine

whither, my Muse, art thou directing thy course t Forbear,
pervicax, referre sermones deorum,

presumptuous one, to relate the discourses of the gods,
et tenuare magna parvis modis.

and to enfeeble lofty (themes) with puny verse.
ODE IV.
TO CALLIOPE.
Regina Calliope, descende cœlo et age

Queen Calliope, descend from heaven, and come
dic longum melos, tibia, seu

utter a long melodious strain on the pipe, or, if thou dost
nunc mavis, acuta voce, seu fidibus,
now prefer (it,) with thy clear voice, or on the harp,
que cithara Phoebi. Auditis? an amabilis

or on the lyre of Apollo. Do ye hear (herí) or does a fond
insania ludit me? Videor audire et

enthusiasm delude met Methinks I hear (her,) and
errare per pios lucos,
am wandering (with her) along the sacred groves,
quos et amœnœ aquœ et aurse

through which both pleasant streams and breezes
subeunt. Palumbes, fabulosse,

are passing. The woodland doves, renowned in story,
texere me, puerum, nova fronde, fatigatum
covered me, as a child, with green leaves, wearied
ludo que somno, in Apulo Vultura,
with play and (overcome) with sleep, on Apulian Vultur,
extra limen ultricis Apuliœ,

(which entends) beyond the limits of my native Apulia,
— quod foret mirum omnibus quicunque
— which might (well seem) surprising to all who
tenent nidum celsœ Acherontise, que Bantinos

inhabit the nest of the lofty Acheronlia, and the Bantine
saltus, et pingue arvum humilis Forenti ; ut

groves, and the rich soil of low-lying Forentum ; how
dorm i rem corpore tuto ab atris

/ could sleep with my person secure from deadly
viperis et ursis ut premerer que

vipers and bears;
;
how I could be covered over both
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK III. 89
sacra lauro que collata myrto, — in fans

with sacred laurel and collected myrtle, — an infant
non animosus sine dis.

not deriving courage without (the protection of ) the g ods.
Vester, Cânsense, vester, tollor in arduos Sabinos,

Yours, Muses, yours, I ascend to the lofty Sabine
seu frigidum Prseneste, seu supinum Tibur,
(heights,) or if the cool Prœneste, or the eloping Tibur,
eей liquidœ Baise, placuere mihi. Non

or watery Baie, has attracted me. Neither
versa acies retro Philippis, non devota arbor,
the rout of the armies at Philippi, nor the accursed tree,
nec Palinurus Sicula unda, exstinxit me,

nor Palinurus in the Sicilian waters, has destroyed me,
amicum vestris font ¡bus et chorís. Utcunque

a friend to your fountains and your choirs. As long as
vos eritis mecum, navita, 1 i bens tentabo
you will be with me, as a mariner, Ishall gladly brave
insanientem Bosporum, et, viator, urentes

the raging Bosphorus, and, as a traveller, the burning
Assyrii litoris; visam Britannos,

I will visit
arenas
sands of the Assyrian shore ; theBritons,
feras hospitibus, et Concanum, lsetum
inhospitable to strangers, and the Concani, rejoicing
equino sanguine inviolatus visam pharetratos

in horses' blood;
;
unscathed I will visit the quiver-armed
Gelonos et Scythicum amnem. Vos recreatis

Geloni and the Scythian river. Той entertain
Pierio antro altum Csesarem quserentem finire
in a Pierian grotto the noble Casar seeking to end
labores, simul abdedit oppidis cohortes,

his labors, as soon as he has settled in the towns his troops,
fessas militia : vos almse et datis
wearied by warfare : you benign (deities, ) both give (Aim)
lene consilium, et gaudetis dato. Scimus

mild counsel, and rejoice in it when given. We know
ut qui temperat inertem terram, qui

how .
(he) who govern/ the inert earth, (he) who
ventosum mare, urbes et, que tristia
(rules) the stormy ocean, the cities also, and the dismal
regna, que sequo imperio regit

kingdoms (below,) and with impartial sway controls
unus divos que mortales turbas; — ut sustulerit
alone the gods and human multitudes ; — how he crushed
impios Titanas que turmam immanem

the unhallowed Titans and the troop of giants
caduco fulmine. Illa horrida juventus,
by his descending thunderbolt. That terrible band,
fidens brachiis, que fratres

trusting to their strength, and the (gigantic) brothers
tendentes imposuisse Pelion opaco Olympo,
endeavoring to place Pelion on shady Olympus,
intulerat magnum terrorem Jovi. Sed

had caused great alarm to Jove (himself.) But
quid possent Typhoeus et validus Mimas, aut
what could Typhoeus and the powerful Mimas (effect,) or
quid Porphyrion minaci statu, quid

what Porphyrion of threatening stature, (or) what (could)
Rhœtus, que Enceladus, audax jaculator evulsis,
Rhatus, or Enceladus, the daring hurler of uprooted
ti n ncis, ruentes, contra sonantem
trees, though rushing on (furiously,) against the ringing
cegida Palladis ! Hinc stetit Vulcanus avidus

shield of Minerva! Here stood Vulcan eager
hinc matrona Juno, et

(for the conflict,) there the matron Juno, and he who
nunquam positurus arcum humeris,

never desires to lay aside his bow from his shoulders,
Apollo, Delhis et Patareus, qui

Apollo, (the patron-god) of Delos and Patara, who
lavit solutos crines puro rore Castalise,

bathed his flowing tresses in the clear dew of Castalia,
qui tenet du meta Lyciœ natalemque sylvam.

who frequents the thickets of Lycia and his native grove.
Vis, expers consili, ruit sua

Force, devoid of judgment, sinks beneath Us own
mole; di quoque provehunt vim in majus

weight; the gods also extend force to greater
temperatam ; idem odere

(advantage) (when) well regulated ; (but) they also detest
vires animo moventes omne nefas.

a power which conceives every impious design.
Centimanus Gyges testis mearum sententiarum,
The hundred -handed Gyges is evidence of my views,
et Orion, tentator integrse Dianse, domitus

and Orion, the tempter of the pure Diana, subdued
virginea sagitta. Terra dolet injecta

by the virgin's arrow. Earth grieves at being cast on
suis monstris, moeretque partus missos

her own monsters, and mourns for her offspring hurled
fulmine ad luridum Oraus ; nec celer
by the thunderbolt to lurid Orcus ; nor does the rapid
ignis peredit JEtnam impositum ; nec
fire consume ¿Etna which is placed over it , nor
ales, add i tus custos

does the vulture, appointed (as the constant) avenger
nequitise, relinquit jecur incontinentia Tityi, et

of guilt, abandon the liver of the licentious Tityus, and
t recentœ catense cohibent amato rem Pirithoum.
three hundred chains confine amorous
the Pirithous.
ODE V.
TO AUGUSTUS.
Ckedidimus tonantem Jovem regnare

We believe when he is thundering that Jove reigns
cœlo; Augustus habebitur praesens

in the skies ; Augustus shall be considered as a present
divus, Britannis que gravibus

disty (a god upon earth,) the Britons and formidable
Persis adjectis imperio. Milesne
Parthians being added to his sway. Has (any) soldier
Crassi vixit maritus turpis barbara
of Crassus lived as husband degraded by aforeign
conjuge? Et, pro Curia que inversi mores !
wife t And, О Senate and degenerate morals ! has
Marsus et Appulus oblitus anciliorum —

a Marsian or Appulian forgetful of the sacred shields
nominis et togse, que œternœ Vestœ,

of the (Roman) name and toga, and of undying Vesta,
consenuit in arvis hostium socerorum,

grown old in the lands of his unfriendly fathers-in-law,
sub Medo rege Jove et
under a Parthian king, while Jupiter (the Capitol) and
urbe
city
Roma
Rome
incolumi?
are still safe t
'¡ The
Provida
prudent
mens
mind
of
Reguli caverat hoc, dissentientis
of Regulus took precaution against this, dissenting from
fœdis conditionibus et exemplo trahenti perniciem
ignominious terms and a precedent entailing destruction
in veniens œvum, si captiva
on the coming (every ftiture) generation, if the captive
non perirent immiserabilis. "Vidi,

pubes
youth were not to perish unlamented. "I have seen,"
dixit, signa affixa Punicis delubris,
he said, (" our) standards hungup in Punie temples,
et arma direpta militibus sine cœde;

and the arms taken from our soldiers without bloodshed;
vidi brachia civium retorta
have seen the arms of our citizens bound behind them
libero tergo que portas non clausâs,

on their free-born backs, and the gates not closed,
et arva '
populate, nostra marte, coli.
and fields devastated by our warriors, being tilled.
Miles repensus auro scilicet redibit

The soldier ransomed with gold will doubtless return
acrior ; flagitio additis
more spirited (than before ;) to disgrace you are adding
damnum. Ñeque lana medicata fuco

loss. Neither does wool (when) stained by the dye
refert amissos colores, пес vera virtus, . quum

recover its lost colors, nor does true valour, when
semel excidit, curat reponi deterioribus.

once it has fallen away, care to be replaced in the degraded.
Si cerva pugnat extricata densis
If the hind shows fight (when) extricated from the close-woven
plagis ille erit fortis qui credidit

toils, he (indeed) will be valiant who has intrusted
se perfidis hostibus, et proteret

himself to treacherous enemies, and he will crush
Pœnos altero Marte qui iners
the Carthaginians in another campaign who has tamely
sensit lora lacertis restrictis que

felt the thongs on his arms tied behind (him,) and
timnit mortem ! Hic, inscius unde sumeret vitam,
has feared death! He, ignorant whence he may win life,
miscuit pacem duello. O pudor ! О magna
confounded peace with war. О shame ! О mighty
Carthago ! altior probrosis ruinis

Carthage ! More exalted (still) by the ignominious ruins
Italiœ!" Minor capitis,
"
of Italy ! As one no longer a freeman, (as one degraded)
fertur removisse ab se osculum

he (Regulus) is said to have repelled the embraces
pudicse conjugis et torvus posuisse virilem

of his chaste wife, and grimly to have bent his manly
voltum humi, donec, auctor consilio
gaze upon the ground, until, as the proposer of counsel
7
nunquam alias dato, firmaret

(such as) never before was given, he confirmed (the minds
labantes patres, que inter mœrentes
of) the hesitating senators, and, amidst his sorrowing
amicos, properaret egregius exsul. Atque
friends, hastened away — an illustrious exile. And
sciebat quœ barbarus tortor
he knew (well) what (sufferings) the savage torturer
pararej, sibi : tamen dimovit

иаs preparing for him : however, he thrust aside
obstantes propinquos, et populum morantem

his opposing kindred, and the people trying to delay
reditus, non aliter quam si relinqueret longa

Aм return, just as if he were leaving the tedious
negotia clientum lite dijudicata,

business of his clients when their lawsuits were decided,
tendens in agros Venafranos, aut

(and) was proceeding to the plains of Venafrum, or
Laced semonium Tarentum.
to Lacedamonian Tarentum.
ODE VI.
TO THE ROMANS.
Romane, i m men tus, lues

О Roman, though guiltless (of them,) thou shalt atone for
delicta majorum, donee reficeris
the crimes of thy ancestors, until thou shalt repair
templa que latentes sedes deorum, et simulacra

the shrines and tottering temples of the gods, and the statues
fœda nigro fumo. Imperas quod
sullied with sooty smoke. Thou rulest because
ODES OF HOBACE — BOOK III. 95
geris te minorem dis, hinc

thou renderest thyself submissive to the gods, from them
omne principium, huc refer exitum.

(i«) every beginning, to them ascribe (every) issue.
Neglecti di dederunt multa mala

The neglected gods have bestowed many misfortunes
luctuosse Hesperise. Bis jam Monœtes et
on unhappy Italy. Twice already has Monates and
manns Pacori contudit non auspicatos impetus,
the band of Pacorus crushed our inauspicious efforts,
et renidet adjecisse prsedam

and (they) take pride in (having) added our spoils
torquibus exiguis. Dacus et
to their neck-chains of little value. The Sacian and
iEthiops pene delevit urbem occupatam
the ¿Ethiopians have almost destroyed the city embroiled
seditionibus hic formidatus classe,

in civil dissensions, the one to be dreaded with his fleet,
ille mclior missilibus sagittis. Secula
the other better (skilled) iti the flying arrows. Generations
fecunda culpse primum inquinavere
fruitful in wickedness have first defiled
nuptias et genus et domos.

the marriage contract and (then) the offspring and families.
Clades derivata hoc fbnte fluxit in

Destruction derived from this source has overwhelmed
patriam que populum. Matura virgo gaudet

the country and people. The marriageable maiden delights
doceri Ionicos motus, et fingitur

in being taught theIonic dances, and is trained
artibus, jam nunc de tenero ungui
to (seductive) arts, (and) even while her nails are still tender
meditatur incestos amores. Inter

(from her earliest youth) cherishes clandestine love. Amid
vina mariti mox
the cups (even at the table) of her husband she soon
96 ODES OF HORACE— BOOK Ш.
quœrit juniores adulteros, neque eligit

seeks younger admirers, nor does she select (is eh*
cui raptim donet
careful in choosing) to whom she shall hurriedly grant
impermissa gaudia luminibus remotis ; sed,

illicit pleasures when the lights are removed; but, when
jussa, surgit coram, non sine conscio

ordered, she rises openly, not without the knowledge
marito, seu institor vocat,

of her husband, whether (it be) a petty trader (iAat) calls for
sen magister Hispanse navis, pretiosus
(her) or the captain of a Spanish ship, the extravagant
emtor dedecorum. Non juventus orta

purchaser of her dishonor. Not a band of youths sprung
his parentibus infecit œquor Punico
from such parents stained the deep with Carthaginian
sanguine, et cecidit Pyrrhum, que ingente m

blood, and crushed Pyrrhus, the mighty
Antiochum, que dirum Hannibalem ; sed mascula

Antiochus, and the fierce Hannibal; but the manly
proles ru8ticornm militum, docta versare glebas

offspring of rustic soldiers, taught toupturn the soil
Sabellis ligonibus, et portare fustes

with Sabine spades, and to carry (home) the firewood
recisos ad arbitrium severœ matris, ubi
cut at the command of an exacting mother, when
sol mutaret umbras montium, et

the sun was altering the shadows of the mountains, and
demeret juga fatigatis bobus, agens
was removing the yokes from the wearied oxen, bringing on
am ¡cu m tempus abeunte curru.
the welcome (evening) hour with his retreating chariot.
Quid non dam позâ dies imminuit? JEt&s

What has not wasting Time impaired t The generation
parentum, pejor avis, tulit

of our fathers, worse than ow n~andfathers, has created
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK 1II. 37
nos nequiores mox daturas

us more wicked (stili,) soon destined to produce
vitiosiorem progeniem.
a (still) more degraded offspring.
ODE VII.
TO ASTERIE.
Astérie, quid fles Gyeen, juvenem

Asterie, why weepest thou for Gyges, a youth
constant! fide, quem candidi Favonii

of changeless constancy, whom the gentle Zephyrs
restituent primo vere beatum Thyna
will restore (to thee) early in spring, enriched with Bithynian
merce? Actus notis ad Oricum post
merchandise t Driven by the south winds to Oricum, after
insana sidera Caprœ, agit frigidas noctes
the raging stars of the Goat, he passes the cold night
non sine multis lacrymis ; atqui nuntius
not without many tears (for thee;) but the agent
sollicitœ hospitœ vafer tentat mille

of his anxious hostess cunningly tempts (him) by a thousand
modis, Chloen suspirare et

artifices, (saying) that Chloe is sighing (for him) and
uri ignibus tuis. Refert
(that she) burns with flames (a. \ove) (like) yours. Herelates
ut perfida mulier falsis criminibus
(to him) how a treacherous woman by false accusations
impulerit credulum Prœtum matura re песет

induced the credulous Prostus to hasten the death of the
nimis casto Belleropbonte. Narrat Pelea

too chaste Bellerophon. He tells (him) how Peleus was
poena datum Tartaro dum abstinens fugit

nearly consigned to hell because he virtuously recoiled
Magnessam Hippolyten, et fallax monet

from the Magnesian Hippolyte, and he deceitfully recites
historias docentes peccare. Frustra ; nam adhuc

narratives that teach to sin. In vain; for still
integer, surdior Icari scopulis,
uncorrupted, (and) deafer than the Icarian rocks,
audit voces. At cave ne vicinus

he hears his words. But beware lest thy neighbor
Enipeus plus placeat justo.
Enipeus become more agreeable (to thee) than (is) just.
Quam vis non alius sciens flectere equum

Although no other ( person) skilful in guiding steeds
seque conspicitur gramine Martio ; nec

i« equally conspicuous on the field of Mars; nor does
quisquam seque citus denatat Tusco alveo;

any one with equal speed swim down the Tuscan river;
claude domum prima nocte, neque
(yet) close thy house early at night, and do not
despice vias subcantu querulœ tibiœ,

look down the streets at the sound of the plaintive pipe,
et mane difficilis eазре vocanti te

and (still) remain inflexible to him often calling thee
duram.
cruel.
ODE VIII.
TO MECENAS.
Maecenas, docte sermones utriusque linguse,

Macenas, skilled in the language of either tongue,
miraris quid cœlebs, agam

dost thou wonder what 1, an unmarried man, am preparing
Kalendis Martiis? quid flores velint,

for the Kalends of March t what (these) flowers mean,
ODES oí HORACE — BOOK Ш. 99
et acerra plena thuris, que carbo

and (thù) censer 'filled mlK frankincense, and the coals
positus vivo cespite? Prope funeratus ictu

placed on the live turft Nearly killed by a blow
arboris, voveram dulces epulas et album

of a tree, I had vowed a festive banquet and a white
caprum Libero. Hic dies, festus redeunte
goat to Bacchus. This day, sacred in (each) returning
anno, dimovebit corticem adstrictuni pice
year, shall remove the cork secured with pitch
amphorae institutœ bibere fumum
from the jar which began to drink in the smoke
consule Tullo. Msecenas, sume centum

in the consulship ofTullus. Dear Mœcenas. drink a hundred
çyathos sospitis amici, et perfer vigiles

cups to the health of my friend, and prolong the wakeful
lucernas in lucem ; omnis clamor et ira esto

lamps till daylight ; letall tumult and anger be
procul. Mitte civiles curas super
far away. Dismiss thy patriotic cares respecting
urbe. Agmen Daci Cotisonis

the city. The host of the Dacian Cotise
occidit ; Medus, infestus

has been defeated ; the Medes, turning their conflicts against
sibi, dissidet luctuosis armis ;
themselves, are at variance in destructive civil war ;
Cantaber, vetus hostis Hispanse one,
the Cantabrians, our ancient enemy on the Spanish shore,
dom ¡tus sera catena,

subdued (after) a late chain (protracted conflict,)
servit; Scythœ, arcu laxo,
are obedient (to us ;) the Scythians, with bows unbent,
jam meditantur cedere campis.

are now meditating toretreat from the field (our frontiers.)
Negligens, ne populus qua

Dismissing the apprehension, lest the people may be any way
laboret, privatim parce nimium

depressed, in a private capacity forbear from being too
cavere ; lœtus rape dona prœsentis horse,

anxious ; joyfully seize the blessings of the present hour,
et linque severa.
and abandon serious (pursuits.)
ODE IX.
AN AMIBŒAN ODE BETWEEN HORACE AND LYDIA.
Don EC eram gratus tibi, nec quisquam

H. While I was agreeable to thee, and no other mors
potior juvenis dabat brach ia candidœ

favored youth used to throw his arms round thy snowy
oervici, vigui beatior Persa rum rege.

neck, I lived more happy than the Persian king.
Donee non magis arsisti
L. As long as thou wast not more in love with
aliam, neque Lydia erat post

any other, and Lydia was not (considered) inferior to
Chloen, Lydia, multi
Hominis, vigui
Chloe, 1, Lydia, of great renown, flourished
clarior Romana Ilia.
more illustrious than the Roman Ilia.
Thressa Chloe nunc regit me, docta
H. The Thracian Chloe now' sways 1 skilled
dulces modos, et sciens citharse, pro qua
in sweet strains, and mistress of the lyre, for whom
non metuam mon, Sl fata pârcent

/ would not fear to die, if the Fates would spare
euperstiti animœ.
her surviving soul.
Calais, filius Thurini Ornyti, torret

L. Calais, son of the Thurian Ornytus, consumes
me mutua face, pro quo

me with the mutual torch (of love,) for whom -would
bis patiar morí, si fata pârcent
twice encounter death, if the Fates would spare
superstiti puero.
the surviving youth.
Quid si prisca Venus redit, cogitque

H. What if our old affection return, and unite
aeneo jugo diductos? Si flava
in a brazen yoke (us) long-parted t If the golden-haired
Chloe excutitur, que janua patet

Chloe be shaken off, and the door be thrown open
rejectee Lydia ?
for the neglected Lydia t
Quamquam ille est pulchrior sidere, tu
L. Though he is fairer than (any) star, thou
levior cortice, et iracundior improbo

lighter than a cork, and more passionate than the stormy
Adria ; tecum amem vivere, tecum

Adriatic; with thee I would willingly live, with thee
libens о beam.
1 would cheerfully die.
ODE X.
TO LYCE.
öl, Lyce, biberes extremum Tanain,

If, Lyce, thou didst drink of the distant Tanais,
nupta sœvo viro, tamen plorares

wedded to a savage husband, thou mightest still regret
objicere me, projectum ante âsperas fores,

to expose me, stretched before thy cruel doors,
Aquilonibus incolis audis

to the north winds (which) inhabit (this place.) Dost thou hear
quo strepitu janua, quo nemus, situm

with what noise thy gate, with what the grove, planted
inter pulchra tecta, remugiat
around thy splendid buildings, re-echoes (to the winds,)
et sentis ut Jupiter, puro

and dost thou perceive how Jupiter, by his pure
numine, glaciet positas nives? Pone superbiam

influence, hardens the fallen snowst Renounce disdain,
ingratam Veneri, ni, rota currente,

displeasing to Venus, lest, while the wheel is revolving,
funis eat retro Tyrrhenus parens
(this) rope mayfly back (suddenly.) A Tuscan father
non genuit te, Penelopen, diffieilem procis.
did not beget thee, a Penelope, inaccessible to suitors.
O quamvis neque munera, пес preces, пес
Oh! although neither presents, nor entreaties, nor
viola tinctus pallor amantium, пес vir
the violet-tinted paleness of thy lovers, nor thy husband
saucius Pieria pellice curvat;

smitten by a Pierian mistress can influence (thee ;)
nec mollior rígida œsculo,
(although thou art) not gentler than the sturdy oak,
nec mitior animum Mauris anguibus,

nor milder in disposition than African serpents, (still)
parcas tuis supplicibus. Hoc latus non
spare thy supplicants. This side (of mine) will not
semper erit patiens liminis aut aquœ
always be able to endure thy threshold or the rain
coelestis.
from heaven.
ODE XI.
TO LYDE.
Mercuiu, nam docilis Amphion te

О Mercury, for the ingenious Amphion at thy
magistro movit lapides. canendo, que tu,

command moved the rocks by his voice, and thou,
testudo, call ida resonare

my harp, skilled in sending forth (sweet music)
septem nervis, olim пес loquax пес

from thy seven strings, once neither vocal nor
grata, nunc amica et mensis divitum

pleasing, (but) now acceptable both to the tables of the rich
et templis dic modos qui bus
and to the temples (of the gods,) dictate strains to which
Lyde applicet obstinatas aures, quœ, velut equa

Lyde may incline her obstinate ears, who, like a filly
trima, exsultim, lud it latis
three years old, bounding along, sports in the spacious
campis, metuitque tangi expers

fields and shrinks from the touch inexperienced
nuptiarum, et adhuc cruda protervo marito.

in nuptials, and still unripe for an impetuous lover.
Tu potes ducere tigres que silvas comites,

Thou canst lead tigers and woods (as thy) attendants,
morari celeres rivos; tibi blandienti
(and) stop the rapid rivers ; to thy . allurements
immanis janitor aulœ
cessit, quamvis
the horrible gate-keeper of thepalace
yielded, although
centum angues furiale muniant caput, atque
a hundred serpents in fury fortify his head, and
teter spiritus, que sanies manet
pestilential breath and (gory-stained) poison trickled
trilingui ore. Quin, et Ixion que

from his three-tongued mouth. Nay, even Ixion and
Tityos risit invito vultu,

Tityus smiled with reluctant aspect (contemptuous
dum mulces puellas Danai

features,) while thou art soothing the daughters of Danaus
grato carmine, urna stetit
with thy pleasing melody, the vase (of each) remained
sicca paulum - Lyde audiat scelus
dry for a moment. Let Lyde hear the guilt
atque notas pœnas virginum et

and well-known punishment of the maidens ; and
dolium inane lymphœ pereuntis imo fundo
the vessel emptied of water escaping through the bottom
quaque sere fata manent culpas etiam sub Oreo.

and what late retribution awaits crime even in Orcus
I m pise nam quid majus potuere?
(below.) Impious! For what more could they dot
Impiœ potuere perdere

Unnatural women (who) were capable of destroying
sponsas duro ferro. Una de multis,
their spouses with the dreadful poniard. One of themany,
digna nuptial i face, fuit splendide
worthy of the marriage torch, proved gloriously
mendax in perjurum parentem, et virgo
false to her treacherous father, and a bride
nobilis in omne . œvum ; quse dixit

renowned to all posterity ; (she) who said
juveni mari to : " Surge ! surge ! ne longus
to her youthful husband: "Arise! arise! lest along
somnus detur tibi unde
sleep be given to thee from a quarter whence thou dost
non times ; falle socerum

not fear; (stealthily) escape from thy father-in-law
et seelestas sorores, quœ, velut leoenœ
and my cruel sisters, - who, like lionesses
nactœ vitulos, eheu ! lacerant

having seized on calves, are now, alas ! destroying (them)
singulos. Ego, mollior illis, nec feriam

one by one. I, more gentle than they, will neither wound
te, neque tenebo te, intra claustra. Pater

thee, nor keep thee in confinement. Let my father
oneret me ssevis catenis, quod clemens
load me with cruel chains, because I have mercifully
peperci misero viro, vel releget me
spared my unhappy husband, or let him banish me
classe in extremos agros Numidarum.
with his fleet to the distant plains of the Numidians.
I, quo pedes et aurse rapiunt
Depart, wherever thy feet and thewind may carry
te, dum nox et Venus favet; i
thee, while night and love are favorable ; depart
secundo omine, et sculpe sepulcro
under a favorable omen, and engrave on my tomb
querelam memorem nostri."

a mournful epitaph recording my (fate.")
ODE XII.
TO NEOBULE.
Est miserarum neque dare ludum

It belongs to unhappy maidens neither to give play
amori, neque lavere mala dulci
to love, nor to drown their sorrows in delicious
vino, aut exanimari metuentes verbera
wine, or to behalf dead from fear of the lashes
patruœ linguœ. Neobule ! ales puer Cythereœ

of an uncle' s tongue. О Neobule! the winged son of Venus
aufert tibi qualum, nitor
steals from you your wool basket, (and) the beauty
Hebri Liparœi telas que Studium

of Hebrus of Lipara (steals) your webs and inclination
106 ODES OF HORACE — BOOi. 1С
operosse Minerv», simul

(for the labor .* of') industrious Minеma, as soon as
lavit unctos humeroe in undis

he has bathed his anointed shoulders in the waves
Tiberinis. Eques melior Belleropbonte

of the Tiber. A horseman superior to Bellerophon
ipso, neque victus segni pugno neque

himself neither conquered through slowness of fist nor
pede ; catus idem jaculari cervoc

foot ; expert too in slaying with his spear the stags
fugientis agitato grege per apertum, et

fleeing in a terrified herd through the open (plain,) and
celer excipere aprum latitantem alto
nimble (also) at surprising the boar lurking in the deep
fruticeto.
thicket.
ODE XIII.
TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BANDUSIA.
Fons Bandusiœ, splendidior vitro, digne

Fountain of Bandusia, clearer than crystal, worthy
dulci mero, non sine floribus, eras:
of sweet wine, and garlands also, to-morrow
donaberís hsedo, cui frons, turgida
thou shalt be presented with a kid, whose forehead, budding
primis cornibus, destinat et venerem et proel ia frustra;

with new horns, threatens both love and war in vain;
nam suboles lascivi gregis inficiet
for the offspring of thy lascivious flock shall stain
gelidos rivas rubro sanguine. Atrox
the cooling streams with crimson blood. The trying
Bora flagrantis Caniculœ nescit tangere te; tu

season of the fiery dog-star cannot affect tltee; thou
probes amabile frigus tau ris fessis

affordest a refreshing coolness to the oxen wearied
vomere et vago pecori. Tu
with the ploughshare, and to the roaming flock. Thou
quoque fies nobilium fontium,

also shalt become (one) of the illustrious fountains,
me dicente ilioem impositam cavis
I
while sing of the holm-oak overhanging the hollow
saxis, unde loquaces lymphœ desiliunt.

rocks, whence thy murmuring waters flow.
ODE XIV.
TO THE ROMANS.
О Plebs ! Cœsar, modo dictus, ritu

O people! Casar, (who was) lately said, after the manner
Herculis, petiisse laurum venalem morte,

of Hercules, to have sought laurels purchasable by death,
repetit victor ab Hispana ora

victorious the Spanish
s'«
returning from shore
Penates. Mulier gaudens unico

to his household gods. Let the wife who rejoices in a peerless
marito prodeat operata justis divis
;
spouse go forth after having sacrificed to the just gods;

et soror clari ducis, et
and the sister of (our) distinguished general, and
matres virginum, que nuper sospitum
the mothers of our maids, and of the recently saved
Vos,
O
juvenum, decorse supplice vitta. pueri

youths, adorned with supplicant Ye, youth
О
fillets.
et puellse jam expertœ virum, parcite
and young women lately married, refrain
male ominatis verbis. Hic dies vere festus
from ill-omened exvressions Thü day. r«iUj/ a festival.
108 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK HI.
eximet atras curas. Ego metuam nec

shall banish gloomy caree. I will dread neither
tumultum nec mori per vim Csesare
rebellion nor death through violence while Casar
tenente terras. I, puer, pete unguentum et
rules the world. Go, slave, seek for perfume and
coronas et cadum memorem Marsi duelli,
garlands and a cask that remembers the Mar sic war,
si qua testa potuit fallere vagantem Spartacum.

1/ any vessel has been able to escape the roving Spartans.
Et dic argutœ Nesearœ properet
And direct the sweet-singing Шага to make haste
cohibere nodo crinem myrrhenum :
(and) gather into a knot her hair perfumed with myrrh:

si mora fiet per invisum janitorem, abito.
if delay be caused by the uncivil porter, come away.
Capillus albescens lenit ânimos cupidos litium

The hair becoming gray soothes minds fond of strife
et protervœ rixœ. Ego non ferrem hoc,
and wanton quarrels. I would not have borne this,
calidus juventa consule Planco.

warm with youth in the consulship of Flancus.
ODE XV.
TO CRLORIS.
Uxor pauperis Ibyci, tandem fige mоdum tuœ

Wife of the needy 1bycus, at length set bounds to thy
nequitise que famosis laboribus : desine ludere inter

wickedness and shameful practices: cease to sport with
virgines, et spargere uebulam candidis

the maidens, and to throw a cloud over the bright
stellis, proprior maturo funeri. Si

stars, (since thou art daily) nearer to a timely death. If
quid satis decet Pholoen, non et

anything sufficiently becomes Pholoe, it does not also
te, Chloris ; filia rectius

(become) thee, Chloris; thy daughter more reasonably
expugnat domos juvenum, uti Thyias

assails the dwellings of young men, as the female Bacchanal
concita pulso tympano. Amor Nothi

excited by the beating of the timbrel. Love for Nothus
cogit illam ludere similem lascivse capreœ ;
compels her to frisk about like a wanton she-goat;
lanse tonsse prope nobilem Luceriam decent te,

wool shorn near the famous Laceria becomes thee
vetulam non citharœ, пес

(now), an old woman, (and) not musical instruments, nor
purpureus flos rosse, пес poti tenus

the damask flower of the rose, nor (wine) drained to
бесе cadi.
Vie dregs of the cask.
ODE XVI.
ТО M ACEÑAS.
TuRRis aena que fores robusti, et tristes

A tower of brass and doors of oak, and the hostile
exeubise vigilum canum satis

vigilance of watchful dogs would have sufficiently
munierant inclusam Danaen ab nocturnis
secured the imprisoned Danae from midnight
adulteris, si non Jupiter et Venus risisent
lovers, had not Jupiter and Venus laughed at
Acrisium, pavidum custodem abditse virginis
Acrisius, the anxious guardian of the cloistered virgin,
enim fore tutum et patens iter deo
for there would be a safe and open entrance for the god
8
converso in pretium. Aurum amat ire

converted into a bribe (gold,) Gold delights to march
per medios satellites, et perrumpere saxa

through midst
the of guards, and to burst asunder rocks
potentius fulmineo ictu. Domus

more powerfully than the thunder bolt. The family
Argivi auguris concidit, demersa exitio
of the Greek augur perished, sunk in destruction
ob lucrum. Macedo vir diffidit
for the sake of gain. The Macedonian hero burst through
portas urbium, et subrnit œmnlos reges

the gates of cities, and overthrew rival monarchs
muneribus. Mimera illaqueant ssevos duces navium.
by bribes. Bribes ensnare fierce captains of vessels.
Cura que fames majorum sequitur crescentem
Anxiety and a thirst for more follows increasing
pecuniam. Mœcenas, jure perhorrui tollere

wealth. Mœcenas, I have justly feared to raise aloft
verticem conspicuum, late, decus

a head conspicuous, far and wide, thou ornament
enuitum. Quanta plu ra quisque

of the (Roman) knights. As much more as any man
negaverit sibi, plu ra feret ab

shall deny himself, (so much) more he shall receive from
dis. Nudus, peto castra cupientium
the deities. Destitute, Гseek the camps of those who covet
nil, et, transfuga, linquere

nothing, and, as a deserter, I gestio
delight in forsaking
partes divitum, splendidior dominus
the side of the wealthy, more renowned as the possessor
contemtœ rei quam si dicerer

of a despised fortune than if 1 could be said
occultare meis horreis quidquid impiger
to treasure up in my own granaries whatever the industrious
Appnlus arat, inops inter magnas opes.

Appulian ploughs (cultivates,) poor amidst great wealth.
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK III. Ill
Rivus purœ aquœ, sil vaque paucorumjugerum,
A rivulet of pure water, and a wood of a few acres,
et certa fides meœ segetis, fallit

and a sure reliance on my crop, escapes the notice (of him)
fulgentem imperio fertilis
who is resplendent in the (pro-consular) power offertile
Africœ, beatior sorte. Quamquam nec
Africa, as happier in its lot Although neither do
Calabrse apes ferunt mella, nec Bacchus
Calabrian bees produce honey, nor does wine
languescit mihi in Lœstrygonia amphora, nec

become mellow for me in a Lœstrygonian jar, nur do
pinguia vellera crescunt Gallicis pascuis ; tamen

rich fleeces increase in Gallic pasture ; still
importuna pauperies abest; nec si velim plura,
distressful poverty is far away; nor, if I desired more,
tu deneges dare. Melius porrigam

wouldst thou refuse to give (it.) I shall better extend
parva vectigalia contracto cupidine, quam si

my humble revenues by contracting my desires, than if
continuem regnum Alyattei Mygdoniis campis.

I joined the kingdom of Alyattes to the Phrygian plains.
Peten ti bus multa, multa desunt. Est bene
To those who covet much, much is wanting. It is well
cui deus, parca
(with him) (He is happy) on whom the deity, with a sparing
manu, obtulit quod satis est.

hand, has bestowed what is sufficient (for his wants.)
ODE XVII.
TO iïLIUS LAMIA.
JEW, nobilis ab vetusto Lamo

Mlius, nobly descended from the ancient Lamus,
(quando ferunt et priores Lamias

(rince they say that both thy(earlsest)ancestors of the Lamian
denominatos hinc, et omne genus
line were called after him, and that the whole race
nepotum, per memores fastos,

of their descendants, according to recording annals,
ducit originem ab illo auctore,) qui

derived their origin from him as the founder,) who
dicitur tenuisse princeps Formiarum mœnia,

is said to have possessed, the Formian
as prince, walls,
et Lirin innantem littoribus Marics,

and the Liris, which flows to the shores of Marica,
tyrannus late ; eras tempestas,
a sovereign of extensive dominion ; to-morrow a tempest,
demissa ab Euro, sternet nemus multis
sent from the east, shall strew the forest with countless
foliis, et litus utili alga,. nisi

leaves and the sea-shore with useless seaweed, unless
coruix, annosa augur aquœ, fallit. Dum

the raven, the aged prophet of rain, deceives (me. ) While
potis, compone aridum lignum ; eras cum

thou canst, pile up the dry wood; to-morrow, with thy
famulis solutis о pern m , curabis
slaves disengaged from their toils, thou shalt indulge
genium mero, et porco bi mes tri.

thy genius with wine, and with a pig two months old.
ODE XVIII.
TO FAÜNÜS.
Faune, amator fugientum Nympharum i nced as

Fa и nus, lover of the fleeing nymphs, mayst thou roam
lenis per meos fines et aprica rura, que
benignant over my borders and sunny fields vnd
alxjas sequus alumnis, si

liarvis
depart propitious to the little offspring (of my flocks,) if
pleno anno tener hœdus cadit
at the end of the year atender kid falls (as a victim,)
larga vina пес desunt craterœ,
(and) abundance of wine is not wanting to the goblet,
sodali Veneris, vеtus ara fumat

the companion of Venus, (and) the ancient altar smokes
multo odore. Cum Nonse Decembris,

with copious fragrance. When the Nones of December
redeunt tibi, omne pecus ludet herboso
return, (sacred) to thee, all the cattle sport in thegrassy
campo; festus pagus vacat in

plain; the (whole) festive village diverts itself in
pratis cum bove otioso ; lupus
the meadows with the ox that is taking his ease ; the wolf
errat inter audaces agnos; tibi silva

wanders among the fearless lambs; for thee the wood
8l»rgit agrestes frondas; fossor gaudet

scatters its rustic leaves; the digger delights
pepulisse ter pede invisam terrain.

to have struck thrice with his foot the hateful ground.
ODE XIX.
TO TELEPHUS.
Narras quantum CodruSj non timidus morí

Thourelatest how far Codrus, not afraid to die
pro patria, distet ab Inacho, et genus

for his country, is distant from Inächus, and the race
JE&ci et bella pugnata sub sacro

of Macus and the encounters fought under sacred
Ilio ; taces pretio quo

Шиm ; thou art silent (as to) the price at which
mercemur cad um Chium, quis

i«e may buy a cask of СMan (wine,) (as to) who
temperet aquam ignibus quo
shall warm water
the (for a bath) withfire, or who
prœbente domum, et quota

will afford (us) his house, and at what hour
caream Pelignis frigoribus. Puer, da
I may be free from a Pelignian chill. Boy, give (me)
propere novse lunœ; da

speedily (a cup in honor) of the new moon ; give (me one
mediœ noctis ; da auguris

in honor) of midnight ; give (me one in honor) of the augur
Murense. Pocula miscenter tribus aut novem
Murana. Our goblets are mixed with three or nine_
commodis cyathis. Qui amat impares
suitable cups. He who woos the impassioned
Musas, attonitus vates, petet ter teruos

Muses, an inspired poet, will call for thrice three
cyathos ; Gratia, juncta

cups; the elder of the Graces, in conjunction with
nudis sororibus, metuens rixarum, prohibet
her unrobed sisters, fearing quarrels, prohibits (us)
tangere supra tres. Juvat

from touching more than three. Is delights (me)
insanire. Cur Berecintise tibise cessant
to hold mad revel Why do the Berecynthian flutes cease
flamina? Cur fistula pendet cum

(their) notes t Why does the pipe hang suspended with
tacita lyra ? Ego odi pareentes dexteras ; sparge
the silent lyre t Г detest niggardly right-hands ; scatter
rosas. Invidus Lycus audiat dementem strepitum,
roses. Let the jealous Lycus hear the merry noise,
et vicina non habilis seni Lyco.

and our female neighbor unsuited to the aged Lycus.
Tempestiva Rhode petit te, Telephe,
The marriageable Rhode seeks thee, Telephus,
spissa ruma nitidum te

with thy clustering locks shining (with unguents,) — thee
similem puro Vespero ; lentus amor

like the clear evening star ; (but) a slow-consuming passion
mese Givcerse tor ret me.

for my ülycsra is wearing me away.
ODE XX.
TO PYRRHUS.
Pyrrhe, non vides quanto periclo

Pyrrhus, dost thou not see at what risk thou wiU
moveas catulos Gcetulse leœnœ Post
?
bear away the cubs of the Gatulian lioness After a
t
paulo, intuidas raptor, fugies
short time, a timid ravager, thou shalt flee from
ia,
dura proel quum ibit per

the perilous encounter, when she shall proceed through
obstantes catervas juvenum, repetens insignum
the opposing band of youths, redemanding the fair
Nearchum, grande certamen, an

Nearchus, (the cause of)a terrible contest, whether
major prœda cedat tibi, illi.

the greater prize shall fall to thy lot, or to her.
Interim, dum tu promis celeres

Meanwhile, while thou art drawing forth thy swift
sagittas, hsec acuit timendos dentes, arbiter

arrows, and she whetting her terrible the umpire
is
teeth,
pugnœ fertur posuisse palmam sub

the contest reported to have placed the palm under
is
of
nudo pede, et recreare leni vento
his naked foot, and to have cooled with the gentle gale
humerum, sparsum odoratis capillis
;
his shoulder, covered with his perfumed tresses;

qualis fuit aut Nereus, aut

as lovely as was either Nereus, or he ( Ganymede,
raptus aquosa Ida.

that was carried off from spring-fed Ida.
ODE XXI.
TO A WINE JAB.
O pia testa, nata mecum consule

О goodly vine jar, born with me in the consulship
Manlio, seu tu geris querelas sive jocos,

of Manlius, whether thou containest quarrels or mirth,
seu rixam, et insanos amores, seu facilem somnum ;
or strife and frantic love, or gentle sleep ;
quocunque nomine servas lsetum Massicum,

for whatever end thou preservest the choice Massic,
digna moveri bono die,

do thou, worthy of being moved on a festival day,
descende, Corvino jubente promere

come down, since Corvinus orders (nie) to draw forth
languidiora vina. Quamquam madet

the mellower wines. Though he is imbued
sermon i bus Socraticis, non horridus

with the teachings of Socrates, he will not sternly
negliget te ; et narratur prisci Catonis

reject thee ; it is even told of the elder Cato
see pe caluisse mero. Tu plerumque

that he often warmed under wine. Thou frequently
admoveslene tormen tum duro ingenio; tu
appliest gentle violence to a rugged temper; thou,
jocoso Lyœo, retegis curas et

through jovial Bacchus, dost disclose the cares and
arcanum consilium sapientium. Tu reducis spem que

secret designs of the wise. Thou restorest hope and
vires anxiis mentibus ; et addis comua

courage to anxious minds ; and impartest confidence
pauperi, trementi, post te, neque apices

to the needy, fearing, after thee, neither the tiaras
i ratos regum, neque arma militum.

of infuriated monarcas, nor the weapons of soldiers.
Liber et Venus, si lœta aderit,
Bacchus and Venus, if she will propitiously be present,
que Gratia segnes solvere nodum que

and the Graces slow in dissolving the marriage-tie, and
vivse lucernse, producent dum Phoebus,
the wakeful lights, shall prolong (thee) until Phoebus,
rediens, astra fugat.
returning, puts the stars to flight.
ODE XXII.
TO DIANA.
Virgo custos montium nemorumque, diva

Virgin guardian of the mounts and groves, goddess
triformis, quœ, ter vocata, audis

of triple form, who, thrice invoked, dost (propitiously) listen
puellas laborantes utero, que adimis

to youthful females laboring in the womb, and rescuest
leto ; pinus imminens villa

(them) from death ; let this pine which overhangs my villa
esto tua, quam, per exactos annos, ego
be sacred to thee, which, at the close of every year, 1
lsetus donem sanguine verris meditantis

shall joyfully present with the blood of a boar meditating
obliquum ictum.
the oblique attack.
118 ODES OF HORACE— BOOK III.
ODE XXIII.
TO PHIDYLE.
Rustica, Phidyle,
si,
nascente luna, tuleris
Rustic Phidyle, if, at the new moon, thou raise
supinas manus cœlo, placaris
si
thy suppliant hands to heaven, and appease
Lares - thure et
the household gods with frankincense and (some of
)
horna fruge, que avida porca, nec
this year's fruit, and with a ravenous swine, neither
fecunda vitis sentiet pestilentem Africum,
shall the fruitful vine feel the destructive south wind,
nec seges sterilem rubiginem, aut dulces

nor the corn the blighting mildew, or the sweet
alumni grave tempus pomifero

offspring of thy flocks the sickly period of the fruit-producing
anno. Nam devota victima quœ pascitur

season. For the appointed victim which pastures
nivali Algido inter quercus et ilioes, aut
on snow-clad Algidus amid the oak and holm-trees, or
crescit in Albanis herbis, tinguet securim
thrives in the Alban pastures, shall stain the axe
pontificum cervice. Nihil attinet te,

of the priests with its neck. It is unnecessary for thee,
euronantem parvos deos rose marino fragilique

thou crown thy little Lares with rosemary and frail
if
myrto, tentare inulta

myrtle, to seek (to propitiate them) with the abundant
csede bidentium. Si immunis manus tetigit
slaughter thy empty hand should touch
If
of victims.
aram, mollibit aversos Penates
the altar, will appease the offended Penates
it
pio farre et mica saliente, non

with the pious cake and crackling salt, not (likely tobe)
blandior sumptuusa hostia.

more efficacious with a more costly victim.
ODE XXIV.
ON PRODIGALITY.
Licet opulentior intactis thesauris Arabum

Although richer than the unrifled treasures of Arabia
et divitis Indite, occupes tuis
and the opulent Indies, thou shouldest occupy by thy
csementis omne Tyrrhenum et Apulicum mare ; si

buildings all the Tuscan and Apulian seas: {still,) if
dira Necessitas figit adamantinos clavos
inexorable Destiny fixes her adamantine spikes
summis verticibus non expédies animum

on thy topmost roofs, thou shalt not release thy mind
metu, non caput laqueis mortis.

from fear, nor thy life from the snares of death.
Campestres Scythœ, quorum plaustra rite
The wandering Scythians, whose wagons customarily
trahunt vagas domus; et rigidi
draw along their migratory dwellings ; and the hardy
Gœti, quibus immetata jugera ferunt fruges et

G at i, for whom unmeasured acres yield fruits and
Cererem liberas, пес longior annua cultura

corn free, nor is longer than an annual cultivation
placet, que vicarius sequali sorte

pleasing (to them,) and a successor on equal terms
recréat defunctum laboribus, — vivunt

relieves (him) who has discharged his duties, — (all) live
melius. Illic innocens mulicr temperat privignis,

happier. There the guiltless wife treats kindly the stepchildren,
carentibus matre; nec dotata

deprived of a mother' s care ; nor does the portioned
conjux regit virum, nec fidit nitido

consort control her husband, nor trust in a sleek
adultero. Magna dos est virtus parentum ;

paramour. A rich dowry is the virtue of their parents ;
et cast i tas, certo foedere, metuens
and chastity, by a sure compact, which shrinks from ths
alterius viri, et peccare nefas,
(advances) of any other man, and to violate (which) is a sin,
aut pretium emori. О quis, quis volet
and its punishment death. О who, who is eager
tollere impias cœdes et civicam rabiem ? Si
to remove our unhallowed carnage and civil wart If
quœret
" Pater Urbium " subscribí
he is desirous that "Father the State
" should inscribed
of be
statuts, audeat refrenare indomitam licentiam,

on his statues, let him dare to curb unbridled licentiousness,
clarus postgenitis, quatenus, heu I

(thus becoming) illustrious to posterity, since we, alas !
nefas ! odimus incolumen virtutem, invidi
infamous crime! detest living Virtue, (but) jealously
quœrimus sublatam ex oculis. Quid

seek (her) when withdrawn from our view. Of what avail
tristes querimoniœ si culpa non reciditur
(are) mournful complaints guilt be not eradicated
supplicio? Quid leges, vanœ

by punishmentt Of what avail (are) laws, ineffectual
sine moribus, si neque pars mundi
without morals, if neither (that) portion of the world
inclusa fervidis caloribus, nec latus

encircled by the glowing heats, nor (that) quarter
finitimum Boreœ, que nives du ratœ solo,
bordering on the north, nor the snows frosen on the ground,
abigunt mercatorem ? Callidi navitœ vincunt

repel the trader t Skilful sailors triumph over
horrida œquora ? Pauperies — magnum opprobrium !—

the stormy seas t (If) poverty — a great disgrace !~
jubet et facere et pati quidvis, que

impels (us) both to do and to suffer anything, and
deserit viam virtutis arduœ? Nos
abandons the path of virtue (as too) difficult t Let
inittamus gemmas, et lapides, et inutile aurum,
us throw gems, and precious stones, and useless gold,
materiam summi mali, vel in Capitolium, quo

the seed of vast evil, either into the Capitol, whither
clamor et turba faventium vocat,
the applause and crowd of favoring (citizens) calls (us,)
vel in proximum mare, si bene pœnitet
or into the nearest sea, if we really repent of
scelerum. Elementa pravi Cupidinis
our crimes. The first principles of depraved lust
eradenda sunt et mentes nimis tenerse formandœ
must be eradicated, and minds too enervated strengthened
asperioribus studiis. Ingenuus rudis puer

by severer studies. The noble (but) inexperienced youth
nescit hserere equo, que
does not know how to keep his seat on horseback, and
timet veneri, doctior ludere trocho,
U afraid to hunt, more skilled in playing with the trochus,
seu jubeas ; seu, malis,
if you choose (prefer) it ; or, if you would rather,
alea, vetita legibus; quum patris

with the dice, forbidden by the laws ; while the father' s
perjura fides fallet socium, consortem,
perjured faith endeavors to deceive his coheir, his partner,
et hospitem, que properct pecuniam indigno
and the stranger, and accumulates money for an unworthy
hœredi. Divitiœ crescunt; tamen
heir. (Dishonest) wealth (unquestionably) increases ; but
nescio quid semper abest curtœ rei.
something or other is always wanting to the incomplete fortune
122 ODE8 OF HORACE — BOOK Ш.
ODE XXV.
TO BACCHUS.
Bacche, quo rapis me, plenum tui ?

Bacchus, whither art thou hurrying me, full of thypower t
Quœ nemora, in quos specus agor,

Into what groves, into what caves am I driven, (moving)
velox nova mente? Qu i bus antris
rapidly under a new inspirationt In what caves
audiar meditans inserere seternum decus

shall I be heard essaying to enrol the undying renown
egregii Cœsaris stell is et consilio

of the illustrious Casar among the stars and in the council
Jovis? Dicam insigne, recens, adhuc
of Jovet I will send forth a noble strain, new, as yet
indictum alio ore. Non secus Evias,

unuttered by other lips. Thus the drunkard,
exsomnis, stupet in jugis,
awaking from sleep, stands stupefied on the mountain-tops,
prospiciens Hebrum, et Tliracen candidam nive, ac

beholding Hebrus, and Thrace white with snow, and
Rhodopen lustratam barbaro pede. Ut libet

Rhodope traversed by barbarian foot. How it gladdens
mihi devio mirari ripas et vacuum nemus !
me wandering to admire the streams and lonely grove!
O potens Naiadum que Baccharum, valentium
О god of Naiads and of the Bacchantes, who are able
man i bus vertere proceras fraxinos, loquar

with their hands to tearup lofty ash-trees, Iwill say
nil parvum, aut humili modo, nil
nothing insignificant, or in a humble strain, nothing
mortale. О Lennœe ! dulce periculum
doomed to perish. О Bacchus! (it is) delightful danger
sequi deum cingentem tempora viridi

to foliow the god who encircles his brotos with the verdant
pampino.
vine-leaf.
ODE XXVI.
TO VENUS.
Nuper vixi idoneus puellis, et militavi non

I lately lived suited for the girls, and I served not
sine gloria ; nunc hic paries qui custodit

without reputation; (but) now this wall which guards
kevum latus marinee Veneris habebit arma
the left side of sea-born Venus shall possess my arms
que barbiton defunctum bello. Hic, hic

and lyre discharged from warfare. Here, here
ponite funalia lucida, et vectes et arcus

lay down the glowing torches, and the bars and bows
minaces oppositis foribus. O diva. quae
that threaten resisting doors. О goddess, who dost
tenes beatam Cyprum, et Memphim ea rentem

possess happy Cyprus, and Memphis exempt
Sithonia nive, regina, semel tange

from Sithonian snow, queen, give but one blow
sublirai flagello arrogantem Chloen.

with upltfted lash to the scornful Chloe.
ODE XXVII.
TO GALATEA.
Omen recinentis parrœ, et

May t ne (inauspicious) omen of the noisy screech-owl, ana
prœgnans cam's, aut rava lupa decurrens ab

es pregnant bitch, or a tawny wolf running down from
Lanuvino agro, que feta vulpus, ducat
theLanuvian lands, and anew-whelped fox, accompany
impios; serpens et rumpat institutum

the wicked ; may a serpent also interrupt their intended
iter, si similis sagittœ, terruit man nos
journey, if, like an arrow, it terrifies the horses
pсr obliquum. Ego, providus auspex,

by its shooting (across the path.) 1, a far-sighted augur,
suscitalx> prece cui timebo,
will invoke with entreaty (for her) for whom I fear,
oscinem corvum ab ortu solis, antequam avis
the croaking raven from the east, before the bird
divina imminentum imbrium repetat stantes
which forebodes impending showers revisits the stagnant
paludes. Galatea, licet sis felix, ubicunque

pools. Galatea, mayest thou be happy, wherever
mavis, et vivas memor

thou preferest (to dwell,) and mayest thou live mindful
nostri ; que nec picus lsevus, nec
of me ; and may neither a woodpecker on the left, nor
vaga cornix vetet te. Sed

о wandering crow forbid thee (going on.) But
vides quanto tumultu pronus Orion
thou perceivest with what commotion the setting Orion
trepidet. Ego novi quid ater sinus Adrise sit, et

hastens. I know what the fierce Adriatic is, and
quid albus Iapyx pecoet. Uxores
how the serene Iapyx can be treacherous. May the wives
que pueri hostium sentiant csecos motus

and offspring of our enemies feel the dark commotions
orientis Austri, et fremitum nigri

of the rising south-wind, and the roaring of the blackened
œquoris, et ripas trementes verbere.

deep, and the shores quivering beneath the lashing.
Sic et Europe credidit niveum

In like manner, too, did Europa entrust lier snow-white
latus doloso tauro; et audax,

side to the deceitful bull ; and (though) courageous,
palluit pontum scatentum belluis,

she (now) grew pale at the ocean teeming with monsters,
que fraudes medias. Nuper in

and the dangers that surrounded (her.) Lately in
pratis studiosa florum, et opifex coronse
the meadows gathering flowers, and forming a garland
debitœ nymphis, vidit sublustri

fit for the nymphs, she (now) beheld in the feebly illumined
nocte nihil prseter astra et undas. Quse, simul
night nothing but stars and waves. Who, as soon as
tetigit Creten, potentem centum oppidis,

she reached Crete, powerful for its hundred cities,
dixit: "Pater! O nomen filiœ relictum !

exclaimed: "Father! О name of daughter abandoned
que pietas victa furore !

(by me!) and filial affection overcome by frenzy !
Unde veni? Quo? Una mors est
Whence have I come t Whither (do I go t) One death is
levis virginum culpse.
(too) slight (penalty) for a virgin's frailty. Do I, (now)
Vigilansne, ploro turpe commissum, an

awaking, repent (this) foul crime, or does (some)
vana imago, quam somnium, fugiens e eburna
delusive image, which a dream, escaping from the ivory
porta, ducit ludit carentem vitio?

gate, brings (with it,) mock (me,) (still) free fromdeatht
Fuit ne melius ire per longos fluctus, an carpere
Was it better to cross the wide billows, or to cull
recentes flores? Si quis dedat mihi,

the fresh flowers t If some (power) would surrender tome,
nunc infamen juvencum enitar
I would
iratee, ;
now infuriated, this infamous bull ; endeavor
9
1 20 ODES OP HORACE — BOOK III.
et lacerare ferro, et franger*
both tu mutilate (him) with the axe, and to break
nornua monstri, modo multum amati !

the horns of the monster, once much beloved !
Impudens liqui Penates patrios ;

Shamelessly have I abandoned the Penates of my father ;
impudens moror Orcum ! O si quis
shamelessly do 1 delay (my) death ! Oh ! if any
deorum audis hœo, utinam errem
of the deities hear this (jar ayer,) would that I may wander
nuda inter leones, antequam turpis macies
defenceless among lions, before disfiguring decay
occupet decentes malas que succus

seizes my comely cheeks and the tide (of life)
defluat tenerse prsedœ quœro,
flows away from (me,) atender prey, I ask,
speciosa, pascere tigres.
*
Vilis
while still blooming, to be the food of tigers.
'
Worthless
Europe,' pater, absens, urget,
Europa,' thy father, (though) faraway, urges (seems to
'quid cessas mori? Potes

exclaim,) 'why dost thou hesitate to die t Thou
lsedere collum pendulum ab orno,
canst strangle the neck suspended from (this) ash-tree,
zona bene secuta te. Sive
with the girdle that has happily accompanied thee. Or
rupes et saxa acuta leto delectant

if a precipice and the rocks edged with death please
te, age, crede te veloci procellœ, nisi

thee, come, consign thyself to the rapid blast, unless
sanguis regius ! mavis carpere pensum

thou — the blood of kings/ wouldst prefer tocard wool
herile, que tradi pellex

for. a mistress, and to be given up as a bondmaid
barbarœ dominse.'
"
to (some) barbarous dame.'"
Perfidum ridens Venus aderat

The treacherously -smiling Venus (now) appeared
querenti, et filius arcu

to the complaining (girl,) and hereon withhisbou
remisso: — "Abstineto," dixit mox, ubi
unbent: — '- Desist," she said presently, when
satis lusit, "irarum

she had sufficiently indulged her mirth, "from thy anger
que calidse rixœ, quum invisus taurus
and passionate railing, since (this) odious bull
reddet tibi cornua laceranda.
shall surrender to thee his horns to be torn in pieces.
Nescis esse uxor invicti
Tlkou knowest not that thou art the bride of resistless
Jovis ; mitte singultus ; disce bene ferre magnam

Jove ; cease thy sobs ; learn duly to sustain thy exalted
fortunam ; sectus orbis ducet tua nomina."
fortune; a division of the globe shall bear thy name."
ODE XXVIII.
TO LYDE.
Quid faciam potius festo die

What shall I do in preference an thefestal day
Noptuni? Strenua Lyde, prome reconditum

of Neptune t My active I yde, bring out the lwarded
Coecubum, que adhibe vim munitse sapientise.
Cacuban, and do violence to thy guarded wisdom.
Sentis meridiem inclinare, âс, veluti

Thou obsercest the noontide is declining, and, as \f
volucris dies stet, parcis deripere
winged Time stood still, thou delayest to bring forth
horreo oessantem amphoram consulis
from the storehouse thelingering wine-jar of the consulship
Bibuli. Nos cantabimus invicem Neptunum et

of Bibulus We shall sing alternately of Neptune and
virides choros Nereidum ; curva lyra
the sea-green choirs of the Nereids; on the winding lyre
tu recines Latonâm et spicula celeris
thou shalt sing of Latona and the arrows of the swift
Cynthiœ, summo carmine, quœ
Diana, (and,) at the conclusion of the strain, (her) who
tenet Cnidon que fulgentes Cycladas, et
possesses Сnidos and the sparkling Cyclades, and
visit Paphon junctis oloribus; Nox quoque
visits Paphos with her yoked swans. Night also
dicetur merita nsenia.
shall be celebrated in a suitable hymn.
ODE XXIX.
TO UiSCENAS.
М-ЖСЕКАS, progenies Tyrrhenâ regum, est

Mavenas, descendant of Etrurian kings, there has been
apud me jamdudum tibi lene

at my house long (in store) for thee (some) mellow
merum non ante verso cado, cum flore rosarum, et
wine in anunbroached cask, with flowers of roses, and
balanus pressa tuis capillis. Eripe te
perfume distilled for thy hair. Snatch thyself
morse ut contempleris sem|ier udum Tibur,
from delay that thou mayest enjoy the ever moist Tibur,
et declive arvum .ACsulœ, et jaea
and the sloping fields of ¿Esula, and the hills
parricidse Telegoni. Desere fastidiosam copiam,
of the parricide Telegonus. Abandon surfeiting abundance,
et mol em propinquam arduis n ubi bus ; omitte

and (yon) buildings towering to the lofty skies; cease
mirari fumam, et opes, que strepitum

to wonder at the smoke, and the wealth, and the bustle
beatœ Romœ. Vices plerumque gratse divitibus,

ofopulent Rome. Change is often agreeable to the rich,
que mundse cœnœ sub parvo lare pauperum,

and cleanly fare in the humble dwelling of the poor,
sine aulœis et ostro, explicuere
without tapestry and purple, has smoothed away
sollicitam frontem. Jam clarus pater Andromedse

the wrinkled brow. Now the bright father of Andromeda
ostendit occultum ignem ; jam Procyon furit, et
displays his hidden fire; now Procyon rages, and
stella vesani leonis, sole referente
the constellation of the fierce lion , as the sun brings back
siccos dies. Jam fessus pastor cum
the thirsty season. Now the weary shepherd with
lânguido grege quœrit umbras, que rivum, et

his languid flock seeks the shade, and the stream, and
du meta horridi Silvani, que taciturna ripa
the thickets of the rough Sihanus, and the silent bank
caret vagis ventis. Tu curas

is free from the wandering winds. Thou art thinking
quis status deceat civitatem, et
what constitution may (best) suit the state, and art in
sollicitus times urbi, quid Seres, et
anxious fear for the cityK (as to) what the Seres, and
Bactra, regnata Cyro, que Tanais,
Bactra, (once) ruled by Cyrus, and Tanais,
discors parent. Prudens deus premit
the seat of discord, may be preparing. A wise deity shrouds
exitum futuri temporis caliginosa nocte, que ridet si
the issue of the future in gloomy night, and. smiles if
mortalis trepidat ultra fas.
a mortal is solicitous (to see) farther than he may
Memento componere œquus quod adest csetera

Remember to manage fittingly what is present; what remains
ferantur ritu fluminis, nunc delabentis

glides on after the manner of a stream, now running
cum pace medio alveo in Etruscum mare, nunc
calmly in mid-channel down to the Tuscan Sea, now
volventis una adesos lapides, que raptas

rolling along in its course corroded stones, and vptom
stirpes, et pecus et domos, non sine clamore

trunks, and flocks and houses, not without the noise
montium que vicinse silvœ, quum

of (echoing) mountains and the neighboring grove, when
fera diluvies irritat quietos amnes. Ule

the fierce flood excites its tranquil waters. He (only)
deget potens sui que lœtus

will live master of himself and happy
cui licet in diem dixisse Vixi
"I have
: ;
who has it in his power every day to say : lived;
eras Pater occupato polum vel
to-morrow let the Father envelop the heavens either
atra nube vel puro sole ;
with a dark cloud or with clear sunshine ;
non tamen efficiet irritum quodcunque
Aе cannot however render ineffectual that which
est retro, neque diffinget que reddet infectum quod
is past, nor change and undo what
fugiens hora semel vexit." Fortuna,

the fleeting hour has once . borne away." Fortune,
lseta ssevo negotio et pertinax ludere
rejoicing in her cruel occupation and obstinate in playing
insolentem ludum, transmutat incertos honores
Aег insolent game, transfers her uncertain honors,
nunc mihi, nunc alii. Laudo
l>enigna
generous now to me, now to another. Ipraise (her)
manentem ; si quatit celeres pennas, resigno
while she remains; if she shakes her swift wings, I resign
quse dedit et involvo me mea
she has given, and wrap myself in my own.
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK
'
III. 131
virtute, que quœro probam pauperiem sine dote.

integrity, and seek upright poverty without a dowry.
Est non meum, si malus mugiat
It is not my practice, if the mast groan (beneath)
Africis procellis, decurrere ad miseras preces,
African tempests, to have recourse to cowardly prayers,
et pacisci votis Cyprœ ve Tyrrhiœ
and to bargain by my vows that my Cyprian or Tyrrhian
merces ne addant divitias avaro
merchandise may not add wealth to the insatiable
mari. Tunc aura, Pollux que
sea. Now a (favoring) breeze, (and) Pollux and
geminus feret me tutum prœsidio

his twin-brother shall convey me safe in the protection
biremis scaphœ per tumultus ^Çgœos.

of a two-oared vessel through the storms of the JEgean Sea.
ODE XXX.
A poet's immortality.
Exegi monumentum perennius

I
sere,
have reared a monument more enduring than brass,
que altius regali situ Pyramidum,

and loftier than the regal structure of the Pyramids,
quod non edax imber, non impotens

which neither the corroding shower, nor the tempestuous
Aquilo, aut innumerabilis series annorum et

north-wind, or the countless succession of years and
fuga temporum possit diniere. Non
the flight of seasons shall be able to destroy. I shall not
omnis moriar ! Multaque pars mei vitabit

wholly die.' And a great portion of me shall escape
Libitinam. Ego, usque recens, crescam lande
Libitina. I, ever young, shall grow in the praises
132 •
0DES OF HORACE — BOOK Ш.
postera, dum pontifex scandet Capitol ium

of posterity, as long as the priest shall ascend the Capitol
cum tacita virgine. Et qua violens Aufidus
with the silent virgin. And where therapid Aufidus
obstrepir, et qua Daunus, pauper aquse,
roars, and where Daunus, scantily supplied with water,
regnavit agrestium populorum, potens

rules over a rustic population, I, (become) powerful
ex humili, dicar
from a lowly degree, shall be acknowledged (as having been)
princeps deduxisse Solium carmen ad Italos
the first to have adapted ¿floUan verse to Italian
modos. Melpomene, sume superbiam
measures. Melpomene, assume the pride (of place)
qusesitam meritis, et volens cinge

acquired by thy merits, and propitiously wreaths
comam Delpbica lauro.
my hair with Delphian bay.
ODES OF HORACE.
book: IV.
ODE I.
TO VENUa
Venus, rursus moves bella diu intermissa.

Venus, thou art again exciting wars long discontinued.
Parce, Sum non qualis

Iprecor, Iprecor I am
!
Spare (me, ) implore, implore ! not such as
eram sub regno bonse Cinarse.

I was under the dominion of the good-natured Cinara.
Desine, sseva mater cupidinnm, flectere

Forbear, cruel mother of soft desires, from bending
circa decem lustra,

(to thy sway) (one aged) about ten lustra (fifsy years,)
jam durum mollibus imperiis. Abi ubi

now insensible to thy soft commands. Depart whither
blandœ preces juvenum revocant te.
the soothing entreaties of the youths recall thee.
Ales purpureis oloribus,

Flying (thither) with (thy) beauteous swans,
tempestivius commessabere in domum Pauli

tlwu shalt more seasonably go to revel in the house of Paulus
Maximi, si quœris torrere idoneum jecur.
Maximus, if thou art anxious to excite a suitable passion.
Namque, et nobilis et decens, et non

For he, both nobly descended and graceful, and never
tacitus pro sollicitis reis, et puer

silent on behalf of distressed defendants, and a youth
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134 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK IV.
centum artium, feret late

of a hundred accomplishments, shall bear far and wide
signa tuse militiœ; et quandoque

the trophies of thy warfare ; and whenever
potentior muneribus largi semuli,

more successful than the gifts of a liberal rival,
riserit, ponet te, prope Albanos

he shall laugh, he will erect for thee, near the Alban
lacus, marinоream sub citrea trabe. Illic
lake, a marble statue beneath a citron dome. There
duces naribus plurima thura, et
thou shalt smell (inhale) abundance of frankincense, and
delectabere mistis carminibus lyrse
thou shalt be delighted with the mingled melody of the lyre
que Berecynthiœ tibise, non sine fistula. Illic

and Berecynthian pipe, nor without the flute. There
pueri, cum teneris virginibus, ter

the youths, with the delicate maidens, shall thrice
quatient humum candido pede bis die, in

strike the ground with dainty foot twice a day, after
morem Salium, laudantes numen.
the manner of the Salii, in praise of (thy) divinity.
Nec femina, nec puer, nee credula spes
Neither women, nor youths, nor the credulous hope
mutui animi juvat me jam ; nec certa re

of a mutual affection delights me now ; nor to contend
mero, пес vincire tempora novis floribus.

in wine, nor to wreathe my brows with fresh flowers.
Sed cur, heu ! Ligurine, cur lacrima rara
But why, ah! Ligurinus, why does the tear imperceptibly
manat per meas genas ? Cur facunda
trickle down my cheeks t Why does (my once) eloquent
lingua cadit inter verba paru m decoro

tongue falter between my words with unbecoming
silcntio? Nocturnis somniis ego jam teneo

silence t In my midnight dreams I now hold the*
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK IV. 135
eaptnm jam sequor per gram ¡na

I now
;
captive; pursue (thee) through the grass
Martii ;
Campi
of the Campus Martius;
dure,
cruel one, I pursue te,
thee
per
over
volubiles aquas.
Ute rolling bülows.
ODE IL
TO ANTONIUS IULTTS.
Iule, quisquis studet œmulari Pindarum, nititur

Iulus, whoever strives to rival Pindar, struggles
pennis ceratis Dcedalea ope, daturus nomina

on wings waxed by Dœdalean art, doomed to give a name
vitreo ponto. Velut amnis decurrens

to the glassy deep. Like . a river descending from
monte, quem imbres aluere super
(some) mountain, which showers have swollen beyond
notas ripas, Pindarus fervet que ruit

sie accustomed banks, (so) Pindar foams and rushes onward
immensus profundo ore, donandus

vast with the deep tide of song, worthy of being rewarded
Apollinari laurea, seu devolvit nova
with Apollo's bay, whether he rolls down strange
verlia per audaces dithyrambos, que

expressions through daring dithyrambs, and
fertur numeris solutis lege ; seu
is borne along by numbers uncontrolled by rule; or
canit deos que reges, sangninem deorum,
sings of the gods or of the kings, the progeny of the gods,
r quos Centanri cecidere justa mbrte
whom the Centaurs fell with a well-merited destruction
136 ODES OP HORACE — BOOK IV.
flamma tremendse Chimœrœ cecidit ;

(and) the flame of the terrible Chimara was quenched;
sive dicit quo» Elea palma reducit

or celеbrates (those) whom the Elton pair» brings
domum cœlestes, ve pugilem ve equum,
home exalted to the skies, or of the wrestler or steed,
et douat munere potiore centum
and presents (them) with a gift more acceptable than a hundred
signis; ve plorat juveuemrap tu m flebili

statues; or laments (some) youth torn from his weeping
sponsœ, et educit in astra vires que

bride, and praises to the stars his strength *nd
animum que âureos mores, que invidet
courage and unblemished character, and rescues (him)
nigra orco. Multa aura levat
from the oblivion of the grave. A swelling gale raises
Dîruœum cycnum, quoties, Antoni, tendit
theDircaan swan, as often, Antonius, as he ascends
in altos tractus nubium ; ego,

into the lofsy regions of the clouds; I, (according to)
more que modo Ma tinse apis per

the custom and manner of the Matinian bee (thai) with
plurimum laborem carpentis grata thyma,
assiduous toil gathers the grateful thyme,
parvus, fingo operosa carmina

of humble intellect, compose elaborate strains
circa nemus que ripas uvidi
in the vicinity of the grove and banks of the watery
Tiburis. Poeta majore plectro, concines

Tibur. Thou, a poet of more exalted strains, shalt sing of
Cœsarem, quandoque decorus merita
Casar, whenever, adorned with the well-deserved
fronde, trahet feroces Sicambros per sacrum
laurel, he shall drag the fierceSicambri along the sacred
cliv'um ; quo fata que boni divi
-
ascent than whom the fates and propitious deities
donavere terris nihil majus ve melius;

bestowed on (this) earth no (blessing) greater or better;
nec dabuDt, quamvis tempora redeant id

nor shall bestow, although the Umes may return to
priscn m aurum. Concines que lœtos

the primeval gold. Thou shalt sing both of the festal
dies et publicum ludum urbis super

days and the public rejoicings in the city on account of
impetrato reditu fortis Augusti, que
the often-implored return of valiant Augustus, and
forum orbum litigibus. Tum, si loquor
the forum free from litigation. Then, if I can speak
quid audiendum, bona pars mese
anything worthy of being heard, a large portion ofmy
vocis acoedet, et felix recepto Csesare,

voice shall join in, and rejoicing at the return of Casar,
canam :
"O pulcher sol ! О
/ will sing: "О glorious day! О (thou)
laudando!" Que dum tu
worthy of being solemnized !
" And whilst thou art
procedis omnis civitas, non semel
moving along, I, (and) the whole state, will often
dicemus: "Io Triumphe! Io Triumphe!" que
raise the shout: "Io Triumphe! Io Triumphe!" and
dabimus thura benignis divis. Te,
we shall offer frankincense to the benignant deities. Thee,
decem tauri que totidem vaccœ ; me, tener

ten bulls and as many heifers; me, a tender
vitulus, qui, relicta matre, juvenescit

young steer, that, having left its mother, thrives
largis herbis, solvet in

among luxuriant pastures, shall release for the (discharge)
mea vota, imitatus fronte curvatos
of my vows, representing by his forehead the bending
ignes lunse referentis tertium ortum ;

fires of the moon when she brings round her third risinp;
niveus videri qua duxit notam,

snow-white in appearance, where he bears a mark,
cœtera fulvus.
otherwise of a dun color.
ODE III.
TO MELPOMENE.
Melpomene, ilium quem tu semel videria

Melpomene, him on whom thou hast once looked
placido lumine nascentem, non Isthmius

with an auspicious eye at his birth, neither the Isthmian
labor clarabit pugilem, non
toil shall render illustrious as a pugilist, nor shall
impiger equus ducet victorem Achaico

the swift steed draw him triumphant in an Achasan
curru ; neque bellica res ostendet
chariot ; nor shall martial deeds display (Asm)
Capitolio, ducem ornatum Deliis
to the Capitol, as a general adorned with the Delian
foliis quod contuderit tumidas minas regum ;

laurel because he had crushed the proud threats of kings;
sed aquse quœ prœfluunt fertile Tibur, et
but the waters that flow by thefertile Tibur, and
spissse comœ nemorum, fingen t

the dense foliage of the groves, shall cause (him to be)
nobilem iEolio carmine. Soboles Romse,

immortalized in ASolian verse. The sons of Rome,
principis urbium, dignatur ponere me inter

queen of cities, condescend to rank me among
amabiles choros vatum jam minus

I
; et
the amicable band of poets ; and am now less
mordeor dente invido. O Pieri,

bitten by the tooth of (exposed to) calumny. O Muse,
quœ temperas dulcem strepitum aureœ testudinis ;

who sway est the sweet melody of the golden lyre ;
quse, si lîbeat, donatura

0 (thou) who canst also, if thou ehoosest, confer
son um cycni mutis piscibus ; hoc est
the notes of the (dying) swan on the mule fish ; it is
totum tui muneris quod monstror
altogether by thy bounty that I am pointed out
digito prœtereuntium fidicen

by the fingei of those passing by as the minstrel
(si
Romanse lyrse; quod spiro et placeo
of the Roman lyre; that live and give pleasure (sf
I
placeo) est tuum
do give pleasure'' thy own (gift.)
is
1
ODE IV.
TBS FRAISES ОТ DRU8US.
Qctalem olim juventas et patrius vigor

As at first, youth and hereditary vigor
propulit nido, inscium, laborum, alitem,

smpelled from the nest, ignorant of toils, the bird,
ministrum fulminis, cui Jupiter, rex deorum,

the thunder-bearer, to whom Jupiter, the king of gods,
permisit regnum in vagas aves,
had assigned dominion over the wandering fowls,
flavo
in
expertus fidelem
having found (him) faithful in (the case of) the golden-haired
Ganymede, que venti verni, nimbis

Ganymede, and the winds of spring, the wintry storms
jam remotis, docuere, paventem,

being now removed, have taught (him,) still timorous,
insolitos nisus; mox vividus impetus
unusual darings presently a fierce impulse
;
demisit hostem in ovilia; nunc

has sent (him) down an enemy into the sheepfolds ; now
amor dapis atque pugnœ egit

the love of food and conflict has urged (him)
in reluctantes dracones, qualemve leonem jam

against the resisting dragons, or as a lion just
depulsum lacte ab ubere fulvœ matris,
weaned from the teat of his tawny dam,
caprea, intenta lœtis pascuis,
(which) the goat, intent on its luxurious pastures,
peritura novo dente, vidit;

doomed to perish by his early fang, espies ; (such)
Vindelici videre Drusum gerentem bella sub
the Vindelici beheld Drusus waging war at the foot
Rhsetis Alpibus : quibus unde
of the Rhatian Alps : respecting whom, whence
mos deductus, per omnetempus

the custom is derived, (which) through every age
obarmet dextras Amazonia securi,

arms their right hands with an Amazonian axe,
distuli quserere; nec est fas scire

/ have omitted toinquire ; nor is it lawful to know
omnia : sed catervœ victrices diu que late, revictse

ail things : but the troops victorious far and wide, overcome
consiliis juvenis, sensere quid mens,
by the skill of a youthful warrior, felt what a mind,
quid indoles, rite nutrita sub faustis

what a disposition, duly trained beneath an auspicious
penetralibus, quid paternus animus

roof, what the fatherly affection
Augusti in pueros Nerones, posset.

of Augustus towards the young Jferos, could effect.
Fortes creantur fortibus; et bonis juvencis
The brave are begotten by the brave ; and in good steers
est — in equis est— virtus patrum ; neque
there is — in horses there ic — the spirit of their sires : nor do
feroces aquilœ progenerant imbellem columbam. Sed

fierce eagles beget the timid dove. But
doctrina promovet insitam vim, que recti
instruction develops (our) inherent powers, and a good
cultus roborant pectora; utcunque mores

education strengthens themind; whenever morals
defecere, culpse indecorant bene nata. О

are wanting, faults disgrace fair endowments. О
Roma, flu men Metaurum testis quid debeas

Rome, the river Melaurus (is) a witness what thou owest
Neronibus, et devictus Hasdrubal, et ille

to the Neros, and the conquered Hasdrubal, and that
pulcher dies tenebris fugatis, Latio,

glorious day when darkness was dispelled from Italy,
qui primus risit alma adorea, ut
which first smiled with bounteous victory, since
dirus Afer equitavit per Italis urbes,

the dreadful African careered through the Italian citien,
ceu flamma per tsedas, vel Eurus

as the flame through the pines, or the south-east wind
per Siculas undas. Post hoc, Romana pubes

over the Sicilian waters. After this, the Roman youth
usque crevit secundis laboribus, et

continually grew greater in successful deeds, and
fana vastata impio tumultu
the shrines ravaged by the unhallowed outbreak
Pœnorum habuere deos rectos ; que

of the Carthaginians had (their) gods erect; and
tandem perfid us Hannibal dixit: "Cervi,
at length the treacherous Hannibal exclaimed : " Like deer,
praeda rapacium luporum, sectamur

the prey of ravenous wolves, we are pursuing
ultro quos est opimus triumphu»
of our own accord (those) whom it is a signal triumph
fallero et eftugere. Gens quœ, jactata
lo escave by flight. A nation which, tossed on
10
Tuscis sequoribus, fortis pertulit ab cremato U¡o

the Etrurian waters, bravely bore from consumed 1llium
ad Ausonias urbes sacra que natos quo

to the Ausonian cities its sacred images and sons and
maturos patres, ut ilex tonsa
aged sires, just as an oak, lopped (of its leaves)
duris bipennibus in Algido feraci nigra
by powerful axes, on Algidus abounding in thick
frondis per damna, per cœdes, ducit
foliage, through losses, through disasters, it derives
opes animumque ab ferro ipso. Hydra

strength and spirit from the steel itself. The Hydra
non secto corpore crevit firmior
did not from her amputated frame grow up more vigorously
in Herculem, dolentem vinci ; ve
against Hercules, grieving to be overcome ; nor
Colchive Echionise Thebse submisere majus
did the Colchians or the Echionian Thebes produce a greater
monstrum. Merses profundo, evenit

wonder. Plunge (it) in the deep, it forth
comes
pulchrior ; luctere proruet

more beautiful ; wrestle with (it, ) and it will overthrow
integrum victorem cum multa laude, que

the (hitherto) uninjured conqueror with great glory, and
geret prselia, loquenda

will fight battles, to be talked of by (a theme of lamentation
conjugibus. Non jam ego mittam Carthagini
for) (widowed) wives. No more shall I send to Carthage
superbos nuntios ; omnis spes et fortuna

nostri
boastful intelligence ; all the hope and fortune of our
the
nominis occidit — occidit interempto Hasdrubale.

race has fallen— has fallen by the death of Hasdrubal.
Nil Claud iœ manus non perficient,
There is nothing that the Claudian hands will not accomplish,
quos Jupiter et defendit benigno numine, e*

which Jupiter also protects by his benign influence, and
sagaces curse cxpediunt per acuta

sagacious precaution conducts (in safety) through the perils
belli."
of war."
ODE V.
TO AUGUSTUS.
Orte bonis divis, optime custom

Sprung from propitious deities, thou best guardian
Romulse gentis, jam nimium diu abes ;
of the Roman people, thou art now too long absent ;

pollicitus sancto concilio patrum
having promised the venerable council of the senators
maturum reditum, redi. Bone dux, redde

a speedy return, come home. Auspicious prince, restore
lucem tuse patrise ; enim ubi

the light (of thy presence) to thy country; for wherever
vultus, instar veris, affuisit populo,

thy countenance, like the spring, hasshone upon the people,
dies it gratior, et soles nitent

the day passes more pleasantly, and the sun shines
melius. Ut mater volis, ominibus, et precious

fairer. As a mother with votes, omens, and prayers
vocat juvenem, quem notus invidu
invokes (her) youthful son, whom the south-wind withenvious
flatu distinet a dulci domo, cunctantem
blast detains from his - dear home, delaying (him)
trans sequora maris Carpathii longius
beyond the waters of tlte Carpathian Sea longer
annuo spatio, nec deinovet faciem
than the annual period, nor does she turn her face
curvo littore ; sic, icta fidelibus
away from the winding shore ; so, affected with constant
desideriis, patria quœrit Cœsarem. Etenim bos

yearnings, his country for calls Casar For the ox
tutus perambulat rura; Ceres que alma

in security traverses the fields ; Geres and the benign
Faustitas nutrit rura; maritoe

favor of Heaven nourish the ground ; the mariners
volitant per pacatum mare, fides

pass swiftly over the tranquillized deep, (and) good faith
metuit culpari. Casta domus
shrinks from the imputation of blame. The chaste family
polluitur nullis stupris ; mos et lex
M defiled by no adulteries ; morality and law
edomuit maculosum nefas; puerperse
have subdued contaminating guilt ; the child-bearing wives
laudantur prole simili ;

are praised for an offspring like (their husbands ,"N
poena p rem it culpa m

punishment follows close upon guilt as its (constant)
comes. Quis paveat Parthum? quis

companion. Who can dread the Parthian t who
gelidum Scythen? quis fetus quos horrida

the frostbound Scythian t who the broods that fierce
Germania parturit, Csesare incolumi? Quis curet
Germany produces, while Casar is safe t Who cares
bellum ferse Iberise? Quisque condit diem

for the wars of savage Spain t Every one closes the day
in suis collibus, et ducit vitem ad viduas

amid his own hills, and weds the vine to the widowed
arbores; hinc redit ad vina lsetus, et

elm-trees ; hence he returns to his wine rejoicing, and
alteris mensis adhibet te deum ; te
at his second course invokes thee as his deity ; thee
prosequitur multa prece, te mero defuso

he worships with many a prayer, thee with vine poured
patens, et miscet tuum numen
from the goblets, and unites thy divinity
ODES OF HORACE: — BOOK IV. 145
Laribus, ut i Grœcia, гаешоr

with his household gods, as Greece (did,) mindful
Castorfs et magni Herculis. Bone dux,
of Castor and the mighty Hercules. Auspicious prince,
O utinam prsestes longas ferias Hesperiœ;
oh! mayest thou afford long festal days to Italy ;
sicci, dicimus mane, die

sober, we pray for (this) in the morning, while the day
integro; uvidi, dicimus quem sol

is (yet) entire ; merry, for (this) we pray when the sun
subest oceano.
I« sinking bc-¿ath the ocean.
ODE VI.
TO APOLLO AMD DIANA.
Dive, quem proles Niobea sensit

О Deity, whom the offspring of Niobe felt (to be)
vindicem magnœ linguse, que raptor

an avenger of a boastful tongue, (as did) also the ravisher
Tityos et Phthius Achilles, prope victor
Tityos and the Phthian Achilles, almost the conqueror
altœ Trojœ. Miles major ceteris

of lofty Troy A soldier superior to the rest
impar tibi, quamquam,

(of the Greeians,) (but) inferior to thee, although
filius mari nse Thetidis, pugnax tremenda
he, the son of the sea-born Thstis, combating with his terrible
cuspide, quateret Dardanas turres. Velut pinus

lance, shook the Trojan towers. ( Yet) as a pine tree
icta mordaci ferro, aut cupressus

struck by the biting axe, or as a cypress
impulsa Euro, ille procidit

thrown down by the cast-wind, Ac /«li (extending)
late, que posuit collein in Troico pulvere.

far and wide, and reclined his neck in the Trojan dust.
Hie non, inclusas equo mentito

He would not, enclosed in the horse that belied
sacra Minervse, falleret

the worship of Minerva, have taken by surprise
Troas, feriatos male, et aulam

the Trojans. revelling in an evil (hour,) and the court
Priami, lœtam choreis. Sed palam

of Priam, when rejoicing in the dance. But openly
gravis captivis (heu nefas ! heu nefas !)

merciless to his captives (О impiety! О impiety!)
ureret, in Achivis flammis,
he would have consumed in Grecian flames
pueros nescios fari, etiam latentem in
the lisping babes, (and) even the child lying hid in
matris alvo, ni pater divum,
Us mother's womb, had not the father of the gods,
victus tuis vocibns que gratœ

influenced by thy entreaties and (those)
of the lovely
Veneris, annuisset rebus JEnem muros ductos
Venus, granted to the interest of ¿Eneas walls reared
potiore alite. Fidicen, doctor

under a better omen. Thou god of the lyre, instructor
Argivœ Thaliœ, Phoebus, qui lavis crines

of the Argive Thalia, Phœbe, who bathest thy tresses
amnc Xantho, levis Agyieu, defende
in the river Xanthus, О youthful Aggieus, support
decus Daunise Camense ; Phoebus dedit
the dignity *f the Roman muse; Phœbus has imparted
mihi spiritum ; Phoebus

so me (poetic) inspiration ; Phœbus (has imparted to me)
artem carminis que nomen poetœ. Primse

the art of song and the reputation ofa poet. Ye noblest
virginum, que pueri, orti claris patribus !

of virgins, and ye boys, sprung from illustrious fathsrs!
— tutela Delise deje, cohibentis

— ye wards of the Delian goddess, who subdued
arcu fugaces lyucas et cervos,

with her bow the flying lynxes and stags, (carefully)
servate Lesbium pedem, que ictum mei

observe the Lesbian measure, and the motion of my
pollicis, rite canentes Latonœ puerum — rite

thumb, duly celebrating Latona's son — duly (celebrating)
noctilucam crescentem face,
(the goddess) that illumines the night, increasing in her light,
prosperam frugum que celerem
propitious to the productions (of the earth,) and swiftly
volvere pronos menses. Jam,
rolling (onward) therapid months. At length,
nupta, dices : "Ego, docilis,

united in wedlock, thou shalt say : "7j easily taught
modorum vatis Horati, reddidi carmen,
the measures of the poet Horace, recited a hymn,
amicum diis, seculo
(which was) ayreeable to the gods, when the secular period
referente festas luces."

brought back the festal days."
ODE VII.
TO TORQUATUS.
Nives diffiigere ; gramina jam redeunt

The snows have fled; their verdure is now returning
campis, que comee arboribus. Terra

to the fields, and their foliage to the trees. The earth is
mutat vices, et decrescentia flumina

changing its appearance, and the sinking rivers
praetereunt ripas; Gratia nuda audet

glide within their banks; a Grace unclad (now) ventures
148 ODES OF HORACK — BOOK IV.
ducere choros cum Nymphis que geminis

to lead the dance with the Nymphs and her twin-
sororibus. Annus et hora quœ rapit
sisters. The year and the hour which hurries away
almum diem, monet ne speres immortal ia.
the cheerful day, warn (thee) not to expect everlaeting bliss.
Frigora mitescunt zephyris ; fiestas

The cold МОИМ are mitigated by the zephyrs; the summer
proterit ver, peri tu ra si muí

follows close upon spring, (itself) doomed to perish as soon as
pomifer autumnus effuderit fruges, et mox
fruitful autumn sheds its stores, and immediately
iners bruma recurrit. Tamen, celeres lunœ
inactive winter returns. However, the rapid months
reparant damna oœlestia ubi nos decidimus

repair the losses of the firmament; when we descend
quo pius iEneas, quo dives Tullus

to whither dutiful ¿Eneas, whither the wealthy Tullus
et Ancua sumus pulvis et umbra.
and Ancus (have preceded us,) we are dust and shade.
Quis seit an di superi adjiciant tempora

Who knows whether the gods above will add the hours
crastinse summœ hodiernse? Cuncta quse

of to-morrow to the sum of to-day t Everything which
dederis amico animo fugient
thou shalt have given to thy genial soul will escape
âvidas manus hseredis. Quum semel occideris,
the grasping hands of thy heir. When once thou shalt be dead,
Torquate, et Minos fecit splendida arbitria

Torquatus, and Minos has passed his impartial senience
de te, non genus, non facundia, non pietas

on thee, not birth, nor eloquence, nor filial affection
restituet te, te ! Enim neque Diana liberat
shall restore thee, thee! For neither can Diana release
pudicum Hippolytum tenebris infernis,

the chaste Hippolytus from the darkness of the lower world,
nec Theseus valet abrumpere Lethœa vincula

nor is Theseus able to tear off the Lethean bonds
сarо Pirithoo.
from his beloved Pirithous.
ODE VIII.
TO CENSORINOS.
Commodus meis sodolibus, Censorine, donarera

Generous to my friends, Censorinus, 1 would confer
pateras que grata sera ; donarem

(on them) cupe and pleasing vessels of bronze; 1 would bestow
trípodas, prsemia fortium Graiorum ;

{on them) tripods, therewards of valiant Greeks;
neque tu ferres pessima

nor shouldst thou bear away the most insignificant
munerum, scilicet me divite artium

of the gifts, that is to say, if I were rich in works of art
quas aut Parrhasius aut Scopas protulit; hic
which either a Parrhasius or a Scopas produced; the latter
saxo, ille liquidis coloribus, solera ponere

in marble, the former by liquid colors, skilful at depicting
nunc hominem, nunc deum. Sed mihi non

now a human being, now a god. But I possess not
lisec vis ; nec est tibi res aut animus
this power; nor hast thou afortune or inclination
egens talium deliciarum. Gaudes carminibus ;

requiring such curiosities. Thou delightest in verses;
carmina possumus donare et dicere pretium muneri.
verses we can bestow, and fix a value on the gift.
Non marmora incisa publicis notis, per quœ
Not marbles marked with public inscriptions, by which
spiritus et vita redit bonis ducibns post

breath and life return to illustrious leaders afser
mortem; non celeres fugœ Hannibalis, qw

death; not the precipitate retreat of Hannibal, and his
minœ rejectee retrorsum, non stipendia
threats hurled back (on himself ,) not the tribute
impiœ Carthaginis, clarius indicant

(imposed on) treacherous Carthage, more eminently set forth the
laudes ejus qui rediit, lucratus nomen

praises of him who returned, having gained a name
ab Africa,
domita quam Calabrœ Pierides;
from vanquished Africa, than the Calabrian Muses;
neque, si charte? sileant, tuleris mercedem

nor, if writings be silent, shalt thou reap (any) reward
quod bene feceris. Quid

for what thou mayest have laudably accomplished. What
puer Iliœ que Mavortis foret, si invida

(would) the son of Ilia and Mars be (now,) if jealous
taciturnitas obstaret meritis Romuli? Virtus
silence had opposed the merits of Romulus t The energy
et favor, et lingua potentium vatum consecrat

and favor, and the language of powerful poets consecrate
divitibus insulis iEacum ereptum Stygiis

to the happy islands ¿Eanus rescued from the Stygian
fluctibus. Musa vetat virum dignum laude
waters. The Muse forbids the man worthy of praise
mori ; Musa beat cœlo. Sic
to die; the Muse blesses (him) with immortality. Thus
impiger Hercules interest optatis

the indefatigable Hercules shares in the long-wished-for
epulis Jovis ; Tyndaridœ, clarum sidus,

banquet of Jove; the Tyndarida, a bright constellation,
eripiunt quassas rates ab infimis œquoribus;

rescue shipwrecked barks from the depths of the waves:
Liber, tempora ornatus viridi pampino,
Bacchus, his brows adorned with a verdant vine-shoot,
ducit ad bonos exitus vota.

leads to successful issues the prayers (of his suppliants.)
ODE IX.
TO bMblVB.
Ne forte credas verba interitura

Do not haply believe that (those) words are doomed
quœ natus ad longe sonantem Aufidum,

to perish which I, born near the far-resounding Aufidus,
loquor socianda chord is per

utter to be accompanied on the strings (of the lyre) by
artes non ante vulgatas. S¡ Mœonius Homerus

arts before unknown. Although the Mœonian Homer
tenet priores sedes, Pindaricœ
holds the first rank (among poets,) (yet) the Pindaric
Ceœque Camenœ, et m i naces

and Caan Muses, and the threatening (odes)
Alcsei que graves Camenœ Stesichori, non

of Alcosus and the noble lays of Stesichorus, lie not
latent; net- si Anarcreon olim lusit

in the shade ; nor if Anaer еon formerly produced
quid, setas delevit ; amor adhuc
any sportive effusion, has time destroyed (it ;) love still
spiral, que calores JEoliœpuellœ,
breathes, and the impassioned feeling of the dSolia maid,
commissi fidibus, vivunt. Lacsena Helena?

intrusted to her lyre, still lives. The Spartan Helen
non sola arsit comptos
(seas) not the only (beauty who) burned for the glossy
crines adulteri, et mi rata aurum illitum

locks of a paramour, and admired the gold embroidered
vestibus, regalesque cultus et comites ;

on his garments, and his princely splendor and retinue ;
ve Teucer primus direxit tela
nor (was) Teucer thefirst (who) discharged arrows
Cydonio arcu ; Ilios vexata non semel ;

from the Cydonian bow ; Troy was besieged more than once;
Idomeneus, ingens Sthenelusve,

Idomeneus, powerful (in arms,) and Stheneleus, (were)
non solus pugnavit prœlia
not the only [warrior s that) fought battles worthy
dicenda musis; non ferox Hector

of being sung by the Muses ; nor (were) the stern Hector
vcl acer Deiphobus primus excepit
and the valiant Deiphobus the first (that) received
graves ictus pro pudicis conjugibus
severe wounds in defence of virtuous wives
puerisque. Muiti fortes vixere ante Agamemnona ;

and children. Many brave men lived before Agamemnon;
sed omпes, illacrimabiles ignotique, urgentur
but all (of them,) unmourned and unknown, are shrouded
longa node, quia carent, sacro

in eternal obscurity, because they were destitute of a sacred
vate. Celata virtus distat paulum sepulte

poet. Uncelebrated valor differs little from buried
inertiœ. Ego non te silebo, Lolli,
cowardice. Г will not pass thee over in silence, Lollius,
i nor natu m meis chartis, patiarve lividas obliviones
undistinguished by my verses, or permit jealous silence
carpere impune tuos tot labores. Tibi est

to seize with impunity thy numerous labors. Thou hast
animus que prudens rerum, et rectus

a mind both skilled in affairs, and unshaken
secundis temporibus dubiisque, vindex avârse
in prosperity and adversity, an avenger of covetous
fraudis, et abstinens pecunise ducentis

deception, and proof against wealth which attracts
cunda ad se ; consulque non uni us anni, sed
everything to itself; the consul of not one year only, but
quoties bonus atque fidus judex,

as often as an honest and impartial judge,
prsetulit honestum utili, rejecit

it has preferred honor to advantage, has rejected
ODES OF HORACE— BOOK IV. 153
alto vultu dona nocentiam, victor

with scornful brow the bribes of the guilty, and triumphant
explicuit sua arma per obstantes catervas.

its arms through opposing hosts.
has displayed
Non recte vocaveris beat um
in pronounce {him) happy
Той can not wisdom
multa ; recti us occupât

possidentem
much ; he more rationally laye claim
that possesses
nomen bt-ati qui tal let sapienter uti
who knows (how) to wisely use
of happy
to the title
muneribus deorum, que pati

suff er (thepressureof)
the gifte of the gods, and to
durum pauperiem, timetque flagitium

contracted means, and dreads a dishonorable action
leto i 1le non timidus

pejus ;
worse than death ; euch a man (will) not (be) afraid
perire pro caris amicis aut patria.

in defence or his native land.
to die of his dear friends
ODE X.
TO LIOURINUS.
О adhüc crudelis, et potens muneribus Veneris,

Oh! still unkind, and powerful inthegifts of Venus,
quum pluma iusperata veniet tuee superbiœ,

the down shall unexpectedly come upon thy pride,
when
et comse quœ nunc involitant

and (when those) tressee which now float loosely
humerus deciderint, et
ever thy shoulders shall have fallen off, and (when that)
color qui est nunc prior flore puniceœ

color which is now preferable to the blossom ofthedamask
rosse, mutatus, verterit Ligurinum in

rose, having changed, shall have turned Ligurinus into
1б4 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK IV.
hispidam faciem, dices

a roughly-bearded countenance, (then) will shou exclaim,
quoties videris te alterum iu speculo :
as often as thou beholdest thy altered self in the mirror:
'' Heu fuit mens
non, puer eadem
I
!
"Alas! why had not, (when) a boy, the same sentiments
est hodie vel cur his animis

quœ
that I have to-day;
;
or why, with my present sentiments.
non incolumes genœ redeunt?"

do not my beardless cheeks return t"
ODE XL
TO PHYLLIS.
Mihi est cadus plenus Albani superantis nonum

I have a cask full of Alban (wine,) more than nine
annum in horto nectendis
I
; est apium
years old; have in my garden parsley for the weaving
coronis ; est vis Phylli,

of garlands; I have abundance
ederse, qua
of ivy, with which, Phyllis,
religata crines, multa fulges;
when thou hast bound thy hair, thou wilt seem more lovely;
domus ridet argento; ara vincta castis

the house smiles with silver; the altar bound with pure
verbenis avet spargier immolato
vervain longs to be sprinkled with (the blood of) a sacrificed
agno; cuncta manus festinat; puellse,
lamb; every hand is actively employed; my female,
misto pueris, cursitant huc et

mingled with my male slaves, are running hither and
illuc ; flammse trepidant rotantes sordid um fumum
thither; the flameequiver as they roll the sooty smoke
vertice. Tamen ut novis quibus

through the housetop. Yet, that thou may est know to what
gaudiis advoceris — Idus sunt agendse

enjoyments thou art invited — the Ides are to be celebrated
tibi, dies qui findit Aprilem mensem marinse

by thee, a day that divides April, themonth of sea-born
Veneris, jure solennis mihi, que sanctior
Venue, justly celebrated by me, and held more sacred
pœne natal i proprio, quod ex bac luce mens

almost than my own birthday, since from this day my
Msecenas ordinat affluentes anuos. Dives

(friend) Masernas counts his successive years. A rich
et lasciva puella occupavit Telephum,
and wanton maiden has possessed (herself) of Telephus,
quem tu petis, juvenem non tuse sortis ;
whom thou seekest, a youth not of thy condition;
tenetque vinctum grata compede. Phaethon,

and she holds (him) bound by a pleasant bond. Phaethon,
ambustus, terret avaras s pes, et ales

thunder-stricken, terrifies ambitious hopes, and the winged
Pegasus, gravatus terrennm Belleropbontem

Pegasus, thai scorned the earth-born Bellerophon
equitem, prœbet grave exemplum ut

as a rider, furnishes a strong admonition that
semper sequare digna te

thou shouldst always follow (things) suitable to thee (thy
et vites disparem putando
posision,) and avoid an unequal (alliance) by considering
nefas sperare ultra quam licet.

it unlawful to cherish hopes beyond what is allowable.
Age, jam, finis meorum amorum, enim non

Come, then, thou last of my loves, for Ishall not
posthac calebo alia femina, condisce
afterwards become enamored of any other woman, learn
modos quos reddas amanda
(those) strains which thou mayest recite with thy charming
voce ; atrse curœ minuentur carmine.
soice; gloomy cares are diminished by song.
ODE XII.
TO VIRGIL.
Comités veris, Thraciœ animse, quae

The companions of spring, theThracian winds, which
temperant mare, jam impellunt lintea ; jam, nee

calm the sea, are now swelling the sails; now, neither
prata rigent, uec fluvii

are the meadows stiff (with frost,) nor do the rivers
strepunt, turgidi hiberna nive. Infelix avis

roar, swollen by the winter' s snow. The unhappy bird
flebiliter gemens Ityn, et setern um opprobrium

mournfully lamenting Itys, and the undying reproach
Cœcropiœ domus, quod male ulta est

of the Attic line, for having (too) cruelly revenged
barbaras libidines regum, ponit nidum. In

the brutal lusts of kings, is building her nest. Amid
tenero gramine custodes pinguium ovium dicunt
the tender herbage the keepers of the fat sheep play
carmina in fistula, que delectant deum cui
tunes on the pipe, and delight the god to whom
pecus et nigrœ colles Arcadiœ placent.

the flocks and the dark hills of Arcadia are pleasing
Tempora adduxere sitim, Virgili ; sed si gestis

The season induces thirst, Virgil; but if thou longest
(Ulcere liberum pressum Callibus, cliens nobilium
to drink wine pressed at Calles, thou, associate of noble
juvenum, mereberis vina nardo ; parvus onyx
youths, must buy thy wine with spikenard; a small box
nardi eliciet cadum, qui nun«

of spikenard will draw forth a cask, which is now
accubat Sulpiciis horreis, largus donare
lying in the Sulpieian cellars, bounteous in conferring
novas spes, efficaxqne eluerr amara
fresh hopes, and effectual in washing away the bitterness
cu rani m. Ad quse gaudia, si properas,

of care. To which enjoyments, if thou art hastening,
veni velox cum tua merce ; non meditor

come quickly with thy contribution; I
ego
do notintend
tingere te meis poculis immunem, ut dives

to moisten thee in my cups untaxed, like a rich man
in plena domo. Verum pone moras
in (some) well-stored mansion. But cast aside delays
et Studium lucri, que memor, dum licet,

and the pursuit of gain, and mindful, while thou canst,
nigrorum ignium, misсe brevem stultitiam

of the gloomy (funeral) fires, blend a brief folly
consiliis. Est dulce desipere
with thy wisdom. It is delightful to indulge in festivity
in loco,
in season.
ODE XIII.
ON LYCE.
Lyce, Lyce, di audivere di audivere

Lyce, Lyce, the gods have heard, the gods have heard
mea vota. Fis anus et tamen

my prayers. Thou art become an old woman, and yet
vis videri formosa, que ludis et

wishest to appear beautiful, and thou dost frolic and
bibis impudens ; et pota, sollicitas
drink shamelessly ; and when drunk, thou importunest
1en tu m Cupidinem tremulo cantu. Ule excubat

tardy Cupid with a tremulous song. He keeps watch
in pulchris genis virentis et psallere doctœ

in the fair cheeks of the blooming and music-skilled
Chise. Enim importunis transvolat aridas quercus,
Chia. For he cruelly flies past the withered oaks,
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1Ö8 ODES OF HORACE — BOOK IV.
et refugit te, quia lundi dentes, quia

and recoils from thee, because foul teeth, because
rugœ et nives capitis turpant te. Jam

wrinkles and the snows of thy head disfigure thee. Now
nec purpurœ Cose nee clari lapides
neither the purple robes of Cos nor sparkling jewels
referunt tibi tempora quse volucris dies
bring back to thee the moments which the fleeting day
semel inclusit condita notis fastis.

has once recorded and shut up in the public registers.
Quo Venus, heu ! quove color

Whither has thy beauty, alas ! or whither thy complexion
fugit? Quo decens motus? Quid habes

fled t Whither thy graceful deportment t What hast thou
illius — illius quse spirabat amores, quœ surpuerat me
of her — of her who breathed love, who stole me
mihi? Facies felix post Cinaram, notaque

from myself t Form inferior to Cinara, and renowned
et gratarum artium ! Sed fata dederunt
also for every pleasing charm! But the fates gave
Cinarœ breves an nos, servatura Lycen

Cinara a short span of life, intending to preserve Lyce
diu parem temporibus vetulœ
for a long period, (so as to be) equal to the years of an old
cornicis, ut fervidi j u venes posseut viscre, non

crow, in order that the ardent youths might see, not
sine multo risu, facem dilapsam in cineres.

¡cishout immoderate laughter, the torch reduced to ashes.
ODE XIV.
TO AUGUSTUS.
иж cura patrum, quœve

'hat care (on the part) of the fathers, or what (on
Quiritum, œternet in sevum

the part) of the Roman people, can immortalize for ever
munerihus, plenis bonorum tuas virtutes,

by offering/ rieh with gifte of honor, thy virtues,
Auguste, per titulos que memores fastos?

Augustas, in publie inscriptions and recording annals t
О maxime principum, qua sol illustrat
О greatest of princes, wherever the sun illumines
habitabiles oras, quem Vindelici, nuper expertes
the habitable regions, whom the Vindelici, lately exempt
Latinse legis, didicere quid posses

/rom the Roman dominion, learned what thou couldst
Marte. Nam tuo milite Dru$us plus

(effect) in war. For with thy troops Drusus more
vice simplici deiecit Genaunos, implacidum genus,

than once overthrew the Genauni, an implacable enemy,
que veloces Brennos, et arces impositas

and the rapid Brenni, and the fortresses built on
tremendis Alpibus. Major Neronum mox commisit
the terrible Alps. The elder of the Neros soon afser engaged
grave prœlium, que secundis

in a fierce conflict, and, under thy favorable
auspiciis, pepulit imiuanes Rltsetos, spectandus in

auspices, overthrew the fierce Rhati, giving proof in
Martio certamime quantis rninis fatigaret
the martial conflict with what destruction lu could overwhelm
pectora devota morti

(those) bosoms that were devoted to death
liberie. Qualis Auster

in the cause of freedom. As strong as (is) the south wind
exercet prope indomitas undas,

(when) it subdues the almost uncontrollable waves,
choro Pleiadum scindente nubes,

at the dance of the Fieiades severing the clouds, (such was
impiger vexare turmas hostium, et

he.) active in harassing the hosts of the enemy, and
ODES OF HORACE — BOOK IV.
mittere f remen te m equum per medios

in driving his impetuous steed through the midst
ignes. Sic volvitur tauriformis Aufidus qui

of the flames. Thus rolls the bull-formed Aufidus which
preefluit regna Apuli Dauni, quum sœvit

washes the realms of the Apulian Daunus, when he rages
que meditatur cultis agris horrendam
and meditates (against) the cultivated lands a dreadful
diluviem, ut Claudius diruit ferrata agmina

deluge, as Claudius vanquished the ironclad bands
barbarorum vasto impetu, et metendo
of the barbarians by his impetuous onset, and, by mowing down
primos que extremos, stravit humum

both the front and therear (ranks,) strewed the ground,
victor sine clade, — te, te prœbente

a conqueror without defeat, — while thou, thou didst supply
copias, consilium, et tuos deos.

(to him) troops, advice, and thy own guardian gods.
Nam tertio lustro die
for at the (close of the) third lustrum from the day
quo supplex Alexandria pateficit

on which the suppliant Alexandria opened vide (to thee)
portus et vacuam aulam, prospera fortuna

her harbors and forsaken palaces, propitious fortune
reddidit secundos exitus belli, et arrogavit decus
gave a successful issue to the war, and added renown
que optatum laudem imperiis

and the only wished-for honors to the victories (already)
peractis. О prœsens tutela Italise que domins

acquired. О saving guardian of Italy and imperial
Romee, te Cantaber, ante non domabilis, que

Rome, thee the Spaniard, hitherto unconquered, and
Medus, et Indus, miratur; te profugus

the Mede, and the Indian, admire; thee the wandering
Scythes ; te que Nilus, qui oelat origines

Scythian; thee both the Nile, which conceals the source
fontium, et Ister; te rapidus Tigris ;

of Us fountains, and the Ister; thee the rapid Tigris;
te belluosus oceanus oui obstrepit
thee the monster -teeming ocean, which beats again si
remotis Britannis ; te tellus Gallise, non paventis

the distant Britons; thee the land of Gaul, not fearing
funera, que durse Iberiœ audit; Sygambri,
death, and the land of hardy Iberia obeys; the Sygambri,
gaudentes cœde, compositis armis,

rejoicing in slaughter, having laid aside their arms,
venerant ur.
revert thm.
ODE XV.
PRAISES OF AUGUSTUS.
Phcebub increpuit me volentem loqui

Phœbus rebuked me when I wanted to celebrate on
iyra prselia et victas urbes, ne

the lyre battles and conquered cities, that Imight not
darem parva vela per Tyrrhenum sequor. Tua
spread my little the Tusean Sea. Thy
setas, Cœsar, retulit agris uberes
era, Cossar, has brought back to the fields abundant
fruges, et restituit nostro Jovi signa derepta

crops, and restored to our Jove the standards torn down
superbis postibus Parthorum, et clausit

from the proud doorposts of the Parthians, and it doted
has dosed
Jan um Quirinum, vacuum duellis, et injecit

Janus Quirinus, free from wars, and imposed
frena licentise evaganti rectum

a strict restraint on licentiousness straying beyond ils proper
ordinem, emovitque culpas, et
bounds (unbridled licentiousness,) and banished crime, and
revocavit veteres artes, per quas Latinum

restored our ancestral virtues, by which the Latin
nomen et vires Italise crevere, famaque
name and the strength of Italy increased, and the renown
et majestas imperi porrecta ad ortum
and supremacy of our empire extended to the rising
solis ab cubili Hesperio. Cœsare
of the sun from his resting -place in the west. While Casar is
custode rerum, non civilis furor, aut
the guardian of the world, neither civic rage, nor
vis, non ira quse procudit enses et
violence, nor hatred which forges swords, and (sets)
miseras urbes inimicat, otium.
exiçet
unhappy states at variance, shall drive away repose.
Non qui bibunt profundum Danubium

Not (those) who drink of the deep Danube shall (now)
rumpent Julia edicta; non Getœ, non Seres,

violate, the Julian decrees; nor the Getœ, nor the Seres,
ve infidi Persœ, non orti prope

or the treacherous Persians, nor those born near
flumen Tanaim. Nosque . et profestis et
the river Don. And let us both on ordinary and
sacris lucibus, inter mimera jocosi Liberi,
on festive days, amid the gifts of jovial Bacchus,
cum nostris matronis que prole, prius

»long wiüi our wives and families, having first
rite apprecati deos, more
duly invoked the gods, according to the manner
patrum, canemus carmine remisto

of. our ancestors, celebrate in song, mingled (alternately)
Lydis tibiis, duces functos
wsth Lydian flutes, our commanders who have performed
virtute, que Trojam et Anchisen, et

(deeds of) valor, and Troy and Anchises, and
progeniem almœ Veneris.

the offspring of bounteous Venus.
EPODES OF HORACE.
EPODE I.
TO MECENAS.
Ibis, amice Msecenas, Liburnis

Той will go, my friend Mœcenas, in Liburnian galleys
inter alta propugnacula navium, paratus
amidst the lofty bulwarks (of Antony's) ships, prepared
subire omne periculum Csesaris tno.
to meet every danger of Cassar's at your own (risk.)
Quid nos? Quibus vita sit jucunda,

What shall we do t To whom life may be agreeable,
te superstite; si contra, gravis. Utrumne

if you survive; if otherwise, iurdensome. Whether
jussi perseqnemur otium,

shall we at your command pursue (a life of) ease, (which
non dulce, ni simul tecum?
is) not agreeable, unless together with you (in your
an laturi hunc laborem mente
company?) or shall we endure this toil with that feeling
qua decet viros non molles

with which it becomes men (who are) not effeminate
ferre? Feremus; et sequemur te
to bear t We will bear (it;) and will follow you
forti pectore, vel per juga Alpium,

with a brave heart, either over the summits of the Alps,
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164 THE EPODES OF HORACE.
et inhospitalem Caucasum, vel usque ad ultimum

and inhospitable Caucasus, or even to the most remote
sinuiu occidentis. Roges, quid imbellis

bay of the west. Тоu may ask, in what (how) Iunwarlike
ac parum firmus meo labore juvem tuum.
and jar from strong with my labor can lighten yours.
Comes sum futurus in minore metu,
(While I am) your companion I shall be in less fear
qui major habet
(anxiety,) which in a greater measure takes possession
absentes: ut avis assidens implumibus pullis

of the absent: as a bird sitting over her unfledged young
timet magis allapsus serpentium
dreads more the (silent) approaches of serpents
relictis ; non latura
when they are left alone/ although she is not likely to rerdsi
plus auxilii prsesentibus
more assistance when they (the serpents) come near
ut adsit. Hoc et omne bellum

even if she were present. This and every war
libenter militabitur in spem

shall be cheerfully carried on (undertaken) in the hops
tuœ gratiœ : non ut mea aratra nitantut

of your favor: not that my ploughs may tear througl
illigata pluribus juvencis; pecusve

(the soil) yoked to more oxen; or that my cattle
mutet Lucana Calabris pascuis ante
may change Lucanian for Calabrian pastures before
fervidum sidus : nec ut candens villa
the scorching dog-star: nor that my shining villa
tangat Circœa mœnia superni Tusculi. Tua
may touch the Circaan walls of lofty Tusculum. Тоur
benignitas ditavit me satis superque :
generosity has enriched me enough and more (than

baud paravero quod aut
enough:) I will not amass what I may either premam
bury
THE EPODES OF HORACE. 165
terra, ut avarus Chrеmes ; aut perdam

in the earth, like avaricious Chremes; or squander (it)
ut disci nctus nepos.
like a dissolute spendthrift.
EPODE II.
THE PRAISES OF A COUNTRY LIFE.
Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, ut prisea

Happy he, who far from business, like the ancient
gens mortalium, exercet paterna rura suis

race of mortals, cultivates his paternal fields with his own
bobus, solutus omni fœnore: пес
oxen, being free from every (kind of ) usury: neither
miles excitatur truci classico, пес

as a soldier is he roused by the harsh trumpet-blast, nor
horret i ratum mare; vitatque forum,
does he dread the angry tea ; he also avoids the forum,
et superba limina potentiorum civium.

and the proud thresholds of the more powerful citizens.
Ergo aut maritat altas populos

Therefore he either weds the lofty poplars
adulta propagine vitium ; amputansve
with the mature tendril of the vines ; or lopping off
inutiles ramos falce, inserit
the useless brandies with his pruning-hook, ingrafts
feliciores ; aut reducta valle prospectat
more fruitful ones ; or in a remote valley beholds
errantes greges mugientium ; aut condit

Ms wandering flocks of lowing cattle ; or stores up
pressa mella puris amphoris ; aut tondet infirmas

his pressed honey sn clean jars; or shears his tender
oves : vel, cum Autumnus extulit arvis
sheep: or, when Autumn has reared up in the fields
caput decorum mitibus pomis, '

ut gaudet
his head adorned with mellow apples, how he rejoices
decerpens insitiva руra, et uvam

while gathering the grafsed pears, and the grape
certantem purpuree, qua muneretur te,

vying with purple, with which he may reward thcc,
Priape, et te, pater , Sy Ivane, tutor

Priapus, and thee, father Sylvanus, guardian
finium ! Libet jacere modo sub
of his boundaries ! He delights to lie sometimes under
antiqua ilice, modo in tenaci gramine :

an aged oak, sometimes on Oie thickly -matted grass :
interim aquse labuntur altis rivis;
meanwhile the waters glide along in their deep channels;
aves queruntur in silvis ; que fontes
the birds sing plaintively in the woods ; and fountains
obstrepunt manantibus lymphis, quod invitet
murmur with their flowing streams, which invites
leves somnos. At cum hibernus annus
gentle slumbers. But when the wintry season
tonantis Jovis comparat imbres nivesque ; aut

of thundering Jove collects rains and snows ; he either
trudit apros binc atque hinc multa
drives the boars from this and from that part with many
cane in obstantes plagas; aut tendit rara
a hound into the opposing vtoils; or spreads his fine
retia levi am i te, dolos edacibus
nets on a smooth hunting-staff, as traps for the greedy
turdis ; captatve laqueo pavidum leporem,

thrushes; or catches in his noose the timorous hare,
et advenam gruem, jucunda prœmia.
and the foreign crane, pleasing rewards (for his labor.)
Quis, inter hsec, non obliviscitur malarum,
Who, amidst these, is not forgetful of those anxious
(curarum), curas quas amor habet? Quod

(cares) (namely,) the cares which love has (creases ?j But
ГНЕ EPODES OF HORACE. 167
si pudica mtilier in partem juvans

if a chaste wife on her part managing (tending)
domum atque dulces liberas, (qualis Sabina, aut
the house and sweet children, (as a Sabine, or
uxor pernicis Appuli perusta solibus)
the spouse of an industrious Appulian tanned by the sun)
exstruat sacrum focum vetustis Hgnis,

piles up the sacred hearth (a sacred Are) with old fagyots,
sub adventum lassi viri ; claudensque
against the coming of her weary husband ; and shutting up
lœtum pecus textis erat i bus, siccet

the contented flock in wattled hurdles, drains
disten ta ubera; et promens horna vina
their distended udders ; and drawing this year's wines
dulci dolio, apparet inemptas dapes; non
out of the sweet cask, prepares nnbought repasts ; no
Lucrina conchylia juverint me magis, rliombusve, aut

Lucrine oysters shall please me more, or turbot, or
scari, si hiems, intonata Eois flucti bus,

scars, if a tempest, thundering upon Eastern waves,
vertit quos ad hoc mare: non Afra avis

drives any towards (to) this sea :. no African bird
descendat in meum ventrem, non Ionius attagen
can go down into my stomach, no Ionian woodcock
jucundior, quam oliva lecta de

more delicious, than the olives gathered from
pinguissimis ramis arborum, aut herba
the most fruitful branches of the trees, or the herb
lapathi, amantis prata, et malvse salubres

of sorrel, loving the meadows and mallows healthful
gravi corpori, vel agna csesa festis
to a sickly body, or a lambkin slain for the feasts
Terminalibus vel bœdus ereptus lupo. Inter

of Terminus, or a kid rescued from the wolf. Amidst
has epulas, ut juvat videre pastas
these repasts, how it delights one to see the well-fed
oves properantes domum ! vîdere fessos bovee

sheep hastening home ! to see the weary oxen
trahentes iuversum vomerem lânguido eolio :

dragging the inverted plough-share with drooping neck ;
veruasque, examen ditis domus,
and the home-born slaves, theswarm of a wealthy mansion,
positos circum renidentes lares ! Ut
seated around the shining domestic gods ! As soon as
fœnerator Alpbius loeutus bsec, jam jam

the usurer Alphius spoke these words, now already
futurus rusticus, relegit omnem
about to become a countryman, he calls in all
pecuniam Idibus ; quœrit ponere
his money on the Ides ; (but) seeks to lay it out again (at
Calendis.
interest) on the Calends.
EPODE III.
TO MECENAS.
"
Si quis olim fregerit senile guttur
If any one should ever break the aged neck
parentis impia manu ; edat allium

of his parent with impious hand; may he eat garlic
nocentius cicutis ! O dura ilia
more poisonous than hemlock ! Oh the hardy bowels
messorum ! Quid veneui hoc sœvit in

of reapers ! What poison (is) this that rages in
prœcordiis? Num viperinus cruor, incoctus
my entrails t Whether hath viper's blood, boiled
his herbis, fefellit me? an Canidia

with these herbs, deceived me t or hath Canidia
tractavit malas dapes ? Ut Medea m i rata est
bandled the cursed dishes t WJun Medea admired
Jasonem ducem, candidum prœter omn es

Jason the commander, beautiful leyond all
Argonautas, illigaturum ignota juga
the Argonaute, who was about to bind the unknown yokes
tauris, perunxit hoc : ulta

on the bulls, she anointed him with this : avenged of
pellicem donis delibutis hoc, Aigit
(Am) mistress by presents besmeared with this, she fled
alite serpente. Nec tantus vapor
on her winged serpent. Neither such (stifling) vapor
siderum unquam insedit siticulosse Apuliœ : nec
of the stars ever settled on thirsty Apulia : nor
munus inarsit sestuosius
did the gift of (Dejanira) burn with more fury
humeris efficacis Herculis. At si
upon the shoulders of indefatigable Hercules. But if
unquam concupiveris quid tale, jocose
ever you shall have desired any such (food,) sportive
Mœcenas, precor puella opponat manum tuo

ifacenas, i
pray your girl may oppose her hand to your
suavio, et cu bet in extrema sponda.
embrace and lie on the farthest edge of the bed.
EPODE IV.
TO VELLEIUS MENAS, THE FREEDMAN OF POMPEY THE OREAl
Quanta discordia sortito obtigit

As much antipathy as by lot has fallen between
lupis et agnis, est

(naturally happens to) wolves and lambs, (so much) is there
mihi tecum, peruste latus Ibericis
to me towards thee, who art galled on thy side with Spanislt.
ñinibus, et crura dura compede. Licet

switches, and on thy legs with a hard fetter. Though
ambules superbus pecunia, fortuna non

thou struttest along proud of thy wealth, fortune does not
mutat genus. Videsne, te metiente

change thy race. Dost thou see, while thou art stalking along
sacram viam cum toga bis trium ulnarum,
the sacred way with a robe of twice three eils
ut liberrima indignatio
(in length,) how the most unrestrained indignation
euntium huc et hue vertat ora?
of those passing hither and thither turns their looks
Hic, sectus Triumviralibus flagellis, ad
Does he, cut with the lashes the Triumvirs, even lu
of
(on thee
.')
fastidium prseconis, arat mille jugera

the loathing of the town crier, plough a thousand acres
Falerni fundi, et terit Appiam

of Falernian farm land and wear out the Appian way
mannis sedetque magnus eques,

?
with his horses and does he sit, an illustrious knight,

t
contemto Othone, in primis sedilibus Quid

?
despising Otho, in the foremost benches What

t
attinet tot serata rostra navium gravi

avails that so many strong beaks of ships of heavy
it
pondere duci contra latrones atque servilem

burden should be equipped against pirates and a servile
manum, hoc, hoc tribuno militum
t ?
band, this, this (fellow) being tribune of the soldiers
EPODE V.
AGAINST CANIDIA THE S0RCEBESS.
At,
O
quidquid deorum in cœlo regit

But, oh whatever (power) of the gods in heaven rules
terras et humanum genus, quid iste tumultus
the earth and the human race, what does this uproar
fert? et quid truces vultus omnium in me

meant and why these savage looks of all опmе
unum ? Precor te per liberos, si Lucina
alone t I conjure you by your children, if Lucina
vocata adfuit veris partubus, per hoc
invoked was present at any real birth (of yours), by this
inane decus purpuree, per Jovem improbaturum
vain ornament of purple, by Jove whowill disprove
hsec ; quid intueris me ut noverca,
these (doings;) why do you stare at me like a stepmother,
aut uti bellua petita ferro? Ut puer,

or as a savage (beast) wounded by a dartt Whilst the boy,
questus hsec tremente ore,

having uttered these complaints with trembling mouth,
constitit insignibus raptis,

(faltering voice,) stood with his ornaments stripped off
impube corpus, quale posset mollire iinpia

a delicate body, such as might soften the impious
pectora Thracum : Canidia, implicata

hearts of the Thracians: Canidia, having entwined
crines et incomtum caput brevibus viperis,
her hair and uncombed head with tiny snakes,
jubet caprificos erutas sepulcris, jubet

commands wild fig -trees grubbed up from graves, commands
funеbres cupressus, et ova uncta sanguine

funereal cypresses, and the eggs besmeared with the gore
turpis ranee, que plu mam nocturnse strigis,

of a venomous toad, and plumage of a midnight screech-owl,
que herbas, quas Iolcos, atque Iberia ferax venenorum

and herbs, which Iolcos and Iberia, fertile in poisons,
mittit, et ossa rapta ab ore

produce, and the bones snatched from the mouth
jejunse canis, aduri Colchicis flammis. At

of a famished bitch, tobe burnt in Colchian fires. But
Sagana, expedita, Sorgens aquas
Sagana, (with her robe) tucked up, sprinkling waters
Aveníales per totam domum, horret

from Lake Avernus through the whole house, bristles up
aspe ris capillis, ut marinus echinus, aut furens

with her rough hair, like a sea urchin, or a furious
aper. Veia, abada nulla conscientia, intemen»

boar. Veia, deterred by no remorse, groaning over
laboribus, exhauriebat humum duris
her labors, wos digging up the ground with hard
ligonibus; quo puer iufossus posset inemori
spades; where the boy imbedded (in it) might be starved
spectaculo dapis mutatœ bis terque longo

at the sight of a dish changed twice or thrice during the long
die; cum promineret ore, quantum
day; when he stood out with his head (Just) as far as
corpora suspensa mento extant aqua,
bodies suspended by the chin stand (appear) out of the water,
uti exsucca medulla et arid um jecur esset

that his sapless marrow and dried liver might be
poculum amoris ; cum semel pupulœ fixse

a draught for love; when once his eye-balls fixed
interminato cibo intabuissent. Ariminensem
on the forbidden food had wasted away. That Ariminian
Foliam masculse libidinis non defuisse,
Folia (a woman) of masculine lewdness was not absent,
et otiosa Neapolis, et omne vicinum oppidum

both idle Naples, and every neighboring town
credidit; quœ, Thessala voce, deripit

believed; who, by her Thessalian spell, tears down
excantata sidera lunamque cœlo. Hic sœva
the enchanted stars and moon from heaven. Here cruel
Canidia rodens irresectum pollicem livido
Canidia gnawing her unpared thumb with livid
dente, quid dixit? aut quid tacuit?

tooth, what said she t or what said she not t
O non infideles arbitra meis rebus, Nox,
О not unfaithful witnesses to my enterprises, Night,
et Diana, quse regis silentium,

and (you) Diana who command silence
cum arcana sacra fiunt; nunc, nunc

when seeret mysteries are performed; now, now
adeste : nunc vertite iram atque

bs present (aid mc :) note turn your vengeance and
numen in domos hostiles. Dum

influence against the houses of my enemies. Whilst
form latent formidolosis silvis, languidœ
wild beasts lurk in the frightful woods, languishing
dulci sopore, canes Suburanœ, quod
with sweet sleep, let the dogs of the Subura, (a thing) which
omnes rideant, latrent senem adulterum, perunctum
all may ridicule, bark at the old adulterer, bedaubed
nardo quale meœ manus non laborarint

with ointment such as my hands could not have made
nerfectius. Quid accidit? Cur dira

more perfect. What has happenedt Why are (my) dreadful
venena minus valent barbarse Medeœ,

poisons less powerful than (those) of barbarous Medea,
quibus ulta superbam pellicem,

by which being avenged upon his (Jason's) proud mistress,
filiam magni Creontis, fugit; cum

the daughter of potent Creon, she made her escape; when
palla, munus imbutum tabo, abstulit

the robe, a present envenomed with poison, enwrapped
novamnuptam incendio? Atqui nec herba, nec radix

-
the new bride in flames t Yet neither weed, nor root
latens in asperis locis, fefellit me.
concealed in rough places, has escaped me (my notice).
Indormit unctis cubilibus omnium pellicum
He sleeps 'on the perfumed couches of all his harlots
oblivione. Ha, ha ! ambulat, solutus
forgetful (of me.) Ha, ha! he walks about, being set free
carmine scientioris veneficse. Vare, О

by the spell of a more skilful sorceress. Varus, О
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caput multa fleturum !
pou who will (shortly) have much to lament !
recurres ad me non usitatis potionibus ; nec

you shall come back - to me by no common spells ; nor
tua mens vocata Marsis vocibus red i bit.
shall your mind called by Marsian enchantments return.
Parabo majus, infundam majus
1will prepare a stronger (draught,) Iwill mix a stronger
poculum tibi fastidienti ; priusque

cup for you who are disdainful ; sooner also shall
cœlum sidet inferius mari, tellure porrecta

heaven sink below the sea, the earth being spread
super, quam non sic flagres amore

over it, than (that) you shall not so burn with love
mei, uti bitumen atris ignibus. Sub bsec,

for me, as pitch (burns) in sooty flames. Upon this,
puer, non jam, ut ante, lenire impias

the boy, no longer, as before, (attempted) to move the wicked
mollibus verbis; sed dubius unde

(hags) with soothing words ; but doubtful in what manner
rumperet silentium, misit Thyesteas preces.
he should break silence uttered Thyestean imprecations.
Venena, magnum fas nefasque, non

Poisons, (said he,) your great rule of right and wrong, are not
valent convertere humanam vicem. Agam vos
able to alter human destiny. I will pursue you
diris : dira detestatio expiatur
with curses : (and) my horrible execration can be atoned for
nulla victima; quin ubi jussus perirc expiravero,
by no victim; but when doomed to die 1 shall have expired,
occurram nocturnus furor; u m braque

Iwill haunt you as a midnight fury; and as a ghost
vultus curvis unguibus, quœ
I will
petam
assail (tear) your faces with hooked nails which
est vis deorum Manium ; et assidens

(euch) is the power of (those) deities the Manes ; and brooding
inquietis praeeordiis, anferam somnoe

on your troubled spirits, I will deprive you of your slumbers
vore. Turba, petens sax is

terror. The mob, attacking (you) with stones
vicatim hinc atque hinc, contundet vos
from street to street here and there, shall beat you
obscœnas anus. Past lupi et Esquilinœ

filthy hags (to death.) Afterwards, wolves and Esquiline
alites different insepulta membra. Neque
birds shall tear asunder your unburied limbs. Nor
boc spectaculum effugerit parentes, heu, superstites
shall this spectacle escape my parents, alas, surviving
mihi !
те!
EPODE VI.
AGAINST CASSIUS SEVERUS.
Canis, ignavus adversum lupos, quid

Thou cur, coward against wolves, why
vexas immerentes hospites? Quin vertis

dost thou snarl at inoffensive strangers t Why not turn
inanes minas huc, si potes, et petis
your vain threats this way, if you are able, and attack
me remorsurum ? Nam, qualis aut
me who am ready to bite backt For, like either
Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, amica vis
a Molossian, or tawny Laconian mastiff, a friendly aid
sublata
I willagam
pastoribus, aure, per
to shepherds, pursue with pricked-up ear. through
altas nives, quœcunque fera prœcedet.
deep snows, whatever savage (beast) shall go before me.
Tu, cum complesti nemus timenda
Тоu, when you have filled the grove with your dreadful
voce, odoraris cibum projectum. Cave, cave ;

yelping, smellat the food throwntoyou. Beware, beware;
namquc asperrimus in malos tollo parata

for being very fierce against bad snen I lift up my ready
comua ; qualis spretus gener infido
horns; as his despised son-in-law (did) to perfidious
Lycambœ, aut acer hostis Bupalo. Si quis

Lyeambes, or his bitter enemy to Bupalus. If any one
petiverit me atro dente, an flebo ut

shall attack me with envenomed tooth, shall I
cry like
puer inultus ?
a child without taking vengeance t
EPODE VII.
TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
Quo, quo, scelesti ruitis ? aut

Whither, whither, guilty men, are you rushing t or
cur enses conditi aptantur
why are the swords (lately) sheathed again fitted
dextris? Estne parum Latini sanguinis
to your right hands t Is there too little Latían blood
fusum super cam pis atque Neptuno? Non ut

shed upon land and seat Not that
Romanus u reret superbas arces invidœ

a Roman might burn the proud towers of envious
Carthaginis ; aut ut intactus Britannus
Carthage; or that the (still) unsubdued Briton
descenderet sacra via catenatus ;
might go down through the sacred way bound in chains;
sed ut, secundum vota Partborum, hœc
but that, according to the wishes of the Parthians, this
urbs periret sua dextera. Neque hic
city might perish by its own right hand. Neither is this
mos lupis, nec fuit leonibus;

a eustom among wolves, nor has it been among lions;
nunquam feris nisi in dispar.

(that are) never ferocious unless against a different specie's.
Furorne, an acrior vis, an culpa

Does madness or (some) more powerful influence, or guilt
rapit свесоe? Date responsum.
hurry yov on blind-folded t Give (me) an answer.
Tacent: et albus pallor inficit
They are silent, and a deadly pallor disfigures
ora ; mentesque perculsse
their countenances; and their minds (thus) conscience-stricken
stupent. Sic est: acerba fata que scelus

are stupefied. So it is: thecruel fates and the crime
frâ ter use necis agunt Romanos; ut

of a brother's death disquiet the Romans; (ever) since
cruor immerentis Remi, sacer nepotibus,
the blood of innocent Remus, sacred to his descendants,
fluxit in terram.
flowed upon the earth.
EPODE VIII.
TO Л LASCIVIOUS OLD WOMAN.
Те, putidam longo seeculo,

( The idea) that you, rank with lengthened age,
rogare quid enervet meas vires? cum tibi

should inquire What weakens my powers t when your
dens sit ater, et vetus senectus exaret frontem
teeth are black, and old age furrows your brow
rugis ; turpisque podex hiet inter

with wrinkles; and your vile posterior gapes between
aridas nates, velut crudee bovis.

your withered haunches, like that of an unhealthy cow.
Sed pectus, et pu tres mammœ, quales

But your bosom, and loathsome breasts, resembling
ubera equina, mollisque venter, et exile

the udders of a mare, and your flabby belly, and lean
femur add i tu m tumentibus suris, incitat me. Esto
thigh added to swelling legs, disgust me. Be
beata : atque triumphales imagines ducant
happy: and may triumphal statues lead forth (precede)
tuum funus: nee sit mari ta quse

your funeral : neither may there be any matron who
ambulet onusta rotundioribus baccis.

struts about (appears in public) laden with richer pearls.
Quid, quod libelli Stoici amant jacere inter
What, because bookish Stoics love to lie among
sericos pulvillos, num il literati nervi minus
silken pillows, are unlearned constitutions less
iigent? ve fascinum minus languet? Quod

robust t or ù their physical force less feeble t But
ut provoces ab inguine
that you may call forth (any thing) from a groin
Buperbo, est tibi allaborandum

that is nice, it is (necessary) for you to labor hard
ore.
mth your tongue.
EPODE IX.
TO MiECENAS.
Quando, beate Mœcenas, lsetus Csesare victo re,

When, О happy Atevcenas, overjoyed at Casar's victory,
hi bam tecum, sub alta domo, Csecubum
shall I
drink with you, beneath the stately abode, Cacuban wine
repostum ad festas dapes (sic gratum Jovi),

reserved for joyous feasts (so it is agreeable to Jote),
lyra sonante carmen mistum tibiis, hac

the harp playing an air accompanied with flutes, that
Dorium, illis Barbarum ? Ut nuper,

in the Doric, these in the Barbarian strain t As lately,
cum Neptunius dux actus freto, fugit

when the Neptunian chief, driven from (our) sea, fled
navibus ustis, minatus urbi
after his ships had been burned, having threatened to the cisy
vincla, quse amicus detraxerat perfidis

the chains, which heasafriend had taken off from perfidious
servis. Eomanus miles emancipates fœminœ (eheu !
staves. A Roman soldier enslaved to a woman (alas !
posteri negabitis) fert vallum et arma,
ye our posterity will deny it) carries a stake and arms,
et potest servire rugosis spadonibus: inter
and can yield obedience to wrinkled eunuchs : amidst
militaria signa Sol aspicit turpe
our military ensigns the Sun beholds a shameful
canopeum. Ad hoc frementes, bis mille

(Egyptian) canopy. At this indignant, two thousand
Galli verte runt -
equos, canentes Cœsarem ;
Gauls wheeled about their horses, saluting Casar;
puppesque hostilium navium citœ
and the sterns of the enemy' s ships rowing (steering)
sinistrorsum latent portu. Io Triumphe ; tu
to the left lie in our harbor. Io Triumphant ; do you
moraris âureos currus, et intactas boves? Io

delay the golden chariots, and untamed heiferst Io
Triumphe, пес reportasti ducem parem
Triumphant, you neither brought back a commander equal
Jugurthino bello ; neque Africanum,

(to him) from the Jugurthine war, nor Scipio Africanus,
cui virtus condidit sepulchrum super
for whom his valor raised a monument over
Carthaginem. Hostis, victus terra que

Carthage. The enemy, conquered by land and
180 THE E PODES OF HORACE.
mari, mutavit lugubre sagum

sea, has received in exchange the cloak of mourning
Punico : aut ille, iturus Cretam,
for his purple robe : or he, ready lo sail for Crete,
nobilem centum urbibus, ventis non suis,

famous for its hundred cities, with winds not his own
aut petit syrtes exercitatas
(unfavorable,) either seeks the quicksands agitated
Noto, aut fertur incerto

by the south-west wind, or is carried over an uncertain
mari. Puer, affer huc capadores scyphos, et Chia aut

sea. Boy, bring hither larger bowls, and Chian or
Lesbia vina ; vel metire nobis Cœcubum,
Lesbian wines ; or measure out (draw) for us the Gœcuban,
quod coerceat fluentem nauseam. Juvat

which may restrain the rising qualm. It is delightful
solvere dulci Lyseo, curam metumque
to dispel with delicious wine all anxiety and fear
rerum Cœsaris.
for the affairs of Casar.
EPODE X.
AGAINST M.AVIUS THE POET.
Navis, soluta mala alite, exit,

7%« ship, unmoored under an evil omen, sails away,
ferens olentem Msevium. Auster, memento
carrying unsavory Mavius. South-wind, remember (see)
ut verberes utrumque latus horridis fluctibus :

that you buffet both her sides with dreadful billows :
niger Eurus differat rudentes fractosque

Ut the gloomy east-wind scatter her cables and broken
remos inverso mari : Aquilo insurgat,
oars in the upturned sea : let a north-wind arise,
THE EPODE8 OF HORACE. 181
quantus frangit trementes ilices

o« furious as that which (such as) breaks the quivering oaks
altis montibus; nec amicum sidns

on the lofty mountains; let neither the friendly star
appareat atra nocte, qua

(Castor and Pollux) appear in the black night, where
tristis Orion cadit ; nec feratur quietiore

gloomy Orion sets ; nor let her be carried on a smoother
œquore, quam Graia manus victo rum, cum Pallas

sea, than the Grecian band of victors, when Pallas
vertit iram ab Ilio usto
turned her wrath (vengeance) from Troy reduced to ashes
in impiam ratem Ajacis. О quantus sudor

against the impious ship of Ájax. О what sweat
instat tuis navitis, que luteus pallor tibi,

is coming upon your sailors, and death-like paleness on you,
et illa non virilis ejulatio, et preces ad aversum

and that unmanly wailing, and prayers to unattentive
Jovem ; cum Ionius sinus, remugiens udo
Jove ; when the Ionian bay, roaring with the tempestuous
Noto, ruperit cari nam ! Quod if, ei,

south-west wind, shall have burst her keel But
!
opima prseda, porrecta curvo littore,

as a rich prey, extended on the winding shore,
juveris mergos, libidinosus caper et

you shall delight the cormorants, a wanton goat and
agna immolabitur Tempestatibus.

a ewe-lamb shall be sacrificed to the Tempests.
EPODE XI.
TO PKTTIÜS.
Petti, nihil juvat me, sicut antea,

Ptttius, not at all delight me, as formerly,
it
does
O
scribe re versiculos, percussum gravi amore;

to write (Lyric) verses, being smitten with cruel love ;
amore, qui expetit urere me, prœter omnes,

with a love, that strives to consume me, beyond all others,
in mollibus pueris, aut in puellis. Hic tertius

among tender youths, or maidens. This third
December decutit honorem sil vis,

December shakes the (leafy) honor from the woods,
ex quo destiti furere Inacbia.

from the time when (since) I ceased t >rave for 1nachia.
Heu pudet tanti mal nam
me,
I
! i ;
Ah! me, am ashamed of so great a misfortune ; for
fabula fui urbem !
quanta
what a subject of talk I have been
per
through the city !
Ut poenitet conviviorum, in queis et

How it repents me of those entertainments, at which both
languor et silentium arguit amantem, et

languishing and silence discovered the lover, and
Spiritus petitus imo latere !

a sigh heaved from the bottom of my heart !
Candidumne ingenium pauperis valere nil
Does the honest character of the poor avail nothing
contra lucrum? tibi,
against wealth t IQuerebar,
complained,
applorans
lamenting thus to you,
simul inverecundus deus promorat

as soon as the shameless god (Bacchus) had removed
loco arcana calentis
from their place the secrets (of my heart) when 1 was glowing
fervidiore mero. Quod si libera

with too cheering wine. But if unrestrained (generous)
bilis inœstnet meis prœcordiis, ut dividat
indignation boil in my breast, so that it scatter
ventis hœc ingrata fomenta,
to the winds these unsatisfactory remedies, (which)
nil levantia malum vulnus ;
t» no respect alleviate my unfortunate (aching) wound ;
pudor summotus desinet certare

my shame being removed shall cease to contend
imparibus. Ut Severus
with uneq ual (wealthier) rivals. Although in a serious mood
laudaveram hsec palam te, jussus

I had commended those resolutions before you, being ordered
abire domum, ferebar incerto

to go home, I was carried by my wavering
pede
footsteps
ad postes, heu ! non amicos mihi, et limina,

to doors, alas! not friendly tome, and thresholds,
heu ! dura quibus lumbos et

Iinfregi
;
alas ! cruel ; against which bruised my loins and
latus. Nunc amor Lycisci, gloriantis vincere
side. Now the love of Lyciscus, boasting to excel
quamlibet mulierculam mollitie,

(that he surpasses) every little woman in voluptuousness,
tenet me: unde non libera consilia
enthrals me : whence neither the unreserved counsels
amicorum queant expedire, пес graves

of my friends can disentangle me, nor their severe
contumelise; sed alius ardor, aut

reproaches; but some other (a new) flame (may,) either
candidse puellse, aut teretis pueri, renodantis
for a beautiful girl, or a graceful youth, who binds
longam comam.
his long hair in a knot.
EPODE XII.
AGAINST A FILTHY OLD WOMAK.
Quid vis tibi,

What do you wish for yourself (what do you mean ?)
mulier dignissima nigris barris?

О woman most worthy (mate) for black elephants
Cur mittis munera,

(swarthy monsters ? ) Why do you send your presents,
quidve tabellas mihi, juveni пес firmo,

or why your letters to me, a youth neither vigorous,
neque obesœ naris? Namque
nor of a blunted sense (a gross disposition ?) For am) (I
unus odoror sagacius quam acer canis
one who can scent more quickly than the keen hound
ubi sus lateat, polypus, an
where the boar is lurking, (whether) a polypus, or whether
gravis htrcus cubet in hirsutis alis.
an offensive goat-like smell liet under the hairy arm-pits.
Quis sudor, et quam malus odor crescit

What sweatiness, and how rank an odor increases
undique vietis membris ! cum

(arises) everywhere from her shrivelled limbs ! when
soluto pene pro pe rat sedare indomitam

with unbridled lust she strivee to allay her ungovernable
rabiem ; пес humida creta jam manet
passion ; neither does any moist cosmetic now remain
illi, colorque fucatus crocodili
for her, and her color (is) as if stained with crocodile
stercore ; jamque subando tenta, rumpit
ordure ; and now in swinish lust extended, she tears
cubilia tectaque. Vel mea fastidia agitat

the bed and its coverings. Even my loathings she attacks
cum sœvis verbis " Minus

: langues
tei(A angry words : " Той are (always) less dull
I n achia âс me : ter nocte potes
with Inachia than with me : thrice in the night you can
Inachiam ; mihi mollis opus semper
(favor) Inachia ; with me the soft embrace (is) always
ad unum. Lesbia male pereat, quse
(limited) to one. May Lesbia miser ably perish, who
monstravit te, inertem quse rent i

recommended thée, a nerveless (animal,) to me asking
taurum cum Cous Amyntaa ad esset

a bull (a man of vigor,) when C'oan Amy n tue courted
me, in cujus indomito inguine nervus

me, in whose impassioned groin (clings) vigor (more)
constantior quam nova arbor inhœret
steadfastly than the young tree clings
coll i bus. Cui properabantur
to (its native) hills. For whom were prepared in haste
vellera lanœ iterate? Tyriis muricibus?
the fleeces of wool dyed repeatedly with Tyrian purples t
tibi : nempe ne foret conviva
for you : forsooth that there might not be a guest
inter sequales quem sua mulier diligeret

among your equals whom his own wife could admire
magis quam te. О non felix ego, quam tu fugis,

more than you. О unhappy me, whom you avoid,
ut agna pa vet acres lupos, capreœque
as the lamb dreads the ravenous wolves, and the she-goats
leones."
the lions."
EPODE XIII.
TO HIS FRIENDS.
Hórrida tempestas contraxit cœlum ; et imbres

A dreadful tempest has made the heaven frown; and showers
nivesque deducunt Jovem : nunc mare, nunc
and snows bring down the upper air (Jove): now the sea, now
sylvœ sonant Threicio aquilone. Amici,

the woods resound with the Thracian north-wind. My friends,
rapiamus occasionem de die; dumque

let us seize the opportunity from the day; and while
genua virent, et decet, senectus

our knees are vigorous, and it becomes us, let old age
\8Ü THE EPODES OF HORACE.
obducta fronte solvatur : tu move

with its cloudy brow be relaxed: do you pass round
vina pressa meo Torquato
the wines (which were) pressed when my Torquatus
consule. Mitte loqui cœtera. Deus
toas consul. Cease to talk of other things. A deity
fortasse reducet h sec in sedem

perhaps will restore (A«s« (present evils)to their former state
benigna vice. Nunc juvat et perfundi
by a nappy turn. Now it befits us both to be perfumed
Achœmenio nardo, et levare pectora
with Achœmenian essence, and to lighten our hearts
duris solicitudinibus Cyllenea fide: ut
from anxious cares by the Cyllenean lyre: as
nobilis Centaurus cecinit grandi alumno. Invicto

the noble Centaur sang to his great pupil. Invincible
mortalis, puer nate dea Thetide,

mortal, O boy born of the goddess Thetis,
tellus Âssaraci manet te, quam frígida flumina

the land of Assaracus waits thee, which the cool streams
parvi Scamandri et lubricus Simois findunt :
of little Scamander and swift flowing Simois divide:

unde Parcœ rupere tibi red i tu m curto
whence the Fates have cut off thy return by a short
subtemine ; nec cserula mater revehet te

thread; nor shall your azure mother carry you back
domum. Illic levato оmnе malum vino
(to your) home. There dispel every evil with wine
cant uq ue, dulcibus alloquiis deformis œgrimonise.
and song, the sweet soothers of deforming care.
EPODE XIV.
TO M/ECENAS.
Candide Msecenas, occidis sœpe rogando, cur

Frank Macenas, you kill me by ofsen asking, why
mollis inertia diffuderit tantam oblivionem
an effeminate indolence has shed tuch forgetfulness
imis ut si
Itraxerim,
sensibus, ârente
over my inmost senses, as if had quaffed, with a parched
fauce, pocula ducentia Lethœos somnos. Nam
throat, the cups that bring on Lethean slumbers. For
deus, deus vetat me adducere ad umbilicum iambos
a god, a god forbids me to bring to completion the iambics
inceptos, carmen promissum olim.

I
which had begun, an ode promised (you) long ago.
Dicunt Anacreonta Teium non aliter arsisse

They say Anacreon of Teos did not otherwise burn
Samio Bathyllo, qui perssepe flevit amorem
for Samian В at hy lhn, who often bewailed his love
cava testndine ad non elaboratum pedem.
on the hollow shell (lyre) to no accurate measure.
Miser ipse ureris: quod si non

You miserable yourself are enamored, but \f no
pulchrior ignis - accendit obsessam Ilion, gaude

fairer flame kindled beleaguered Ilion, rejoice
tua sorte. Phryne libertina,

in your lot (good fortune.) Phryne the freed-woman,
neque contenta uuo, mace rat me.

not content with one (admirer,) consumes mt.
EPODE XV.
TO NEÜBA.
Erat nox, et luna fulgebat sereno cœlo

It um night, and the moon shone in a cloudless sky
inter minora sidera; cum tu, lsesura

among the lesser stars; when you, about to violate
numen magnorum deorum, jurabas in mea verba,

the divinity of the mighty gods, swore to my words,
adhœrens lentis brachiis arctius atque

embracing (me) with your pliant arms more closely than
procera ilex astringitur edern; huncamorem

the lofty oak is clasped by the ivy; that this love
fore mutuum, dum lupus pecori,

should be mutual, whilst the wolf (was hateful) to cattle,
et Orion, infestus nautis, turbaret hibernum

and Orion, dreadful to mariners, should lash the wintry
mare, au raque agitaret intonsos capillos

sea, and the gale should dishevel the unshorn locks
Apollinis. О Neœra, dolitura multum

of Apollo. О Neœra, you shall some day grieve much
mea virtute : nam si est quid viri

at my firmness: for if there is anything of a man
in Flacco, non feret te dare assiduas

in Flaccus, he will not suffer you to grant successive
noctes potion ; et iratus quœret

nights to one more favored; and in anger he wsU seek
pa rem : nec constantia cedet

one as good as you: nor shall his constancy yield
formœ, semel offensœ si oertus
to your beauty, which has once become odious if fixed
dolor intrarit. At tu, quicunque es,
resentment enter. But you, whoever you be, (are)
felicior, atque nunc incedis superbus meo
more fortúnale, and now stalk along exulting in my
malo ; licebit sis dives

misfortune; it will be possible that (though) you be rich
peeore et multa tellure, Pactolusque

in cattle and much land, and (though) Pactolus (the river
fluat tibi, пес arcana Pythagorœ
of gold) flow to you, nor the secrets of Pythagoras
renati fallant te, vincasque Nirea forma;
born again escape you, and you surpass Nireus in beauty;
eheu, mœrebis amores translatos alio : ast
ah, you shall lament her love transferred elsewhere: but
ego vicissim risero.

/ in my turn shall laugh.
EPODE XVI.
TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
Jam altera œtas teritur civilibus bel lis, et Roma

Now another age is spent in civil wars, and Rome
ipsa ruit suis viribus. Quam

herself is wrecked by her own powers. (Rome) which
neque finitimi Marsi valuerunt perdere, aut
neither the neighboring Marsi were able to destroy, nor
Etrusca manus minacis Porsenœ; пес œmnla
the Tuscan band of threatening Porsena; nor the rival
virtus Capuœ, пес acer Spartacus, que
strength cf Capua, nor stern Spartacus, and
Allobrox infidel is novis rebus ; пес fera
the Allobroginn
unfaithful in revolutions; nor fierce
Germania domuit cœrulea pube, Hannibalque
Germany subdued with its blve-eyed youth, and Hannibal
ibominatus parentibus, impia œtas
detested by parents, shall we a wicked generation
devoti sanguinis perdemus? solumquo rursus
of devoted blood overthrow J and shall our soil be again
13
oecupabitur feris ? Heu ! barbaras

possessed by wild beasts t Alas ! shall a barbarian
victor insistet cineres, et eques verberabit

conqueror tread on our ashes, and the horseman strike
urbem sonante ungula ; que insolens dissipabit
our city with the rattling hoof; and insolently scatter
ossa Quirini, quœ carent

the bones of Quirinus, which are free (concealed)
ventis et solibus? (nefas videre!) Forte

from winds and suns t (horrible tobehold!) Perhaps
communiter, aut melior pars, quseritis
you all in general, or (at least) the better part (of you,) ask
quid expediat carere

what is needful (may be expedient) for us to escape from
malis laboribus. Nulla sententia sit potior

these dreadful calamities. No opinion can be better
bac, (velut civitas Phocseorum,

than this, (as the state of the Phocaans,
execrata, profugit, atque reliquit agros,

bound by solemn oath, fled, and left their lends,
patrios, lares, fanaque habitanda apris

country, gods, and temples to be inhabited by the boars
et rapacibus lupis) ire quocunque pedes

and ravenous wolves) to go whithersoever your feet
ferent, quocunque Notus, aut

shall carry (direct,) whithersoever the south wind, or
protervus Africus vocabit per

the blustering African blast shall call you through
undas. Placet sic? anhabet quis
the waves. Is it agreeable (to do) thus t or has any one
melius suadere? Quid moramur occupare
(something) better t
to advise Why delay we to embark
ratem secunda alite? Sed juremus in hsec:

in a vessel under a lucky omen t But let us swear to these
ne sit nefas redire, simul

(.conditions:) that it be not unlawful to return, as soon as
saxa levata imis vadis

the stones raised from the bottom of the sea
renarint; neu pigeat

shall swim up again (to the surface;) nor let it repent us
ilare lintea conversa domum, quando Padus

to hoist our sails turned homeward, when the Po
laverit Matina cacumina ; sen celsus Ápenninus
shall wash Matinian summits; or the loftyApennine
procurrerit in mare ; mirusque amor

plunge forward into the sea; and unnatural desire
junxerit monstra nova libidine; ut

shall unite monsters with a new lust; so that
juvet tigres subsidere cervis, et columba

it may delight tigers to couple with hinds, and the dove
adulteretur milito; nee credula armenta

be polluted with the kite; nor the credulous herds
timeant ra vos leones, levisque hircus amet

may dread the tawny lions, and the smooth goat love
salsa sequora. Eam us, omnis civitas

the briny seas. Let us go, (even) the whole state
exec rata h sec, et quœ

having taken (upon us) these (solemn vows,) and whatsoever
poterunt abscindere dulces reditus; aut pars

shall be able to cut off the pleasing (hope of) return; or that part
melior indocili grege : mollis et
wiser than the illiterate mob : let the effeminate and
exspes perprimant inominata cubilia. Vos, quibus
hopeless press these ill-omened beds. Do you, who
est virtus, tollite muliebrem luctum, et volate

have courage, shake off womanish grief, and sail
prœter Etrusca litora. Circumvagus ocean us manet
beyond the Tuscan shores. The encircling ocean awaits
nos ; petamus arva, beata arva, et di vites insulas;
us; let us seek lands, blissful lands, and rieh isles;
ubi tellus inarata reddit Cererem
where the earth without cultivation produces corn
quotannis, et vinea usque floret

ui each year, and the vine ever flourishes
imputata ; et termes nunquam fallentis
without being pruned; and the bough of the never-failing
olivœ germinat, pullaque ficus ornat suam
olive blossoms, and the dark purple fig graces its own
arborem ; mella manant ex cava ilice ;

(ungrafsed) tree; the honey distils from the hollow oak;
levis lympha desilit altis montibus
the gentle rill leaps down from the lofty mountains
crеpante pede. Illic capellœ injussœ

with a murmuring pace. There the she-goats unbidden
veniunt ad mulctra, amicusque grex
come to the milking -pails, and the friendly herd
refert tenta ubera; nec vespertinus ursus
brings home distended udders; nor the evening bear
circumgemit ovile, nec alta humus

growls around the. sheep-fold, nor the rising ground
intumescit viperis ; felices mirabimur
swells with vipers; happy we shall admire
plu rima ; ut . neque aquosus Eurus radat

very many things: as neither watery Eurus can sweep
arva largis imbribus; nec pinguia semina

the plains with excessive rains; nor the rich seed-grain
urantur siccis glebis, rege
be burnt up in the parched clods, the king
cœlitum temperante utrumque. Pinns

of the heavenly hosts controlling both. The pine-ship
Argoo remige non contendit huc, neque

with Argonaut oarsmen has not sailed hither, neither
impudica Colchis intulit pedem : Sidonii

has the shameless Colchan (Jure) set foot; the Sidonian
nautse non torserunt coruua huc,

mariners have not turned their sail-yards (prows) hither,
nee laboriosa cohors Ulyssei. Nulla contagia nocent
nor the toiling crew of Ùly sees. No contagions hurt
pecori ; sestuosa impotentia nullius astri torret

the cattle; the fiery rage of no star scorches
gregem. Jupiter secrevit ilia littora piœ genti,

the flock. Jupiter sel apart these coasts for a pious race,
ut inquinavit aureum tempus sere, dehinc

when, he alloyed the golden age with brass, and then
duravit œrea secula ferro; quorum secunda
hardened the brazen ages with iron; from which a happy
fuga datur piis, me vate.
flight is granted to the pious, according to my prophecy.
EPODE XVII.
TO CAN 1 DIA.
Jam jam do manus efficaci

Now already 1 yield (submissively) to your might}
scientiœ, et supplex oro per regna Proserpinse,
art, and suppliant beseech you by the realms of Proserpine,
et per numina Dianœ, non movenda, atque
and by the powers of Diana, not to be provoked, and
libros earminum valentium devocare
i your books of incantations that are able to call down
refixa sidera oœlo; Canidia, tandem
the fixed stars from heaven; Canidia, at length
parce sacris vocibus, solveque retro,

desist from your magic words, and unwind (turn back
solve citum turbinem. Telephus movit
ward,) turn your swift wheel. Telephus moved
nepotem Nereium, in quem superbus

thegrandson of Nereus, against whom he haughtily
ordinarat agmina Mysorum, et in quem

had marshalled troops of Mysians, and against whom
torserat acuta tela: Ilise matres

he had hurled the pointed darts: the Trojan matrons
unxere Нес to rem homicidam,

anointed for burial (the body of) Hector the manslayer,
addictum alitibus feris atque canibus, postquam rex,

doomed to birds of prey and dogs, after the king,
relictis mœnibus, procidit, heu ! ad pedes
having left his city walls, fell prostrate, alas ! at the feet
)>ervicacis Achillei. Remiges laboriosi Ulyssei

of inflexible Achilles. The rowers of tireless Ulysses
exuere setosa membra duris pellibus,

stripped their bristly limbs of the rough swine-skins,
volente Circe : tunc mens et sonus

at the will of Circe: then their reason and speech
relapsus, atque notus honor

came back (were restored,) and wonted dignity
in vu 1tus. Dedi tibi satis
to their countenances, 1 have given you sufficient
superque pœnarum, multum amata

and more than sufficient revenge, О much beloved
nautis et institoribus. Juventas fugit et

by sailors and factors. Тоuth has fled, and
verecundus color reliquit ossa amicta
my ruddy complexion has left my bones covered
lu rida pelle; capillus est albus tuis

with a sallow skin: my hair is become white by your
odoribus. Nullum otium reclinat me a labore : nox

perfumes. No ease relieves me from pain: night
urget diem, et dies noctem ; neque est
presses on day, and day on night ; nor is there
levare prsecordia tenta spiritu.
(aught) to ease my lungs strained by respiration (asthma.)
Ergo miser vincor ut credam

Therefore I
negatum,
wretched am compelled to believe what was denied,
Sabella carmina increpare pectus, que

that Sabellian incantations disturb the breast, and
caput dissilire Marsa nsenia. Quid

that the head splits with a Marsian song. What
vis amplius ? О mare О terra ardeo,

I burn,
! !
do you wish for moret O sea! О earth!
quantum neque Hercules, delibutus atro

as much as neither Hercules, besmeared with the black
cruore Nessi, nec Sicana flamma furens

gore of Nessus, nor the Sicanian flame raging
in fervida ^tna : tu officina cales Colchicis
in burning ЖЫа: you as a laboratory glow with Colchian
venenis, donec, aridus cinis, ferar

poмon«, till I, a dry cinder, shall be borne away
injuriosis ventis. Quse finis? ecqucd Stipendium

by the injurious winds. What event t what retribution
manet me? Effare: luam pœnas jussas
awaits me t Speak: I will pay the penalty imposed
cum fide; paratus expiare, seu

with fidelity; being ready to make expiation, whether
poposceris centum juvencos, sive voles

you shall demand a hundred bullocks, or you choose
sonari mendaci lyra : tu pudica, tu

to be celebrated by a deceitful lyre: you chaste, you
proba, aureum sidus perambulabis astra.

upright, as a golden star shall roam among the constellations.
Castor, offensus vicem infamis Helenœ,

Castor, offended at the treatment of defamed Helen,
fraterque magni Castoris, victi prece,

and the brother of great Castor, prevailed upon by prayer,
reddidere vati lumina adempta.

restored to the poet the sight that had been taken (from
Et tu solve me dementia (nam
him.) And do you release me from this frenzy (for
potes,) O nec obsoleta paternis sordibus,
you can,) О you not tainted with paternal stains,
пес anus prudens dissipare novendiales pul veres
nor as a sorceress skilful to scatter the ninth-day ashes
in sepulchris pauperum. Tibi hospitale pectus,

on the graves of the poor. Тоu (have) a humane heart.
et purse manus; Pactumeiusque tuns venter;

and unpolluted hands; and Pactumeius is your son;
et obstetrix lavit pannos rubros
and the midwife washes the clothes impurpled
tuo cruore, utcunque exsilis
with your blood, whenever you rise (from child-bed)
fortis puerpera.
a vigorous mother.
THE ANSWER OF CANIDIA.
Quid fund is preces aurihus obseratis?

Why do you pour forth prayers to ears (that are) sealed
Hibernus Neptunus, alto salo,

(against them The wintry sea, with its swelling surge,
.')
non tundit saxa surdiora midis navitis.

does not lash rocks more deaf to the naked sailors.
Ut tu inultus riseris
Is poss iblc hat (shall) you deride
it
unavenged
I
Cotyttia, vulgata sacrum

the Cotyttian mysteries, divulged (by you,) the rite
liber¡ Cupidinis? et pontifex Esquilini

of unrestrained love and as high-priest of Esquiline
t
venefici ut impleris urbem meo nomine

witchcraft shall you fill the city with my name
impune? Quid proderit superasse

with impunity What will avail to have enriched
it
me
t
Pelignas anus, miscuisseve velocius toxicum,

si
Pclig nian sorceresses, or mixed a quicker poison,

if
fata tardiora votis manent te? Ingrata

fates slower than my wishes await you A wretched
t
vita est ducenda misero, in hoc,

Ufe is to be protracted by you, miserable wretch, for this
ut usque suppetas
(purpose only,) that you may continually be exposed to
no vis laboribus. Pater infidi Pelopis,

fresh torments. Thefather of perjured Pelops,
Tantalus semper egens benignse dapis,

Tantalus ever deprived of (craving for) the genialfeast,
optat quietem ; Prometheus obligatus aliti

wishe.s for rest ; Prometheus chained to the vulture
optat; Sisyphus optat collocare saxum in

implores (it;) Sisyphus longs to place the stone on
supremo monte; sed leges Jovis vetant.

the top of the mount ; but the laws of Jove forbid.
Voles modo desilire altis turribus,
Тоu shall wish sometimes to leap down from high towers,
modo recludere pectus Norico ense;
sometimes to lay open your breast with a Norican sword ;
frustraque innectes vincla tuo gutturi,
and in vain shall you tie the noose about your neck,
tristis segrimonia fastidiosa. Tunc

oppressed with sorrow that loathes existence. Then
vectabor inimicis humeris
eques
as a rider I
ego
shall be carried on your unfriendly shoulders
;
;
terraque cedet mese insolentise. An, quse
and the earth shall submit to my pride. Must I, who
pose i m movere cereas imagines, (ut curiosus

can move the waxen images, (as your inquisitive
ipse nosti) et deripere lunam polo
sf If well knows) and draw down the moon from the sky
meis vocibus, possim excitare cremates

by my incantations (and who) can raise the cremated
mortuos, temperareque poculum desideri, plorem

dead, and mix a draught of love, lament
exitum artis valentis nil in te?

the issue of my art having no effect upon yout
SATIRES OF HORACE-
BOOK: i.
SATIRE I.
TO M .«CENAS ON THE AVARICIOUS.
That all, but specially she covetous, shink sheir own condision she
hardess.
Qui fit, Msecenas, ut nemo vivat

How happens it, Mavenas, that no one lives (can live)
conteutus ilia quam sortem seu
contented with that (lot) which (lot) either
ratio dederit sibi, seu fort
deliberate choice has assigned him, or accident
objecerit ; landet sequentes

has flung in his way ; (but) praises those following
diversa ? "O fortunati mercatores !

" ait
different pursuits t "О happy merchants!" says
miles, gravis annis,
the soldier, stiff (walking heavily) by reason of his years,
jam fractus membra multo labore.

at length broken down in his limbs by excessive toil
Contra, mercator, austris
On the contrary, the merchant, (as) the south-west winds
jactantibus navim,
" Militia
est potior. Enim
are tossing his ship, (cries) "Warfare is preferable. For
quid ? Concurritur : momento
why t The armies meet in battle : (and) in the short space
horse cita mors venit, aut lseta victoria."

of an hour a speedy death comes, or joyful victory."
SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 199
Peritus juris legumque laudat

The man skilled in law and the statutes praises
agricolam, ubi consultor pulsat ostia sub

the farmer, when a client knocks at his gates just before
eantum galli. Ille, qui est extractus
the crowing of the cock. He, who is dragged
rure in urbem, vadibus datis,

from the country into the city, on sureties being given,
clamat solos felices viventes

swears (cries out) that (those) only (are) happy who live
in urbe. Cœtera de hoc genere (sunt
in the city. The other instances of this kind (they are
adeo multa) valent delassare loquacem Fabium.
so numerous) are sufficient to tire out the prolix Fabius.
Ne morer te, audi quo deducam
That I may not detain you, hear to what (issue) I will bring
Si dicat,
" En,
I
rem. quis deus ego jam
the 'natter. If any god should say, "Lo, at once
faciam quod vultis; tu eris mercator,
will effect what you desire ; you shall be a merchant,
qui modo miles: tu modo consultns,

who (were) just now a soldier : you just now a lawyer,
rusticum : vos discedite hinc, vos

(shall be) a farmer : do ye depart oneway, do ye
hinc, partibus mutatis; heia, quid

another, your parts having been changed ; quick ! why
statis?" Nolint; atqui
do you stand still t" They would not be willing ; and yes
licet esse beatis. Quid causea est,

it is in their power to be blest. What reason is there,
quin Jupiter, merito iratus illis inflet

but that Jupiter, deservedly enraged at them, puff out
ambas buceas, dicat se posthac neque
both his cheeks, and declare that he henceforth will not
fore tam facilem, ut p rae beat au rem votis?

4« so compliant as to lend an ear to their prayers t
200 SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
Praeterea, — ne sic percurram

To pass to another point (besides) that 1 "may not so run over
ridens, ut qui jocnlaria:
(this) jestingly, as one who (treats of) comic (subjects) :
quanquam quid vetat ridentem dicere verum?
though what forbids one jesting to tell the truth
Ut
(what hinders one being merry while telling the truth?) As
olim blandi doctores dant crustula pueris,
sometimes coaxing teachers give little cakes to the boys,
ut veliut discere prima elementa.

that they may be willing to learn their first rudiments.
Sed, tamen, ludo amoto,
But, however, joking having been put aside,
quœramus seria. Ule, qui vertit

let us investigate serious matters. He, who turns (over)
gravem terram duro aratro, hic perfidus
the heavy earth with the hard plough, this knavish
caupo, miles, audacesque nautse, qui

innkeeper, the soldier, and the bold sailors, whs
currunt per omne mare, aiunt sese ferre laboren

roam (sail) over every sea, say that they endure labot
hac mente, ut, senes recedant

'
wish this intention, that, (when) old, they may retire
in otia tuta, quum cibaria eint congesta

into ease secure, when rations have been laid up
si hi.
for them.
Sicut parvula formica magni laboris (nam est

As the little ant of great industry (for she is
exemplo) trahit ore quodcunque potest,

an example) drags along in her mouth whatever she can,
atque addit acervo quem struit, haud ignara

and adds to the heap which she piles up not ignorans
bc non incauta futuri.
and not improvident of the future.
Quœ simul Aquarius contristat

Which (ant), as soon as Aquarius saddens
inversum annum non prorepit usquam, et,

the inverted year, does not creepforth anywhere, and,
sapiens, utitur illis quœsitis ante ; quuni

sensible, consumes the stores acquired before , since
neque fervid us sest и s demoveat te lucro, пес

neither the sultry heat can divert you from gain, nor
hyems, ignis, mare, ferrum. Nil obstet

the winter, fire, sea, or sword. Nothing may withstand
tibi, dum ne sit alter ditior te.

you, till there be not another richer than yourself.
Quid juvat te, timidum, deponere

What pleasure does it give you, timidly, to deposit
i m mensum pondus argent i et auri terra

an immense weight of silver and gold in the earth
defossa furtim?
dug up stealthily t
"Quod, si comminuas, redigatur ad vilem
"Which, if you lessen it. may be reduced to a paltry
assem.'
penny."
At ni id fit, quid pulchri habet construct us
But, unless that be done,, what beauty has the piled up
acervus? Tua area triverit
heap t Your threshing -floor may hace threshed out
centum millia frumenti ; tuns venter
a hundred thousand bushels of corn; (yet) your belly
non capiat hoc plus ac meus : ut si

cannot contain on this account more than misie : as if
forte vehas inter venales
perchance you should carry among 'he slaves
reticulum panis onusto bumero,

a net-work bag of bread on your laden shoulder,
accipias nihilo plus qupm qui

you would receive not a crumb (no) .логе than he who
portarit nil. Vel dic, quid referat viventi

carried nothing. Or say, what matters it to one living
intra fines naturœ, a ret centum
within the bounds of nature, whether he plow a hundred
jugera an mille?
acres or a thousand t
"At est suave tollere de magno acervo."
"But it is delightful to take from a large heap."
Dum relinquas nobis hau rire tantundem
ff so be that you allow us to draw as much (as you)
ex parvo, cur laudes tua granaria

out of a small one, why should you praise your granaries
plus nostris cumeris? Ut si non ampli us

more than our corn-binst As if only (no more than'
urna liquidi sit opus tibi vel cyatho,
a piteherful of water were needed by you or a glassful,
ac dicas, "Mallem sumere
and you should say, "I would have preferred to take
tantundem de magno flumine, quam ex hoc

just so much from a great river, than from this
fonticnlo." Eo fit, ut si copia
little fountain." Hence it comes to pass, that if abundance
plenior justo delectet quos, acer

mors copious than what is right delight any, the rapid
Aufidus ferat avulsos
(swift-flowing) Aufidus shall carry them (torn) away
simul cum ripa. At qui eget tantuli
together with its bank. But whoever desires only
quantum est opus, is neque haurit aquam

just as much as is needful, A« neither draws water
turbatam limo, necamittit vitam in undis.

made turbid with mud, nor loses his life in the waves.
At bona pars hominum, decepta falso cupidine,

But a large part (number) of men, deceived by a false desire,
" Nil est satis ; quia sis tanti
inquit,
say, "Nothing is sufficient ; because you are of as
quantum habeas
much (esteem) as you luive (possessions) (you are valued by
Quid facias
people according to your wealth.) What would you do
illi ? " Jubeas esse miserum, quatenus
with this (sort of maní) " Bid him be miserable, since
facit id libenter : ut quidam sordidus âс dives

he is so willingly: as a certain person mean and rich
Athenis memoratur sic solitus contemnere
at Athens is said thus to have been accustomed to despise
"
voces populi : Populus sibilat me ; at ipse
the gibes of the people : "The people hiss me; but 1
plaudo mihi domi, simul ac

applaud myself at home, as soon as Icontemplor
contemplate
nummos in area." Tantalus, sitiens, captat

my coins in my chest." Tantalus, being thirsty, catches at
flumina fugientia a labris. Quid! rides?

streams fleeing from his lips. What! do you laugh t
nomine m и tato, fabula narratur dete. Indormis
the name being changed, the tale is told of you. Тоu sleep
saccis congestis undique, inhians

on your bags brought together from all sides, gloating over
et cogeris parcere tanquam
them with open mouth, and are obliged to spare them as if
sacris, aut gaudere tanquam
sacred, or to rejoice in them as (you would)
pictis tabellis. Nescis quo nummus

in painted tablets. Do you not know what end
valeat? Quem usum prœbeat? Panis

money serves t What enjoyment it may affordt Bread
ematur olus, sextarius vini ;
can be bought, vegetables, a measure (pint) of wine;
adde quis negatis, humana natura
add besides, (those things) which being denied, human nature
doleat sibi. An, vigilare exanimem metu,
would be pained. What, to watch half dead with fear
204 SATIKES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
uoctesque diesque formidare malos fures, incendia,

and nights and days to dread wicked thieves, fires,
servos, ne compilent te fugientes ;

slaves, lest they plunder you and running off (abscond;)
juvat? Ego
I
hoc semper optarim esse
does this delight you t should always wish to be
pauperrimus horiun bonorum.

very poor in such possessions.
At si corpus temptatum frigore condoluit,

But if your body attacked by a cold has suffered,
aut alius casus affixit te lecto ;

or another disorder has fastened you to (your) bed ;
habes qui adsideat, paret
you have (him) who may sit by your bedside, prepare
fomenta, roget medicum, ut
the fomentations (cordials,) call the physician, that
suscitet te, âс reddat natis

he may raise you, and restore you to your children
carisque propinquis.
and dear relations.
Non uxor vult tesalvum, non
Neither your wife wishes for your recovery, nor
Alius; omnes vicini oderunt, noti,
your son; all the neighbors hate you, acquaintances,
pueri, atque puellœ. Miraris, quum tu postponas

boys, and girls. Do you wonder, when you put
omnia argento, si nemo prsestet amorem,
all things after money, if nobody shows the affection
quem non merearis? At, si velis

which you do not deserve t But, if you should wish
retinere servareque amicos cognatos
to retain and keep the affections of the relations (the rela-
quos natura dat tibi, nullo

tions as friends) whom nature gives you, without (taking)
labore infelix perdas
any pains, wretch (that you are,) you would belosing
BATI RES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 205
ope ram, ut si quis doceat asellum

your labor, (equally) as if any one should teach an ass
currere in campa parentem frœnis. Denique

to run in the Campus [ Ufartius] obedient to the reins. In short
sit finis quserendi : quumqne habeas
let there be an end of acquiring : and now that you have
plus, metuas pauperiem minus ;

more (than you used to have,) fear poverty less (than
et incipias finire laborem,
you used to;) and begin to put an end to your toil,
parto quod avebas : ne facias quod

that being obtained which you desired : so as not to behave like
Ummidius, qui tam dives (fabula non est longa)

Ummidius, who (was) so rich (the story is not long)
ut metiretur nummos, ita sordidus, ut

that he measured (his) money, (but) so miserly, that
non unquam vestiret se melius servo,

he would never clothe himself better than a slave, (and)
ad usque supremum tempus metuebat ne penuria
even to his last moment dreaded lest want
victus opprimeret se: at liberta,

of food should come suddenly on him: but a freed woman,
fortissima Tyndaridarum, divisit liunc medium
the bravest of the house of Tyndarus, cleft him in two
securi.
with an axe.
"Quid suades mi igitur? Ut vivam

"What do you advise me then t That I live (like)
Mœnius? Ac sic ut Nomentanus?"

Maniust And in the same style as Nomentanus t"
Pergis componere pugnantia
Тоu are proceeding to reconcile things that contend
seen m adversis frontibus. Quum
together with opposing fronts (with each other.) When
veto te fieri avarum, ego non jubeo

Iforbid you tobe covetous (a iniser,) 7 do not order you
14
fieri vappam ac nebulonem. Est quiddam

to be a good-for-nothing and a scamp. There is something
inter Tanain sooerumque
(some difference) between Tanais and the father-in-law
Viselli. Est modus in rebus ; sunt
of Visellius. There is a mean in (all) things ; there are
denique certi fines, ultra citraque quos

finally certain limits, beyond and short of which
rectum nequit consistere. Redeo illuc
what is right cannot exist. /return to the place
unde abii, qui ut nemo avarus,

whence I set out, (asking) how (it is) that no avaricious (тан)
probet se, âс potius landet
is satisfied with himself (his lot,) but rather commends
sequentes diversa, quodque aliena

those following different pursuits, and because another's
capel la gerat distentins aber, tabescat, neque

she-goat carries a more distended udder, pines, nor
comparet se meliori turbse

compares himself with the more considerable mass
pauperiorum, laboret superare hunc atque hunc?

of poorer men, (bvt)labors to surpass this one and then another t
Locupletior semper obstat sic
The richer man always stands in the way of one thus
festinanti : ut quum ungula rapit

haslening (to be rieh) : as when the courser whirls along
currus missos carceribus ; auriga instat
the chariot started from the barriers ; the driver presses on
equis vincentibus suos, temnens ilium

the horses outstripping his own, despising that (other)
prœteritum euntem inter extremos. Inde

that he has passed coming on among the last. Hence
fit nt raro queamus reperire qui dieat

it happens that we are seldom able to find one who can say
se vixesse- beatum, et, contentus tempore

that he has lived happy, and, contented with the time
exacto, cedat vita uti

through which he has passed, can depart from life like
satur conviva. Jam est satis: ne putes

a satisfied guest. Now it is enough : lest you should think
me compilasse scrínia lippi Crispini,

that I have plundered the bookcases of blear-eyed Crispinus,
non iddam verbum amplias.
/ shall nc add a word more.
SATIRE II.
TO MECENAS ON ADULTERERS.
Bad men, when they avoid cersain mees, fall into their opposise
exsremes.
Collegia ambubaiarum, pharmacopolœ,

The tribes (bands) of female flute players, quacks,
mendici, mimœ, balatrones ; omne hoc genus est

beggars, actresses, clowns; all this set is
mœstum âс solicitum morte cantoris
mournful and dejected on account of the death of the singer
Tigelli ; quippe erat benignus.

Tigellius ; verily he was bountiful (liberal) (toward them.)
Contra hic, metuens ne dicatur esse
On the other hand another, fearing lest he be said to be
prodigus, nolit dare inopi amico,

prodigal, would be unwilling to give to his needy friend,
quo possit propellere frigus duramque famem.
the wherewithal to keep off cold and pinching hunger.
Si perconteris hunc, cur malus stringat prseclaram
If you ask him, why he wickedly strips the splendid
rem avi atque parentis ingrata
estate of his grandfather and by his thankless
father
ingluvie, coemens omnia obsonia conductis
gluttony, buying all (sorts of) dainties with borrowed
sums : he answers, because he would not be reckoned
sordidus, atque parvi animi. Laudatur ab his,

mean, and of a narrow spirit. He is praised by some,
oulpatur ab illis. Fufidius timet famam

blamed by others. Fufidius dreads the reputation
vappse ac nebulonis, dives agris,

of a good-for-nothing and scamp, being rieh in lands,
dives nummis positis in fœnore. Hic exsecat
rich in money laid out at interest. This fellow strikes
quiuas mercedes capiti ;

(deducts) five per cent from the principal (at the time of
atque quanto perditior quisque est tanto
the lending) ; and the more desperate each one is, so much
acrius urget : sectatur

the more severely he bears upon him : he strives after (seeks)
nomina tironum sub duris patribus, virili veste
the names of young men under strict fathers, thetogavirilis
modo sumpta. Quis non exclamat, "Maxime
laving just beenputon. Who does not exclaim, "Almighty
Jupiter!" simul atque audi vit? "At
Jove!" as soon as he has heard it t "But (it may be supposed)
hic facit sumptum in so

he makes his expenses (lays out money) upon himself
pro qusestu." Vix possis credere
in proportion to his gains." Той can scarcely believe
quam non sit amicus sibi : ita ut

how much he is not a friend to himself : insomuch that
ille pater, quem fabula Terentî inducit

that father, whom the comedy of Terence represents
vixisse miserum nato fugato,

to have lived miserable, his son having been turned away (on
non cruciaverit
account of having turned his son away,) did not torment
se Si quis nunc
himself worse than he. If any one now should ask.
SATIRES OF HORACE —BOOK I. 209
"Quo hsec res pertinet?" Illuc: dum stulti vitaut

"To what this matter tends t"
To this : while fools shun
vitia, currant in contraría. Malthinus
vices, they run into their opposites. Malthinus
ambalat demissis tunicis: est faoetus
struts about with trailing g arment к : there is a droll fellow
qui subductis usque ad ohscœnum
who (goes) with them tucked up even to his obscene
inguen. Rufillus olet pâstillos,
groin (an indecent height.) Rufillus smells of perfumee,
Gorgonius hircum : est nil medium.
Gorgonius has that goatish smell : there is no mean.
Sunt qui nolint
There are some who would not be willing
tetigisse nisi illas quarum talc*
to keep company with (any) but those (women) whose ankles
instita veste snbsnta tegat :
the flounce on the garment trimmed at the bottom covers :
contra alius nullam nisi
on the other hand another (would have) none but
stantem in olenti fornico. Quuni quidam
one staying in a stinking brothel. When a certain
notus homo exiret foruice, dia sententia
noted fellow came out of a brothel, the divine sentence
Catonis inquit,
of Cato said (the divine Cato addressed him with this sen.
" Esto macte virtute. Nam simul ac
tence,) "Gо on in your virtuous course. For as soon as
teeta libido inflavit venas, est sequum

secret lust 1ms inflamed the veins, it is right
ju venes descendere huc, non
that young men come hither, (and) not (rather than)
permolere alienas uxores." Cupiennius, mirator
debauch other men's wives." Cupiennius, an admirer
albi cunni, inquit,
" Nolim me
of the silken vail, says, "I would not be witting myself
laudar i er sic." Qui non vultis

to be commended on such terms." Той who wish not
mœchos procedere recte, est pretium

that adulterers should succeed well, it is worth
operse audire, ut laborent omni parte;

your while to hear, how they are in trouble on all sides ;
utque illis voluptas corrupta multo dolore,

and how for them pleasure marred with much pain,
atque hsec rara, sœpe cadat inter dura

and that (pleasure) rare too, often results in serious
pericia. Hic dedit se prœcipitem

dangers. This (man) has thrown himself headlong
tecto: ille csesus ad mortem flagellis:
from the roof : that (one) was beaten to death with whips :
hic fugiens decidit in acrem turbam
(Ai« (one) in his flight fell among a merciless gang
prsedonum : hic dedit nummos pro corpore :
of robbers : another paid money for his carcase :

calones perminxerunt hunc : quin etiam illud
the slaves defiled this man : moreover it also
accidit, ut ferrum demeteret cuidam testes
happened, that the steel cut off a certain one's testicles
salacemque caudam. Omnes jure: "Galba

and lustful organ. All (say) with justice: " G alba
negabit." At quanto tutior est merx in

wiU deny (it.)" But how much safer is traffic in
secunda classe libertinarum dico in quos
I mean ;
! :
the second-rate class ! of freed-women after whom
Sallustius non minus insanit, quam qui
Sallust is no less crazy, than he who
mœchatur. At si hic vellet esse bonus

commits adultery. Yet if he had a mind to be good
atque benignus, qua res, qua ratio

and bountiful, as far as his estate, as far as reason
suaderet, quaque licet esse munifico

would urge him, and as far as one might be liberal
SATIRES OF HORACE— BOOK I. 211
modeste, daret quantum esset

with moderation, lie would give as much as would be
satis ; nec foret sibi

sufficient; not (what) would be (bring) to his
damno dedecorique. Verum amplectitur se hoc

ruin and disgrace. But he hugs himself upon this
uno, amat hoc, laudat hoc: " Ego tango nullam

alone, he delights in this, he extols this : "I touch no
matronam:" ut quondam Marsseus, ille amator Originis,

matron:" as once Mar sous, that lover of Origo,
qui donat mimse patriumque fundum laremque;
who gives to an actress both his paternal estate and mansion,
inquit,
" Nil fuerit unquam mihi
said, " Nothing was ever to me(I have never had any-
cum alienis uxoribus." Verum est
thing to do) with other (men's) wives." But you have
cum mimis, est cum meretricibus ; unde

with actresses, you have with harlots ; whence
fama trahit gravi us malum quam res.

your character derives greater harm than your estate.
An est abunde satis tibi evitare personam,
Is it abundantly sufficient for you to avoid the person,
non illud quidquid ubique officit? Deperdere

not that (vice) which is universally detrimental t To lose
bonam famam, oblimare rem patris,
a good reputation, to squander the estate of one's father,
est malum ubicunque. Quid interest pecces

is an evil in all cases. What is the difference if you sin
in matrona, ancilla, togatane? Villius,
with a married woman, a slave, or a prostitute t Villius,
miser deceptus hoc nomine uno, geuer Sullse,
a wretch misled by this title alone, son-in-law of Sulla,
dedit pœnas in Fausta usque superque
suffered punishment for Fausta even to and above
quam est satis, csesus pugnis, petitusque

what was sufficient, being beaten with fists, and attacked
ferro, fore exclusus quum Longaren us

with the sicord, to be shut(kicked) out when Longarenus
foret intus. Si animus diceret liuic
was (admitted) within. If his mind should say to him
bsec, verbis mutonis vklentis tanta mala,

this, in the words of his appetite sensibleof such evils,
" vis tibi ? Numquid ego deposco
Quid a te
"What do you wish for yourself t D%d ever ask I
of you
cunnum prognatum magno consulc, velatumque
a courtesan descended from a great consul, and dressed in
stola, quum mea ira conferbuit?"

the stola, when my passion had grown hot t
" Quid
What
responderet? "Puella est nata magno

would he answer t " The girl is sprung from an honorable
lmtre." At quanto meiiora pugnantiaque istis,

father." But how much better things opposed to these,
natura monet, dives opis suœ ! Si

does nature recommend, rich stores of her own ! If
tu velis modo dispensare recte, âс non
you would only be willing to manage aright, and not
immiscere fugienda petendis;

to confound what is to be avoided with what is to be sought ;
putas referre nil, labores tuo

think you it matters not, whether you. suffer through your own
vitio, rerumne? Quare, ne
fault or that of circumstances t Wherefore, lest
pœniteat te, desine seetarier matronas ;

you repent (too late), cease to pursue married women ;
unde est baurire plus mali
whence it is possible to draw more vexatious
laboris, quam deoerpere frnctus ex re.

trouble, than to gather enjoyment from success.
Neo. est huic licet sit inter

Neither is there to such a one, though she be in the midst of
niveos viridesque lapillos, magis
snow-white and green jewels (pearls and emeralds), a more
teuerum femur hoc tuo, Cerinthe, ant

tender thigh than this one of yours, Cerinthus, or a
recti us crus : atque persœpe togaUe est etiam melius.

better leg: and very ofsen n prostitute' s is even finer
Adde huc, quod gestat mercem sine
Add to this, that she bears about her merchandise without
fucis, ostendit aperte quod habet venale : пес,

pretence, shows openly what she has for sale ; nor.
si est quid honesti, jactat
if she has any beauty (beyond the ordinary), does she boast
habetque palam, quœrit quo

and make public display of it, but seeks wherewith
celet turpia. Hic est mos

she may hide anything offensive. This is the custom
regions ; ubi mercantur equos, inspiciuni

among rich men; when they buy horses, they inspect them
apertos, ne, si decora fades est fulta

uncovered, in order that, if a beautiful form is supported
molli pede, (ut sœpe) inducat hiantem

by a tender hoof, (as often) it may not take in the gaping
emptorem, quod clunes pulchrse, quod

(eager) purchaser, because the buttocks are fine, because
caput breve, cervix ardua. Uli
the head is small, the neck stately (arching.) They
recte hoc. Ne
act judiciously in this. Do not (therefore in the same manner)
contemplare optima corporis
contemplate the perfections of (each fair one's) person
oculis Lyncei : cœcior Hypssea spectas
with the eyes of Lynceus: more blind than Hypsœa survey
iHa quœ sunt mala. О crus !
those (parts) which are deformed. О (what a) leg t
O brachia ! Verum est depygis,

О (what) arms ! But (you suppress that) she is thin-buttocked,
nasu ta, brevi latere, ac longo pede. Possis

large-nosed, with a short waist, and huge foot. You can
cernere nil prœter faciem matronœ, tegentis

see nothing except the face ofa matron, who hides
сœ te ra demissa vestс, ni est Catia. Si

the rest with a flowing robe, unlese she is a Catia. If
petes interdicte circumdata
you will seek after forbidden charms, surrounded (as they
vallo, (nam hoc
are) with a fortification, (for this (the fact of their being
facit te insanum,) tum multas

forbidden) makes you mad [after them,]) then many
"
res officient tibi : custodes, lectica,
things shall stand in your way : attendants, the sedan,
ciniflones, parasitse, stola demissa ad talos,

hair curlers, parasites, a robe hanging down to her ankles,
et circumdata palla : plurima

and wrapped around with a palla (veil) : very many things
quse invideant rem adparere pure tibi.

which prevent the reality appearing clearly to you
Altera nil obstat: est

7%« other puts no obstacle (in your way :) it is allowed
tibi videre pene ut nudam
you to view her almost as well as if she were naked
Cois ; ne sit malo

in her Coan garments; lest she should have abad (ill shaped)
crure, ne turpi pede :
leg, or a disagreeable (ugly-looking) foot :
possis metiri latus oculo. An mavis
you may survey her figure with your eye. Do you prefer
insidias fieri tibi, pretiumqne avellier,
a snare to be laid for you, and the price to be extorted,
mercem ostendi ? " Venator at

antequam
before the merchandise is shown t "A hunter although
sectetur leporem in alta nive, nolit
he pursues a hare in the deep snow, he would be unwilling
sic tangere positum," "
in like manner to touch it when placed (before him,) ((Aw)
cantat et apponit :
" Meus
«ings (the rake) and applies the case to himself : "My
amor est similis hujc; nam transvulat posita
love и like to this ; for it passes by the game placed
in medio, et captat fugientia." Hiscine
within reach, and pursues what flies from it." By such
versiculis speras dolores, atque sestus,
verses as these do you hope that grief, and uneasiness,
gravesque curas, posse tolli e

and burdensome cares, can be eradicated from
tibi pectore? Nonne prodest plus quserere
your breast t Does it not profit you more to inquire
quem modum natura statuat cupidinibus, quid

what bound nature assigns to the appetites, what
latura, quid negatum sibi sit dolitura,

she will endure, what when denied her she will lament,
et abscindere inane soldo? Num
and to separate the unsubstantial from the solid t Do you
quseris âurea pocula, quum sit is urit tibi fauces?

seek golden cups, when thirst parches your jaws t
Esuriens, num fastidis omnia prœter pavoncm

When hungry, do you disdain everything except the peacock
rhombumque? Quum inguina tument tibi,

and turbot t When amorous inclinations swell in you,
si ancilla ant puer verna est prsesto, in quem

if a handmaid or a boy your slave is nigh, upon whom
continuo impetus fiat, num mal is

immediately an attack may be made, would you rather
rumpi tentigine? Non ego; naroque amo

be tortured with suppressed desire t Not ; for I1 love
parabilem facilemque Venerem. Illam

an easily obtainable and yielding mistress Let her (be)
Gallis: "Post paullo;" "Sed

"By-and-by;
" "But
for the Eunuchs (who says):
pluris;" "
"Si vir exierit:"
for a little more; "If my husband goes out of the way :"
216 SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I,
Philodemus ait banc sibi, quse neque

Philodemus паmеs her for himself, who neither
stet magno pretio, neque cunctetur, quum est

stands out for a great priee, nor delays, when she is
jussa, venire. Sit candida, rectaque,
requested, to come. Let her be fair, and strasghl,
hactenus munda, ut velit videri neque
and so far decent, as not to wish to appear either
magis longa, neque alba, quam natura det.
taller or fairer than nature makes her.
Hsec, ubi supposuit lœvum corpus

Such a one, when she has placed her left side under
mibi dextro, est Ilia et Egeria : do
I
mili
my right, is an Ilia and Egeria: give her
quodlibet nomen. Nec vereor ne, dum
any name. Nor am afraid I lest,while I am engaged,
futuo,
vir recurrat rure ; janua

the husband should return the country;
from the door
frangatur; can is latret; dom us pulsa
be broken open ; the dog bark ; the home shaken
maguo strepitu undique resonet; ne, mulier
with a hideous noise on every side resound ; lest the wife
pallida desiliat lecto; conscia
all pale jump out of bed; (the maid) conscience-stricken
clamet se mise ram ; hsec metuat
cry out that she is undone ; (and) she be in apprehension
cruribus deprensa doti, egomet
for her limbs, the detected (wife) for her dower, 1
mi. Est fugiendum
for my self. I must escape
discincta tunica,
with my clothes loose,
ac
and
nudo pede ; ne nummi pereant, aut pyga,
with bare feet ; lest my money be lost, or my rump
aut den ¡que fama. Est miserum
(be in danger,) or lastly my reputation. It is dreadful
deprendi vincam vel Fabio judice.
I could prove
:
to be caught : it even if Fabius were judge.
SATIRE III.
We oughs to connive at she faulse of our friends, and all offenen are
not to be ranked in she casalogue of crime».
Hoc est vitum omnibus cantoribus, ut inter

ThU is a fault in all singers, that among
amicos, rogati nunquam inducant animum

their friends, when asked they never bring their mind
cantare ; injussi nunquam desistant,

(are inclined) to sing; unrequested they never desist.
Tigellius ille Sardus habebat hoc. Cœsar, qui

Tigellius that Sardinian had this (fault.) Casar, who
posset cogеre, si petefet per patris

could have compelled him if he had begged by his father's
amicitiam, atque suam, non profice ret

friendship, and his own, would not have accomplished
quidquam. Si collibuisset
anything. If the whim had seized him (it had pleased him)
citaret " Io Raeche !

" ab ovo
he would chant "IoBacche!" over and over from the egg
usque ad mala,
to the apples (from she beginning to the end of the entertain
modo summa voce, modo

ment,) at one moment in the deepest note (voice,) at another
hac, quse resonat ima quatuor

in that which shrills forth lowest among the four
chordis. Fuit nil sequale
strings (of the tetrachord.) There was no uniformity
illi homini : ssepe currebat velut qui
in that man : often he ran as one who (when)
fugiens hostem ; persœpe

flying from an enemy (would run ;) very frequently (he
velut qui ferret sacra
walked) as one who was carrying the sacred things
Junonis: habebat sœpe ducentos, sœpe decem

of Juno : he had often two hundred, often but ten
servos : loquens modo reges atque

slaves (servants :) talking sometimes of kings and
tetrarchas, omnia magna; modo,
tetrarchs, everything (that was) magnificent; sometimes,
"Sit mihi tripes mensa, et

"Let there be to me (let me have) a three-footed table, and
concha puri salis, et toga, quœ
a shell of clean (pure) salt, and a gown, which,
quamvis crassa, queat defendere frigus."

though coarse, may be able to keep off the cold."
Dedisses decies centena huic parco,

Suppose you gave ten hundred sesterces to this frugal fellow,
contento paucis, quinque diebus erat
contented with few things, in five days there was sure to be
nil in loculis. Vigilabat noctes ad

nothing in his coffer (pockets.) He sat up nights till
ipsum mane; stertebat totum diem. Nil fuit
the very morning; he snored all day. Nothing was
unquam sic impar sibi. Nunc aliquis

ever so inconsistent with itself. Now some ons
Habesne nulla vitia ?

"
dicat mihi: "Quid tu?
may say to me: "What are you t Have you no faultet"
Imo alia, et fortasse minora.
Yes, but different (from these,) and perhaps of a lesser kind.
Quum Mœnius carperet Novium absentem,

When Manius was running down Novius in his absence,
quidam ait, "Heus tu, ignoras te?
some one says, " Hark you, do not you know yourselft
An putas dare verba nobis ut
Do you think (that you) are giving words to (deceivipg) us as
ignotum?"
" Egomet ignosco mi," inquit Mœnius.
a strangert" "As for me, I forgive myself," says Mœnius.
Hic est stultus et improbas amor, dignusque

This is a foolish and brasen self-love, and deserving
notari. Quum lippus inunctis oculis

to be censured. \Vlien with your sore eyes covered with salve
pervideas tua mala, cur cernis in

you pass over your own faults, why do you look in
vitiis amicorum tam acutum, quam
the case of the failings of your friends as sharply, as
aut aquila, aut Epidaurius serpens? At evenit

either an eagle, or Êpidaurian serpent t But it happens
tibi contra, ut et illi rursus

to you on the other hand, that also they in turn should
inquirant tua vitia. Est paulo
inquire into your faults. Л certain person is a little
iracundior; minus aptus acutis naribus

too quick-tempered; scarce fit to face the polished banter
horum hominum : possit rideri, eo quod toga
of the men of our day: he may be laughed at, because his gown
defluit rusticius tonso,

trails from him with clownishly-cut (awkwardly trimmed) hair,
et laxus calceus male hseret in pede.
and his shamcfully loose shoe scarcely keeps on his foot.
At est bonus, ut non quisquam alius melior

But he is (so) good, that there is not any other better
vir ; at amicus tibi ; at ingens ingenium

man; but he is a friend to you; but an immense genius
latet sub hoc inculto corpore. Denique
is concealed under this unpolished person (of his.) Finally
concute teipsum, num olim natura
shake yourself thoroughly, whether originally nature
jnseverit tiba qua vitiorum, aut etiam mala
has planted in you any vices, or even a bad
consuetudо ; namque filix

habit (has done it;) for ferns (which must be got rid of)
u renda innascitur neglectis agris.
by burning spring up in the neglected fields.
Prœvertamur illuc, quod turpia
Let us pay especial attention to this fact, that the disagreeable
vitia amicse decipiunt cœcum amatorem,

defects of а mistress escape (the notice of ) the blind lover,
aut etiam hœc ipsa delectant ; veluti polypus

or even those very (defects) delight him; as the км
Hagnse Balbinum. Vellem erraremua
of Magna did Balbinus. I could wish that we might err
sic in amicitia, et virtus
in this manner in the case of friendship, and that virtue
posuisset honeetum nomen isti errori. At

had fixed a respectable name to such an error. Moreover
ut pater gnati,
as a father (does not dislike) his son (if he have any defect,)
sic nos debemus non fastidire amici, si quod vitium
so we ought not to dislike a friend, if any defect
eit. Pater appel lat strabonem
i>« (to him.) The father calls his squinting (child)
pœtum ; et pullUm, si est cui male

pink-eyed; and chicken, if anyone has a very
parvus filius, ut olim abortivus

diminutive son (a dwarf,) as formerly the abortive
Sisyphus fuit ; hunc cruribus distortis,

Sisyphus was; this (child) with legs twisted out of all shape,
varum : ilium male ful tum

(the father calls) knock-kneed : him badly supported
pravis talis, balbutit scaurum. Hic vivit

by misshapen feet, he calls lispingly club-footed. Tliis one lives
parcius; dicatur frugi. Н:'ч est

somewhat stingily : let him be called thrifty. This (another) is
ineptus, et paulo jactantior ;
devoid of taste and tact and talks alittle too much about himself ;
postulat ut videatur amicis concinnus. At
he claims to be thought by his friends witty. But another
est truculentior, atque plus liber œquo ;
is somewhat rough, and more free tlsan is fitting ;
liabeatur simplex fortisque. Est
let him be accounted an open and fearless man. He is
caldior; numeretur inter acres.

too hot-headed; let him be reckoned among men of spirit
Opinor hœc res et jungit, et servat
and energy. I think this method both unites, and keeps
a m icos junctos. At nos invertimus
friends united. But we turn the wrong way upwards
virtutes ipsas, atque cupimus
(turn into vices) virtues themselves, and desire
incrustare sincerum vas. Quis vivit

to coat wish foulness (ev/n) the clean vessel. Does any one live
probus nobisciim, multum demissus

modest with u« (we bave a modest acquaintance, )a very retiring
homo; illi damns cognomen tardo pingui.

fellow; to him we give the name of a slow coach, a dullard.
Hic fugit omnes insidias, obditque apertum

This one avoids all snares, and lays open (exposes)
latus nulli malo, (quum versemur
his flank to no enemy, (and he acts rightly) (seeing we are engaged
inter hoc genus vitœ, ubi acris invidia, atque ubi
in this kind of life, where keen envy, and where
crimina vigent;) pro bene

slanders flourish ;) instead of a man of thoroughly
sano âс non incauto, vocamus fictum
sound sense and not unwary, we call him a false
astutumque. Et est quis simplicior

and sly (fellow.) And is anyone somewhat simple
(qualem libenter obtulerim

(in such a degree as
ssepe
often willingly I have presented
me tibi Msecenas,) ut forte
myself to you, Macenas, ) so as perhaps
molestus appellet legentem
impatient (impertinent) to interrupt (a person when) reading
aut tacitum quovis sermone: inquimus, plane caret
or musing with random talk: we say, he plainly wants
communi sensu. Elieu ! quam temere

the social (common) sense. Alas! how rashly
15
saucimus iniquam legem in nosmet ! Nam

do we sanction a severe law against ourselves ! Ъог
nemo nascitur sine vitiis : ille est optimus, qui

nobody is born without faults : he is she best, who
urgetur minimis. Dulcis amicus,

is encumbered with the least. Let an indulgent friend,
ut sequum est, compenset mea bona
as is just, take my good qualities as a set-off
dum vitiis ;
against my faults (set-off my good qualities againss my faults;)
inclinet bist«
let him lean (be weighed down) by these as being
pluribus,
(si
modo mihi bona sunt

more numerous, (if only my good qualities are
plura,) volet amari
si
hac
:
more numerous,) he wishes loved: on this
if
to be
lege ponetur in eadem trutina. Qui

condition he shall be placed in the same scale. He who
postulat ne offendat amicum propriis tuberibus,
desires not to offend a friend with his own tumors,
ignoscet illius verrucis. Est œquum
let him overlook his warts. is
It
reasonable
poscentem veniam peocatis reddere
that one seeking pardon for his faults should return
it
rursus. Denique, quatenus vitium irœ,

again. Finally, since the vice of anger,
item cœtera hœrentia stultis nequeunt penitus
and other faults adhering to fools cannot be thoroughly
excidi, cur non ratio utitur suis ponderibus
eradicated, why does not reason make use
of her own weights
modulisque? ac, ut quseque res est,
and measures and, as every case requires,
t
ita coercet delicta supliciis? Si quis

so repress faults by punishments If any one
t
in
suffigat cruce eum servum, qui, jussus

crucify that servant, who, being ordered
tollere patinain, ligurierit

tu remove from the table a dish, has been tempted to lick
seinesos pisces tepidumque jus ; inter sanos
the half eaten fi*hes and cold gravy; among wise nien
dicatur insanior Laheone.
he would be called more insane than Labeo.
Quanto furiosius, atque majus est
How much more irrational, and how much greater is
hoc peccatum ? Amicus deliquit paulum,
the following crime t A friend has committed a small error,
(quod nisi concedas, babeare
(which, unless you excuse, you ought to be considered
insuavis ;) acerbus odisti et fugis, ut
unkind;) ill-natured you hate and avoid him, as
debitor sens Rusonem ; qui nisi, quum tristes
a debtor (avoids) Ruso; who unless, when the gloomy
Calendœ venere misero, extricat

Calends come upon the wretch, he ecrew out (procure)
mercedem aut nummos unde unde, audit
interest or principal by hook or crook, has to listen to
amaras historias porrecto
llis (Huso's) m ¿si ruble historical productions with outstr etched
jngulo ut captivus. Potus comminxit
neck like aprisoner. A drunken man hath fouled
lectum ; dejecitve mensa catillum
my couch ; or hath thrown down
from the table a dish
tritum manibus Evandri ob hanc
; rem,
worn (carved) by the hands ; for
of Evander this cause,
aut quia esuriens sustulit
or pullum
because being hungry he has snatched a chicken
positum in mea parte catini ante,
in
placed the part of the dish next to me before (I had
amicus sit minus jucundus
time to help my self,) must my friend be less agreeable
mihi hoc? Quid faciam, si feoerit
tome forthat* What shouldIdo, if he has committed
224 SATIBES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
furtum, aut si prodiderit commissâ

theft, or if he has betrayed things committed
fide, negaritve sponsum ? Quis
to his confidence, or has denied a pledget Those who
placuit peccata
have laid it down (to whom it has seemed correct) that offences
esse fere paria, laborant, quum est ventum ad
are nearly alike, are at a loss, when it comes to
verum : sensus moresque repugnant,

practical life : instinct and the rules of life are against them,
atque utilitas ipsa, prope mater justi

and utility stseif, almost the mother of what is just
et sequi. Quum animalia prorepserunt primis
and right. When animals crept forth upon the first formed
terris, mutum ac turpe pecus, pugnabant
earth, a mute and dirty herd, they fought
propter glandem atque cubilia, unguibus et

for acorns and caves, with nails and
pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro armis,

fists, then with cudgels, and so at last with arms,
quœ post usus fabricaverat : donee

which afterwards necessity had fashioned : till
invenere verba nominaque, quibus
they invented words and names, by which they might
notarent voces sensusque:

give meaning to the sounds (they uttered) and expression to
dehinc cœperunt absistere bello,

their feelings : thence they began to abstain from war,
munire oppida, et ponere leges, ne quis
to fortify towns, and to enact laws, that no ons
esset fur, neu latro, neu quis adulter.
should be a thief, nor a robber, nor any one an adulterer.
Nam ante Helenam mulier fuit teterrima causa
For, before Helen, woman was the foulest cause
belli : sed illi perierunt ignotis mortibas,

of war : but they perished by unknown deaths.
qnos rapientes incertain venerem, more

whom snatching lawless love, after the manner
feraruro, editior viribus csedebat ut
of wild beasts, the superior in strength destroyed like
taurus in grege. Est necesse fateare
a bull in the herd. It is necessary that you acknowledge
jura inventa metu injusti, si
that laws (were) invented through fear of injustice, if
velis evolvere tempora f&stosque mundi.
you choose to unroll the ages and annals of the world
Nec natura potest secernere iniquum justo,
As nature cannot distinguish the unjust from the just
ut dividit bona d i vereis,

in the same way as she separates good things from their opposiles
fugienda petendis ; nec

(evil), things to be avoided from those to be desired ; se
ratio vincct hoc, ut peccat rantumdem

shall philosophy not prove this, that he offends as much
idemque, qui fregerit teneros caules

and similarly, who has broken the tender cabbage-stalks
alieni horti, et qui nocturnus legerit
of another's garden, and he who by night has stolen
sacre divum. Regula adsit,
the sacred vessels of the gods. Let some standard be fixed,
quœ irroget œquas pœnas peccatis: ne

which may inflict just punishments for crimes : lest
sectere dignum scutica liorribili
you punish one only deserving a whip with the horrible
flagello. Nam ut cœdas ferula
scourge. For as for your striking with the cane
merilum subire majora verbera, quum dicas
one deserving to undergo severer lashing, when you say
furta esse res pares latrociniis,
that petty thefts are things equal to highway robbery,
et mineris te recisurum parva
and threaten that you will cut off the small crimes
faloe simili magnis, si

with a pruning-hook similar (to that) for the great, %f
homiues permittant tibi regnum. Si qui est

men allow you the sovereignty. If he who is
sapiens est dives, et bonus sutor, et solus

aise is rich, and a good shoemaker, and alone
formosus, et rex, cur optas quod

handsome, and a king, why do you wish for what
babes? Inquit "Non nosti quid pater
you havet Says he, "Той do not understand what father
Chrysippus dicat : 'Sapiens nunquam fecit sibi

Chrysippus says : 'The wise man never made for himself
crepidas nec soleas : tamen sapiens
Greek slippers nor Roman slippers : nevertheless the wise
est sutor.'
"
is a shoemaker.'
"
Qui?
Howl
"Ut, quam vis Hermogenes tacet, tamen est optimus
"As, though Hermogenes is silent, yet he is a very good
cantor atque modulator ; ut vafer Alfenus, omni

singer and musician; as shrewd Alfenus, all his
instrumento artis abjecto, taberna
stock-in-trade of his craft being laid aside, his shop
clausaque, erat tonsor: sic sapiens solus

shut up, was still a barber : in this sense the wise man alone
fst optimus opifex omnis operis, sic

is a very good artist in every kind of work, in this sense,
rex."
a king."
Lascivi pueri vellunt tibi barbam, quos nisi
The roguish boys pull your beard, whom unless
tu coerces fuste, urgeris turba

you keep at bay with your staff, you are mobbed by a crowd
stnnte ci rcn m te, miserqne rumperis et
standing round you, and wretched you may burst and
Iatras, maxime magnorum regum. Ne

scold, О greatest of great kings. That I may not
faciam longum : dum tu rex ibis lavatum
make a long (story) : rehile you a king shall go to bathe
quadrante, neque quisquam stipator sectabitur

for a farthing, and not any attendant will accompany
te, prseter ineptum Crispinum, et dulces amici
you, except offensive Crispinus, both my dear friends
ignoscent mihi, si stultus quid
will pardon me, if I, not being a philosopher, in any wise
peccaro, inque vicem libenter patiar
[shall) have offended, and in turn I shall willingly bear
illorum delicta, privatnsque vivam magis

their faults, and as a private man 1 shall live more
Meatus te rege.
ïappy than you, a king.
SATIRE IV.
He apologises for she libersies token hy satiric poets in general, and
particularly by himself.
Eupolis, atque Cratinus, Aristophanesque

Eupolis, and Cratinus and Aristophanes,
poetœ, atque alii, quorum virorum

the poets, and others, of whose works (of which [true]
prisca comœdia est, si quis erat dignus
-
men) the old comedy consists, if any was deserving
describi, quod malus âс fur, quod

to be delineated, because avillain and thief, because
foret mœchus, ant sicarius, aut alioqui

he was an adulterer, or a cut throat, or otherwise
famosus, notabant cum multa libertate. Lucilius

infamous, branded him with much freedom. Lucilius
omnis pendet hinc, sequutus hosce,
entirely depends upon them, having followed (imitated) thesé.
228 SATIEES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
pedibus numerisque tantum mutatis, facetus,

the feet and numbers only being changed, humorous,
emunclœ naris ; durus componere

of sarcastic power ; rugged in the composition of his
versus. Nam fuit vitiosus hoc : in
verses. For he was faulty in this that follows : within
hora sœpe dictabat ducentos versus, ut

an hour he often dictated two hundred lines, as if it were
magnum, stans in uno pede.

a great feat (something extraordinary,) standing on one foot.
Cum flueret lutulentus, erat quod
As he flowed along in a muddy stream, there was something
velles tollere ; garrulus, atque piger

you would wish to remove; (he was) verbose, and (too) lazy
ferre laborem scribendi, scribendi recte ;
to endure the fatigue of writing, of writing correctly;
nam ut multum, nil moror. Ecce
for that (he wrote) much, 1 care not at alt. Behold
Crispinus provocat me minimo.

Crispinus challenges me at long odds.
Accipe, si vis, accipiam

Take, if you please (your tablets'), I will (my\
take
tabulas : detur nobis locus, hora, custodes ;

tablets : let there be given us a place, an hour, inspectors;
videamus uter possit scribere plus.
let us see which of us can write most.
Di fecerunt bene, quod fínxerunt me inopis

The gods have done well, that they made me of a poor
pusillique animi, loquentis raro et perpauca.
and petty spirit, speaking seldom and very little.
At tu imitare, ut mavis,
But do you imitate, according to your preference for so doing,
auras conclusas hircinis foil i bus laborantes
air shut up in the goat-skin bellows, puffing away
usque, dum ignis molliat ferrum. Beatus

constantly till thefire soften the iron. Happy
SATIRES OF НОВА CE — BOOK I. 229
Fannius, capsis et imagine

(sí) Fannius, book-cases and a bust (of himself]
delatis ultra; quum nemo

having been presented (to him) gratuitously; whereas nobody
legat mea scripta, timentis recitare vulgo,

reads my writings, who isafraid to read them in public,
ob banc rem, quod sunt quos hoc genus
for this reason, that there are some whom this kind
minime juvat ; utpote plures
(of writing) by no means pleases; as being the majority
dignos culpari. Elige quemvis

who deserve to be blamed. Pick out anyone (you please)
media turba ; laborat aut

from the midst of the crowd; he is distressed either
ob avarítiam, aut misera ambitione.
on account of avarice, or from wretched ambition.
Hic insanit amoribus nuptarum, hic
This one is mad with his loves for married women, this one
puerorum ; splendor argenti capit hunc ;

for boys; the splendor of plate captivates this ons;
Albius etupet sere; hic mutat merces
Albius hai a mania for bromes; this (one) barters merchandise
a surgente sole, ad eum quo vespertina
from the rising sun, to that whereby the western
regio tepet, quin fertur

region is moderately warmed (from east to west,) but he rushes
prseceps per mala,

(as though he were run away with) headlong through dangers,
uti pulvis collectus turbine, metuens ne deperdat
like dust gathered by a whirlwind, fearing lest he lose
quid summa, aut ut ampliet rem.

anything from his total (stock), or not add to his estate.
Omnes hi metuunt versus, odere poetam. Habet
All these dread verses, they hate a poet. He has
fœnum in cornu ; fuge longe : hic non
hay on his horn; fly far from him: he will not
parcet cuiquam amico, dummodo

spare any friend, provided he can succeed
excutiat risum sibi ; et quodcunque
in raising a laugh at his witticisms; and whatever
seme illeverit chartis, gestiet omnes

he has once scrawled upon his papers, hewülrejoice that all
redeuntes a furno que lacu scire, et
returning from the baking oven and tank know it, both
pueros et anus. Aged um, accipe pauca

slaves and old women. Come, hear a few words
contra. Primum, ego excerpam me
on the other side. First, I will except myself
numero illorum, quibus dederim esse
from the number of those, whom for my part Iallowtobe
poetas : enitu neque dixeris esse satis
poets: for neither are you likely to say ihatitis enough
concludere versum ; neque, si quis scribat, uti

to round off a verse; nor, if any should write, as
nos, propriora sermoni, putes

we do (compositions, ) nearer to prose, are you likely to imagine
hunc esse poetam. Des honorem
biro to be a poet. Тоu must confer the honor
hujus nominis cui sit ingenium,

of this title on him to whom there is the native gift,
cui divinior mens, atque os

to whom there is a diviner mind (inspiration,) and a mouth
sonaturum magna. Idcirco

about to utter (capable of uttering) great things. Therefore
quidam quœsivere [an] соток! ¡a esset poema
some have questioned whether comedy be a poem
necne ; quod acer spiritus, ac vis i nest
or not; because a lively inspiration, and force is
nee verbis nec rebus; merus
neither in the dialogue nor the subjects ; being absolute
sermo, nisi quod differt sermoni certo

prose, only that it differs from prose by having a regular
le. At ardens pater ssevit, quod

beat. But (in comedy) the angry father rages, because
nepos filius, insanus

his spendthrift son, maddened by (madly in love with)
meretrioe amica, recusat uxorem cum grandi dote;

a harlot mistress, refuses a wife with a large dowry;
et ebrius (quod magnum dedecus)

and being intoxicated (which is a great disgrace)
ambulat ante noctem cum facibus. Numquid
parades the streets before night with torches. Yet
Pomponius audiret leviora istis, si

would Pomponius hear gentler words than these, if
pater viveret?
it were a father in real life (if his father were alive?)
Ergo non est satis perscribere versum puris
Therefore it is not enough to write a serse in plain
verbis; quem si dissolvâs, quivis
words; which if you should take to pieces, any one
stomachetur eodem pacto quo pater
may bluster in the same manner as the father (did)
personatus. Si eripias his,
wearing a mask (on the stage ) If you take from these
quse
which 1 now (write,) which formerly Lucilius wrote,
certa tempora modosque; et facias verbum

regularity in quantities and rhythm; and make the word
quod est prius ordine posterius, prœponens ultima
which is first in order last, transposing the last
primis, non invenias membra

to the first, (in our case) you would not recognize the limbs
poet», etiam disjecti, ut

of a poet, even though you had dismembered him, as (you
si sol vas, " Postquam tetra

would) if you were to take to pieces, "After black
discordia fregit ferratos postes portasque belli."

discord broke the iron posts and gates of war."
Hacteuus lisec : alias quœram,

So much forthese: another time 1 may inquire, if (comedy)
sit justum poema necne, nunc
be legitimate poetry or not; (I shall ronsider) пои
illud tantum, ne merito hoc genus scribendi

this point only, whether deservedly this kind of writing
sit suspectum tibi. Sulcius acer

should be suspected by you. Sulcius of keen scent
ambulat, et Caprius male rauci,

walks about, and Caprius, both with ill-omened croak,
cumque libellis; uterque magnus timor

and with their libels ; each is a great terror
latronibus : at si quis vivat bene et manibus
to robbers : but if one lives virtuously and with f
puris contem uat utrumque.

pure (from guilt,) he despises each of them. Even
Ut tu sis similis latronum Cœli
supposing that you are like the robbers Cœlius
Byrrique, non si m Capri i

I am
ego
and Byrrhus, (while) not like Caprius
neque Sulci ; cur metuas me ? Nulla

nor Sulcius ; why should you fear met It does not follow
taberna neque pila hal>eat meos
that any (bookseller's) shop or stall should hold my
libel los, quis man us vulgi Hermogenisque

books, which the hands of the vulgar and of Bermogenes
Tigelli insudet, neu recito cuiquam,

Tigellius may soil by sweating, nor do I recite to any one,
nisi amicis, idque coactus;

except to my friends, and that too (only) after much pressing ;
non ubi vis, coramve quibuslibet. Sunt
not everywhere, or before whomsoever you please. There are
multi qui recitent scripta in medio
many who rehearse their writings in the middle
foro ; quique lavantes

of the forum ; and who (do so) when bathing
Conclusus locus resonat suave voci.

The place being shut in gives a pleasing echo to the voice.
Hoc juvat inanes, hand quœrentes illud,

This delights the frivolous, not considering that question,
num facian t sine sensu, num alieno tempore.
whether they do it without tact, or at an improper time.
Inquit, gaudes laxiere,

Quoth one, you delight in assailing (the character of others,)
et facis hoc studio pravus.
and you do this with zeal from a crook in your nature (be-
Unde petitum jacis hoc
ing mischievous,) Where h ave y ou found this reproach to throw
in me? Denique, quis eorum, cum quibus vixi,

at me t In short, who of those, with whom I have lived
est anctor? Qui

,оя intimate terms), is your authority (for it t) He who
rodit absentem amicum ; qui non defendit,
backbites his absent friend ; who does not defend him,
alio culpante ; qui captat
while another reproaches him ; who seeks eagerly for
solutos risus liominum, famamque
the unrestrained jeers of men (around him,) and the reputation
dicacis ; qui potest fingere non visa ; qui

of a wit ; who can invent things not seen ; who
nequit tacere commissa ; liic est

cannot keep silence about things committed to him ; he is
niger ; Romane, tu
a blackhearted man ; О (thou who art a true) Roman, do you
caveto hunc. Sœpe videas quaternos cœnare

avoid him. Often may you see parties of four supping
in tribus lectis ; e quibus unus
on each of the three couches ; of whom one (of the guests)
amet quavis aspergere cunctos prœter eum qui

is wont in any way to banter all except him who
prœbet aquam ; post hunc quoque potus,

provides the water ; afterwards him too when he is drunk,
quum verax Liber aperit condita

when truth-telling Bacchus opens the hidden (secrets of,
prsecordia. Hic videtur comis et urbanus
the heart. He seems courteous and entertaining
liberque tibi, infesto

and frank in disposition to you who are an enemy
Ego, si risi, quod

nigris.
to blackhearted men. Do I, if I have laughed, because
ineptos Rufillus olet pâstillos, Gorgonius

foolish Rufillus smells of perfumes, Gorgonius
liircum, videor tibi lividus ac uiordax ? Si
like a he-goat, seem to you spiteful and biting t If
quœ mentio fuerit injecta de furtis
any mention should be introduced concerning the thefts
Petilli Capitolini coram te,

of Petillius Capitolinus before you, you will in all
defandas, ut tuus mos est: "Capitolinus
likelihood defend him, as your custom is: "Capitolinus
est usus me convictore am ¡coque a puero,
has had me as a companion and friend from a boy,
rogatusque fecit permulta mea causa, et
and being asked has done very many things
опmу account, and
lœtor quod vivit incolumis in urbe : sed tamen
/ am glad that he lives safe in the city : but yet
admiror, quo
I wonder pacto
by what means he escaped
fugerit illud judicium."
that judgment."
Hic
This
succus nigrse loliginis; hœc
is the essence of the Ылсk
cuttle-fish (black detraction;) this
est mera œrugo, quod vitium promitto
и unmixed rust of copper (malice,) which fault I promise
afore procul chartis, atque prius
shall be far from my papers, and to go still further back
animo, ut si possum promittere quid
from my mind, as(Ipromise) if ean promise I any
aliud vere de me.
other true thing of myself (as I promise anything else that I
SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK L 235
Si dixero
ten promise with truth.) If I shall say quid
anything
liberius, si forte jocosius; dabls mihi
too freely, if by chance too jocosely, you mll grant me
hoc juris cum venia: optimus pater

tiiis privilege with indulgence : my very good father
insuevit me hoc, notando exemplis
accustomed mc to this, by branding by means of examples
quseqtte vitiorum, ut [ea] fugerem. Quum
the vices, one by one, that I might avoid them. When
hortaretur uti viverem parce, frugaliter,

I should live
me,
he exhorted me, that sparingly, frugally,
atque contentus eo quod ipse parasset
and contented with that which himself had provided
mi.
" Nonne vides," " ut filius
forme. "Do you not see," (he would say,) "how the son
Albi male vivat

of Albius has a bad life of it (how wretchedly he lives
utque inops Baius? Magnum documentum,

and how destitute Baius (is t) A great lesson,
ne quis velit perdere patriam rem." Quum

that no one may wish to spend his paternal estate." W/ien
deterreret a turpi amore meretricis :

he would deter me from the shameful love of a courtesan :
"Sis dissimilis Scetani." Ne sequerer

"Be not like Scetanius
"
(said he.) Lest I should follow
mœchas, quum possem uti con cessa venere,
adulteresses, when I might indulge a privileged passion,
aiebat,
" Fama Treboni deprensi
he used to say, "The fame of Trebonius caught (in the act)
non est bella. Sapiens reddet tibi causas quid sit

U not fair. The wise will explain to you what is
melius vitatu, petituqne : est
better to be avoided. and (what) to be pursued : it is
satis mi, si possum servare morem
enough for me, if 1 am able to observe the usant
traditum ab antiquis, que tueri tuam vitam

handed down by my ancestors, and preserve your life
famamque incolumem, dum egis custodis.
and reputation safe, while you have need of a guardian.
Simul ac setas duraverit membra
As soon as age shall have strengthened your limbs
tuum animumque nabis sine cortice." Sic
and your mind, you shall swim without cork." Thus
forma bat me puerum dictis; et eive
he shaped me (yet) a boy by his precepts ; and whether
jubebat ut facere m quid: "Habes auctorem,

he ordered me todo anything: "Той have a pattern,
quo facias hoc ;

"
by reason of which you should do this" (for so acting;)
objiciebat unum ex selectis judicibus: sive

Ae held up to me one of the special juryman : or if
vetebat : "Addubites, an hoc sit inhonestum
be forbade : "Can you doubt, whether this be dishonorable
et inutile factu nec ne, quum hic atque
and detrimental to be done or not, when this and
ille flagret
that person is in the full glow of (is the conspicuous victim
malo rumore?" Ut vicinum funus exanimat

of) «ей rumort" As a neighbor's funeral frightens
âvidos segros, cogitque parcere

gluttons when sick, and obliges them to be careful of
sibi metu mortis; sic aliena opprobria
reproaches
themselves for fear of death; so other people' s
sœpe absterrent teneros ânimos vitiis. Ex hoc

deter tender minds vices. Owing to this
often from
eco sanus ab illis qusecunque ferunt perniciem :
1 keep clear of those things which bring destruction
teneor mediocribus vitiis, et

(with them:) 1 am possessed by moderate faults, and (faults)
qnis ignoscas. Fortassis et longa setas,

which you may pardon. Perhaps also advanced age,
liber amicus, proprium consilium largiter

an outspoken friend, (or) my own reflections will considerably
istinc : enim neque desum mihi,
abstulerit
carry off from those: for neither am wanting I to myself,
quum lectulus aut porticus

when the couch (of the night student) or the colonnade
" " Faciens vivam
"Hoc est rectius : hoc
excepit me
receives
:
me: "This is better:" "Doing this I shall live
melius:" "Sic occurram amicis dulcis:"

more happily:" "Thus I shall meet my friends agreeably:"
" Hoc " " Numquid
non belle ego
quidam
I
:
" "Shall
"This a certain man (did) unbecomingly :
imprudens olim faciam simile illi?"

without intending it someday do the like to himt"
Ego agito hœc ш ecu m compressé labris.
/ revolve thesethings by myself with compressed lips.
Ubi oti datur, illudo

When
quid
any leisure is granted me, I amuse myself with my
chartis. Hoc est unum ex illis mediocribus vitiis, cui

paper. This is one of those moderate faults, which
si nolis concedere, multa
if you will not pardon (шике allowance for,) a numerous
ПШШ18 poetarum (nam sumus multo pi и res)

band of poets (for we are much the more numerous)
veniat, quee sit mihi auxilio, âс veluti
shall come, which may bring me assistance, and like
Judœi cogemus te concedere in banc
the Jews we will force you to yield yourself to this
turbam.
numerous party.
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238 8ATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
SATIRE V.
He describes a certain journey of Ai» from Rome to Brundurium wish

greas pleasansry.
Egressum magna Roma, Aricia accepit

After I had left magnificent Rome, Aricia welcomea
me modico hospitio : rhetor Heliodorus

me in a little inn : the rhetorician Heliodorus
comes, longe doctissimus Graecoi um :

was my fellow-traveller, by far the most learned of the Greeks:
inde Forum Appi, differtum nautis, arque
then the Forum Appii, crowded with boatmen and
malignis cauponibus. Ignavi divisimus hoc

niggardly inn-keepers. Being lazy we divided into two this
iter, unum altius prœcinctis

stage (journey,) though only one to those girded up higher
ac nos : Appia est minus
(more rapid) than we: the Appian road is the less tiring
gravis tardis. Hic ego indico bellum
to slow (travellers.) Mere I proclaim war against
ventri, propter aquam, quod erat
my stomach, on account of the water, because it was
deterrima, ex pec tans comites exenantes

very inferior, waiting for my companions while supping
haud œquo animo. Jam nox parabat

with an impatient mind. Now the night prepared
induce re umbras terris, et diffundere signa
to draw her shades upon the earth, and to spread the stars
cœlo : tum pueri ingerere convicia nautis,
over the heaven : then the slaves throw abuses upon the sailors,
nautœ pueris : "Appelle huc ! "

the sailors upon the slaves : "Putin here!" "Той
" Inseris treocntos !
" " Ohe, jam
" "Hold,
are taking aboard three hundred (too many!) now
est satis." Dum ses exigitur, dum

there is enough." While the fare is being collected, while
muía ligatur, toto hora abit.
the mule is being harnessed, a whole hour passes.
Mali culices palustresque ranse avertunt

The troublesome gnats and marsh frogs warn off
somnos, ut nauta prolntus multa
slumbers, whilst the boatman, soaked with plenty
vappa, atque viator certatim cantat

of wretched wine, and a passenger in contest sing (vie with
absentem amicam .
one another in singiug the praises of) their absent mistresses.
Tandem viator fessus incipit dormire ; âс

At last the passenger tired out begins to sleep; and
piger nauta religa t saxo retinacula mulee

the lazy boatman ties to a stone the halter of the mule
missœ pastum, que stertit supinus.

which was sent to graze, and snores lying on his back.
Jamque dies aderat, quum sentimus
And now day was approaching, when we perceive that
Untrem procedere nil, donee unus cerebrosus

the boat is making no progress, till one choleric fellow
prosilit, ac dolat caput lumbosque mulse

leaps ashore, and drubs the head and loins of the mule
nautseque saligno fuste. Demum vix

and the waterman with a willow cudgel. At last we are barely
exponimur quarta bora. Lavimus ora nianusque

landed at ten o'clock. We wash our faces and hands
tua lympha, Feronia. Tum pransi

in thy water, Feronia. Then, having taking our midday meal,
repimus tria millia, atque subimus Anxur impositum

we crawl three miles, and enter Anxur perched
saxis canden ti bus late. Msecenas erat

(built) on rocks dazzling white from afar. Mcrcenas was
venturns line, atque Cocceius optimus, uterque

tocоme hither, and Cocceius, the worthiest of men ; both
missi legati de magnis rebus,

sent as ambassadors respecting important affairs,
solid componere am icos aversos. Hic

being accustomed to reconcile friends at variance. Here,
lippus ego ¡Hinere nigra

being afflicted with sore eyes, I (was obliged) to smear black
collyria meis oculis. Interea Mœcenas

eye salve (ointment) on my eyes. Meanwhile Mœcenas
advenit, atque Cocceius, simulque Fonteius Capito,

arrives, and Cocceius, and also Fonteius Capito,
homo factus ad uuguem ; amicus Antoni,

a polished gentleman ; a friend of (intimate with) Antony,
ut non alter magis. Libenter
so that no other is more so (no man more so.) Gladly
linquimus Fundos Aufidio Lusco prsetore,

we leave Fundi in the prœtor ship of Aufidius Lüseus,
ridentes prsemia insani scribœ, pnetextem,
laughing at the decorations of the crazy clerk, his pretexta,
et latum clavum, vatillumque prunse.
and the broad purple stripe, andpan of coals (for incense.)
Deinde lassi manemus in urbe
Next, being fatigued, we stopfer the night in the city
Mamurrarum, Murena prœbente domum,

of the Mamurrœ, Murena affording his house (giving us
Capitone culinam. Postera
lodging,) Capito his kitchen (entertainment.) The next
lux oritur multo gratissima; namque Plotius
day dawns by much the most agreeable; for Plotius
et Varius, Virgiliusque occurrunt Sinuessee ; animse
and Varius, and Virgil meet us at Sinuessa; souls
quales neque terra tulit

of such sort as has neither the earth brought forth
candidiores neque quis alter sit
more purely white, nor to whom any other should be
devinctior me. О qui complexus, et

more closely bound than I. О what embraces, and
quanta fuerunt gaudia Ego sanus

I
!
how great were our transports! so long as I am in my senses
contulerim nil jucundo amico. Villula,
can compare nothing to an agreeable friend. The little villa,
quse proxima ponti Campano, prœbuit tectum :

that is next to the pons Campanus, furnished lodging:
et parochi, quœ
and the commissaries (furnished) what they are
debent, ligna salemque. Hinc muli

under obligation to render, wood and salt. Next our mules
ponunt clitellas Capuœ tempore. Msecenas

put down their pack-saddles at Capua early. Macenas
it lusum, ego Virgiliusque dormitum : namque

goes to play (ball,) 1 and Virgil to sleep: for
inimicum lippis et crudis
it is hjurtful to those who have sore eyes and to dyspeptics
ludere pila. Hinc plenissima villa

to play at ball. Next the very well stocked villa
Coccei, quse est super cauponas Caudi,
of Coceeius, which is above the inns of Caudium,
recipit nos. Nunc, Musa, velim memores mihi
receives us. Now, Muse, I beg you will relate to me
ucis pugnam Sarmenti scurrse

a few words the engagement of Sarmentus the buffoon
Messique Cicirri ; et quo patre natus

and Messius Cicirrus; and from what father descended
uterque contulerit lites. Osci elarum

each engaged in the conflict. The Oscians (are) thefamous
genus Messi, domina Sarmenti exstat.

ancestry of Messius, the mistress of Sarmentus still lives.
Ort¡ ab his majoribus venere ad pugnam.

Sprung from these ancestors they came to the combat.
Prior Sarmentus: "Dico te esse similem

First Sarmentus: "I say that you are like
feri equi." Ridemus, et Messius Accipio," "

ipse,
a wild horse." We laugh, and Messius himself, "Granted,"
242 SATIBES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
movet " О ! ni
et caput. Inquit, tua irons
and he shakes his head. Says he, "O! unless your forehead
foret cornu exsectp, quid faceres, quum
had the horn cut off, what would you do, when
mutilus sic minitaris?" At fœda cicatrix

thus hornless you so t" But
threaten the ugly sear on
lœvi oris turpaverat illi setosam frontem.
the left side of his face had disfigured his bristly brow.
Jocatus permulta in Campanum morbum,

Having joked much on his Campanian distemper,
in faciem, rogabat uti saltaret pastorem

upon his face, he desired that he would dance the shepherd
Cyclopa : iili esse nil opus larva aut

Cyclops: to him there was no need of a mask or
tragicis cothurnis. Cicirrus multa ad liœc :

tragic buskins. Circirrus (retorted) many things to these :
quœrebat, jamne donasset catena m

he asked, whether he had as yet offered his chains
Laribus ex voto : jus dominœ
to his Lares according to his vow: that the right of his mistress
esse nihilo deterius, quod esset scriba. Rogabat
was nowise lessened, because he was a scribe. He inquired
denique, cur unquam fugisset, cui

at last, why he had ever run away, when for him,
sic gracili, tamque pusillo, una libra farris

slender as he was, . and so very tiny, one pound of grain
foret satis. Prorsus, produximus illam cœnam
would be sufficient. In short, we prolonged that supper
jucunde. Hinc tendinous recta

agreeably. From thence we direct our course without halts
Beneventum, ubi sedulus hospes pene

to Beneventum, where our bustling host almost
arsit, dum versat macros turdos

sets himself on fire, while he is turning someskinny field fares
in igni : nam Volcano dilapso
(thrushes) at the fire : for thefire having fallen
SATIRES Or HORACE — BOOK I. 243
per veterem culinam vaga flam ma

through to theold (floor of) the kitchen, the spreading flame
properabat lambere tectum. Tum videres

was well nigh licking the roof. Then you might have seen
âvidos convivas, que ti mentes servos

the hungry guests and frightened servants
rapere cœnam, atque omnes velle

hurriedly bearing away the supper, and all eager
restinguere, Ex illo Appulia

to extinguish it.
After leaving this place (next) Appulia
incipit ostentare mihi notos montes, quos
begins to show me its well-known mountains, which
Atabnlus torret : et quos nunquam orepsemus,
Atabulus scorches: and which we never could have climbed,
nisi villa vicina Trivici recepisset nos, non
unless a farm house near Trivicum had received us, but not
sine fumo lacrymoso, camino
without a smoke that brought tears, owing to a chimney
urente udos ramos cum foliis Hinc

burning green boughs with tIn leaves (on them.). .Hence
rapimnr quatuor et viginti millia

we are whirled along four and twenty miles
rhedis, mansuri
in travelling carriages (stages,) intending to take up quarters
oppidulo, quod non est

for the night in a little town, which it is not easy to
diccre versu ; est perfacile signis.

to name in verse ; it is very easily known by description.
Hic aqua vilissima rerum venit; sed

Here water, the cheapest of all things, is sold ; but
panis longe pu Icherrimus, nt callidus viator

the bread (is) by far the finest, so that the knowing traveller
soleat portare humeris

sí accustomed to have it carried on the shoulders (of his
ultra : nam lapidosus
slaves) to further stopping -places : '
for it is hard as a stone
Canusi : urna aquœ non ditior

at Canusium: a pitcher of water is not richer (is worth no
qui locus olim conditus est

more than it is here, ) which place was formerly founded
a forti Diomede. Hinc Varius
by the valiant Diomedes. At this point Variiu
discedit mœstus flentibus amicis.
departed dejected to the grief of his weeping friends.
Inde pervenimus Rubos, fessi utpote carpentes
Thence we reached Rubi, fatigued as passing over
longum iter, et
a long road (because of along day's journey,) andone thatwas
factum corruptius imbri. Postera tempestas

rendered worse by the rain. Next day's weather
melior, via pejor, usque ad mœnia Bari,

was better, the road worse, even to the walls of Barium,
piscosi. Dein Gnatia, extructa iratis

abounding in fish. Then Gnatia, built in the anger
lymphis, dedit
of the water nymphs (on troubled waters, ) afforded («<)
risusque que jocos, dum cupit
both laughter and jests, while it desires (the people
persuadera thura liquescere
wanted) to persuade us that frankincense becomes liquid
sacro limine sine flarnmis. Judœus
(melted) on the sacred threshold without fires. The Jew
Apella credat, non didici

Apella may credit it, not J;
ego ; namque
for I have learned
deos agere sevum securum ;

that *he gods pass a life free from concern about the affairs
nec, si Natura faciat quid miri,

of men; and, if Nature does anything miraculous,
deos tristes demittere id
it is not the gods who in their anger send it down
ex alto tecto cœli. Brundusium

from the high canopy of heaven. Brundusium
finis longœque chartœ viœque.

is the end both of my long paper and journey .
SATIRE VI.
TO MiBCENAS.
Of srue nobility.
Mecenas, non, ut plerique soient,

Mavenas, thou dost not, as most are wont to do,
suspendis naso adunco natos

hang on your nose curled like a hook (despise) those born
ignoto aut, ut me, libertino patre,

from an unknown or, like me, from a freedman sire,
quia Lydorum quidquid incoluit Etruscos

because of all the Lydians that ever inhabited the Tuscan
fines nemo est generosior te, net:

territories no oneis more nobly born than yourself, nor
quod fuit tibi avus maternus atque

because you had an aneestor by the mother's, and
paternus, qui olim imperitarent

(one also) by the father's side, who formerly commanded
magnis legionibus. Quum negas referre,
great armies. When you deny that it matters
quali parente quisque sit natus, dum

of what sort of parent any one is born, provided
ingenuus, vere persuades tibi hoc,

he is freeborn, you sincerely persuade yourself of this,
ante potestatem atque regnum ignobile
(that) before the power and reign of meanly (low) born
Tulli, m ul tos viros ortos nullis majoribus
Tullius, many men, sprung from no ancestors (that
ssepe vixisse et probos et
could be named,) ofsen lived both as praiseworthy and
auctos amplis honoribus : contra,

loaded (distinguished) with ample honors: on the contrary,
Lœvinum, genus Valeri, unde

that Lœvinus, (though) of the race of Valerius, by whom
Tarquinius superbus pulsus fugit regno,

Tarquín the proud expelled fled from his kingdom,
non unquam licuisse pluris pretio unius assis,
was never rated at more than the value of a ríngle as
populo, quo nosti, notante

(penny,) the people, whom you well know, acting as
judice; qui sœpe stultus dat honores

censer and judge; who often foolishly confer honors
indignis; et ineptus servit famse; qui

on the unworthy, and stupidly are slaves to h name; who
stupet in titulis et imaginibus.

are lost in admiration of titles and busts of ancestors.
Quid oportet nos facere longe longeque remotos
What does it behove us to do, far, far removed
a vulgo? Namque esto, populus

from the vulgar herd t For let us grant, that the people
mallet mandare honorem Lœvino quam
would rather have bestowed honor on Lavinus than
Decio
еле of the devotion of a Decius, if he were at the same time
novo : censorque Appius moveret,
" homo novus:" and the censor Appius would have struck
si non essem natus
me from the list of the senate, if I were not descended
ingenuo patre: merito vel quoniam

from a freeborn father: deservedly at least because
non quiessem in propria pelle.

I had not remained quiet in my proper station.
Sed Gloria trahit constrictos fulgente
But Glory drags bound at (the wheels of ) her glittering
curru non minus ignotos generosis.
chariot no less the obscure than the nobly born.
8ATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 247
Quo tibi, Tulli,

In what way (has it proved of advantage) to thee, Tullius,
sumeie clavum depositum,
to resume the laticlave which had been (you were forced to) put
fierique tribuno? Invidia aocrevit,

off, and become a tribune (again t) Envy has incrcased,
quœ esset minor privato,

which would have been less (to you) as a private man.
Nam ut quisque insanus impediit

For from the time when any foolish man hath covered
crus medium nigris pellibus,
As« leg up to the middle with black skins (bands of black
ac demisit latum clavum
leather,) and hath let the broad purple stripe fall down
audit continuo " homo hic,

pectore, : Quis
his breast, he hears immediately: "What man is this t
quo patre natus?" Ut si qui segrotet

from what father sprungt" As if anyone should be affected
morbo quo Barrus,

by the same malady with which Barrus (is affected,) (namely)
et cupiat haben formosus ; quacunque eat,
the desire to be thought handsome ; wherever he may go,
injiciat puellis curam quœrendi singula ;

he excises in the girls the curiosity of asking particulars ;
quali facie, sura, quali pede, dente, capillo
what sort of face, leg, what sort of foot, tooth, hair
sit : sic qui promittit cives, urbem,
he has : so he who undertakes that the citizens, the city,
imperium, et Italiam, et delubra

the empire (external to Italy,) and Italy, and the temples
deorum fore sibi curœ ; cogit omnes mortales

of the gods should be acárelo him; obliges all mortals
curare et quœrere quo patre sit
to be interested and toinquire from what father he is
natus, num inhonestus ignota
descended, or whether (he is) dishonest by an obscure
matre. "Tune, filius Syri, Daroœ, aut

mother. "Do you, the son of Syrus, Dama, or
Dionysi, audes dejicere cives e saxo,

Dionysius, dare to throw down the citizens from the rock,
aut tradere Cadmo ?

"
or hand them over to Cadmus t
"
"At Novius collega sedet uno grado

"But Novius my colleague takes his seat one grade
post toe ; namque ille est quod meus pater erat."

behind me; for he is what my father was."
"Hoc videris tibi Paulus et
" On this account you seem to yourself a Paulus and
Messala? At hic, si ducenta plaustra triaque
MessalaJ But he, if two hundred wagons and three
funera concurrant foro, sonabit magna quod
funerals should meet in the forum, will bawl loud enough
vincat cornua tubasque: hoc saltem tenet
to drown the horns and trumpets : this hold at all events
nos." Nunc redeo ad me natu m
he has on ил." Now 1 return to myself descended
libertino patre, quem omnes rodunt natum

fromafreedman father, whom all carp at as descended
libertino, nunc, sum tibi

patre
of a father a freedman, Time,
quia
because I am your
convictor, Mœcenas ; at olim, quod
familiar friend (guest,) Macenas; but formerly, because
Romana legio pa re ret mihi tribune Hoc

a Roman legion was subject tome as tribune. The present cass
est dissimile illi ; quia non ut

is different from the former one ; because not as
forsit quivis jure iuvideat mihi

perhaps any one with justice may
honorem,
the (military) advancement (I once enjoyed,) (can one)
ita te amicum quoque,

with the same justice (so envy me) your friendship also,
SATIRES OF HORACE: — BOOK I. 249
prsesertim cautum adsumere dignos,

(you who are) especially cautious to admit the worthy,
procul prava ambitione.

(those who are) far (removed from) base adulation (ambition.)
Non dice re me felicem quod
I cannot
possum hoc,
call myse[f lucky on this account, that
sortitus te amicum causu; etenim nulla

I obtained you as my friend by chance; for no
sors obtulit me tibi. Olim optimus

chance brought me before you. Long ago that best of men
Virgilius, post hunc Varius, dixere quid
Virgil, after him Varius, told you what sort of a man
Ut veni coram,
I
essem. loquutus pauca
I was. When came before you, I spoke a few words
singultim, (namque infans pudor prohibebat

with gasps, (for my tongue-tied bashfulness prevented me
profari plura) ego non me
I was
;
from speaking more) ; I did not (pretend) that
nat u m claro non
descended of an illustrious
patre,
father, nor
ego me
that I
vectari circum rura Satureiano caballo ; sed,
was carried round my fields on a Satureian steed; but,
narro ut
quod
I
eram,
I state: respondes pauca,
:
what was, you answer a few words, as
tuus mos est : abeo et revocas nono

I retire:
:
your custom is: and you recall me in the ninth
mense post, jubesque esse in numero

month after, and desire me to be among the number
amicorum. Ego duco hoc

of your friends. I esteem this
magnum,
a great thing,
quod
that
tibi, qui secernis honestum turpi,
Çlacui
pleased you, who distinguish the worthy from the base,
non -prœclaro patre, sed vita et

not by an illustrious father, but by (one's) life and
puro pec to re. Atqui si mea natura est mendosa
a pure heart. But afser all if my nature is tainted
250 SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK 1.
mediocribus vitiis ac paucis, alioqui

with ordinary faults and only a few of them, otherwise
recta, (velut si reprendas nœvos

upright (perfect,) (as if you find fault with moles
inspersos egregio corpore;) si

scattered over a handsome body) (a beautiful skin;) if
quisquam vere objiciet mihi neque avaritiam,
no one can rightly attribute to me either avarice,
neque sordes, aut mala lustra si vivo

I live
;
or acte of meanness, or haunts of vice; if
punis et insons et carns amicis,
pure and innocent and dear to my friends,
(ut collaudem me,) pater fuit causa his ;
{to speak in my own praise,) my father was the cause of this;
qui pauper macro agello noluit mittere
who, being poor with a meager farm, would not send
me in ludum Flavi ; quo pueri orti

me to the school of Flavius; whither boys sprung
e magnis centurion ¡bus, suspensi loculos
from great centurions, having their satchel
tabulamque lsevo lacerto, ibant

and writing tablet hanging on their left shoulder, went
i-eferentes octonos seris Idibus : sed est ausus

carrying eight asses on each Ides: but he had the face
portare puerum Romain, docendum

(dared) to take me a boy to Rome, to be taught
artes, quas quivis eques atque
the branches of knowledge, which any knight and
senator semet doceat prognatos. Si
senator himself causes to be taught his children. If
qui vidisset vestem que servos sequentes
any one saw my dress and servants following me
nt in magno populo, crederet - illos

os befitted a great city, he was sure to believe that these
sumtns prseberi mihi ex re avita.

expenses were afforded me out of an estate of two generation».
Ipse incorruptissimus custos aderat

He himself, a most faithful guardian, was present
mihi circum umnes doctores. Quid multa?

with me among all the preceptors. Why many vsords t
Servavit pudicum (qui primus honos
He preserved me chaste (which is the ñrst honor
virtntis) non solum ab omni facto, verum turpi

of virtue) not only from every deed, but from base
opprobrio quoque ; nec timuit, ne quis verteret

scandal also; nor did he fear, lest any should reckon it
sibi vitio, si olim prœco, aut
as a fault of his, if one day as an auctioneer, or
coactor
collector
(ut
(as he
ipse
himself
fuit,)
was,) I should come to
sequerer
follow
parvas merced es ; neque
some (employment attended with ) petty gains ; nor
ego essem questus : at hoc nunc

should 1 have complained: but therein, as matters stand,
major laus et gratia debetur illi a me.

all the more praise and gratitude is due to him from me.
Nil poeuiteat me hujus patris sanum,
1 can never be ashamed of such afather while in my senses,
eoqne non sic defendant me, ut

and therefore I will not so seek to excuse myself, as
magna pars negat esse

a large number (do who) deny that.it has been
factum suo dolo, quod non habeat

brought about by their fault, that they have not
ingenuos clarosque parentes. Et mea vox

distinguished and illustrious parents. Both my language
et ratio longe discrepat istis :
and sentiments widely differ from (those of) these men:
nam si natura ju beret remeare

for if . nature should command us to run over again
peractum sevum a certis annis, atque legere alios

our past life from a fixed period, and to choose others
252 SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK L
parentes, quoscunque quisque optaret sibi

as parents, such as each one might wish for himself
ad fastum; contentas
to the full of his pride (his highest ambition;) being contented
meis, nollem sumere mihi honestos

with mine, I would not take to myself those adorned
fascibus ac sellis; demens

(honored) with the fasces and curule chairs ; foolish
judicio vulgi, fortasse sanus tuo:
in the judgment of the vulgar, perhaps wise in yours:
quod nollem potare molestum onus,
because 1 would refuse to carry a troublesome load,
haud unquam solitus. Nam continuo

not having been ever used to it. For immediately
major res foret quœrenda mihi ;

a greater fortune would have to be sought out by me;
atque plures salutandi ; et unus et

and more would have to be saluted; also one or
alter comes ducendus, uti

another companion to be taken about with me, so that
ne ex i rem solus rusve

I could not go out alone either to the country
peregreve ; plures calones atque caballi

or to foreign parts; more grooms and coaches would have
pascendi ; petorrita ducenda.

to be maintained; four-wheeled carriages to be brought along.
Nunc licet mihi ire, vel usque Tarentum,
Now it is permitted me to go, even as far as Tarentum,
mulo; lumbos
Ilibet,
si curto cui
if please, on my bob-tailed mule; whose flank
mantica uloeret onere, atque eques
my portmanteau galls with its weight, and the rider
armos. Nemo objiciet mihi sordes,
.his shoulders. None shall reproach me with the meanness,
quas tibi, Tulli, quum quinque pueri

with which they do you, Tullius, when five servanss
SATIBIS OF HORACE — BOOK I. 253
sequuntur te prsetorem Tiburte via,

follow you as the prœtor in the Tiburtine way,
lasanum, œnophorumque. Hoc ego

portantes
carrying your stove, and wine hamper. In this I
vivo commodius quam tu, prœclare senator,
live more comfortably than you, illustrious senator,
atque millibus aliis. Incedo solus,

and in thousands of other ways. Istroll alone,
libido
I ask
quauunque est : percontor
wherever there is a desire tome (I feel inclined:)
quanti olus, ac far: sœpe

how much the vegetables, and bread (cost:) often
pererro Circum fallacem

/ ramble through the Circus the resort of cheating impostors
I stand
forumque vespertinum : assisto
and forum as evening descends on it : beside
divinis inde refero me

I
:
diviners (the fortune-tellers :) thence betake myself
domnm ad catinum porri et ciceris laganique.
home to my dish of leek and pulse and flour -cake.
Cœna ministratur tribus pueris; et
My supper is served up by three valets; and (a table
albus lapis sustinet duo
consisting of) a slab of white marble holds two
pocnla cum cyatho: vilis echinus

drinking-cups with a ladle: a cheap leathern flask
adstat, guttus cum patera,

stands by, (also) a narrow-necked bottle with a saucer,
Campana supellex. Deinde eo dormitum, non

Campanian earthenware. Then I go to sleep, not
solicitns, quod eras mihi sit surgendum

disturbed in mind, because to-morrow must rise I
mane, obeundus Marsya, qui negat se posse
the morning (early, ) to visit Marsyas, who says he cannot
*'л
ferre vultum minoris Noviorum.

bear the countenance of the younger of the Novis.
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254 SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK i.
Jaceo ad post banc

I lie till
quartam ;
fourth (hour;)
t/ie after that (hour)
vagor
I stroll;
;
aut scripto juvet

I
ant ego (lecto quod me
or (having read or written what may entertain me
tacitum) unguor olivo ; non quo

in my quiet hours) anoint myself with oil; not wherewith
immundus Natta, fraudatis lucernis.
Natta (anoints himself ,) having robbed
uncleanly the lamps.
Ast ubi acrior sol admonuit

But when a fiercer (more scorching) sun has admonished
me
me
fessum
being weary
ire
to go
lavatum,
to bathe, I fugio
abandon
campum, trigonemque lusum.

the Campus Martius, and the game of three (hand-ball)
Pransus, non
(I have been playing.) Having eaten lunch, not
avide, quantum interpellet durare

immoderately, but as much as will prevent my lasting
diem inani ventre, otior
the day out with an empty stomach, Iidle away the rest
domesticus. H sec est vita solutorum

of my time at home. This is the life of those free
misera
from miserable
gravique
and burdensome
ambitione. Consolor
ambition. I me
comfort myself
victurum suavius his
I shall live
ac si
that more happily by such rules as these than if
meus avus, atque pater, patruusque fuissent quœstor.
my grandfather, and father, and uncle had been questor.
SATIRE VII.
He humorously describes a squabble betwixt Bupilius and Persius.
Quo pacto ¡brida Persius sit nltus

In what manner the cross-breed Persius avenged
pus atqite venenum Rupili

the foul and venomous utterance and venom of Rupilius,
pmscripti Regis, opinor esse notum omnibus, et
that outlawed King, 1 conceive to be known to all, both
lippis et tonsoribus. Hic Persius dives

the sore-eyed and the barbers, 1'his Persius being wealthy
babebat permagna negotia

was carrying on very extensive moneyed transactions
Clazomenis, etiam molestas lites cum

at Clazomenœ, and also vexatious law-suits with
Rege ; homo durus, atque

the King ; a fellow of harsh and stubborn temper. and
qui posset vincere Regem odio,

the sort of a man to surpass theKing in importunity,
confidens tumidusque ; adeo amari sermonis,
audacious and blustering ; of such a bitter tongue
ut prœcurreret
(abusive language,) that he could beat (outstrip) in a canter
Sisennas, Barros albis

such men as the Sisennas and the Barri on their white
equis. Redeo ad Regem. Postquam nihil

horses. I return to the King. When no terms
convenit inter utrumque,

are come to (when nothing could be settled) between Vie two,
(ctenim omnes jure sunt molesti

(for all (combatants) in civil suits are awkward
hoc quo fortes
to deal with by this (quality) by which brave men (are so)
quibus adversum bellum incidit ; inter Hectora

who meet in single combat ; between Hector,
Priamiden, atque inter animosum Aсhillen fuit

son of Priam, and between the fiery Achilles there was
ira capitalis, ut mors
a feud so deadly, that death (and death alone,) which
ultima divideret, non ob aliam

ends all things, could part them, not for any other
causam, nisi quod fuit summa virtus in

reason. but that there was the highest valor in
utroque : si discordia vexet duo inertes, aut si
each : if discord set in action two cowards, or )f
bellum incidat disparibus, ut
an engagement happens between unequals, as (it did)
Diomedi cum Lycio Glauco, pigrioi
to Diomedes with Lycian Glaucus, the weaker
discedat, muncribus missis ultro.)

must give way, presents having been preferred voluntarily.)
Bruto prsetore tenente ditem Asiam, par
Brutus the prator governing wealthy Asia, that pair
Rupili et Persi pugnat, uti
Rupilius and Persius engage, in such a manner that the
Bacchius cum Bitbo non melius

gladiators Bacchius with Bithus were not better
compositum. Acres procurrunt in jus, uterque magnum

matched. Eager they rush into court, each a great
spectaculum. Persius exponit causam : ridetur

sight to see. Persius opens his cause : a laugh is raised
ab omni conventu ; laudat Brutum, laudatque
by the whole court; he extols Brutus, extols also
cohortem ; appel lat Brutum solem Asise, appellatqne

his staff ; he calls Brutus the son of Asia, and calls
comites salubres Stellas, excepto Rege ;
his attendants health -giving stars, except the King ;
ilium venisse canem, sidus invisum
that he had come as a dog-star, a constellation hateful
agricolis : ruebat ut hybernum flumen,
to husbandmen : he rushed along like a wintry flood,
quo securis rara fertur. Tum
where the woodcutter's axe seldom is carried. Then
Prsenestinus regerit salso multoque
the Pranestine retorts (on him so) witty and (so) <
fluenti convicia expressa

qlib abuse squeezed out of (the true essence of)
arbusto; durus et invictu-'

the vineyard; like a stubborn and unconqiteri.
vindemiator, cui viator seep
vine-dresser, to whom the passenger was oftt,.
cessisset compellans cucullum magus

likely to have yielded calling him cuckoo with a louá
voce. At Gnecius Persius, postquam est
voice But the Greek Persius, after he was
perfusus Italo aceto, exclamat :

" Brute, per
drenched with Italian vinegar, cries out ; "Brutus, by
magnos deos oro te, qui consueris

the great gods Ibeseech you, who (since you) are accustomed
tollere reges, cur non jugulas
to cut off kings, why do you not cut the throat
hunc Regem? Crede mihi, hoc est tuorum

of this Ksngt Believe me, this is (one) of your
operum.
deeds (one of the deeds that peculiarly belong to you.)
SATIRE VIII.
Priapus complains thas she Esquilian mouns is infested wish the
incantasions of sorceresses.
Olim eram ficulnus truncus, inutile

Once upon a time 1 was a fig-tree trunk, a useless
lignum : quum faber, incertus an

log : when the carpenter, uncertain whether he should
faceret scamnum Priapumne, maluit esse deum.

make me a stool or a Priapus, chose me to be a god.
Inde ego deus, maxima formido furum

And so I (became) a god, the greatest terror of thieves
aviumque : nam dextra coercet furcs,

and birds : for my right hand restrains the thieves,
rnberque palus porrectus ab obsœno inguine; ast

and a red pole extended from my obscene groin; but
258 SATIRES OF HORACE: —BOOK I.
arundo, fixa in vertice,

a reed, fixed on my top (crown of my head. )
terret importunas volucres, vetatque

frighten* troublesome birds, and keeps them from
considere in novis hortis. Prius

settling (lighting) in the new gardens. Formerly
conservus locabat cadavera ejecta
the fellow slave used to bargain for the dead bodies cast out
angustis cellis portanda huc in vili area.

of their narrow cells to be carried hither in a cheap shell
Hoc stabat commune sepulchrum

(coffin.) This was fixed by fate a common burying-place
miserse plebi, Pantolabo senrrœ,
to the poor people, to Pantolabus the buffoon, and
Nomentanoque nepoti. Hic cippus dabat

Nomentanus the debauchee. Here a pillar assigned
mille pedes in fronte, trecentos in agro,
a thousand feet (of ground) infront, three hundred in depth,
ne monumentum sequeretur
(with an injunction) tha t the burial place was not to descend
hœredes. Nunc licet habitare Esquiliis,

to the heirs. Now one may dwell on the Esquiline,
salubrious, atque spatiari in aprico
(which has been made) healthy, and walk upon the sunny
aggere, quo modo tristes spectabant agrum

embankment, where lately melancholy people surveyed afield
informem albis ossibus ; cum furesque
hideous with white bones ; while yet both the thieves
ferœque, suetœ vexare hunc locum,

and wild beasts, that have been wont to haunt this place,
non sunt tantum curœ atque labori mihi, quantum
are not so much a care and trouble to me, as (thi
quœ versant humanos ânimos carminibus

hags) who practise on human minds with spells
atque venenis. Possum nullo modo perdere пес

md poisons. can I by no method destroy nor
prohiberehas, simul ac vaga luna protulit

hinder these, as soon as the wandering moon has shown
decorum os, quin legant ossa nocentesque
her glorious face, but that they gather bones and noxious
herbas. Egomet vidi Canidiam succinctam nigra
herbs. I myself saw Canidia girded up in a black
palla vadere, nudis pedibus passoque capillo,

robe stalk along, with bare feet and dishevelled hair,
ululantem cum majore Sagana. Pallor
whooping her witch chant with the elder Sagana. Pa leness
fecerat utrasque horrendas aspectu. Coeperunt
had made them both frightful to be seen. They began
scalpere terram unguibus, et divellere

to scrape the ground with their nails, and to tear asunder
pullam agnam mordicus : crúor confusus in

a black lamb with their teeth : the blood was poured into
fossam, nt inde elicerent Manes,

the trench, that thence they might draw forth the Manes,
animas daturas responsa. Et erat

the spirits to give them responses. Also there was
lanea effigies, altera cerea : major lanea,

a woollen image, another waxen : the larger the woollen,
quse compesceret inferiorem pœnis :

whirh was smaller one within bounds
to keep the by punishments:
cerea stabat suppliciter servilibus modis, ut
the waxen one stood suppliantly in a servile manner, as
quse jam peritura. Altera

(they stand) who are just about to perish. The one
vocat Hecaten, altera sœvam Tisiphonen.

invokes Hecate, the other cruel Tisiphone.
Videres serpentes atque infernas canes errare ;
Той could see snakes and infernal bitches run about ;
rubentemque Lunam, ne foret testis
and the blushing Moon, lest she should be witness
his, latere post magna sepulcra. At si

to these things, lay hid behind the lofsy tombs But if
mentior quid, inquiner caput

Ifalsely Hate anything, may 1 have my head defiled
albis merdis corvorum ; atque Julius,
with the white excrements of croire ; and may Julius,
et fragilis Pediatia, furque Voranus veniat
and effeminate Pediatia, and the thief Voranus come
mictum atque cacatum in me. Quid

to make water and evacuate upon me. Why
memorem singula ? quo umbrae
need I mention particulars t in what
pacto
manner the ghosts
loqnentes alterna cum Sagana

talking alternately with Sagana kept vp all
resonarint triste et acutum, utque abdiderint
along a dismal and shrilly sound, and how they concealed
furtim terris barbam lupi, cum dente

stealthily in the earth the beard of a wolf, with the tooth
variœ colubne, et largior ignis arserit

of a spotted snake, and how a great Ыаzе flamed forth
cerea imagine, et ut non inultus testis
from the waxen image, and how not unavenged, a witness,
horruerim voces ac facta duarum Furiarum ?
I trembled at the words and deeds of these two Furies?
Nam, quantum vesica displosa sonat,
For (as loud) as a bladder burst (with a blow) sounds,
ficus pepedi diffissa nate: at Шее
I, a fig-tree, made a loud noise from my cleft buttock: but they
currere in urbem : videres, cum magno risuque

scampered to the town : you might see, with much laughter
jocoque, dentes Canidiœ, al tu m caliendrum

andmirth, the teeth ofCanidia, the high tête (of false hair)
Saganœ, atque herbas atque incantata vincula

of Sagana, and the herbs and enchanted love-knots
excidere lacertis.
drop from their arms.
SATIRE IX.
He describa his sufferings from the loquacity of an impersinent
fellow.
Forte ibam Sacra via,

I chanced to be strolling along the Via Sacra,
meditans,
composing,
sieut est meus mos, nescio quid nugarum, totus

as is my wont, some poetic trifle, wholly absorbed
in illis: quidam accurrit notus mihi nomine
in it: a certain person runs up, known tome byname
manu "
tantum, arreptaque : Quid agis
only, and taking me by the hand: (says) "How do you do,
dulcissime rerum " " Suaviter,

? Inquam,
/answer, " Pretty well,
dearest of fellowst"
ut est nunc : et cupio omnia
at present: and I desire all things (to come to pass)
quse vis." Quum adsectaretur : "Numquid

as thou wishest,"
" Have you any
When he followed me up:
vis ? " At ¡lie inquit, " Noris
commands t" I oecupo.
break in. But he says,
" Тоu surely know
nos : sumus docti." Hic ego inquam,
me: Iam a man of letters." Here 1 say,
"Eris pluris mihi hoc."

"Тоu shall be of more esteem tome on that account."
Misere quœrens discedere, modo

Earnestly desiring to get away (from him, ) sometimes
ire ocius, interdu m consistera, di cere

/ began to go faster, now and then to stop and whisper
puero, uescio quid in aurem, quum sudor

to my page I know not what into his ear, while the sweat
manaret ad imos talos.

" O te, felicem
ran down to the botiom my ankles. "О you, happy
of
cerebri, Bolane!" aiebam, tacitns,
in beino hot-tempered, Bolanus!" said 1. silently (tt
quum ille garriret

my self.) when all the time he kept prating on
quidlibet, laudaret
anything that came into his mind, while he was commending
vicos, urbem. Ut respondebam illi nil,

the streets, the city. When I answered him nothing,
inquit, " Misere cupis abire ;

says he, ' Тоu vehemently desire to get away ;
video jamdudum ; sed agis nil ;
/ have noticed it this long time ; but you effect nothing
usque tenebo ;
(it's no use ;) 1 will keep right on holding (haunting) you ;
hinc; quo est nunc tibi iter?"
I
prosequar
will escort you hence; whither is now your courset"
" Est volo
"There's
nil opus
no need
te
that you go out
circumagi ;
of your way ; I wish
visere quemdam non notum tibi ; is cubat
to call on one not known to you ; he keeps his bed
longe trans Tiberim, prope hortos

(lives) a long way off across the Tiber, near the gardens
Cœsaris." " Habeo nil non sum

of Casar." "I have nothing
quod agam, et
(to) do, and I am not
azy ;
Í>iger; Г11
sequar te usque." Demitto auriculas,
accompany you all the way." let my ears down I
ut asellus iniquse mentis, quum subiit
(listen,) as an ass of sullen temper, when he carries
onus gravius dorso. Ille incipit : "Si
a burden heavier than usual on his back. He begins: "If
novi me bene, non facies Viscum
1 know myself well, you will net make (regard) Viseus
amicum, non Varium pluris : nam

yourfriend, nor Varius more (of more account than me :)for
quis possit scribere plures versus, aut citius
who can write more verses, or in a shorter time
me? quis movere membra molli us? Ego
than my self t who move his legs more lightlyt 1
canto, quod et Hermogenes invideat." Hic erat

sing, what even Hermogenes may envy." Here there was
locus iuterpellandi :
" Est tibi mater,
an opportunity of interrupting him :
" Have you a mother,
cogna:i, quis est opus te salvo?"
relations, to whom there is an interest for your welfaret"
" Haud mihi
quisquam : composui omnes."
''
/ have none : I have laid all to rest."
" Felices Nunc ego resto. Cou fice : namque
I
!
'
'Lucky they ! Now remain. Dispatch me : for
triste fatum instat mihi, quod Sabella
the sad fate is close upon me which the Sabine
anus, mota divina urna,

sorceress, having shaken the fortune-telling (magic) urn,
cecinit mihi, puero :
'Neque dira venena,
prophesied to me, when a boy : 'Neither dreadful poisons,
neque hosticus ensis, auferit hunc, nec

nor the hostile sword, shall carry off this child, nor
dolor laterum, aut tussis, nec tarda
a pain in his sides (pleurisy,) or a cough, nor the halting
podagra ; quandocunque garrulus consumet

gout ; sometime or other a chatterer shall destroy
hunc : si sapiat, vitet loquaces, simul

him : if hebe wise, let him avoid the talkative, as soon
atque œtas adoleverit.'

" Erat ventum ad
as his age has become mature.'" We had arrived at
Vestœ, quarta parte diei
Vesta's temple, the fourth part of the day being
jam prœterita, et casu tunc vadatos

already past, and by chance then, having been bailed,
debebat respondere, quod

he was bound to put sn an appearance at court, which
ni fecisset, perdere litem. "Si amas me,"
unless he did, he must lose his cause. "If you love me,"
inquit,
" ades hic paulum." " Inteream, si
says he, " give me your help here a little." "May I die, if
aut valeo stare, aut novi

either Iam strong enough tostand (endure the trial,) or know
civilia jura: et propero, seis quo." "Sum

the civil laies: and Iaminhaste, you know whither." "Iam
"
inquit,
I shall do,"
dubius quid faciam," relinquamne
doubtful what says he,
" whether I
shall leave
an rem." " Me, sodes." " Non faciam,"

te,
you, or my suit." "Me, you please." "I will not,"
i lie ; et cœpit prœoedere. Ut
says he; and he began to go on before. As
est durum
it is difficult
contendere cum
to contend with
victore,
a conqueror,
ego
I sequor,
follow him.
Hinc " tecum?"
repetit: Quomodo Msecenas
Hereupon he resumes: "Howdoes Mœcenas (stand) with you t"
" Paucorum hominum et bene sanœ mentis;
" A man and of a thoroughly sound mind;
of few friends
nemo est usus fortuna dexterius.
no one (ever) dealt with Fortune more adroitly.
Haberes magnum adjutorein qui posset ferre

Тоu would have a great supporter who could play the
secundas partes, si velles tradere
second part, if you were willing to introduce (recommend)
hunc hominem :
despeream ni summosses omnes."
this man : may 1 perish if you would not clear all out
"Non vivimus
of your way (supplant all the rest.)" "We do not live
illic isto modo, quo tu rere. Nec

there in that manner, in which you suppose. Neither
est ulla domus purior liac, nec magis
is there any house purer than this, nor more
aliena malis his; nil officit

a stranger to vices (such as) these; it nowise affects
mi, inquam, quia hic ditior, aut

me, 1 can tell you, because this man is richer, or
doctior: est unicuique suus locus."
more learned: there is to every one his own station."
8ATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 26.*
" Narras magnum, vix credibile."

"You tell me a wonderful thing, scarcely credible."
"Atqui sic habet." "Accendis, quarc

"And yet so it is." " You me,
inflame wherefore
cupiam magis esse proximus illi."

I should desire the more tobe very near to him."
"Velis tantummodo; quœ tua virtus,
"If you merely wish it ; such is your merit, you will
expugnabis: et est qui possit vinci ;

carry (prevail upon) Aип: and he is (one) who can be won;
eoque habet primos ad i tus difficiles."

and therefore he has the first approaches to him difficult."
" Haud deero mihi ;
"I shall not be wanting to myself ; Icorrumpam
will corrupt
servos muneribus non desistam, si hodie
I will not
;
his servants by presents ; desist, if to-day
fuero exclusus; tempora,

I shall be shut out ;
quseram
Tll seek the auspicious moments,
occurram in triviis ; deducam.
I'll meet him at the public resorts; Tll escort him.
Vita dedit nil mortalibus sine magno

Life hath granted nothing to mortals without great
labore." Dum agit hsec, ecce Fuscus
labor." While he is thus occupied, behold Fuscus
Aristius occurrit, cams mihi, et
Aristius meets us, (a man) esteemed by тле, and (one)
qui nosset ilium pulchre. Consistimos. " Unde

who knew him through and through. We stop. "Whence
venis?" et "Quo tendis?" rogat, et
comeyout" and " Wliither go you t" he asks, and
vellere, et
ICœpi
respondet. prensare
answers. began to twitch (his toga,) and to grasp
lentissima branchia manu, nutans, distorquens

his most unfeeling arms with my hand, nodding, distorting
oculos, ut eriperet me. Male
my eyes, that he might deliver me. He malignantly
salsus ridens dissimulare : bilis

cunning, laughing pretended not to notice it : anger
nrcrc meum jecur. "Certe aiebas te velle
burned mg liver. "Surely you said that you wanted
loqni nescio quid mecum secreto."
to speak I know not what with me in private."
" Memini bene, sed dicam melior
"I remember it well, but П1 tell you at a more convenient
tempore; hodie tricesima sabbata : vin tu

time; to-day is the thirtieth sacred day: would you
"
curtis Judseis ? Inquam, " Est
I say,
opi>edere
affront (offend) the circumcised Jewst" "There is
nulla religio mihi." "At
no religious scruple to me (on that account.)" "But (there
mi ; sum paulo infirmior, unus multorum :
is) to me; Iam somewhat weaker, one of the many:
ignosces; loquar alias."

you' ll pardon me; I will talk to you at another time."
Hunccine solem surrexe (surrexisse) tam nigrum
Just think that this sun should have risen so black upon
mihi ! Improbus fugit, ac reliquit me sub cultro.

me! The wicked rogue fled, and left me under the knife.
Casu У
adversarius venit obvius illi,
By chance his adversary (the plaintiff) came to meet him,
et inclamat magna voce, "Quo, tu

and shouts at him with a loud voice, "Whither, thou
turpissime?" et, "Licet antestari?"

" May I call as a witnesst"
infamous fellowt" and you
Ego vero oppono auriculam. Kapit

/ readily gave him my ear (assent.) He drags him
in jus ; clamor utrimque, concursus
into court; (there is) a clamor on both sides, a concourse
undique. Sic Apollo servavit

(я rushing together) from all quarters. 80 Apollo saved
me.
SATIRE X.
He supports the judgment which he had before given of Lucilius, and
insersperses some excellens precepss for she wrising of Sasire.
Lucili, pervincam quam sis

O Lucilius, I will demonstrate in what manner you are
mendosus Cutone tuo ilefensore teste, qui
faulty, Oato toy defender being wisness, who
pa rat entendere male factos versus ;

и preparing so amend thy badly wrought verses;
hoc lenius ille, quo est

by (M« the more mildly he, by how much he is
melior vir et longe subtilior illo qui
о better man and far more acute than the one who
puer, multum exhortatus es loris es
(when,) a boy, was often urged on bosh by the whip and
udis funlbus, ut esset qui posset
the moist cords, that he might be {one) who could
ferre opem antiquis poetis contra nostra
bring assistance to the ancient poets against our
fastidia, doctissimus grammaticorum
fassidious nosions, the most learned of grammarians
equisum. Ut redeam illuc :]
of equestrian rank. To return to that point (whence I started :)]
Nempe dixi Lucili currere
ft is true I said versus
that the verses of Lucilius run
incomposito pede. Quis est tam inepte fautor
with an irregular foot. Who is so foolishly a partisan
Lucili, ut non fateatur hoc? At
(admirer) of Lucilius, as not to confess this t But
idem laudatur eadem charta, quod
he also is commended in the same paper, because
defricuit urbem multo sale. Nec tamen tribuens
he scoured the city with plenty of salt. Nor yet granting
hoc, dederim
I allow quoque
csetera :
this, should also the rest (every other good
nam sic
quality :) for in that case (on the same princioie)
mirer et mimos Laben, ut pulchra

/ may admire even the farces of Laberius, as beautiful
poemata. Ergo non est satis diducere
poems. Therefore it is not sufficient to draw арл.-t
rictum auditoris risu :
the mouth of the hearer (make him grin) with laughter :
et tamen hic quoque est qusedam virtus : est
and yet here also there is a certain, merit : there is
opus brevitate, ut sententia currat, neu

need of brevity, that the sentence may run, and not
impediat se verbis onerantibus lassas aures ;

impede itself with words overloading the weary ears ;
et est opus sermone modo tristi, sœpe
and there is need of a style sometimes serious, often
jocoso : defendente vicem modo rhetoris,

playful : maintaining the part sometimes of an orator,
atque poetœ : interdum urbani, parcentis
and of a poet : sometimes of a polished talker, curbing
viribus, atque extenuantis eas consulto.
the force (of his pleasantry,) and weakening it purposely.
Ridiculum plerumque secat magnas res
Ridicule very often decides important affairs
fortius ac melius acri. Iili
more powerfully and better than severity. Those (men)
quibus viris prisca comoedia est scripta, stabant

by which men the old comedy was written, succeeded
hoc, hoc sunt imitandi ; quos neque

in this, in this are to be imitated ; whom neither
pulcher Hermogenes unquam legit, nee istesimius,

the pretty Hermogenes ever read, nor that ape
doctus cantare nil praeter Calvum et

taught (skilled) to chant nothing but Calvus and
Catullum. "At fecit magnum, quod
Catullus. " But did a great thing,
(Lueilius) that
miscuit Grseca Latinis verbis." O seri

he blended Greek with Latin words." О you late
studiorum,
»л your learning (dunces) (for are you not so to be named t)
quine putetis difficile et mirum,
(you) who think it a difficult and wonderful thing,
quod contigit Rliodio
which (even) happened to (was done by) the Rhodian
Pitholeonti? "At sermo concinnus

IHtholeonî " But («tili they cry) the style happily blended
ntraque lingua suavior, ut si nota
J'romboth languages is more agreeable, as when the brand
Falerni est com mista Chio." Cum facias

of Falernian is mixed with Chian." When you make
versus, percontor te ipsum, an et
verses (only,) I press the question home to yourself, or also
cum dura causa rei Petilli sit

when the difficult cause of the accused Petillus is
peragenda tibi ? Scilicet oblitus patriseque

to be pleaded by you t Doubtless forgetful of your country
patrisque, quum Pedius, Poplicola, atque Corvinus,
and father, whilst Pedius, Poplicola, and Corvinus
exsudet causas Latine,

toil through (plead) their causes in pure Latin,
malis intermiscere, patriis, verba
you would prefer to mingle, with your native, words
petita foris, more

borrowed from abroad (foreigners,) after the manner
bilinguis Canusini? Atqui quum ego, natus
of the double-tongued Canusiant But when I, born
citra mare, facerem Grœcos versiculos,

on this side the sea, was about making Greek verses,
Quirinus visus post mediam noctem, quum

Romulus, having appear ed(tome)af ter midnight, when
somnia vera, vetuit me tali voce :

dreams are true, forbade me by such a speech (as this:]
"Feras ligna in sylvam non insanius,
" Ton would carry logs into a wood not more foolishly,
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ac si malis implere magnas caterva*

than if you should choose to swell the great crowds
Grsecorum." Dum turgidus Alpinus

of the Grecian (writers.)" While the bombastic Alpinus
jugulat Memnona, dumque defingit

cuts the throat of Memnon, and while he describes
luteum caput Rheni, ego ludo

the muddy source of the Rhine, 1 amuse myself with
hsec, quse nec sonent in

these (satires,) which may neither be recited in
œde, certantia, TaEP judice,

the temple, contending for the prize, with Tarpa as judge,
nec redeant spectanda iterum atque iterum

nor return to be viewed again and again
theatris. Fundani, unus vivorum

in the theatres. Fundanius, you alone of those living
potes garrire libellоs comis

are able to prattle littlepieces in a comicvein (to write light
argu ta meretrice
comedies) (so as to please) where a tricky courtesan
Davoque eludente senem Ch remeta ; Pollio canit

and a Vavus impose upon an old Chremes ; Pollio sings
facta regum pede ter percusso ; acer

the deeds of kings in meter thrice accented ; bold
Varius ducit forte epos ut nemo ;

Varius fashions the manly epic as none (else ;)
Camense gaudentes rure annuerunt Virgilio
the Muses delighting in the country granted to Virgi?
molle que facetutn. Erat hoc

tenderness and playfulness. It was this (branch of
Varrone Atacino experto frustra,
literature, ) Varro of At ax having attempted it in vain,
quibnsdam, quod scribere

I possem
atque
and also some others, which was enabled to write
melius, minor inventore; neque
with better йимм, though inferior to the inventor ; neither
SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 27Ï
ego ausim detrahere illi coro nam,

would 1 dare to snatch from him the garland,
hœrentem capiti cum inulta laude. At dixi
clinging to his head with much praise. But I said
hunc fluere lutulentum, sœpe ferentem plu ra
that he flows muddy, often carrying along more
(l u idem tollenda
indeed which ought to be done away with than that which
relinquendis. Age, quseso, tu doctus

ought to be left. Come, I pray, do you as a4earned critic
reprendis nihil in magno Homero? Lucilius

ji?id fault with nothing in the great Homert Does Lucilius
comis mutat nil tragici

for all his graciousness alter nothing of the tragical
Acci? Non ridet versus Enni
Accius t Does he not ridicule the verses of Ennius
minores gravitate quum loquitur de se non ut
inferior in dignity whilst he speaks of himself not as
majore reprensis. Quid et

greater than those whom he has criticised. What likewise
vetat normet, legentes scripta Lucili,

hinders us, when reading the writing of Lucilius,
q use re re nu m illi us, num
to inquire whether (the nature) of himself, or whether
dura natura rerum negarit versiculos

the difficult nature of his subjects has denied him verses
magis factos et enntes mollius, ac si

more finished and proceeding more smoothly, than \f
quis, contentus tantum hoc claudere quid
any one, content merely with this to confine anything
senis pedibns, amet
(whatever) within the limits of six feet, should take a delight
scripsisse ducentos versus ante cibum.
in having written two hundred verses before meat,
tMidem cœnatus ; quale fuit

and as many (after) having supped ; such as was '.
ingenium Cassi Etrusci ferventius

the genius of Cassius the Tincan, more impetuous
rapido amni, quem, fama est esse

than a rapid river, who, as the story goes, was
ambustum propriis capsis librisque?

burnt by means of his own bookcases and productions t
fuerit Lucilius
IInquam,
comis et
say, let it be granted that Lucilius was gracious and
urban us, fuerit idem limatior, quam

witty, let it be granted that he too was more polished than
auctor rudis carminis et
an inventor (the creator) of a new style of poetry and (one)
intacti GrsBcis, quamque
dnattempted by the Greeles, and (more correct) also than
turba seniorum poetarum : sed ille,
the crowd of the more ancient poets: but he,
si foret dilatus fato in hoc nostrum

if he had been postponed by fate to this our
sevum, detereret sibi multa,

age, would rub off from himself many things (would have
recideret
retrenched a great deal from his writings, ) he would prune off
omne quod traheretur ultra

all that was prolonged (dragged out) beyond
perfectum, et in faciendo versu

the limits of perfection, and in perfecting verse
sœpe soa beret caput, et rcderet ungues

would often scratch his head, and gnaw his nails
vivos. Ssepe vertas sty him,

to the quick. Той must frequently turn the stylus (your
scripturus quœ sint digna legi

Style,) if you intend to write what maybe worthy to be read
iterum, neque labores, tit turba miretur te,

again, neither be anxious that the crowd admire you,
oontentus paucis lectoribus. An demens

being contented with a few readers. Would vou foolishlv
mal is tua carmina dictari in vilibus ludis ? Non

prefer your verses to be dictated in petty schools t Not
: nam est satis equitem plaudere

for it is enough that the knight (Mecenas) applaud
mihi : ut audax Arbuscula dixit, explosa,
me: as undaunted Arbuseula said, when hissed,
aliis contemtis. Cimex Pantilius moveat me,

the rest being despised. Can the bug Pantilius excite me,
aut cruciet, quod Demetrius vellicet

or must it torment me that Demetrius rail at me
absentem, aut quod ineptus Fanuius, conviva

when absent, or that foolish Fannius, the parasite
Hermogenis Tigelli, Isedat? Plotius et
of Hermogenes Tigellius, attacks me t May Plotius and
Varius, Msecenas Virgiliusque, Valgius et Octavius
Varius, Mecenas and Virgil, Valgius and Octavius
probet hœc, atque optimus Fuscus, et

approve these (verses, ) and the very good fuscus, and
utinam uterque Viseorum laudet hsec !
would that each of the Vied may commend them !
Possum dicere Pollio, ambitione,

I may relegata
te,
mention you, Pollio, having banished flattery,
te, Messala, cum tuo fratre, simulque vos,
you, Messala, with your brother, and also you,
Bibule et Servi, simul his te,

Bibulus and Servius, together with these you,
candide Furni, complures alios, quos

open-hearted Furnius ; many others too, whom
doctos et amicas ego prudens prsetereo ;

being learned and my friends 7 purposely omit;
((ti i bus velim

whom I should wish hsec,
these (satires,)
qualiacunque sint,
such as they are,
arridere, doliturus, deterius

I should
si pláceant
to please, as regret, if they should please less
nostra Demetri
than my
spe.
expectation. Demetrius,, Ijubeo,
bid you,
teque,
and you,
Tigelli, plorare inter cathedras

Tigellius, whine (lament) among the chairs
discipularum. 1, puer, âЦие citus subscribe

of yow lady pupils. Go, boy, and quickly add
hsec lïbelîo.
these (last words) to my little book.
6AT1KES OF HORACE.
BOOK II.
SATIRE I.
He supposes hinuelf so con rule wish Trebasius, whesher he should
desist from wrising iastra, or not.
Sunt qui bus videar nimis acer

There are (some) to whom I may seem too severe
in satira, et tendere opus ultra legem ;

in the writing of satire, and carry it beyond it s proper limits;
altera pars putat quicquid
the other half of the world consider that whatever
composui esse sine nervis, milleque

I have composed is without nerve, and that a thousand
versus similes meorum posse deduci die.
verses like mine might be spun out in a day.
Trebat, quid faciam.
Trebatius,
prœscribe
advise (prescribe) what I shall do.
Quiesoas.
Be quiet.
Ne faciam versus omnino, inquis?
Must I not make verses at all, say y out
Aio.
/ say so.
Male peream, si non erat optimum ; verum

May Iperish, it were not the best (plan ;) but
dormire.
I
nequeo
cannot sleep.
(275)
276 SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
Uncti transnanto Tiberim ter, quibus

Anointed, let them swim over the Tiber thrice who
est opus alto somuo ; habentoque corpus

want a sound sleep; let them have also their body
irriguum mero sub noctem. Aut si tantut amor

soaked with wine at night. Or if so great a desire
scribendi rapit te, aude dicere

of writing seizes you, have the courage to celebrate
res invicti Cœsaris, laturus

the achievements of invincible Casar, (certain) to carry off
multa prœmia laborum.
many rewards for your labors.
Optime pater, vires deficiunt cupidum :
Excellent father, my powers fail me though desirous
enim neque quivis describat agmina

(to do so:) for neitJier can every one describe battalions
horrentia pilis, nec Gallos pereuntes
bristling with javelins, nor the Gauls perishing
fracta cuspide, aut vulnera Partbi labentis
with broken lance, or the wounds of the Parthian falling
equo.
from his horse.
Attamen noteras scribere et justum

Nevertheless you could celebrate him both just
et fortem, ut sapiens Lucilius
and brave, as the knowing Lucilius
Scipiadam.
did Scipio (the younger Scipio.)
Haud deero mihi, quum res
1 shall not be wanting to myself, when the circumstances
ipsa feret :
of themselves shall prompt (when opportunity shall permit:)

verba Flacci non ibunt per attentam
the words of Flaccus will not pass through the attentive
aurem Cœsaris, nisi dextro tempore; cui si

ear of Casar, unless at a favorable time; whom y'
SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II. 277
male palpere, undique tutus,

you unskilfully carsee, being on every side on his guard,
recalcitrat.
he will kick back (spurn it. )
Quanto rectius hoc, quam lœdere Pantolabum

Mow much better this, than to laeh Pantolabus
scurram, Nomentanumve nepotem, tristi

the buffoon, or Nomentanus the spendthrift, with sour
versu, quum quisque timet sibi, et

(cutting) verse, since every one fears for himself, and
odit, quamquam est intactus !

hates you, although he is unassailed !
faciam? Milonius ut semel
Quid
What am I to do t Milonius
saltat,
dances, when once
fervor accessit capiti icto,

heat has been added to his head wounded (with wine,}
numerusque lucernis. Castor gaudet equis,

and number to the lights. Castor delights in horses,
prognatus eodem ovo pugnis;

and he, sprung from the same egg, (delights) in wrestlings ;
quot millia capitn m vivunt, totidem

as many thousands of people as live, there are so many
studiorum : delectat me claudere

thousands of (different) pursuits : it delights me to enclose
verba pedibus ritu Lucili, melioris

words in meter after the manner of Lucilius, more eminent
u troque nostrum. Ille olim credebat arcana

than either of us. He formerly trusted his secrets
libris velut fidis sodalibus, neque decurrens

to books as to faithful companions, never running down
usquam alio, si cesserat male,

(having recourse) anywhere else, whether matters had gone Hl,
neque si bene : quo fit nt omnis vita

nor if well: by which it happens that the whole life
senis pateat velut descripta votiva
of the old man lies open, as it were painted on a vosive
278 SATIRES OF Horace — BOOK II.
tabella. Sequor h unc, anceps Lucanufi

tablet. I
follow him, doubtful if (whether I am) a Lueanian
an Appulus : nam Venusinus colonus arat
or an Appulian: for the Venusian husbandman ploughs
sub utrumque finem, missus ad hoc,
clou up to each frontier, having been sent for this purpose,
ut vetus fama est) Sabellis pulsis
as the ancient report is) the Sabines, being driven away
quo hostis ne incurreret Romano

that the enemy might not break in on Roman (territory)
per vacuum sive A pula

through a vacant (unguarded place,) or lest the Apulian
gens incuteret quod seu violenta
nation should threaten (make) any (invasion) or the violent
Lucania quod bellum. Sed hic stylus
Lueanian any war. But this pen
haud petet quemquam animantem ultro, et veluti

shall not attack any one living unprovoked, and, like
ensis tectus vagina custodiet me ; quern
a sword hid in a scabbard, shall protect myself; which
cur coner distringere, tutus ab infestis
why should I attempt to draw, while safe from hostile
latronibus? О Pater et Rex, Jupiter,

highwaymen t О Father and King, Jupiter,
nt telum positum pereat rubigine ;
would that my weapon laid aside may perish with rust;
nec quisquam noceat mihi cupido pacis ! at

nor may any one hurt me desirous of peace ! but
ille, qui commorit me (clamo, melius

A« who shall home irritated me (I proclaim, it is better
non tangere, flebit, et cantabitur
not to touch me,) shall be sorry for it, and shall be the
insignis tota urbe. Cervius

subject of talk notorious through all the city. Cervius,
iratns minitatur leges et urnam,

when offended, threatens the laws and judicial urn.
Canidia venenum Albuci, quibus

Ganidia (threatens) the poison of Albucius, to whom
est mimica ; Turins grande malum, si

«A« is an enemy; Turin.s (threatens) great damages, if
certes quid se judice Sic collige mecum,
you contest anything he being judge. Thus gather with me,
ut quisque terreat suspectоs,

how each one menaces those disliked(by him,) with that
quo valet utque potcns
in which his strength lies (he is powerful,) and how a strong
natura imperet hoc : lupus petit
natural instinct command* this: thewolf attacks
dente, taurns cornu ; unde nisi

with his tooth, the bull with his horn; from what cause, uniess
monstratum intus? Crede nepoti Scsevse
pointed out from within Bntrust to the rake Scavo
vivacem mat rem.
As« long-lived mother.
Pia dextera faciet nil sceleris.

His pious right hand will commit no wickedness.
Mirum, ut neque lupus

Marvellous (on the same ground,) that neither the wolf
petit quemquam calce, neque bos dente :
attacks any one with his heel, nor the bull with his tooth:
sed mala cicuta vitiato melle tollet
but deadly hemlock with poisoned honey will take off
anum. Ne
the old woman. That I may
faciam
not
longum ;
make a long story (be
seu tranquilla senectus expectat me, seu
tedious;) whether peaceful old age awaits me, or
mors circumvolat atris alis, dives,
death is hovering about my head with sable wings, rich,
inops, Romse, sen fors ita
poor, at Bome, or, if fortune shall have so
usserit, exul quisquís erit

commanded, an exile, whatever shall be
280 SATIRES OF HOKACE — BOOK II.
culor vitœ, scribam.

the complexiоn (condition) of my life, I will write.
О puer, metuo ut sis vitalis
I
;
О my boy, am afraid that you are but short-lived;
et ne quis amicus majorum ferial

and that some friend from among the great may strike
te frigore.
you with a deadly chill.
Quid, quum Lucilius est ausus primus componere

What, when Lucilius ventured first to compose
carmina in hunc morem operis, et detrahere

verses after this manner of writing, and to pull off
)>ellem, qua quisque cederet per ora

the skin (mask,) in which everyone stalked before men' s faces
nitidus, introrsum turpis, uum

fair (outwardly,) but inwardly foul, whether were
Lœlius, et qui duxit meritum nomen ab

Lalius, and he who acquired a deserved name
from
oppressa Cartilâgine, offensi ingenio aut
overthrown Carthage, offended by his wit, or
doluere lseso Metello Lupoque

did they grieve when Metellus was attacked and Lupus
cooperto famosis versibus? Atqui arripuit

overwhelmed with scandalous versest Andyet helaidhandson
primores populi, populumque tributim,

the heads of the people, and the people also tribt by tribe,
scilicet œquus virtuti uni atque ejus
in short (he was) favorable to virtue alone and her
amicis. Quin, ubi virtus Scipiadœ et sapientia

friends. Yet, when the virtue of Scipio and the wisdom
mitis Lœli remorant se a vulgo et

of the mild Lœlius had removed them from the throng and
scena in secreta, soliti nugari
theatre (of publie life) to their retirement, they used to fool
cum illo, et ludere discincti, donee olus

with him, and joke in easy undress, till the cabbage
Quidquid
áecoqueretur.
was boiled. Whatever I
ego sum,
am,
quamvis
though
infra
below
censum iugeniumque Lucilt, tamen invidia invita
the rank and genius of Lueilius, yet envy reluctant
iàtebitur me vixisee usque cum magnis
I.
;
will confess that have lived always with the great;
et quœrens illidere dentem fragili,
and seeking to drive her tooth into (something) weak,
offendet solido ; nisi tu, docte
shall strike against (something) solid ; unless you, learned
Trebatius, quid dissentis.
Trebatius, in any way dissent.
Equidem possum diffingere nihil hinc,

Indeed Iean alter (improve upon) nothing here,
sed tamen ut mouitus caveas,
but yet in order that being cautioned you may take eare,
ne forte inscitia sanctarum legum incutiat
lest by chance your ignorance of the sacred laws occasion
tibi quid negoti :
(threaten) you some trouble (let me remind you of this :)
si quis condiderit mala carmina in quem,
if any person shall compose bad verses against any one,
est jus judiciumque.
there is a right of action and judicial process.
Esto, si quis mala; sed si

Be it so, if a man (compose) bad verses ; but %f
quis laudatus Cœsare judioe condiderit

anyone approved by Casar as judge shall make
bona? Si quis latraverit dignum opprobriis,
good ones t If any shall bay at one worthy of reproaches,
ipse integer?
he himself being whole (pure from vice V)
Tabulœ solventnr risn : tu

The indictment will belaughed out of court : (and) you
mû""» abibis.
-neharged shall go away.
SATIRE II.
On Frugalisy.
Boni, quse et quanta virtus

Good sirs, what and how great- worth (advantage)
sit vivere parvo (neс est hic sermo meus, sed
it is to live on a little (neither is this satire mine, but
quœ rusticus Ofelias prœcepit, sapiens

the words which thefarmer Ofellus enjoined, a philosopher
abnormis,
though of no school (not bound by the rules of any sect,)
crassaque Minerva,) discite, non inter lances
and of homespun mother wit,) learn, not amidst platters
nitentesque mensas quum acies stupet
and glittering tables, when the eye is dazzled
insanis fulgoribus, et quum animus acclinis
with extravagant splendors, and when the mind prone
falsis recusat meliora, verum hic disquirite
to false things refuses better ones, but here inquire
mecum impransi. Cur hoc? Dicam
wit li me fasting. Why sot I will tell you
si
if Ishall potero.
be able.
Omnis corruptus judex examinat verum male.
Every bribed judge examines the truth badly. After
Sectatusleporem, ve lassus ab indomito equo,
tracking a hare, or wearied after riding an unbroken steed,
vel
(si
Romana militia fatigat adsuetum

or (if the Roman field sports fatigue you accustomed
Grœcari,) seu . velox pila studio
to act like the Greeks,) whether the swift ball by its excitement
molliter fallente austerum laborem, seu
agreeably baffling the stern labor (attracts you,) or
if
discus agit te (pete cedentem aëra

the quoit tempts you (strike <cut) the yielding air
disco cum labor extuderit fastidia
;)
wit the quoit

;)
when the exercise has hammered

h
squeamishness
siccus inanis, sperne

out of you, being thirsty and hungry, despise (if you can)
vilem cibum ; ne biberis nisi Hymettia
plain food ; do not drink anything but Hymettion
mella diluta Falerno. Promus est foris,
honey diluted with Falernian wine. The butler is out,
et atrum mare hyemat defendeus pisces : panis

and the black sea storms defending the fishes : bread
cum sale bene kniet latrantem

with salt will comfortably appease a barking (craving)
stomachum. Unde putas, aut qui

stomach. Whence, think you, or how (is this result)
partum ? Summa voluptas non est in caro

obtained t The highest pleasure is not in the costly
nidore, sed in te ipso. Tu qusere pul mentaria

savor, but in yourself. Do you seek relishes
sudando? Neque ostrea, nee scarus, aut peregrina

by sweatingt Neither oysters, nor scar, or foreign
lagois poterit juvare pinguem albumque

lagois shall be able to please one bloated and pals,
vitiis. Tamen vix eripiam,
with excesses. Yet scarcely will 1 prevent (you,)
pavone posito, quin velis tergere
a peacock being served up, from wishing to wipe (tickle)
palatum hoc, potius quam gallina,
your palate with that, rather than with a pullet,
corruptns vanis rerum,

since you are corrupted by the (outside) appearances of things,
quia rara avis veneat auro, et
because that rare bird sells for gold, and
pandat spectacula pida

unfolds to the view a brilliant spectacle with its painted
cauda : tanquam attinet quidquam ad rem.
(gaudy) tail : as if (that) pertained in any way to the matter.
Num vesceris ista pluma quam laudas?
Do you feed upon that plumage which you praise t
Numve idem honor adest cocto?

Or does the same beauty remain in it when boiled t
Tamen quam vis nil distat carne,

Yet, though there is no difference in flesh, to think that
te petere ilia m agi s hac, deceptum
you seek this rather than that, taken in (deceived)
imparibus formis ! Esto : unde

by their different appearances ! Be it so : whence
datum sentis an hic lupus

somes the faculty by which you perceive whether this pike
hiet captus Tiberinus an alto,
(that)gapes(before us)(was)caught out of the Tiber or in the deep,
jactatusne inter pontes an sub

tr tossed about between the bridges, or just outside the
ostia Tusci amnis? Insane, laudas mullum

mouth of the Tuscan river t Fool, you praise a mullet
trilibrem, quem est necesse minuas in

of three pounds, which it is necessary that you cut into
ducit te, video.
singula pulmenta.
separate portions.
Species
The outward form attracts you, I see.
Ergo quo pertinet odisse proceros lupos ?

Then what is the principle (tendency) to dislike long pikest
Quia scilicet natura dedit illis majorem modum,

Because forsooth nature has given to those a larger size,
Iiis breve pondus. "Vellem spectare magnum

to these a small weight. "I should like to see a large one
porrectum magno catino," ait gula digna

extended in a great dish," says the throat worthy
rapacibus Harpyiis. At vos, Austri

of the voracious Harpies. But ye, (mighty) south winds,
prœsentes, coquite horum obsonia, quamquam aper

taint (spoil) their delicacies,
being present, though the boar
recensque rhombus putet, quando mala copia

and fresh turbot stink, when surfeiting plenty
sollicitat stomachum œgrum.
-' makes to turn (worries) the stomach sick (with overfeeding.)
8ATIRE8 OF HORACE — BOOK II. 285
quum plenus raavolt rapula

when overloaded (with dainties) it longs for radishes
atque acidas ¡nulas. Necdum omnis pauperies
and tart elecampane. Nor yet is all the poor man' s fare
abacta epulis regum ; nam

banished from the entertainments of the great; for
hodie est locus vilibus ovis nigrisque
at this day there is room for cheap eygs and black
oleis. Haud ¡ta pridem erat mensa Galloni
olives. Not so very long ago was the table of Gallonius
prseconis infamis acipensere. Quid?
the auctioneer notorious for the sturgeon. What*
sequora tum alebant minus rhombus?

did the seas at that time breed less turbots (than now t)
Rhombus erat tutus, ciconiaque tuto nido
The turbot was safe, the stork also in an unmolested nest,
donee prœtorius auctor docuit vos.

till a prator, the creator (of the custom,) taught you
Ergo si quis nunc edixerit

(to eat them.) Therefore, if anyone now were to pronounce
assos mergos suaves, Romana juventus docil is

roasted divers delicious, the Roman youth, easily taught
pravi parebit. Sordidus distabit a tenui

what is bad, will obey. A mean will differ from a frugal
victu, Ofello judice. Nam frustra
way of living, in the judgment of Ofellus. For in vain
vitaveris illud vitium si detorseris te
will you have shunned that vice if you turn yourself
pravum alio. Avidienus, cui

so as to go astray in another direction. Avidienus, to whom
Canis adhseret cognomen ductum ex vero, est

Dog is applied as a surname based on fact, eats
quinquennes oleas, et sylvсstria corna, âс

five-year-old olives, and cherries from the woods, and
parcit defuudere vinum, nisi mutatum,

is too sparing to pour out las wine, unless turned [to
19
2MÜ SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
odorem cujus olei nequeas perferre,

vinegar,) the smell of whose oil you cannot endure,
licebit ille albatus celebret

although he clothedin white may celebrate
repotia natales aliosve festos dierum,

his wedding festival, his birthday or other festal days ;
ipse instillat caulibus
he himself pours out drop by drop on his cabbage
cornu bilibri
from his horn cruet containing two pounds, (but at the same
non parcus veteris aceti. Igitur quali
time is) not sparing of his old vinegar. Then what sort
victu sapiens utetur, et utrum horum

of food shall the wise man use, and which of these
imitabitur? Lupus urget bac, can is
shall he imitate t The wolf presses on this side, the dog
hac, aiunt. Erit mundus

on the other, as the saying is. He will be refined (but only)
qua non offendat sordibus, atque miser
so far as not to give offence by meanness, and unhappy
cultus in neutram partem. Hic neqi,e

in his style of living in neither direction. He neither-
erit SBBVus servis, exemplo senis

will be cruel to his slaves, after the example of old
Albuci, dum didit munia ; nec sicut

Albucius, while he assigns them their duties; nor like
simplex Nsevius, prsebebit unctam aquam convivis ;

simple Nonius, will he offer greasy water to his guests;
hoc quоque magnum vitium. Accipe nunc, quœ
(for) this also is a great fault. Hear now, what
quantaque tenuis victus adferat. In

and how great blessings a spare diet brings. In
primi? valeas bene : nam ut varise
the first place you may enjoy health: for that various
res noceant homini, credas, memor
dishes must hurt aman, you may believe, when you remember
illius escse quse simplex olim sede'rit tibi.

that food which being simple formerly sat easy on you
At simul miscueris elixa

(on your ssomach.) But as soon as you shall mix boiled
assis, simul conchy lia turd is ;

with roasted, as well as shell-fishes with thrushes;
dulcia vertent se in bilem, len taque
the sweets will turn themselves into bile, and the viscid
pituita feret tumultum stomaclio. Vides

mucus will occasion confusion in the stomach. Do you see
ut omnis desurgat pall idus dubia

how every one rises pale from a doubtful (perplex -
cœna? Quin corpus onustum .

ingly invising) banquet* Moreover the body overloaded
hesternis vitiis prsegravat animum quoque

with yesterday's excesses weighs down the mind also
una, atque affigit humo particulam divinse

with and nails ground a portion divine
it,
to the of the
aurse. Alter, ubi dedit sopori

essence. The other, when he has committed to sleep
membra curata citius dicto,

his members refreshed sooner than said (after hasty
a
surgit vegetus ad prœscripta munia. Tamen

repast,) rises vigorous to his prescribed duties. Yet
hie poterit transcurrere quondam ad melius

:
i/si« man can sometimes have recourse to better cheer:
sive rediens annus advexerit

either (whether), the revolving year shall bring back
if
festum diem, seu volet recreare tenuatum

the festal day, or he chooses torecruit his emaciated
corpus, ubive anni accedent, et imbecilla

body, or when years shall approach, and feeble
setas volet tractari mollius
:
age desires to be treated more delicately (tenderly

:)
quidnam accedet tibi ad istam mollitiem,

what shall be added by you to that voluptuous (life,)
288 SATIRES OF HORACE — HOOK II.
quam puer et val idus prœsumis? Seu

which being a boy and vigorous you anticipatet If either
dura valetudo incident, seu tarda
bad health happens (should come upon you,) or infirm
senectus ? Antiqui laudabant
old age t The ancients (our ancestors) commended
rancid um aprum; non quia illis erat

a rank boar; not because to them there was
nullus nasus; sed, credo, hac mente,

no senseof smell; but, 1 suppose, with this intent,
quod liospes adveniens tardius commodius consumeret

that a stranger coming late might rather eat it
vitiatum, quam edax dominus

(though a little) musty, than the voracious master
consumeret integrum. Utinam prima
should devour it while fresh. Would that the primitive
tellus tulisset me natu m inter hos heroas !

earth had suffered me to be born among those heroes !
Das aliquid famœ, quœ

Do you pay (have) any regard for reputation, which
occupat humanam aurem gratior

takes possession of (affects) the human ear more agreeably
carmine? Grandes rhnmbi patinseque ferunt

than music t . Large turbots and dishes bring
grande dedecus una cum damno. Adde
great disgrace together with loss (expense.) Add (to this)
iratum patruum, vicinos, te iniquum
an enraged uncle, your neighbors, 'you exasperated
tibi, et frustra cupidum mortis, quum

with yourself, and in vain desirous of death, when
as deerit egenti,
a penny shall be wanting to you in your destitution,
pretium laquei. Inquit. "Trausius
as the price of (to purchase) a halter. Says he, "Trausius
jure jurgatur istis verbis: ego habeo
may be justly censured by these words: (but) I have
SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK IL 289
magna vectigalia, divitiasque amplas

great revenues, and riches large enough (sufficient)
tribus regibus." Ergo non est melius quo

for three kings." Then is there nothing better whereon
possis insumere quod superat? Cur quisquam

you can expend what is superfluous t Why does any one
eget indignus, te di vite?

want who does not deserve it, while you are rich t
Quare an tiqua templa deum ruunt?

Why do the ancient temples of the gods go to ruin t
Cur, improbe, non emetiris aliquid
Why, wretch, do you not measure out something
tanto acervo carœ patrise ? Nimirum,

from so great a hoard for your dear native country t What,
crunt res semper recte tibi

will things always be prosperous to (go well with) you
uni? O magnus risus posthac inimicis!
alonet О the great derision hereafter to your enemies !
Uterne fidet sibi certius
Which of the two shall trust to himself with most certainty
ad dubios casus? Hic, qui
against doubtful casualties (in exigencies?) He, who
adsuerit mentem superbumque corpus

shall have accustomed his mind and pampered body
pluribus; an qui contentus parvo,

to various indulgences; or (one) who, contented with a little,
metuensque futuri, ut sapiens in pace,

and fearful of the future, as a wise man, in peace,
aptarit idonea bello? Quo
shall have provided things necessary for war t That
magis credas his : ego

the more easily you may believe these (truths:) 1
parvus puer novi hunc Ofellum usum

when a little boy knew (noticed that) this Ofellus used
opibns non latius integris, quam

his riches not more lavishly when entire (unencumbered,) than
nunc accisis. Videas fortem colonum

now when reduced. Тоu may see the sturdy farmer
mercede in agello metato
working for hire on the land (once his own, but now) assigned
cum pecore et natis, narrantem ;

(to others) with his cattle and children, talking thus;
" Ego non temere edi quidquam profesta luce, prseter
"/ have rarely eaten anything on a work-day, except
olus, cum pede fumosse pernœ. At

cabbage, with a hock of smoke-dried bacon. But
sen iiospes venerat mihi postlongum
if either f
a riend had come to (visit) vie after a long
tempus, sive vicinus

absence or a neighbor
gratus
as an agreeable
conviva
guest when I was
vacuo operum per imbrem ; erat

prevented from working by the rain; he was
l>ene, non piscibus petitis urbe,

well entertained, not with fishes fetched from the city,
sed pullo atque bœdo : tum pensilis uva et

but with pullet and kid: then the dried grape and
nux cum duplice ficu ornabat secundas mensas.
the nut with a large fig set off the second course.
Post hoc ludus erat potare, culpa

Afser this our amusement was to drink, all excess
magist ra : âс Ceres venera ta,

prohibited: and Ceres being invoked (with a libation,)
i ta surgeret alto culmo, explicuit

that she might rise with a tall stalk, smoothed away
seria contractœ frontis vino.

the gloomy looks from the contracted brow with wine.
Fortuna sœviat, atque moveat novos tumultus ;

Let Fortune rage, and stir up new tumults;
quantum imminuet hinc?

how much (what more) can she take from hence (me t)
Quanto parcius aut ego aut vos, O pueri,

How much worse have either I or you. О my children.
SATIRES OF hoeace BOOK II. 291
íiituistis, ut novus incola venit huc? Nam

fared, since this new possessor came hither t For
Natura statuit neque ilium, nec me, nec
Nature has appointed neither him, nor me, nor
quemquam herum proprise telluris. Ule expulit

any one else proprietor of his own land. He has turned
nos; aut nequities, aut inscitia vafri

us out; either his debauchery, or ignorance of the subtle
juris, postremum certe vivacior heres

law, at last assuredly his longer-lived (surviving) 'heir
expellet ilium. Ager nunc sub nomine

will expel him. The farm now under the name
Umbreni, nuper dictus Ofelli, erit

of Umbrenus, lately called Ofellus's, shall be
proprius nulli ;
one's own to nobody (the perpetual property of no man ;)
sed cedet nunc mihi, nunc alii
but will come (fall) now to me, now to another
in usum. Quocirca vi vite fortes, opponiteque
for our use. Wherefore live undaunted, and oppose
fortia pectora ad vereis rebus."
stout hearts to the things that stand in your way."
SATIRE III.
Damasippus, in a conversation with Horace, proves shis paradox of
the Ssoic philosophy, that moss men are acsually mad.
Si scribes raro, ut non poscas

If you will write so seldom, that you do not call for
membranam quater toto anno, retexens
a skin of parchment four times in a whole year, correcting
quseque scriptorum, iratus
(revising) every one of your writings, (yet) angry
tibi, quod benignus vini somnique
frith yourself, because indulging in wine and sleep
canas nil dignum sermone : quid

you sing nothing worth notice (speaking about :) what
net? At fugisti huc ipsis

will be the consequence t But you fled hither at the very
Saturnalibus. Ergo
eelebration of the Saturnalia. Therefore (while you are)
sobrius, dic aliquid dignum promissis. Incipe.
sober, say something worthy of your promises. Begin.
Est nil. Frustra calami culpantur,
There is nothing. In vain my pens are blamed,
immeritusque paries natus iratis

and the innocent wall that was raised by the enraged
dis atque poetis laborat.

gods and poets svffers.
Atqui erat vultus

But there was the air (you had the expression)
mi nantis multa âс prseclara,

of one promising many and extraordinary things,
si villula cepisset
when (once) your little country-seat had received you
vacuum tepido tecto. Quorsum pertinuit
disengaged under its warm roof. What purpose did it serve
stipare Platonem Menandro? Eupolin

to stow away Plato with Menandert Eupolis
Archilocho ? Educere tantos
with Archilochus J (For what purpose) to bring out such
comites? Paras placare invidiam

companions t Are you preparing to allay your unpopularity
virtute relicta? Miser, contemnere.

by abandoning virtue t Wretch, you will be despised.
Improba Siren Desidia est vitanda; aut

The demoralizing Siren, Idleness, is to be avoided; or
quidquid parasti meliore vita

whatever you have acquired in your better life
ponendum œquo animo.
must be laid aside with contented mind.
Damasippus, di deseque donent te

Damasippus, may the gods and goddesses present you
tonsore ob verum consilium. Sed unde
with a barber for your sound advice. But how
nosti me tam bene?

do you (happen to) know me so wellt
Postquam omnis mea res est fracta
Ever since my entire fortune was broken (dissipated)
ad medium Jan um, euro

at themiddle Janus (of the Exchange,) I have looked after
aliena negotia, excussus propriis. Nam

other people' s affairs, being stripped of my own. For
olim amabam quœrere, quo sere ille
formerly loved I
to inquire, in what brazen vessel that
vafer Sisyphus lavisset pedes ; quid esset sculptum
sly Sisyphus had washed his feet ; what was carved
infabre, quid fusum durius :

unskilfully (clumsily,) what cast more roughly (than it
eallidus ponebam
ought to be :) /, being a connoisseur, set a price of
centum millia huic signo : unus
a hundred thousand sesterces on this statue: Ialone
noram mercarier hortos egregiasque domos
knew how to purchase gardens and fine houses
cum lucro : unde frequentia compita

to the best advantage : whence the crowded thoroughfares
imposuere mihi cognomen Mercuriali.

conferred upon me the surname of Mercury's favorite.
Novi, et miror te purgatum illius
I know it, and wonder that you are cured ofthat
morbi.
disorder.
Atqni novus removit veterem mire,

But anew one removed the old in a marvellous manner,
Ht solet, dolore miseri lateris

as is common, when the pain of the afflicted side
capitisve trajeeto in cor: ut quum hic

or head is shifsed to the heart : as when the
lethargicus fit pugil, et urget

lethargic person becomes a pugilist, and attacks
medicum.
his physician.
Dum ne quid simile huic, esto ut

Provided (you do) nothing like this, be it as
libet.
you please.
О bone, ne frustrere te ; et tu
О mу good friend, do not deceive yourself; even you
insanis, propeque omnes stulti, si Stertinius
are mad, and almost all are fools, if Stertinius
crepat quid veri ; unde ego docilis

utters any truth ; from whom 7, being of a teachable
descripsi hœc mira

disposition, wrote down (derived) these wonderful
prsecepta, quo tempore solatus me
precepts, at the time when, having consoled me,
jussit pascere sapientem l>arbam, atque

he ordered me tocultivate a philosophic beard, and
reverti non tristem a Fabricio ponte.
to return in good spirits from the Fabrician bridge.
Nam, re male gesta, quum
For, my estate having been badly managed, when
vellem mittere me in flumen,

I resolved to throw myself into the river,
operto
having covered
capite, stetit
my head (for that purpose,) he (fortunately) stood at my
dexter, et inquit,
right hand, and said,
"Cave faxis quidquam indignum
"Take care lest you do anything unworthy
te ; malus pudor aneit te, qui
of yourself; a false shame troubles you, who
8ATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II. 295
vereare haberi insanus inter insanos. Nam

dread to be reckoned mad among mad men. For
sit furere: si
primuin
in the first place I inquiram,
will inquire,
quid
what it is to be mad : \f
hoc erit in te solo addam nil
this (distemper) be in you alone,
;
I will add not
verbi, quin fortiter pereas."

a single word, but that you may bravely perish
Porticus et
" and
(to prevent you from dying bravely.) The school
grex Chrysippi autumat insanum

sect of Chrysippus pronounce (every man) mad
quem mala stultitia quemcunque inscitia

whom perverse folly (and) whom the ignorance
veri agit cœcum. Hsec formula tenet
of the truth drives blindly on. This definition embraces
populos, hœc magnos reges, sapiente

subjects (whole nations,) this (even) great kings, the Wiseman
excepto. Nunc accipe, quare omnes, qui

(alone) being excepted. Now hear, why all, who
posuere tibi nomen insano, seque

have fixed upon you the name of madman, are equally
desipiant ac tu. "Velut sylvis, ubi error
as senseless as you. As in the woods, where a mistake
pellit palantes passim de certo

makes people wander in all directions from the proper
tramite, ille abit sinistrorsum, hic

(true) path, this one goes away to the left, that one
dextrorsum ; error unus utrimque, sed

to the right; theerror is the same on both sides, but
illudit variis partibus : hoc modo

it misleads them in different directions: in this manner
crede te insanum ; ut ille qui deridet

consider yourself mad; so that he who derides
te, trahat caudem nihilo sapientior.

you, (also) drags atnil, being not a whit wiser (than yourself.)
Est UDum genus stultitiœ timentis nihilum

1'hereis one kind offolly which dreads thing s not at all
metuenda; nt queratur, ignes,
to be dreaded; in so much that it complains that fires,
ut rupes, fluviosque obstare in campo :

that rocks, and rivers obstructit in the (open) plain;
alterum et varium huic, et
(there is) another (kind) and different from this, and
nihilo sapientius,
nothing wiser (not a whit more approaching to wisdom,)
ruentis per medios ignes que

that rushes headlong through the middle of flames and
fluvios. Amica mater, honesta soror,
rivers. Let an affectionate mother, a virtuous sister,
pater, uxor, cum cognatis

a father, a wife, together with all the relations (of a man
clamet :
" Hic est ingens
possessed with this latter folly) cry out: "Here is a great
hic maxima serva "
fossa, rupes, :
(deep) ditch, here a very steep precipice; take care:"
non magis audierit, quam, ebrius Fufius
he will no more hear, than did drunken Fufius
olim, quum edormit Ilionam ;
some time ago, when he overslept the part of 1lione (acted
ducentis mille Cat ien is
llione sleeping;) two hundred thousand Catieni
clamantibus,
" Mater, appello te." Ego
bawling out, "Mother, I cali, thee (to " Twill
my aid.)
docebo cunctum vulgus
demonstrate to you that all the common crowd (the bulk of
iusanire errori si m i lem
all mankind) are mad (affected) wish madness similar
huic. Damasippus insanit emendo veteres
to this. Damasippus is mad in purchasing antique
statuas. Est creditor Damasippi integer mentis?
statues. Is the creditor of Damasippus sound of mindt
tibi
I should
Eeto : si dicam, "Accipe quod
Well, suppose say to you, "Take this
nunquam midas milii : " tune eris

which you can never return to (repay) me:" will you be
insanas, si accel>eris? an magis excors

considered mad, if you take it t or more absurd
rejecta praeda, quam praesens Mercurius fert?

for refusing the booty, which propitious Mercury brings
Scribe decem a Nerio :
(offere?) Write ten from (the banker) Iferius:

non est satis ; adde tabulas Cicutae
that is not enough; add the securities of Cicuta,
nodosi, adde centum mille
in
versed the knotty (points of law,) add a hundred thousand
catenas : tamen sceleratus Proteus effugiet hsec
bonds (obligations :) yet thevillanous Proteus will elude these
vincula. Quum rapies in jus

chains (engagements.) "when you drag him to justice,
ridentem malis alienis,
laughing with cheeks not his own (that do not seem to
fiet aper,
belong to him,) he will become (be transformed into) a boar,
modo avis, modo saxum, et, quum volet,

sometimes a bird, sometimes a stone, and, when he pleases,
arbor. Si gerere rem male est

a tree. If to manage an estate badly is
insani ; contra, bene,
a sign of a madman; on the other hand, (to manage it) well
sani ; сrede mihi cerebrum

is the part of a man sound in mind; believe me, the brain
Perilli dictantis quod

of Perillus dictating (the form of) (taking) a note for what
tu nunquam possis rescribere, est multo
you never can be able to repay, is much more
putidius. Jubeo andire, atque componere togam,

unsound. Ibid you listen, and adjust your robe,
quisquis pallet mala ambitione, aut amore

whoever turn« pale with evil ambition, or the love
argenti ; quisquis calet luxuria tristive

of money; whoever is inflamed with luxury, or gloomy
superstitione, aut alio morbo mentis ; vos

superstition, or aw other disease ofthemind; do ye
adite huc propius me ordine, dum

approach hit he. nearer me in order, while
doceo omnes insanire. Multo
I teach (convince) y ou that (you) all' are mad. By far
maxima pars hellebori est danda
the largest portion of hellebore is to be administered
avaris: nescio an ratio destinet
to the covetous: Iknow not whether reason may (does not)consign
omnem Anticyram illis. Heredes Staberi

all Antieyra to them. The heirs of Staberius
incidere summain sepulchro : ni
engraved the sum (which he lefs them) on his monument: unless
fecissent sic, damnati dare

they had done so, they were condemned (obliged) to give
centum paria gladiatorum l>opulo, atque

a hundred pairs of gladiators to the people, and
epulum, arbitrio Arri,

an entertainment, at the discretion of Arrius,(and)
frumenti quantum Africa metit. "Sive
of corn as much as Africa reaps. " Whether I
ego
volui hoc prave, sive recte, ne sis

have willed this wrongly, or rightly, do not be (severe) as
patruus mihi."
anuncle tome." ICredo
believe (imagine)
prudentem animum
the prudent mind
Staberi vidisse hoc.
of Staberius foresaw this.
Quid ergo sensit, quum voluit heredes

What then did he mean, when he wished (requested) his heirs
insculpere summam patrimoni saxo?

to engrave the amount of their patrimony upon his tombstonet
Quoad vixit, credidit pauperiem ingens

As long as he lived, he believed poverty to be a great
Vitium, et cavit nihil acrius : ut, si

vice, and avoided nothing more earnestly: that, if
forte perisset minus locuples uno quadrante,
by chance he had died less rich (poorer) by one farthing,
ipse videretur sibi nequior.
he would have appeared to himself the more wicked.
Enim omnis res, virtus, fama, decus, divina

For every thing, virtue, fame, honor, divine
humanaque, parent pulchris divitiis :

and human things, are subservient to dazzling riches:
quas qui construxerit, ille erit clarns,

which whoever shall have accumulated, he shall be illustrious,
fortis, justus
brave, just —
Sapiensne ?
( Will he be) wise toot
Etiam et rex, et quidquid volet.
Ay, and a king, and whatever he desires (to be.)
Speravit hoc, veluti paratum virtute,

He hoped that this, as if being acquired by his virtue,
fore magnse laudi.

would be a great honor (greatly redound to his praise.)
Quid simile isti Grsecus

In what respect like this man did the Grecian
Aristippus? qui jussit servos prqjicere

Aristippus actt who ordered his servants to throw away
aurum in media Libya ; quia segnes
the gold in themidst of Libya ; because, being encumbered
propter onus irent tardius.

on account of their burden, they travelled too slowly.
Uter horum est insanior?

Which of these (two) is the greater madman t
Exemplum agit nil, quod resol vit

The example leads to nothing, which settles
litem lite.
one difficulty by creating another.
SI quis emat citharas, comportet emtas

If any one buy harps, collect them when bought
in unum, deditus nec studio citharse,

into one place, devoted neither to the study of the harp,
нес ulli musse; si scalpra

nor any music; if (any one should buy) paring-knives
ac formas, non sutor; vela nâutica,
and lasts. not being a shoemaker; sails for ships,
aversus mercaturis : merito

being averse to mercantile pursuits : deservedly he would be
dicatur undique delirus et amens.

pronounced everywhere delirious and out of his senses.
istis, recondit nummos

§ui
discrepat qui
ow does he differ from these, who hides his coins
aurumque, nescius ut compositis, metuensque

and gold, not knowing how to use his stores, and fearing
contingere velut sacrum? Si quis

to touch (them) as they were sacred If any one
if
porrectus ad ingentem aoervum frumenti

stretched out beside vast heap of com
a
vigilet semper cum longo fuste, neque esuriens

watch always with a long nor being hungry
it
cudgel,
audeat contingere gran um illinc dominus

;
dares to touch a grain from though (he is) the master

it
ac parcus potius vescatur amaris foliis:

(owner and sparing rather on bitter leaves:
it
feeds
;)
si,
positis intus mille cadis est

having stored up within a thousand casks, nay, that
is
1/,
nihil, terceutum millibus,

nothing, (let us say) three hundred thousand (casks,)
Cliii veterisque Falerni, potet acre acetum

;
of Chian and old Falernian, he drinks sour vinegar;

et natus uudeoctoginta annos
si
age,
again, also being aged, (only) one short of eighty yean.
if
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incubet stramentis, cui stragula vestis, epulœ

Ae lie upon straw, whose bed clothes, thefood
blattarum ac tinearum, putrescat in area : nimirum
of worms and moths, rot in his ehest: doubtless
videatur insanus paucis ; eo quod

he will seem mad to a few; on this account because
maxima pars hominum jactatur

the greatest part of men (mankind) are suffering
eodem morbo. Senex, inimice
from the same malady. Thou dotard, enemy (hateful)
dis, custodis, ne
to the gods, do you guard (these possessions,) lest
àeait tibi, ut ñlius, aut etiam libertus

you should be in want, that your son, or even freedman,
heres, ebibat hsec?
becoming your heir, may drink up (squander) these (treasurest)
Euim quantulum summœ quisque dierum curtabit, si
For how little of the sum will each day diminish, if
cœperie ungere caules meliore oleo,
you begin to anoint your coleworts with better oil,
caputque fœdum porrigine impexa?

and your head filthy with the scurf for want of combing t
Si quid vis est satis, quare perjuras, surripis,

If anything is sufficient, why do you perjure, rob,
anfers undique? Tun' sanus?

and plunder everywhere t Are you in your senses t
Si incipias csedere populum saxis, servosque,

If you begin to pelt the people with stones, and your slaves,
quos pararis tuo sere, omnes pueri

whom you have bought with your money, all the boys
puellœque clament te insanum. Quum interináis

and girls will proclaim you insane. When you dispatch
uxorem laqueo, matremque veneno,
your wife with a halter, and your mother with poison,
es incolumi capite? Enim quid? Neque
are you right in your head t For why t Neither
20
tu facis hoc Argis, nec occidie

do you commit this in Argos, nor do you kill
genetricem ferro , ut demens Orestes.
your mother with a dagger, as mad Orestes (,did.)
An tu reris eum insanisse parente

Do you think that he became mad after his parent
occisa? Ac non dementem, actum
was slain t And not rather distracted, being driven on
malis Furiis antequam tepefecit

(haunted) by the dreadful Furies before he warmed
acutum ferrum in jugulo matris?

the sharp steel (pouiard) in the throat of his mothert
Quin, ex quo Orestes est habitiu
But, from the time Orestes was considered to Is
male tutœ mentis, fecit nil sane, quod
of a dangerous disposition, he did nothing in fact that
tu possis reprendere ; non est ausus violare

you can blame ; hedid not dare to offer violence to
Pyladen ferro, sororemve Electram ;

(Btab) Pylades with the sword, or his sister Electra ;
tantum maledicit utrique, vocando banc Furiam,
he only curses both, by calling her a Fury,
hunc aliud, quod splendida bilis jussit.
him some other name, which his violent anger suggested.
Opimius pauper argenti et auri positi intus;

Opimius, poor in silver and gold hoarded up within,
qui solitus potare Veientanum festis diebus

who used todrink Veientine wine on festival days
Campana trulla, vappamque profestis,

out of a Companion cup, and sour wine on work days,
quondam est oppressus grandi lethargo; ut jam

once was seized by a deep lethargy ; that now
heres curreret circum loculos et claves

his heir was scouring about his coffers and keys
Isetus ovansque. Medicus multum celer

joyous and triumphing. The physician, very expeditious
atque fidelis excitat hunc hoc pacto; jubet

and faithful, restores him by this artifice : he orders
meusam poui, atque saceos nummorum effundi,
a table to be set, and the bags of money to be poured out,
plures accedere ad uumerandum ; sic erigit

several persons to come to count it ; thus he raises
hominem. Addit et illud;
" Ni
custodis tua,
the man. 1ie adds also that: "Unless you guard your
jamjam avidus heres auferet."

(money,) by and by your rapacious heir will rob you."
"Men' vivo?" "Ut vivas igitur, vigila:
" What, while Iam alive t " "That you may live, then, wake up :
age hoc:" "Quid vis?" "Vena

do this." "What do you advise (me to dot)" "Your veins
deficient te inopem, ni cibus atqne

will fail you (thus) wasted, unless meat and (some)
ingens fultura accedat ruenti

strong restorative be administered to your weakened
stomacho. Tu cessas ? Aged um : sume hoc

(decaying) stomach. Do you hesitate t Come : take this
ptisanarium oryzœ." "Quanti emtœ?" "Parvo."
decoction of rice." "Howmuch diditcostt" "Foratrifie."
ergo?" " Octussibus." "Eheu!
"Quanti quid
"For howmuch, thent" "For eight asses." "Alas! what
refert
I morbo, furtis,
peream an
does it matter whether perish by a disease, or by thefts,
anne rapinis ?
"
or robberyt"
Quisnam igitur sanus?
Who then is sound t
Qui non stultus.

He who is not a fool.
Quid avaras ?
What is the miser .'
Stultus et insanus.
A fool and madman.
Quid ? si quis non sit avarus, continuo

Whatt if anyone be not a miser, is he immediately
san US?
(considered) sound t
Minime.
By no means.
Car, Stoioe?
Why so, Stoic t
Dicam. Hic
I will tell you. This (such
seger
a) patient
non est
is not
cardiacua
sick at heart
(putato Craterum dixisse :) est

(suppose Craterus (the physician) to have spoken:) is he
igitur recte, surgetque ? Negabit : quod

then well, and shall he rise t He will refuse: because
latus, aut renes tentantur acuto morlx>.

Aм side or kidneys are affected with an acute disease.
Non est perjurus, neque sordidus ; hic

He is not perjured, nor mean; let him (then)
immolet porcum œquis laribus:

sacrifice a hog to his propitious lares (household gods:)
verum ambitiosus et audax, naviget
but ambitious and bold, let him (therefore) sail to
Anticyram. Enim quid differt, dones
Anticyra. For what is the difference, if you give
quidquid habes balatroui, an nunquam utare

whatever you have to a scoundrel, or never use
l»ratis? Servius Oppidius, dives

your own acquisitions t Servius Oppidius, rich in (the
antiquo censu, fertur moriens

possession of) an ancient estate, is reported when dying
divisis.se duobus natis duo prœdia

to have apportioned to his two sons two farms
Canusi, et dixisse hoc pueris vocatis
at Canusium, and to have said this to his boys when called
ad lectum :
" Postquam vidi te, Aule, ferre
to his bed-side: "When 1 observed you, Aulus, carry
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talos nucesque laxo sinu, donare,

your toys and nuts carelessly in your bosom, to give
et ludere : te, Tiberi, numerare,

and play them away: you, Tiberius, to count (number)
tristem abscondere cavis;
and anxiously to hide yours in holes; I have been
extimui,
afraid,
ne discors vesania ageret vos; ne tu
lest a different madness should seize you; lest you (Aulne)
sequerere Nomentanum, tu
should follow (the example of) Nomentanus, you (Tiberius)
Cicutam. Qnare uterque,
that of Cicuta. Wherefore each of you, (now)
oratus per penates divos, cave tu
entreated by our household gods, take care, you (Aul us)
ne minuas, tu ne facias
that you do not lessen, you (Tiberius) that you do not make
id majus, quod pater putat esse satis,
that larger, which your father judges to be sufficient,
et natura coercet. Prseterea, ne gloria titillet

and nature limits. Besides, lest glory should tempt
vos, obstringam ambo jurejurando : uter
you, I will bind you both by a solemn oath: whichever
vestrum fuerit sedilis, vel praetor, is esto

of you shall be (made) an œdile, or prœtor, let him be
intestabilis et sacer. Tu perdas

(die) intestate and accursed. Would you consume
bona, insane, in cicere, atque faba,

your goods, madman, in (largesses of) peas, and beans,
que lupinis, ut spatiere latus

and lupines, that you may strut along at large
in Circo, et ut stes aeneus,
in the Circus, and that you may stand in a sta tue of brome,
nudus agris, nudus paternis
stripped of your lands, stripped of your father's
nummis? Ut scilicet tu feras plausus,
moneys That forsooth you may obtain the plaudiss.
quos Agrippa fert, astuta vulpes imitata

which Agrippa receives, like a cunning fox imitating
leonem?" Atrida, cur vetas
a (generous) liont " Son of Atreus, why do you prohibit
ne quis velit humasse Ajacem?

that anyone should wish to bury Ajaxt
Sum rex.
Iam a king.
Plebeius qusero nihil ultra.

I, a plebeian, ask nothing more.
Et rem : si videor
I
imperito âс
And I demand
œquam
a reasonable thing: and if seem
cui non justus, inulto dicere

to any one not just, Ipermitio
allow him with impunity to say
quod sentit.
what lie thinks.
Maxime regum, di dent tibi

Greatest of kings, may the gods grant to you
reduce re classem capta Troja. Ergo

to bring back your fleet after the capture of Troy Then
licebit consulere, et mox respondere?
it will be allowed me to ask, and then to answer t
Consule.
Ask.
Cur Ajax secundus heros ab Achille
Why does Ajax, the second hero after Achilles,
putrescit, clarus toties servatis

rot above ground, famed for having so often saved
Grœcis; ut populus Priami, Priamusque

the Greeks; that the people of Priam, and Priam himself
gaudeat inhumato, per quem tot juvenes
may rejoice over him unburied, by whom so many youths
caruere sepulcro |mtrio ?
were deprived of a sepulchre in their native country t
Insanus dedit mort i mille ovium,
The madman put to death (killed) a thousand sheep,
clamaus se occidere inclytum Ulyssen et

exclaiming that he was killing renowned Uly nes and
Menelaum una mecum.
Menelaus together with me.
Quum tu statuis dulcem natam ante

When you place your lovely daughter before
aras Aulide pro vitula, spargisque
the altars at Aulis instead of a calf, and sprinkle
caput, improbe, salsa mola,

her head, ( О) wicked man (monsser,) with salted meal,
servas rectum auimi ?

do you retain a right (state) of mind t
Quorsum ?
Why do you ask t
Enim quid insanus Ajax fecit, quum stravit
For what did mad Ajax do, when he Slew
pecus ferro? abstinuit vim

sheep with the sword t he withheld his violence
uxore et nato :
precatus multa mala
from his wife and son : thoicgh he uttered many curses
Atridis: ille non violavit autTeucrum

on the sons of Atreus, he did not hurt either Teucer
aut Ulyssen ipsum.

or Ulysses himself.
Verum ego prudens divos sanguine,
But I prudently
placavi
appeased the gods with blood,
nt naves hœrentes adverso
that I might
eriperem
rescue the ships detained upon a hostile
littore.
ihore.
Nempe, furiose, tuo.
Yes, madman, with your own (blood.)
Meo, sed non furiosus.
With my own (indeed, ) but (I was) not mad.
Qui capiet species alias veris

Whoever shall entertain ideas other than the true one$
permixtasque tumultu sceleris, habebitur

and confused in the tumult of impiety, shall be accounted
commotus: atque distabit nihilum

disturbed (in mind :) and it will make no difference
erretne stultitia, an ira. Ajax

whether he errs through folly, or - anger. Ajax
desipit, quum occidit i m meritos agnos ;
is delirious, when he kills the innocent lambs ;
stas animo quum
are you in your right mind (do you stand sound) when
pruden.s admittis scelus ob inanes titulos ? et

wittingly you commit a crime for empty titles t and
est tibi cor purum, quum est tumidum vitio?
м your heart pure, when it is swollen with vice t
Si quis amet gestare nitidam agnaiu
If any one should love to carry about a pretty she-lamb
lectica ; paret buic vestem, paret ancillas,

in a chariot ; provide for her clothes, provide handmaids,
au rum, ut natse ; appellet
and gold (for it,) as for his daughter ; should call it
pupam aut pupillam, destinetque uxorem

child or little girl, and should destine it (as) a wife
forti marito; prsetor adimat
for some vigorous husband ; the prœtor would take
huic omne jus interdicto, et tutela
fr оm him all civilrights by a decru, and the guardianship
abeat ad sanos propinquos. Quid? Si

would devolve upon his sane relations. What t If
quis devovet natam pro muta agna, est
any one devote his daughter for a dumb lamb, is he
integer animi? Ne dixeris. Ergo ubi

sound of mindt Do not say it. Therefore where
prava stultitia, hic est summa

there is a foolish depravity, here is (will be) the greatest
insania : qui seeleratus, erit et
(the height of) madness : he who is wicked, will be also
SATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK Ц. 309
furiosus. Bellona gauciens cruentis tonuit

frantic. Bellona delighting in bloodshed hath thundered
circum hunc, quem vitrea fama cepit.

around him, whom precarious fame has captivated.
Nunc, age, arripe mecum luxuriam et

Now, come, arraign wish me luxury and
Nomentanum : enim ratio vincet stultos

Nomentanus : for reason will prove that foolish
nepotes insanire. Hic, simul accepit

prodigals are mad. This man, as soon as he has received
mille talenta patrimoni, edicit, uti

a thousand talents of his patrimony, gives orders that
piscator, pomarius, auccps, ungaentarms, âс

the fish-monger, fruiterer, fowler, perfumer, and
impia turba Tusci vici, fartor

the ungodly crowd of the Tuscan street, the sausage makef
cum scurris, omne macellum cum

with the buffoons, the whole meat market together with
velabro, veniant domum mane

the cheese shops, should come to his house in the morning
Enim quid? Venere frequentes; leno facit
For what t They came in crowds ; the procurer makes
verba: "Quidquid est mihi, et quidquid

a speech : "Whatever belongs tome, and whatever
cuique horum domi, crede id

{belongs) to any of these at home, believe it (to be)
tuum ; et pete vel nunc, vel eras."

your own; and claim it either now, or to-morrow."
Accipe quid sequus juvenis respondent
Hear what the considerate youth will answer (say)
contra: "Tu dormis oereatns

in reply : "Той sleep with leggings on (booted)
Lucana nive, ut ego cœnem aprum :
in the Lucanian snow, that I may feast on (wild) boar :
tu verris ex hyberno a?quore
pisces
I
ego
:
you sweep the fishes from the wintry sea : am
segnis, indignus qui possideam tantum. Aufer ;

a lazy fellow, unworthy to possess so much. Awaywilhit;
sume tibi decies ;
take for yourself ten hundred thousand sesterces ;
tautundem tibi ; triplex tibi,
the same amount for you ; thrice as much to you,
unde currit
uxor vocata
from whose house your wife runs when called for
de media nocte." Filius .¿Esopi diluit
at midnight." The son of JEsop {the actor) dissolved
aceto insignem baccam detractam

in acid a rare (precious) pearl which he had taken
ex aure Metellse (ut scilicet exsorberet

from the ear of Metella (thai forsooth he might swallow
decies sol id um :) qui sanior,
a million at a draught :) how much wiser was he (in doing
ac si jaceret illud idem in
this) than if he had thrown that same sum into
rapidum flumen, cloacamve? Progenies

a rapid river, or (common) sewer t The offspring
Quinti Arri, nobile par fratrum,

of Quintus Arrius, an illustrious pair of brothers,
gemellum nequitie et nugis, et amore pravorum,
twins in villany and trifles, and in love of vices,
soliti prandere luscinias coemtas
were accustomed to dine on nightingales bought
impenso: quorsum abeant? Sanin'?

at an excessive price : whither musttheygot Aretheysoundt
Notandi creta an carbone? Si
Are they to be marked with chalk or charcoal t If
delectet quem barbatum sedificare
it delights any bearded man (aged person) to build
casas, adjungere mures plostello, ludere

baby houses, to yoke mice to a little wagon, to play at
par impar, equitare in longa arundine; amentia

even and odd, to ride on a long cane ; madness
verset. Si ratio evfncet esse puerilius

actuates him. If reason shall prove that it is more childish
his amare ; nee

than these things to be in love ; and that there is not any
differre quidquam, utrumne ludas opus in
difference whatever, whether you play at work in
pulvere, quale prius trimus, an
the sand, as formerly when three years old, or
solicitus plores amore meretricis:
being tortured you whine for the love of a harlot :
faciasne, quod olim mutatus Polemo?
Iquœro,
ask you, would you do what once reformed Polemo did t
Ponas insignia morbi,
Can you lay aside the symptoms of your disease,
fasciçlas, cubital, fbcalia? Ut ille potus
your rßands, mantle, muffiers t As he while drunk
dicitur furtim carpsisse coronas
is said secretly to have torn away the garlands
ex collo, postquam est correptus voce

from his neck, after he was reproved by the voice
impransi magistri. Quum porrigis

(lecture) of his abstemious master. When you hold out
poma irato puero, recusat:

(offer) apples to an angry boy, he refuses them :
"Sume, catelle:" negat: si

(and you say)
" Take them, you little dog :" he refuses : if
non des, optet. Qui
you do not give them, he wants them. How (in what way)
amator exclusos distat ?

does a lover turned out of doors differ (from such a boyt)
Ubi agit secum eat, an
When he debates with himself, whether he should go, or
non, quo erat rediturus non arcessitus ; et

not, whether he was going to return not invited ; and
hseret invisis foribns " Ne nunc

I not
:
cleaves to (hangs about) the hated doors :
'' Shall now
accedam, quum vocat me ultra? An

go to her, when she ealU me of her own accord * Or
pot i us mediter finire labores? Exclusif,

rather must Iresolve to end my troubles t She shut me out,
revocat, redeam? Non, si

she calls me back, shall I return t No, though
obsecret." Ecce servus non paulo sapientior :

"О
she entreat me." Behold the slave, not a little wiser: "О
here, res quse habet nee modum neque
master, a thing which has neither moderation nor
consilium, non vult tractari

discretion does not wish to (will not) be managed (cannot
ratione modoque. In amore sunt
be guided) with reason and method. In love there are
hœc mala : bellum, pax rursumj Si

these evils : war (one while, ) then peace again If
quis laboret reddere certa
any one should endeavor to render steady and fixed in their
hœc, mobilia prope ritu tempestatis, et

nature, these things changeable almost like the weather, and
fluitantia cseca sorte, explicet sibi
fluctuating by blind chance, he would unravel for himself
nihilo plus, ac si paret insanire
(succeed) no more, than if he should prepare to rave
certa ratione modoque." Quid? quum excerpens

by a certain method and rule." What* when picking out
semina Picenis pomis, gaudes, si forte
the seeds from Picenian apples, you are delighted, if by chance
percusti cameram, ее penes te?

you have hit the ceiling, are you under your own control
Quid? quum feris balba

(in your right senses?) What* when you strike out lisping
verba annoso palato, qui
words from your aged palate, how (in what manner)
sanior œdificante casas? Adde

%re you wiser than (a child) building little houses t Add
SATIRES OF HORACE— BOOK II. 313
cruorem stultitise, atque scrutare ignem

bloodshed to the folly (of love,) and stir the fire
Marius
gladio.
with the sword. IInquam,
ask you,
quum
when Marius
prœcipitat se, modo percussa Hellade,

threw himself over a precipice, having lately stabbed Hellas,
fuit cerritus; au absolves hominem

was he crazy (mad?) or will you clear aman
crimine commotœ mentis, et damnabis eundem
from the charge of a disturbed mind, and accuse the same
sceleris, imponens rebus cognata vocabula

of the crime, imposing on things kindred names
ex more? Erat libertin us,

according to your custom t There was a certain freedman,
qui senex siccus currebat circum compita

who being old when sober ran about the thoroughfares
mane lautis manibus, et orabat :

in the morning with washed hands, and prayed :
" Unum, unum (addens, quid tam magnum?)
"Me alone, me alone (adding, what so great (important)
surpite me morti, etenim est

a matter) (is it t) rescue me from death, for it is
facile dis " sanus utrisque
;
an easy matter for the gods ;" (this man was) sound in both
auribus atque oculis : dominus, nisi litigiosos,
All« ears and eyes : but his master, unless litigious
exciperet mentem
(fond of lawsuits, ) would make an exception of his mind
quum venderet. Chrysippus ponit hoc vulgus quoque

when he sold him. Chrysippus ranks this crowd also
in fecunda gente Meneni. " Jupiter, qui
in the prolific family of Menenius. "Jupiter, (thou) who
dasque adimisque ingentes dolores," ait

both givest and takest away great affiictions," cries
mater pueri jam cubantis quinque menses, "si
the mother of a boy now lying sick for five months, "if
frígida quartana reliquerit puerum, illo die

this cold quartan ague shall leave the child, that day
mane, quo tu indicis jejunia,

in the morning, whereon thou appointest a fast,
stabit nudus in Tiberi." Casus
he shall stand naked in the Tiber." Should chance
medicusve levarit œgrum ex
or the physician raise up the sick child from
prsecipiti, delira mater necabit fixum
his critical condition, the silly mother will kill him placed
in gelida ripa, reducetque febrim. Quone
on the cold bank, and will bring back the fever. By what
malo concuasa meutem ? Timore
disease is she stricken in mind t By dread (a superstitious
deorum.
fear) of the gods.
Stertinius, octavus sapientum, dedit mihi

Stertinius, the eighth of the wise men, gave to me
am ico h sec arma,

I might
ne posthac
as to a friend these weapons, that not afterwards
compellarer inultus. Qui dixerit me insanum,

be abused unrevenged. Whoever shall call me mad,
audiet totidem ; atque discet reepicere

shall hear as much; and shall learn to lookbehind him at
pendentia ignoto tergo.

the bags hanging on his unseen back.
Stoice, sic vendas omnia plu ris

О Stoic, so may you sell all to a better advantage
post damnum ; quam stultitiam (quoniam non est

after your loss; what kind of folly (because there is not
unum putas meinsanire?

one sort
genus)
only) do you think that I am infatuated with t
nam ego videor mihi
I
sanus.
for seem to myself sound.
Quid ? quum Agave portat manibus abscissum

What t when Agave carries in her hands the amputated
caput iufelicis nati, tum videtur furiosa

head of her unhappy son, does she then seem mad
B¡b¡?
so herselt
Fateor me stultum (liceat concedere veris)

/ confess myself a fool (let me yield to truth)
atque etiam insanum ; tantum edissere hoc,

and also mud; only explain this fully,
quo vitio animi putea me œgrotare.

uith what distemper of the mind you think Iam afflicted.
Accipe: primum sedificas ; hoc est, imitaris

Hear (then:) in the first place you build; that is, you imitate
longos, totus, ab imo ad summum
the tall, although taken altogether, from toe to top
bipedal is moduli ;
(to to bottom) (you are only) of two-foot measure (in height ;)
et idem rides spiritum et incessum Turbonis

HAd you also laugh at the air and gait of Turbo
in armis majorem corpore : qui minus
in arms too big for his little body: now are you leu
ridiculus ¡lio ? Quodcunque Msecenas facit, an est
ridiculous than he' Whatever Mœcenas does, is it
verum te q noque certare
fitting that you also should vie with him, (you who are)
tantum dissimilem, et tanto minorem î
so much unlike (him,) and so much his inferior t
Pullis absentis ranœ pressis
The young ones of an absent frog having been crushed
pede vituli, ubi unus effugit, denarrat

by the foot of a calf, when one escaped, he telk
inatri, ut ingens bellua elisent cognatos.
his mother that a huge beast had crushed his brothers.
Illa " " Num fuit tantum
rogare, Quantane ? magna,
SA* asked, "How larget" Whether it wos so large,
sufflans se. Tum "Major dimidio."

blowing up herself Then (he answered,) "Larger by half ."
" Num tan tum ?
" inflaret
Quum se magis atque
" What, so big t" When she inflated her self more and
" Non
magis : inquit, eris par, si ruperis
" Тоu cannot
more, says he, be equal (to it,) if you burst
te." Hœc imago non multum
yourself." This image (figure of speech) does not much
abludit a te. Nunc adde

differ from (pretty nearly hits) you. Now add
poemata ; hoc est, adde oleum camino ; quœ si

your verses; that is, add oil to the fire; which if
quis sanus fecit, tu sanus et
any (man) in his senses composed, you being wise also
facis. Non dico horrendam rabiem
sompose. I do not mention your dreadful temper.
Jam desine.
Now desist.
Cultum majorem censu.

Тоur expense larger than your income (your way of
Jving beyond your fortune.)
Damassipe, teneas te tuis.
Damasippus, keep (confine) yourself to your own affairs.
Furores mille puellarum, mille

The passions of a thousand girls, of a thousand
puerorum.
boys.
О major insane tandem parcas

О thou greater madman, now spare
minori.
me less mad than you (your inferior.)
SATIRE8 OF HORACE — BOOK П. 317
SATIRE IV.
Me ridicules sheabsurdity of one Catius, who placed she summis
of human felicity in the culinary art.
Unde, et quo, Catius?

Whence, and whither, Catius t
Non est tempus mihi aventi
I have not time (to converse with you) as Iam anxious
ponere signa
toplace the seals upon (impress upon my memory) (some)
novis prseceptis; qualia vincant Pythagoran,
new precepts; such as surpass Pythagoras,
reumque Anyti, doctumque
and him who was accused by Any tus, and the learned
Platona.
Plato.
Fateor quum tibi
I acknowledge
peccatum,
my offence, since I interpellarim
have interrupted you
sic lœvo tempore: sed bonus des veniam,
at such an awkward time: but kindly grant me pardon,
oro. Quod si aliquid interciderit tibi nunc,
I beseech you. Yet if anything should escape you now,
repеtes mox ; sive hoc est

you will recollect it presently; whether this be (tl\e gift)
naturse, sive artis, mirus utroque. . -^ ,-'
'
of nature, or art, (you are) wonderful in both. -
Quin id erat curse, quo

Nay that was my care (I was anxious,) by what
pacto tenerem cuncta ; utpote

method I might retain them all (these precepts;) as
tenues res, peractas tenui

being things of a delicate nature, and treated in a delicate
sermone.
style.
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.SI 8 BATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
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Ede nomeu hominis ; et simul
Tell me the name of the man ; and at the same time
Roroanus, an hospes.
whether a Roman, or a foreigner.
Canam memor:
Iwill repeat
prsecepta
the precepte
ipsa
themselves from memory :
anctor oelabitur. Quibus ovis erit

the author shall be concealed. Whatever eggs have
longa facies, memento ponere illa, ut

sn oblong shape, remember to serve them up. as
melioris , succi, et ut magis alba

being of a better (sweeter) flavor, and as whiter (more
rotund is ; namque callosa
nourishing) than the round ones ; for being tough-shelled
cohibent marem vitellum. Dulcior suburbano

they contain a male yolk. Sweeter than the suburban
caule, qui crevit in siccis agris:

cabbage, is that which grows in the parched fields :
nihil est elutius irriguo horto. Si

nothing is more insipid than a watered garden. If
subito vespertinus hospes oppresserit te, ne
suddenly an evening guest shall surprise you, lest
dura gallina responset malum

a tough old hen should respond (prove) disagreeably
palato, eris doctus mersare vivam

to his palate, you will be wise to steep it alive
Falerno musto : hoc faciet teneram. Est
in Falernian lees : this will make it tender. There is
optima natura pratensibus fungis; male

the best quality in meadow-land mushrooms ; it is unwise
creditor aliis. Ule peraget salubres sestates,
to trust to other kinds. He shall spend healthy summers
qui fin i et prandia nigris moris, quee

who shall finish his lunch with black mulberries, which
legerit arbore ante solem

кг shall have gathered from the tree before the sun
gravem. Aufidius miscebat mella

becomes oppressive. Aufidius used to mix his honey
forti Falerno, mendose; quoniam decet
with strong Falernian, injudiciously ; because it is proper
committere nil nisi lene vacuis venis.
to commit nothing but what is mild to the empty veins.
Mellius prolueris prsecordia leni mulso. Si

Тоu "síví better dilute the bowels with mild wine. If
dura alvus morabitur,
your hardened belly shall delay (its duty) (be costive,)
mitulus, et vile» concb.se pellent

the limpet and cheap shell-fishes will remove
obstantia, et brevis herba lapathi ; sed non

the obstructions, and the shortleaf of sorrel; but not
sine albo Coo. Nascentes lunse

without white Coan (wine.) H,e increasing (n««r) moons
implent lubrica conchylia: sed non omni mare est

swell the slippery shell-fish : but not еъеьд sea is
fertile generosœ testœ. Lucrina peloris
productive of the exquisite sorts. The Lucrinc muscle
'. melior Baiano murice; ostrea.

s« better than the Baian cockle ; (the best) oysters
oriuntur Circeiis, echini Miseno; molle
, are generated at Circei, cray-flshes at Misenum ; the soft
Tarentum jactat se patulis pectinibus. Nec

Tarentum prides itself on its broad escalops. Nor
quivis temere arroget sibi artem
let any rashly claim to himself the art
cœnarum, non prius exacta

of preparing supper, not (without) having first weighed
ten u i ratione saporum. Nec est satis

the subtle doctrine of tastes. Neither is it sufficient
averrere pisces cara mensa, ignarum
to sweep off fishes from the expensive stall, not knowing
quibus jus est aptius, et quibus

for which kind sauce is more proper, and to which
assis languidus conviva jam reponet

when roosled the languid guest will presently replace
se in cubitum. Umber aper,
himself on his elbow. Let the Umbrian bear,
et nutritus iligna glande,
and (that) which has beenfed with ilex-gland (acorns
enrvet rotundas lances
of the scarlet oak) bend the round platters of him
vitantis inertem carnem : nam
who loathes all flabby meat : for the
Laurens est malus, pinguis ulvis

Laurentine (boar) is bad, being fattened with rushes
et arundine. Vinea non semper summittit
and reeds. The vineyard does not always furnish
capreas edules. Sapiens
kids good for eating. The connoisseur (wise roan)
sectabitur armos fœcnndœ leporis. Quse
will covet the shoulders of a pregnant hare. What
natura âс setas foret piscibus atque avibus,
the nature and age was for fishes and fowls,
. qusesita patnit nulli ante meum

although inquired into, was known to none before my
palatum. Sunt, quorum ingenium promit tantum

palate. There are some, whose genius discovers only
nova crustula. Nequâquam satis consumere
new kinds of pastry. Itis not at all enough to devote
curam in una re : ut si quis

(waste) one's care upon one thing : just as if any ont
laboret hoc solum, ne vina sint
should use all his endeavors for this only, that his wines be not
mala, securus quali olivo perfundat

bad, regardless wish what oil he moistens (pours upon)
pisces.
-
Si suppones Massica vina
his fishes. If you set out (expose) Massic wines
sereno oœlo, si est quid
beneath a clear sky (in fair weather,) if there be any
SATIRES OF HORACE —BOOK II. 321
crassi, tenuabitur nocturna aura, et odor

sediment, it will be refined by the night air, and the smell
inimicus nervis decedet; at ilia vitiata

injurious to the nerves will go off; but those filtered through
lino perdunt integrum saporem. Vafer,
a linen strainer lose their entire flavor. The connoisseur.
qui miscet Surrentina vina Falerna fœce,

who mixes Surrentine wines with Falernian lees,
bene colligit limum columbino ovo;

effectually collecte the sediment with a pigeon' s egg;
quatenus vitellus petit ima volvens

because the yolk sinkt to the bottom carrying down with it
aliena. Recreabis marcentem
ail theforiegn matter (dregs.) Тоu will rouse the languid
poto rem testis squillis et Afra cochlea ; nam

drinker with stewed shrimps and African cockle : for
lactuca innatat acri stomacho post vinum :
lettuce floate in the soured stomach after wine :
immorsus flagitat refici
the palled stomach craves to be restored (to its appetite)
magis perna, ac magis hillis : quin
more with ham, and more with sausages : nay it
mavult omnia, quœcunque
preferí all kinds, whatever (everything which) it (smoking)
fervent allata immundis popinis. Est
hot brought from nasty eating-houses (cook-shops.) It is
pretium operœ pernoscere natu ram
worth while to know (be acquainted the nature
with)
duplicis juris. Simplex constat e dulci
of the two kinds of sauee. The simpie consists of sweet
olivo: at decebit miscere pingui mero
oil : but it will be proper to mix it with rich wine
muriaque, non alia quam
and piekle, (but with) no other (pickle) than (that)
qua Byzantia orca putruit. CJbi hoc
wherewith the Byzantian jar is tainted. When this
confusum sectis herbis, inferbuit,

poured on cut (shredded) herbs has boiled,
eparsumque Corycio croco stetit,

and being sprinkled with Coryeian saffron has settled,
addes insuper, quod pressa bacca

you shall add besides, what the pressed berry
Venafrauœ olivœ remisit. Tiburtia cedunt
of the Venafrain olive produced. The liburtian yield
Picenis pom is succo: nam prsestant
to the Pieenian apples in juiciness : though they surpass them
facie. Venucula convenit
in appearance. The Venusian grape is fit for (preserving
ollis. Recti us dura veris
s») pots. Той would more wisely (had better) harden
Albanam
theAlbanian
uvam
grape in
fumo :
the smoke: I
ego invenior
am found (to be)
primus circumposuisse banc pu ris cat ill is
the first to have served up this (grape) in clean plates
cum malis;
with apples; I
ego primus
was first also (to have served up)
feecem et allec, et album piper, incretum
the lees of wine and fish, and white pepper, finely mixed
cum nigro sale. Eist immane vitium, dare

with black salt. It is a grievous fault to lay out
terna millia macello, urgereque
three thousand pieces in the fish market, and to confine
vagos pisces angusto catino. Mo vet

(cramp) the roving fishes in a narrow dish. It occasions
magna fastidia stomacho ; seu puer
great nausea in the stomach; \f either the valet
tractavit calicem unctis manibus, dum

hath touched the glass with his greasy hands, while
ligurit furta : sive gravis limus

he licks up the stolen dainties (sauces :) or if vile dirt
adhsesit veteri craterse. Quantus sumtus consistit
adheres to the old family-cup. What expense is there
in vilibus scopis, in mattis, in scobe?

in cheap brooms, in mats, in saw-dustt
Neglectis ingens flagitium. Ten'
If these are neglected, it is a heinous shame. That you
radere varios lapides lutulenta
should sweep the chequered marbles with a dirty
palma, et dare Tyrias
palm-bough (broom made of palm,) and spread Tyrian
vestes circum illota toralia; oblitum,
coverings (carpets) over unwashed mattresses; forgetful,
quanto minorem cu ram 6umtumque lisec habeant,
that by how much less care and expense these require,
tanto justius reprendi il lis
so much more justly (are they) to be censured than those
quœ nequeant contingere nisi divitibus
which cannot be obtained but at wealthy
mensis ?
tables (the tables of the rich 1)
Docte Cati, rogatus per amicitiam,

Learned Catius, entreated by our friendship,
divosque, memento ducere me auditum,

and the gods, remember to take me with you to hear
cumcunque
(introduce me to an audience with this great man,) whenever
perges. Nam quamvis referas cuncta
you go (to him.) For although you relate all things
mihi memori pectore, tamen interpres
to me with wonderful memory, yet as an interpreter
non juveris tantnndem. Adde

you cannat please me in so high a degree. Add (to this)
vultum habitumque hominis : quem tu

the countenance and deportment of the man: whom you,
beatus vîdisse, non pendis magni,

fortunate in having seen, do not estimate at much (much
quia contigit: at non mediocris

regard,) because it has been your lot: but no small
324 6ATIRE8 OF HORACE — BOOK II.
cura inest mihi ut queam

solicitude is experienced by me that 1 may be able
adire remotos fontes, atque haurire prœcepta

to approach the distant springs, and imbibe the precepts
beatœ vitee.
a happy
iff
(such) life.
SATIRE V.
tm a humorous dialogue between Ulysses and Tiresias he exposes shoss
,
arts which the forsune-hunsers make use of, in order to be appoinsed
the heirs rich old men.
of
Tiresia, prseter narrata petenti,

Tiresias, besides the things told me at my request,
responde hoc quoque quibus artibus atque modis

:
answer this also: by what arts and expedients
queam reparare amissas res? Quid

can repair my broken (ruined) Why
I
fortunes
t
rides?
de you laugh
t
Dolose, nonne est jam satis

Deceitful one, not already
is
enough
it
revehi Ithacam, aspicereque

that you are brought back to Ithaca, and behold (again)
patrios penates
?
your family household gods

t
mentite quidquam nulli,

O
vides
thou who speakest no falsehood to any one, you see
О
at redeo domum nudus iuopsque, te

that return home naked and poor, according your
I
to
vate neque est illic aut apotheca

:
own prophecy: nor either my store-house

is
there
intacta prоcis, aut pecus.

untouched (unrifled) by suitors (of Penelope,) or my flock.
Atqui et genus, et virtus est vilior

But both birth and merit are more despised
alga, nisi cum re.

'.nan sea-weed, unless with substance (an estate.)
Quando horres pauperiem, ambagibus

Since you dread poverty, circumlocutions
missis, accipe qua rati one queas
being set aside, learn by what method you may become
ditescere. Turdus, sive aliud privum,

rich. a thrush, or anything for your own private
J[f
else
dabitur tibi devolat illuc, ubi
:
(eating,) shall given you, let fly to that place where
it
be
magna res nitet, domino sene
:
.
a great fortune shines, the master being an old man:
dulcia poma et quoscunque honores

delicious apples and fruits (dainties)
whatever
cultus fundus feret tibi, dives

your cultivated land shall bring forth for you, the rich man,
venerabilior lare gustet ante
more venerable than your household god, must taste before
larem. Qui, quamvis erit perjurus, sine
the god. Who, though he shall be perjured, without
gente, cruentus fraterno sanguine,
birth (of no family.) stained with his brother's blood,
fugitivus; tamen, ne tu recuses

si
postulet,
a run-a-way; yet, he desires, do not you
if
refuse
ire comes ill exterior.
i
to go as an escort to him on the outside (for protection.)
Utne tegam latus spnrco

(Do you mean) that should protect the body of vile
I
Damœ? Hand ita gessi me Trojse, certans

Damas* did not so conduct myself at Troy, vying
I
semper melioribus.
always with my betters.
Ergo eris pauper.

Then you will be poor.
Jnbebo fortem animum tolerare hoc
:
will command my brave soul to bear this (evO;J

I
tuli Tu
I
et quondam majora.
and formerly have endured even greater. Do you
protinuS dic, augur, unde ruam
forthwith tell me, prophet, how Iean amass (scrape up)
divitias acervosque seris.

riches and heaps of brass (money.)
Dixi equidem, et dico.

I have told you truly, and tell you (again.) Той must
Astutus captes ubique testamenta senum:
cunningly hunt everywhere after the wills of old men :
neu, si unus et alter vafer fugerit insidiatorem
nor, if one or two sly fellows shall escape the angler
prœroso hamo, aut deponas spem,

by nibbling (the bait) off the hook, either give up your hope,
aut illusus omitías artem. Si olim magna
or baffled drop your art. If afterwards an important
minorve res certabitur foro ;
or more trivial cause shall be contested in the court ;
liter vivet locuples sine
whichever (of the parties) shall live wealthy without
natis, improbus qui audax

children, should he be a rogue who audaciously,
ultra vocet meliorem
without provocation, summons onemoreworthy (than himself)
in jus, esto illius defensor: sperne civem
at law, be (you) his advocate : despise the citizen
priorem fama
who is superior in character (reputation) and the justness
causaque, si erit natus domi, fecundave

of his cause, if there shall be a son at home, or a fruitful
conjux. "Quinte, aut Puhl i puta,

wife. Address him thus, "Quin tue, or Publius suppose,
(molles auriculœ gaudent prsenomine)

(delicate ears delight in the prœnomen) (are fond oí
tua virtus fecit me amicum tibi : novi
titles,) your merit hath made me a friend to you : Iknow
anceps jus : possum defendere

the uncertain (knotty) points of the law: Iean plead
causae: quivis citius eripiet mihi oculos,
causes : any one shall sooner pull out my eyes,
quam pauperet te coutemtum

than impoverish you thus insulted (even to the extent)
cassa nuce: h sec est mea cura, ne tu perdas

of a rotten nut : this is my care, that you lose not
quid, neu sis jocus." Jube

anything, neither become (be made) a jest of." Bid him
ire domum atque curare pelliculam :
go home and take care of his dear little skin (delicate
fi cognitor ipse : persta, atque

person r) become his solicitor yourseif: persevere, and
obdura: sen rubra canicula findet
be steadfast : whether the fiery dog-star shall cleave
infantes statuas ; seu Furius tentus pingui
the infant statues; or Furius, distended with fat
omaso conspuet hybernas Alpes cana
(greasy) paunch, besprinkle the wintry Alps with white
nive. " Nonne vides (aliquis tangens
inquiet
snow. ''Do you not see (some one shall say, jogging
prope stantem cubito) ut patiens, ut

a bystander with his elbow,) how patient, how
aptus amicis, ut ^
pacer?"
attached (serviceable) to his friends, how activet" (By
Plures thynni adnabunt, et
this means) more gudgeons shall swim in and
cetaria crescent. Prœterea, si cui
your fish-ponds will increase. Moreover, if any one's
filins male validas sublatus
son very sickly being taken up (by the
aletur in prœclara re ; ne
fasher) shall be nurtured in a splended fortune ; lest
manifestum obsequium cœlibis nudet te,

your open flattery of a bachelor should expose you,
ofliciosus leniter arrepe iu spem,

being officious, gently creep into hope (of succeeding
ut et ecribare secuudus hеres, et

Aim,) that you may both be inscribed next heir, and
si quis casus egerit puerum Orсo,
if any accident should drive the boy to Orcus (Pluto,)
venias in vacuum. H sec alea
you may come into the place left open. This game
perraro fallit. Quicunque tradet tibi

very seldom fails. Whosoever shall hand over to you
tcstamentum legendum, memento abnuere, et
his will to read, remember to refuse, and
removere tabulas a te : tamen sic,
to push tlie writings from you : yet (do it) in such a
ut rapias limis quid
manner, that you may catch with side glances what
prima cera velit secundo versu ;

the first page means (contains) in the second clause;
percurre veloci oculo, solus

run it over with a quick eye, (to see) if you are the sole fair
coheresne multis. Plerumque recoctus scriba
or co-heir with many. Often a well-practised lawyer
ex quinqueviro, deludet hiantem corvum ;
whohasbeenaquinquevir, shall delude the gaping crow;
captatorque Nasica dabit risus
and the legacy-hunter Nasica will afford laughter to
Corano.
(be laughed at by) Coranus.
Num furis? An prudens ludis me,
Do you not rave t Or do you purposely mock me,
caneado obscura ?
by uttering t
obscurities
O Laertiade, quidquid dicam, aut

О son of Laertes, whatever I shall say, either
erit, aut non : etenim

it shall be (will come to pass,) or it will not : for
magnus Apollo donat mihi divinare.

great Apollo grauts me (the poscer) to divine.
Tamen ede, si licet, quid ista

Yet explain, if it is permitted (proper,) what that
fabula velit sibi.

story means.
Quo tempore juvenis horrendus

At that time when a youth terrible to (dreaded by)
Parthis, genus demissum ab alto
the Parthians, an offspring descended from high-born
ДСпеâ, erit magnus tellure manque; procera
Alineas, shall be mighty by land and sea; the stately
filia Nasicse, metuentis reddere soldum,

daughter of Nasica, dreading to pay his debt (all at
nubet forti Corano. Tum gener

once,) shall be wed to valiant Coranus. Then the son-in-law
faciei hoc : dabit tabulas
shall do this: he shall give his parchments (his will)
socero, atque orabit ut legat : Nasica
to his father-in-law, and beg that he read it: Nasica
tandem accipiet multum negatas ; tacitus
at last will receive it so often refused; and silently
leget, invenietque nil legatum sibi

read it, and will find nothing bequeathed to himself
suisque, prœter plorare. Ad hœc

and his, except to lament. In addition to these (directions
illud si forte
I Ijubeo
:
have already given) subjoin this: if by chance
dolosa mulier, libertusve temperet del i ru m

a cunning wife f
or reed-slave should govern a doating
senem, accedas socius illis:

old man, join as an associait to them:
laudes, ut absens lauderis.

you should praise them, that you when absent may be praised.
Hoc quoque adjuvat ; sed vincit longe prius
This also aids; but it prevails much sooner
expugnare caput ipsum. Vecors scribet mala

to storm the capital itself. Shall the silly fool write bad
carmina? Laudato. Erit scortator?

verses t Commend them. Shall he be one given to pleasure t
Cave roget te: ultro
Take care that he do not ask you: of your own accord
facilis trade Penelopen
good-naturedly deliver up your Penelope to him as
potiori.
more deserving (preferable) to yourself.
Putasne, tam frugi tamque pudica potent

Think you, one so discreet and so chaste can
perduci, quam proci nequiere

be gained over, whom (so many) wooers have not been able
depellere recto cursu ?

to divert from a virtuous course t
Enim juventus venit
Because (forsooth) young fellows came (who were too)
parca donandi magnum, nec tantum studiosa
parsimonious to give a great price, nor so much desirous
veneris, quantum culinse.

of an amorous intercourse, as of the kitchen. (Thus)
Sic tibi Penelope est frugi : quœ, si semel
so far your Penelope is a good woman: who, if once
gustarit de uno sene, partita lucellum

she has tasted of one old man, sharing the profit
tecum, ut canis, nunquam absterrebitur

with you, like a hound, she will never be scared away
ab uncto corio. Me
from the greasy skin (of the new-killed game.) When I
sene, est factum, quod
was an old man, there happened (to me) what
dicam. Improba anus Thebis est
1 am going to tell you. A wicked old hag at Thebes was
sic elata ex testamento:

thus carried out (for burial) according to her will:
fieres tulit cadaver unctum largo oleo

her heir bore her corpse besmeared with much oit
nudis humeris: scilicet si posset

on his naked shoulders: no doubt (to see) if she eould
elabi mortua ; credo

slip (escape) from him when she was dead; 1 suppose
quod nimium institerat viventi.

because he too closely followed her up (beset her) when living.
Adito cautus: ueu desis operœ,

Approach cautiously: neither be wanting in your attention,
neve immoderatus abundes. Garrulus
nor immoderately exuberant. (By) being talkative
offeudes difficilem et morosum ; etiam

you will offend the fastidious and morose; also
ultro, non sileas. Sis

on the other hand, be not (you must not be) too silent. Be
comicus Da vus, atque stes capite
the comedian Davus, and stand with your head
obstipo, multum similis metuenti.

on one side, much like one who is in great awe.
Grassare obsequio : si aura increbuit,
Approach him with complaisance: if the wind has freshened
mone, uti cautus velet
-
(blows bard,) advise him that being careful he cover
caru m caput: extrahe turba

his precious head: extricate him from the crowd
oppositis humeris: substrings an rem

by opposing your shoulders (to it:) lend your ear to him
loquaci. Importunus amat laudari?

while talking. Does he immoderately love to be praised t
Urge, et infla crescentem utrjem tumidis

Fly him, and blow up the swelling bladder with puffing
sormonibus, donec, sublatis manibus ad
speeches (compliments), till, with uplifted hands to
dixerit, " Ohe "

coelum, jam ! Quum
heaven, he shall cry out, "Enough now!" When
levant te longo servitio

he has (at last) released you from your long servitude
curaque ; et certum vigilans audieris,

and anxiety; and wide awake you shall hear (this article
Ulysses esto hеres quartœ partis :
in hit will,) Let Ulysses be heir to a fourth part (of my
sparge subinde :
estate:) throw out (something of this kind) every now and then:
"
Ergo est sodales Dama nusquam ? Unde
"Is then my friend Dama now no more t Whence can 1
" Et
tam fortem tamque fidelem mihi ? si
have one so generous and so faithful to met" And if
potes illacrymare paulum. Est celare
you can, weep a little. It is proper to conceal
vultum prodentem gaudia. Extrue

your countenance, that would betray your delight. Erect
sepulcrum permissum arbitrio, sine

a monument, (that is) left to your discretion, without
sordibus: vicinia landet fu nus
meanness : let the neighborhood commend the funeral
egregie factum. Si forte quis cohered um

pompously conducted. If by chance any of your co-heirs
senior male tussiet ;
being older should cough badly (have a dangerous cough,)
tu dic huic, te gaudentem addicere ex tua
do you tell him, that you cheerfully assign to him of your
-
parte nummo, seu sit emptor fundi
share for a trifling sum, whether he be purchaser of the land
sive domus. Sed imperiosa Proserpina trahit

or of the house. But imperious Proserpina drags
me : vive, .valeque.
me hence: live, and prosper.
SATIRE VI.
Horace's wish.
He sess the conveniences of a counsry resirement in opposition to ths

troubles of a life in sown.
Hoc erat in votis: modus agri

T'Aie was (ever) among my wishes : a portion of land
non ita magnus, ubi foret hortus, et
not very large, where there could be a garden, and
jugis fons aquœ vicinus tecto, et

a never-failing spring of water close to my house, and
paulum sylvse super his. Di

a little (patch) of wood (a grove) besides these. The gods
feoere auctius atque melius.

have done more abundantly and better for me (than this.)
Est bene Nate Maia, oro nihil

I
:
Is is well : О thou descended of Maia, crave nothing
amplius, nisi ut faxis hsec munera

more, but that you would make these blessings
propria mihi. Si feci

permanent (lasting) to me. If I neque
have neither made
rem majorem mala ratione; nec

my estate greater by any dishonest means ; nor
sum facturus minorem vitio culpave :
am in a way to make it less by vice or culpable neglect :
si stultus veneror nihil horum "O si
Ifoolishly
:
if pray for none of these things : "О if
ille proximus angulus accedat, qui nunc
that neighboring corner were added, which now
denormat agellum ! О si quœ fors monstret

disfigures my little field ! О if any chance would show
mihi urnam argenti ! ut illi, qui
me an urn (full) of money ! as (it did) to him, who
invento thesauro mercenarius mercatus

having found a treasure when he was a hireling bought
22
aravit ilium ipsum agrum dives

(and) ploughed that same field when he became rich
am ico Hercule." Si quod adest,

by the friendship of Hercules." If what there is,
juvat gratum,
I oro te h âс prece ;
contents mе grateful, supplicate tliee with this prayer'

Facias pingue pecus domino,
Make fat the cattle to me their owner (belonging tome,)
et cœtera, praeter ingenium ; utque
and everything else, except my genius ; and as
soles, adsis mihi maximus custos.

you are wont, be present to me as my chief guardian.
Ergo ubi removi me ex urbe in
Then, when I have withdrawn myself from the city to
montes et in arce m, quid

the hills and to my stronghold (castle,) what should I
prius illustrem satiris pedestrique musa?
sooner polish up than my satires and my prosaic muse t
Nec mala ambitio perdit me, nec plumbeus
Neither evil ambition destroys me, nor the leaden
Auster; gravisque autumnus, qusestus

(heavy) south wind; and the sickly autumn, the gain
acerbœ Libitina. Pater matutine, seu
of ruthless Libitina. Father of the morning, or if
libentius audis, Jane,
with more pleasure you hear (yourself called) Janus,
unde homines instituunt primos labores
from whom men begin the first labors
operum vitseque (sic placitum dis,)

of their business and life (thus it is agreeable to the gods,)
esto tu principium carminis. Romee rapis

6« thou the beginning of my song. At Rome, you hurry
me sponsorem.
me off as a security.
Eja, urge, ne quisquam respondeat

Quick, make haste (you cry,) lest anyone answei
prior officio; est necesse ire,

before you to the friendly office ; it is necessary to go,
sive Aquilo radit terras, seu

whether the north wind sweep the lands (earth,) or
bruma trahit nivalem diem interiore
winter leads on <
contracts) tli¿ snowy day into a narrower
Postmodo, 1оси to clare certumque,

boon afser, having spoken distinctly and expressly (in
quod obsit mi,

the legal form,) which may be hurtful to (ruin) me,
luctandum in turba, injuria facienda

I must jostle through the crowd; an insult must be given
tard is.
to the tardy.
" insane?"
Quid vis tibi, quas res agis,
" What do you mean, what are you about, madman
improbus urget
(impudent fellow?)" a surly fellow loads (accosta) me
iratis precibus :
" Tu pulses omne
withangry imprecations. "You would knock down everything
quod obstet, si recurras ad Mœceuatem

that obstructs you, .
if you are running to Macenas
memori mente."
with an unforgetful mind (to meet an appointment.)"
Hoc juvat, et est melli, non
This pleases (me,) and is honey to me; I would not
nentiar. At simul est ventum atras
tell a lie. But as soon as we are come to (reach) the black
Esquilias, centum negotia aliena saliunt per

Esquiliœ, a hundred affairs of other people leap through
caput, et circa latus.
my head, and round my side (encompass me on every side.)
" Roscius orabat adesses sibi
''Roscius begged you would be present with him
eras ad Puteal ante secundam."

to-morrow at the Prator' s tribunal before the second hour."
"Scribœ orabant te, Quinte,
" The secretaries requested you, Quintus, that you
íneminisses reverti hodie de com mu ni re

mould remember to return to- day about public business
magna atque nova." "Cura Msecenas

important and new." "See that Mœcenas
imprimat signa his tabellis." Dixeris,

set his seal to these writings." Той shall say,
"Experiar;" addit, "Potes si vis,"

I
et instat.
" will try;" " Той can you will," and presses you-
he adds, if
Jam septimus annus propior octavo
Soon the seventh year, nearer (approaching to) the eighth,
fugerit, ex quo Msecenas cœpit
will have passed, from the time that Macenas began
habere me in numero suorum ; duntaxat

to rank me in the number of his friends ; merely
ad hoc, quem vellet tollere

to this extent (as one) whom he might like to take (along
rheda, faciens iter ; et
with him) in his carriage, when he went for a drive, and
cui concredere nugas hoc genus :
to whom (he might) communicate trifles of this sort :
"Quota
"
hora est?" "Est Thrax Gallina par
What hour (time) isitt" "Isthe Thracian Gallina a match
Syro?" "Jam matutina frigora

for the gladiator (Syrus t)" "ffow the morning eolds
mordent paru m cautos ;

"
begin to pinch thosenot careful enough (ill provided against it;)"
et quœ bene deponuntur
and what (such) things (as) are safely deposited
in rim osa aure. Per totum hoc tempus
in a leaky ear. During all this time
subjectior invidiœ in diem et horam,

/ become more exposed to envy every day and hour.
Noster filius Fortunse spectaverit отпеe ludos

Our son of Fortune has seen (no doubt) all the play s
una, luserit in campo.
with him, has exercised (with him) in the Campus Martius .
Frigidus rumor manet a rostris
Does any disheartening rumor spread from the rostra
per compita ; quicunque est obvius,

through the thoroughfares, whoever is passing by
consulit me :
consults me (concerning it :)
О bone, numquid audisti deDacis? (nam
О good sir, have you heard anything of the Dacians t (for
oportet te scire, quoniam propius
it must be that you know, because you are mor*
contingis deos.)
nearly in touch with the gods.)
Nil equidem.
Nothing truly, (Ireply.)
Ut tu eris semper derison
How you will always be a joker i
At '
omnes di exagitent me, A
But may all the gods torment me, if
quidquam.
(I know) anything (of the matter.)
Quid I Est Cœsar daturus prsedia promissa

What! Is Casar going to give the farms promised
militibus Triquetra an Itala tellure? Miratur
to the soldiers in Sicilian or Italian landt He looks
nihil,
I
me scire
with wonder at me when I
jurantem
swear that know nothing about it,
scilicet ut unum mortalem egregii alt ¡que

doubtless as a peculiar creature of a remarkable and deep
silenti. Inter hsec lux

(extraordinary) secrecy. Amidst these (interruptions) the day
perditur misero, non sine votis: О

is lost to wretched me, not without (these) wishes : О
rus, quando ego aspiciam te?

country (rural retirement,) when shall I
look upon yout
quandoque licebit ducere jucunda
and when shall it be allowed me to quaff the sweet
oblivia solicitse vitœ, nunc libris
forgetfulness of a troublesome life, sometimes in the books
veterum, nunc somno, et inertibus horis?

of the ancients, sometimes in sleep, and leisure hours t
О quando cognata faba Pythagorse,
О when shall the kindred bean of Pythagoras,
simulque oluscula satis uncta pingui
and at this same time pot-herbs well seasoned with fat
lardo ponentur? O noctes, eœnœque
bacon be set before me t О nights, and repasts of (fit for)
deum I quibus ipse vesoor, meique,
the gods ! at which Iam regaled, and also my friends,
ante
before
proprium
my own
larem
ltearth :
:
Ipascoque
feed also
procaces
my saucy
Vernas
slaves
libatis dapibus. Prout est libido cuique,

with the hallowed dainties. As it is agreeable to every one,
conviva siccat calices inœquales, solutus insanis

a guest drains off glasses of different sizes, exempted from absurd
legibus ; seu quis fortis capit

laws; whether one of a strong constitution takes (chooses)
acria pocula ; seu lsetius, uvescit

hearty cups ; or if, better pleased, he soaks himself
modicis. Ergo sermo oritur, non de
with moderate draughts. Then conversation arises, not about
villis, domibusve alienis; nec Lepos saltet
villas, or mansion- houses of others ; nor whether Lepos dances
male nec ne : sed agi tam us quod magis
badilf or not : but we discuss what more nearly
pertinet ad nos, âс nescire est malum :

belongs to us, and which not to know is pernicious :
utrumne homines sint beati divitiis, an virtute;

whether men may be happy by riches, or virtue ;
quidve trahat nos ad amicitias, usus rectumue;

or what draws us to friendships, interest or virtue
et quse sit natura boni,

(moral rectitude ;) and what is the nature of good,
quidque summum ejus. Inter hsec,
what also Che sum of it (its perfection.) Amidst these
vicinus Cervius garrit aniles

(meanwhile,) our neighbor Cervius chats away old
fabellas ex re. Nam si

stories arising from the subject (of conversation.) For if
quis ignarus laudat solicitas
any one foolishly (ignorautly) praises the care-haunted
opes Arelli, sic incipit:

treasures of Arellius, thus he begins :
" Rusticus mus fertur olim accepisse
"Acountry mouse is said onceuponatime to have received
urbanum mure m paupere cavo, vetus hospes

a city mouse into his poor cell, an old host
veterem amicum : asper, et attentus

his old friend: rough (a blunt fellow,) and attentive
qusesitis ; tamen ut solveret arctum

to what he has acquired ; yet that he could open his narrow
animum hospitiis. Quid
soul in actsof hospitality. Why (what need of)
multa? Ule invidit neque sepositi ciceris,
many words t He grudged him neither the hoarded nut,
nec longœ avenœ : et ferens aridum acinum
nor the long oat-grain : and bringing a dry raisin
ore, dedit, semesaque
in his mouth, presented it (to him,) and the half -eaten
frusta lardi, cupiens, varia
scraps of bacon, desiring, by his varied (the variety of the)
cœna, vincere fastidia, male
supper, to overcome the squeamishness of his guest, scarcely
tangentis superbo dente singula: quum

souching with his dainty tooth each separate dish : when
340 SAT1RES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
pater domus ipse porrectus in borna

the master of the house, himself stretched on the fresh
palea esset ador loliumque, relinqueпs

straw, was eating coarse corn and darnel, leaving
meliora dapis.
the more delicate morsels of the entertainment (for his guest.)
Tandem urbanus ad hunc: 'Quid
At length the city mouse (says) to him : 'How
j и vat te, amice,' inquit, '
vivere patientem
can it delight you, friend,' says he, 'to live contented
dorso prœrupti nemoris? Vin' tu

on the ridge of a rugged thicket t Will not you
prœponere homines que urbem feris sylvis?

prefer men and the city to the wild woods t
Crede mihi. Carpe viam

Trust to me (let me advise you.) Take your journey
comes: quando terrestria
as a fellow-traveller (come along with me :) since terrestrial
vivunt sortita mortales animas,
animals live having obtained as their lot mortal souls,
neque est ulla fuga leti

neither is there any avoiding of (escape from) death
aut magno aut parvo. Quocirca, bone,

either for the great or small. Wherefore, good sir,
dum licet, vive beatus in jucundis

while it is permitted (you,) live happy in agreeable
rebus : vive memor quam brevis sevi

circumstances : live mindful of what short existence
sis.' Ubi hsec dicta pepulere

you ore.' When these words impelled
agreslem, exilit levis domo :
the country mouse, he springs out nimbly from his house :
i nde ambo peragunt propositum iter, aventes

then they both pursue their destined journey, wishing
subrepere mœnia urbis nocturni.

to creep stealthily within the walls of the city in the night.
Jamque nox tenebat medium spatium cœli ;

And noie the night possessed themiddle region of the sky;
quum uterque ponit vestigia in locuplet« domo :
when they both set foot in a wealthy mansion :
ubi vestis tincta rubro coceo canderet
where a carpet dyed with crimson coccus glittered upon
eburnos lectos : multaque fercula superessent de
the ivory couches : and many fragments remained of
magna cœna, quœ hesterna inerant
a great supper, - which being left from yesterday were
canistris exstructis procul. Ergo ubi locavit

in baskets piledupon one another. Then when he had placed
agrestem porrectum purpurea veste, veluti

his country friend stretched on a purple carpet, like
succinetus cursitat,
one girded for his work (a nimble host) he runs about,
continuatque dapes : nec non verniliter

and continues the courses : and also like a servant (with
fungitur officiis ipsis.

affected civility) performs all the ceremonies himself.
prselibans omne quod adfert.

first tasting of everything that he brings (serves up.)
Ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

The other reclining rejoices in his changed condition,
agitque convivam lsetum bonis rebus;

and plays the part of the guest delighted with the good cheer;
quum subito ingens strepitus valvarum

when suddenly a great rattling at the folding doors
excussit utrumque lectis. Pavidi
drove both from their couches. Terrified (they began)
currere per totu m conclave, que exanimes magis
to run all about the room, and half dead more and more
trepidare, simul alta domus personuit

to tremble, as soon as the lofty house resounded with (the
Molossis canibus. Tum ait
barking of) Molossian (mastiff) dogs. Thereupon says
'
rusticus : Haud est mihi opus hac vita,
the country mouse : 'I have no desire for euch a life,
et valeas : sylva cavusque tutus ab insidiis

and so farewell : my wood and cave, safe from snares,
solabitur me tenui ervo.'

"
shall comfort me with my humble store.'"
SATIRE VII.
One of Horace's slaves, use of shat freedom which
allowed shem as she rases his masser in a droll
severe manner.
Jamdudum ausculto, et dicere

A long time have I listened, and
cupiens
desiring to say
pauca tibi servus reformido.

a few words to you (in reply, but) being a slave Iam afraid.
Davusne ?
What, Davus t
Ita, Davus, mancipium amicum domino, et
Yes, Davus, a slave faithful to his master, and
frugi, quod sit satis ; hoc est, Ut

an honest fellow, as far as is sufficient; that is, that
putes vitale.
you may think him likely to live (his life in no danger.)
utere liberate Decembri (quando majores
'ome, use the liberty of December (since our ancestors
voluerunt ita ;) narra.
would have it so;) tell your story
Pars hominum gaudet constanter vitiis,
072« part of mankind delight constantly in vices,
et urget propositu m ; multa pars natat,

rnd pursue their purpose ; a great vart Huctunst
modo capessens recta, interdum obnoxia

ont while embracing the right, sometimes liable
pravis. Prisoua, eере notatus cum tribus

to depravity. Priscus, frequently observed with three
annellis, modo lseva inani, vixit

rings, sometimes with his left hand bare, lived
insequalis, ut mutaret clavum in horas:

(so) irregularly thai he would change his robe every hour:
ex magnis sedibus subito conderet se,

from stately houses suddenly he would hide himself,
unde mundior libertinus vix
in a place whence a rather respectable freedman scarcely
exiret honeste : mallet vivere, jam

could come forth with propriety: he chose to live, now
mœchus Roma?, jam doctus Athenis ;

a debauchee at Bome, now a philosopher at Athens ;
natus iniquis Vertumnis, quotquot
born under the evil influence of the Vertumni, however many
sunt. Scurra Volanerius, postquam justa

they are. The buffoon Volanerius, after the well-merited
chiragra contudit illi articulos,

(deserved) gout crippled for him (his) joints
pavit conductum diurna
(fingers) maintained (a fellow) that he had hired for daily
mercede, qui tolleret atque mitteret talos
wages, who might (to) take up and throw the dice
in phimum pro se : quanto constantior

into the box for him: by however much the more steady
idem in vitiis, tanto levius

this same man is in his vices, by so much the less
miser, ac ille prior qui laborat

miserable is he, than that former one, who struggles
jam contento, jam laxo fu ne.

now with a tight, now with a slack rein.
Non dices hodie, furcifer, quorsum
Will you not tell me to-day, varlet (rogue,) to what
hsBC tam putida tendant?

(to whom) these so silly reflections apply t
Ad
.
To
te,
you, I
inquam.
say.
Quo pacto, pessime?

In what respect (to me,) scoundrel t
Laudes fortunam âс mores
Той praise the fortune (happiness) and manners
antiquœ plebis, et idem
of the ancient people, and (yet) you the same (man)
usque recuses, si quis

would earnestly beg to be excused (utterly refuse,) if any
deus subito agat te ad ilia : aut
god suddenly should reduce you to these : either
quia non sentis

because you do not think (are not really of the opinion)
quod clamas esse rectius;

that which you bawl about to be (is) more correcs
aut quia non firmus defendis

(right ;) or because you do not resolutely defend
rectum ; et hœres nequicquam cu pi ens evellere
virtue; and you stick fast, in vain desiring to pull
plantam cœno. Romœ optas

your foot out of the mire. At Bome you long for
rus ; rusticus levis tollis
the country; in the country, (ever) fickle, you extol
absentem url>em ad astra. Si forte es
the absent city to the stars. by chance you are
vocatus nusquam ad coenam, laudas securum
invited out no where to supper, you praise your quiet
alus: âс, velut eas usquam
dish of vegetables ; and, as if you go anywhere
vinctus ita ducis te

ccntpelled (upon compulsion,) so you think yourself
felice m que amos, quod sit tibi
fortunate and congratulate yourself, that you are obliged
potandum nusquam. Msecenas jusserit venire ad ее

to drink no where. Should Mavenas bid you come to him
serum convivam sub pi

as a late guest at (about) the
"Nemone fert oleum ocius? ecquis audit?"

" Does no one bring oil more quickly t does any one heart"
blas te ras cum magno clamore, fugisque.
you bellow out with a great noise, and hasten away (off
Mulvius et scurrœ
you go. ) Mulvius and the buffoons (who expect to sup with
discedunt, precati tibi non

you) depart uttering imprecations upon you not (proper")
referenda.
" Etenim " ille dixerit
' 'For, "
to be repeated. he ( Mulvius) might say (if you asked
" fateor me levem duci ventre :
him,) "I confess myself easy to be seduced by my appetite:
supinor nasum nidore imbecillus,

I turn up I
:
my nose at a savory smell : am weak,
iners, adde, si vis quid, popino.

slothful; add, if you will, anything, (Iam) a glutton.
Tu ultro insectere, velut melior, quum
Should you unprovoked attack me, as if better, when
sis et fortassis nequior, obvolvasque

you are
quod ego,
what I am, and per hope worse, and varnish
vitium decoris verbis?" Quid si ipse
your vice with plausible wordst" What if you yourself
deprenderis stultior me emto

be found out (to be) more foolish than I (who was) bought
quingentis drachmis? Aufer terrere me
for five hundred drachma t Cease to terrify me
vultu ; teneto manum stomachumque,

with your look; restrain your hand and your indignation,
dum janitor Crispini docuit
while I tell you
edov quœ
what the porter of Crispinus taught
me. Aliena conjux capit te, meretricula
me. Another (man's) wife captivates you, a prostitute
-
Davum : uter nostrum peccat dignius cruce?
Davus: which, of us sins more deservingly oftheerosst
Ubi arcis natura iuoendit me, qusecunque
When violent nature inflames me, whatever(woman, )
nuda
naked
sub
under
clava
a transparent
lacerna
cloak,
excepit
has received ....
dimittit neque famosum, neque solicitum,
dismisses me neither dishonored, nor concerned,
ne ditior aut mеlions formse meiat eodem. Tu,

lest a richer or one of finer shape enjoys the same. Той,
quum projectis insignibus, equestri

when having thrown away your badges, equestrian
annulo, Romanoque habitu, prodis turpis Dama ex
ring, and Roman habit, turn out a vile Dama from
judice, lacerna obscurante odoratum caput;
a judge, a cloak covering your perfumed head;
non es quod simulas? Induceris
are you not what you pretend to be t Той are introduced
raetuens, atque tremis

apprehensive (of consequences,) and you tremble in your
ossa pavore altercante libidinibus.
(very) bones with fear fighting with your passions.
Quid refert, eas auctoratus

What matters it, whether you go being bound over
uri virgis
(condemned) (like a gladiator) to be galled with lashes
necarique ferro ; an clasus in

and slain with the sword ; or whether, shut up in
turpi area, quo conscia
a filthy chest, into which (the chambermaid) conscious
herilis peccati demisit te, tangas

of her mistress's crime has stowed you, you touch
contractu m caput genibus? Estne marito
your bending head with your knees t Bas not the husband
peccantis matronœ justa potestas in ambos?

of the offending matron a just power over you both t
BATIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II. 347
Vel justior in corruptorem ?

Or even a more just (jxncer) over the seducer t
Tamen ilia non mutat se liabitu,

At all events she does not change herself in dress,
locove, peccatve euperne; quum
or place, or sins to that excess (which you do ;) since
mulier formidet te, neque credat amanti.

the woman fears you, nor can she trust to you loving her
Ibis prudens
(though you profess to love her.) Той will go willingly
sub furcam, committesque omnem
(with your eyes open)und«r the yoke and commit (put) all
rem et vitam, et famam, cum
your fortune and life, and reputation, with
corpore, furenti
your carcass, to (into the power of) a furious (enraged)
domino. Evasti? Metues,
husband. Have you escapedt Той will be afraid for the future,
credo, doctusque cavebis

I
:
imagine, and experienced (warned) will be on your guard :
quœres, quando paveas iterum,

no, youwill (even) ask when you can tremble a second time,
possisque peri re iterum. O toties

und can be in danger of perishing again. О so often
servus ! quœ prava bel lua reddit se ruptis

a slave! what perverse beast restores itself to broken
Non sum
I
catcnis, quum semel effugit ?
chains, when once it has escaped t am not
mœchus, ais. Neque ego, Hercule, fur,

an adulterer, you say. Nor am I, by Hercules, a thief,
ubi sapiens prœtereo argentea vasa. Tolle
when 1 prudently pass by the silver vases. Take away
periculum jam vaga natura prosiliet,

the danger, presently restless nature will Uap forth,
fraenis remotis. Tune mihi dominus,
when the restraints are removed. Are you tome a master
minor tot que tantis

(when you are) subject to ю many and so powerful
imperiis rerum hominumque? Quem

commands of circumstances and of men t Whom
vindicta imposita ter quaterque

theprater's rod laid on (your head) thrice, yea, four times,
haud unquam privet misera formidine ? Adde

cannot ever free from this wretched solicitude t Add
superdictis, quod non levius
to what has been said above, a thing which is not of less
valeat : nam sive est vicarius,
weight : for whether heis an underling (a substitute)
qui paret servo, uti vester mos ait,

who obeys a master slave, as your custom affirms,
sей conservus : quid sum ego tibi ? tu,

or a fellow-slave : what am I to you t Namely
Nempe
you,
qui imperitas mihi, miser servis aliis, atque

who lord it over me, wretched serve others, and
duceris, ut signum mobile nervis

are led about, as a puppet moved by springs
alienis.
other than (not) its own.
Quisnam igitur liber?

Who then is free t
Sapiens ; qui imperiosus sibi ; quem

The wise man; who (is) able to govern himself; whom
neque pauperies, neque mors, nec vincula terrent :
neither poverty, nor death, nor fetters terrify :
fortis responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores,

brave enough to resist his desires, to despise honors,
et totus in seipso; teres atque rotundus,
and wholly (relying) on himself; smooth and round
ne quid externi valeat morari
(as a globe,) so that nothing external is able to delay
per leve ; in
(retard him) in consequence of its smoothness ; against
quem Fortuna ruit semper manca. Potesne

whom Fortune rushes always ineffectually. Can you
nosсere quid ex his ut proprium?
recognize any of thesequalities as your own (applicable
Mulier poscit te quinque talenta,
to yourself?) Your mistress asks you five talents,
vexat, perfunditque gelida,

she treats you contemptuously, and drenches you with cold water,
repulsum foribus : rursus vocat.

when kicked out of doors : again she calls you back.
Eripe colla turpi jugo: age dic,

Rescue your neck from (this) base yoke : come say,
sum liber, liber. Non quis enim dominus non

I am
:
free, free. Той cannot: for your master, not
lenis, urget mentem, et subjectat
indulgent, overpowers your mind, and applies underneath
acres sti mulos lasso, versatque
the sharp spurs to you tired, and makes you turn
negantem. Vel quúm insane, torpes

unwillingly. Or when you, madman, stand gazing
Pausiaca tabella, qui peccas minus atque
m Pausias's picture, how do you transgress less than
?Quum miror prœlia Fulvi, Rutubœque,

ego
It When I admire the combats ofFulvius, and Rutuba,
aut Placideiani contento poplite,
or Placideianus, with their thighs bent (with bended knees, )
picta rubrica aut carbone, velut si

painted in red (crayons) or charcoal, as if
viri vera re, moventes
the men (champions) in very deed, brandishing
arma, pugnent, feriant, vitentque. Davus
their arms, were fighting, pushing, and parrying. Davus
nequam, et cessator: at ipse

is a scoundrel, and a loiterer : but you hear yourself
andis subtil is ot callidus judex
catsed (pass for) a?s exquisite and critical (expert) judge
350 SA TIRES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
veterum. Ego nil,

of ancient works of art. Iam nothing (a good-for-noshing
si ducor fumante libo : tibi
fellow,) if 1 am attracted by a smoking cake: your
i ngens virtus atque animus responsat opimis cœnis.
great virtue and resolution resists luxurious suppers.
Cur est obsequium ventris perniciosius

Why is the gratification of the stomach more pernicious
mihi ? enim plector tergo :

tomet for Iam punished (drubbed) on the back (for it :)
qui tu impunitior
how are you more free from punishment since you
captas illa obsonia, quse nequeunt sumi

hanker after these delicacies, which cannot be taken
parvo? Nempe epulœ petitœ

(purchased) for a trifle t Truly feasts sought afser
sine fine inamarescunt, que illusi

without end grow (upon the stomach,) and the failing
pedes recusant ferre vitiosum corpus.

feet (enfeebled limbs) refuse to support the sickly body.
An hic puer peccat, qui sub noctem mutat

Is that slave guilty, who under night exchanjss
uvam fnvtiva
(receives in exchange) a bunch of grapes for a stolen
strigili ? Qui vendit prœdia, parens gulse,

scraper t Who sells his lands, obedient to gluttony,
habet nil servile? Adde, quod
has he nothing servile in him t Add to this, that
non potes esse idem tecum horam, non
you cannot be the same with yourself an hour, nor
ponere otia recte; vitasque

lay out (spend) yourleisuremoments properly ; andyou shun
' te ipsum fugitivus et erro fallere
; quœrens
yourself as a fugitive and vagabond ; seeking to beguile
curam jam vino, jam somno : frustra :

your care now with wine, now with sleep : in vain :
SATIRES OF HORACE— BOOK II. 351
nam atra comes premit, que sequitur

for that black companion presses on, and pursues you
fugacem.
in your flight.
Unde mihi lapidem?
Where can I
get a stone t
Quorsum est opus?

For what do you need one t
Unde sagittas?
Where some arrows t
Homo aut insanit, aut facit versus.
This man is either mad, or makes verses.
Ni rapis te hinc ocius,

Unless you take yourself off hence quickly, you shall
accedes nona opera Sabino agro.

6« added as a ninth laborer to my Sabine farm.
SATIRE VIII.
A smart description of a miser ridiculously acting the extravagans.
Ut cœna beati Nasidieni

How did the supper of rich (the millionaire) Nasidiemis
jnvit te? Nam mihi quœrenti convivam

please you t For to me seeking you as a guest
d ictus potare illic here
you were said to be drinking (carousing) there yesterday
de medio die.
from the middle of the day.
Sic ut fuerit mihi

(It pleased me) so that I nunquam
never experienced anything
melius in vita.
more agreeable in my life.
Dic
(si
non est grave) quœ esca

Tell (if is not troublesome) what dainty morsel
it
me
prima placaverit iratum ventrem.

first appeased your craving stomach (appetite.)
In primis Lucanus aper; fuit captus

In the first place a Lucanian boar ; he was caught
leni Austro, ut pater cœnœ aiebat;
in a gentle south-wind, as the father of the feast said;
circum acria rapula, lactucse, radices,
around it pungent turnips, lettuces, radishes,
qualia pervellunt lassum stomachum,

such (condiments) as stimulate the sluggish stomach
siser, allec, Coa fœcula. Ubi

(a languid appetite,) skerret, anchovy, Coan lees. When
his sublatis, puer ci nct us alte, pertersit

these were removed, a slave tucked high, wiped
«cernam mensam purpureo gausape, et

the maple table with a purple cloth (napkin) and
«Iter sublegit quodcunque jaceret inutile,
another gathered up whatever lay useless,
luodque posset offendere cœnantes :

and whatever could offend the guests supping :
fuscus Hydaspes procedit, ut Attica virgo
swarthy Hydaspes advances, like an Attic maid
cum sacris Cereris, ferens Csecuba vina;
with the symbols of Ceres, carrying Cacubian wines ;
Alcon, Chi um expers maris. Hic herus:
Alcon, (brings) Chian unmixed with sea-water. Here the host
"Msecenas, Albanum Falernumve delectat te

cries : " Macenas, if Alban or Falernian delights you
magis appositis; habemus utrumque."

more than these set before you, we have both."
Miseras divitias Sed, Fundani, laboro
I
!
Miserable riches! But, Fundanius, am anxious
scire queis cœnantibus

tolearn (dying to know) with what (men) supping
una,
sogether (with you,) (who were the sharers in this feast in
fuerit pulchre tibi,

which) there was чо much pleasure to you.
Ego summUs, et prope me

/ was uppermost (at the head, ) and near (next) me
Viscus Thurinus, infra Varius
(si
et memini)
;
VUcus Thurinus, and below (if Varius
I
remember)
;
cum Servilio Balatrone Vibidius, quos Msecenas
with Servilius Balatro, Vibidius, whom Mœcenas
adduxerat umbras Nomeutanus
:
had brought along with him, uninvited guests Nomentanus
:
erat supra ipsum Porcius infra, ridiculus
;
was above the host himself; Porcius below, ridiculous

absorbere totas placentas semel. Ad hoc
for swallowing whole cakes at once. Besides this
Nomentanus, qui monstraret indice digito,
si
Nomentanus, who pointed out with his fore- finger,
if
quid forte lateret. Nam caetera
anything by chance escaped our notice. For the rest
turba, nos, inquam, cœnamus aves, concliylia,

of the company, we, mean, sup on fowls, oysters,
I
pisces, celantia succum longe dissimilem

fishes, which had concealed in them a juice very different
noto ut vel continuo patuit, quum
:
from the common as even instantly appeared, when

it
:
rrexerit mihi ilia passeris, atque rhombi

reached to me the entrails of a flounder, and turbot
ingustata. Post hoc docuit

(such as J) never tasted before. After this he informed
me melimela rubere, delecta
me that the honey apples were most ruddy when gathered
ad minorem lunam. Quid hoc

at the waning of the moon. What difference this
intersit, audieris melius ab ipso.
may make, you will hear more accurately from himself.
Tum Vibidius Balatroni "Nos moriemur
:
Then says Vibidius to Balatro: "We shali die

354 8ATIBES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
inulti, nisi bibimus damnose :

" et
unrevenged, unless we drink -hard (at his expense :)" and
poscit majores calices. Tum pallor

he calls for larger glasses. Then paleness (began)
vertere faciem parochi, metuentis nil

to change the countenance of the host, dreading nothing
sic ut acres potores : vel quod maledicunt
so much as hard drinkers : either because they chaff
liberius ; aut quod fervida vina exsurdant subtile

too freely ; or because hot wines blunt the acute
palatum. Vibidius Balatroque invertunt tota vinaria

palate. Vibidius and Balatro turn whole wine casks
Allifanis; omnibus seq u utis :

into Allifanian cups ; all following (their example :)
convivœ imi lecti nihilum nocuere lagenis.

the guests of the lowest couch nowise hurt the bottles.
Murœna adfertur porrecta in patina inter

A lamprey is served up extended in a dish inthemidstof
natantes souillas. Sub hoc
swimming (floating) shrimps. On this (whereupon)
herus inquit
" Hsec est
: capta gravida ;
the master says : "This was caught when pregnant ;
futura deterior carne post partum.
it would be less delicate in the flesh after spawning.
His est jus mistum oleo, quod
For these there is sauce mixed with oil, which
prima celia Venafri pressit,

the principal (best) cellar of Venafrum pressed,
garo de succis Iben piscis,

with pickle from the juices of the Iberian fish,
quinnuenni vino, verum nato citra mare,
with five-year-old wine, but made on this side the sea,
dum coquitur: (Chium sic convenit cocto,

while it is boiling: (Chian wine so agrees with it boiled,
ut non ullum aliud magis hoc ;) albo

that not any other does more than this;) with whits
pipere, non eine aceto, quod mutaverit

pepper, not without vinegar, which changed (turned
Methymnseam uvam vitio. Ego primus

sour) the Methymnatan grape by being vitiated. I firet
monstravi incoquere virides erucas, amaras ¡nulas ;
showed how to boil in it green rockets, bitter elecampane;
Curtillus illotos echinos,

Curtillus (showed how to stew in it) unwashed sea-urchins,
ut melius muria, quam marina teste
as being better than the pickle, which the sea shell-fish
remittit." Interea suspensa aulœa
yields." In the meantime the suspended tapestry (the hanging
fecere graves ruinas in patinam,
curtains) caused dreadful disasters (by falling) on the dis\
trahentia quantum atri pul veri»
bringing along (with them) as much black duel
Aquilo non excitat Campanis agris,

as the north wind does not raise in the Campanian fields.
Nos veriti majus erigimur, postquam
We fearing (something) worse take courage, after
sensimus esse nihil pericli. Rufus
we perceived shat there was no danger. Rufus
posito capite flere, ut si filius
with drooping head (began) to weep, as if his son
obisset immaturus. Quis esset finis,
had died prematurely. What would have been the end,
ni sapiens Nomentanus sic tolleret

had not the discreet Nomentanus thus raised up
amicum ? " Heu ! Fortuna, quis deus est crudelior
his friend t "Alas! Fortune, what deity is more cruel
tp in nos? Ut semper gaudes illudere

than thee towards us t How you always rejoice to sport
humanis rebus!" Varius vix poterat
with human affairs!" Varius scarcely w is able
»mpescere risum mappa. Balatro, suspendens

io smother a laugh with his naplcin. Balatro, turning up
naso omnia, aiebat, "Hsec est conditio

his nose at everything, said, "This is the condition
vivendi ; eoque par fama est
of life; and therefore equal fame (suitable glory) will
nunquam responsura tuo labori. Tene districtum
never answer to your labor. Must you, racked
omni solicitudine ut
with every anxiety,
torquerier,
be tortured, that I
ego
accipiar laute? Ne adustus panis,

may be entertained sumptuously t Lest overbaked bread,
ne male conditum jus apponatur ; ut omnes recte

lest ill seasoned soup be served up; that all your well
prœcincti comptique pueri ministrent? Adde hos
equipped and dressed slaves serve me t Add these
casus prseterea; si anlœa ruant,

accidents besides; if the hangings should tumble down,
ut modo ; si agaso lapsus pede
as just now; if the groom slipping with his foo\
frangat patinam. Sed adversse res soient

should break a dish. But adverse affairs are won\
nudare, secundse celare, ingenium

to reveal, prosperous ones to conceal, the genius (abilities
convivatoris uti ducis." Nasidienus

of an entertainer as well as of a general." Nasidienus
ad hsec :
" Di dent
in answer to these (kind words said:) "May the gods grant
tibi quœcunque com moda preceris ; es ita

you whatever blessings you pray for; you are so
bonus vir, conviva

" et poscit
comisque ;
good aman, and (so) courteous a guest;" and calls for
soleas. Tum in quoque lecto videres -
his sandals. Then on every couch you might observe

divisos susurros stridere secreta aure.
that divided whispers were buzzing in each secret ear
Mallem spectasse nullos ludos
I could wish to have seen no diversions (theatric:.
his.
entertainments) sooner than these things.
Sed age, redde ilia quœ risieti

But come, tell me the things which you laughed at
deinceps.
next.
Dum Vibidius quœrit de pueris, num

Whilst Vibidius is enquiring of the servants, whether
lagena sit fracta quoque, quod pocula non

the bottle was broken also, because glasses were not
dentur sibi poscenti ; dumque

given (brought) to him when hecalled for them ; and while
ridetur fictis rerun), Balatrone

there is a laugh under feigned pretences, Balatro
secundo-. Nasidiene, redis mutatœ
seconding it; you, Nasidienus, return with a changed
frontis, ut emendaturus fortunam

countenance, as being about to retrieve your ill fortune
arte. Deinde pueri sequuti ferentes, maguo
by skill. Then the valets followed carrying, on a huge
mazonomo, discerpta membra gruis sparsi

wooden tray, the dismembered limbs of a crane sprinkled
multo sale, non sine faire, et jecur
with much salt, not without flour, and the liver
albi anseris pastum pinguibus ficis, et

of a white goose fed upon fattening figs, and
avulsos armas leporum, ut multo
the cut-off shoulders of hares, as being (something) much
sua vi us, quam si quis edit cum lumbis. Tum

sweeter, than if one eat them with the loins. Then
vidimus et merulas pectore adusto

we saw also (roasted) black-birds with their breast scorched
poni, et palumbes sine ciune; suaves

served up, and ring-doves without the rump; delicious
res, si dominus non narra ret ear um
morsels, if the landlord had not described to us their
causas, et naturas: quem nos fugîmus sic

causes, and natures : whom we fled from, so
ulti, ut gustaremus nihil omnino,

having revenged ourselves that we tasted nothing at all,
velut Canidia, pejor A fris serpentibus, afflasset
as if Canidia, worse than African serpents, had poisoned
fflis.
them with her breath.
EPISTLES OF HORACE.
BOOK I.
EPISTLE L
TO MiECENAS.
The poet renounces all verses of a ludicrous turn, and resolves to

apply himself wholly to she ssudy of philosophy, which seaches so
brsdle she desires and so posspone everything to virsue.
Mecenas dicte mihi prima Camena,

Mœcenas, celebrated by me in my earliest song,
dicende summa, quœris includere me

to be celebrated in my latest, you seek to include me
iterum antiquо ludo,

again in the game in which served ofI old, (although 1
satis spectatum, et jam
have been) sufficiently approved, and have already
donatum rude. JEtas est non eadem ;
been presented with foil.
the My age is not the same,
non mens. Vejanius latet abditus agro,
nor are my desires. Vejanius Uces retired in the country,
armis fixis ad postem Herculis ;
his arms having been hung on the doorpost of Hercules'
ne toties exoret
(temple;) that he may not so often attempt to prevail upon
populuin extrema arena. Est qui

the people at the outside edge of the arena. Someone
crebro personet mihi purgatam au rem :

frequently whispers in my well-rinsed (purified) ear :
(359)
360 EP1STLES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
" Sanus solve mature equum

"(V you wise, release in time your courser
seuescentem, не peoeet ad extremum

now growing old, lest he break down at last (only)
ridendus, et ducat ilia."

to be laughed at, and strain his (panting) flanks."
Nunc ¡taque pono et versus et eœtera ludicra :
Now therefore I lay aside both verses and other toys :
euro et rogo, quid verum atqne decens,

/ have a care to and inquire what is right and becoming,
in condo
I
et sum omnis hoc : et
and am wholly absorbed in this : store up and
compono, quœ mox possin] depromere. Ac ne

arrange what by and by Imay bring forth. And lest
forte rt>geS) 4no duce, quo

perchance you may ask, under what leader, under what
I will
lare tuter me; addictus
school (of philosophy) I enlist myself, say that,
jurare in verba nullius magistri, deferor

bound to swear obedience to no master, Iam borne along
hospes, quocunque tempestas rapit me.

as a stranger, whithersoever the tempest hurries me.
Nunc fio agilis, et mersor civilibus

Sometimes I become active, and amplungedin civil
undis;
I conor
nunc subjungere res
waves; sometimes endeavor to subject circumstances
m i Iii, non me rebus, custos

to myself, not myself to circumstances, being the guardian
verse virtutis, rigidusque satelles; nunc

of true virtue and her strict adherent ; sometimes
relabor furtim in prsecepta Aristippi. Ut

I relapse insensibly into the precepts of Aristippus. As
nox videtur longa quibus amica
the night seems long (to those) to whom the mistress
mentitur, diesque lenta

breaks her promise, and the day slow to those under
EPISTLES OF HORACE— BOOK I. 361
debentibus opus; at annus P'ger

obligation to render their labor ; as the year (seems) slow
pupillis, quos dura custodia matrum premit;

to minore, whom the harsh charge of mothers ;
oppresses
sic tempora mihi fluunt tarda ingrataque, quœ

so that time to me flows tedious and distasteful which
morantur spem que consilium agendi id gnaviter,
retards my hope and design of doing that vigorously
quod prodest œque pauperibus, seque locupletibus ;

which benefits equally the poor, equally the rich,
neglectum nocebit œque pueris senibusque.

while its neglect will harm equally the young and old.
Restat, ut ego ipse regam solerque

It remains that I regulate and solace
me his dementis. Non
myself with these maxims. (Though) you
possis contendere oculo quantum

cannot f sach with the eye as far as
Lynceus, tamen lippus non idciroo

Lynceus, yet bеьъд blear-eyed you would not therefore
con tem nas inungi : neu, quia desperes
neglect to be ancinted : neither, because you despair
membra invicti Glyconis,

of having the limb* of invincible Glycon, would
nolis prohibere corpus nodosa
you be unwilling to guard your body from the knotty
chiragra. Est prodire quadam tenus,

gout. It i¡ ir. «-tr power to advance up to a certain point,
si non <iat u г ultra. Pectus fervet
1/ i< is vo' alVjwed (to go) farther. Is your breast inflamed
avaritia, cupidineque misero?
wi'.K uva'i-i'A, and passion that makes (you) miserable
Sunt verba et voces, quibus possis lenire
There are spells and strains, whereby you may alleviate
hunc dolorem, et deponere magnam partem
this mental disease, and expel a great part
362 EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
morbi. Tumes amore laudis?

of the distemper. Do you swell with the love of praise t
Sunt certa piacula, quse porterunt recreare
There are certain remedies, which will be able to restore
te lecto 1 i bello ter pure.

you by reading the treatise three times as a purification.
Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus,

The envious, the choleric, the indolent, the drunkard,
amator; nemo est adeo ferus, ut non possit

the licentious ; none is so wild, that he cannot
mitescere, si modo com mode t patientem aurem
grow tame, if he only lend a patient ear
culturœ. Fugere vitium, est
to instruction. To avoid vice is (the most elementary)
virtus ; et caruisse stultitia, prima
virtue ; and to have lived free from folly is the most elementary
sapientia. Vides, quanto labore animi capitisque

wisdom. Той see, with how great labor of mind and body
devites exiguum censum, turpemque repulsam,
you shun a small fortune, and shameful repulse (at the
quse credis esse maxima mala.

polls,) which you reckon to be the greatest evils.
Impiger mercator curris ad extremos

As an indefatigable merchant you run to the remotest
Indos, fugiens panperiem per mare, per

Indies, fleeing poverty through the sea, through
saxa, per ignes ; non vis discere et
rocks, through fires; will you not learn and
audi re, et credere meliori, ne cures
hear, and credit a wiser, that you may not regard
ea, quœ stulte miraris et optas?

these things which you foolishly admire and wisht
Quis pugnax circum pagos et
What boxer (who goes) the round of the villages and
circum compita con tem nat coronari magna
the cross-ways wousd despise to be crowned at the great
EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 363
Olympia, cui sit spes, cui conditio

Olympic games, who has any hope, who has an offer
dulcis palmee sine pulvere? Argentum

of the sweet palm without dust (exertion?) Silver
est vilius auro, aurum virtutibus.
is worth less than gold, gold less than virtues.
" О cives, cives, pecunia quœre nda primum ;
" О citizens, citizens, money must be sought after first;
. »
virtus post nu m mos Janus summits
" Janus
virtue after money : the whole from the top
ab i mo prodocet h sec ; juvenes senesque
to the bottom holds forth these things; young and old
recinunt hœc dictatâ. Est tibi animus, sunt
repeat these You have a spirit, you have
mores, est lingua que fídes ; sed

morals, you have a ready tongue and loyalty; but
sex septem millia desint

let six or seven thousand sesterces be wanting
quadringentis, eris plebs. At

to four hundred thousand, you will be a plebeian. But
pueri ludentes ahmt, "Eris rex, si facies
boys when playing say, "You shall be king, if you do
recte." Hic esto aêneus murns, conscire
well." Let this be (man's) brazen wall, to be conscious
eibi nil, pallescere nulla culpa.

to himself of no guilt, to turn pale with no crime.
Dic sodes, Roscia lex melior, an nenia

Tell me, pray, is Roscius's law better, or the ditty
puerorum, quse offert regnum facientibus

of the boys, which offers a kingdom to those who do
recte, decantata et mari bus Curiis, et

well, ever on the lips of both the manly (brave) Curii, and
Camillis ? Isne melius suadet tibi, qui, Facias
Camillit Does he better advise you, who says, Маkе
rem ; rem, si possis recte ; si non, rem
afortune; afortune, if you can honestly; if not, afortune
quocunque mod о ; ut propius

in any way; that you may {from a seat) nearer the stage
spectes lacrymosa poemata Pupi : an

behold the tear-drawing (affecting) tragedies of Pupius : or
qui presens hortatur et aptat te liberum et
he who standing by you exhorte and fits you, free and
erectum responsare superbœ fortunœ? Quod si
erect to defy proud fortune t But if
Romanus populus forte roget me, cur
the Roman populace by chance should ask me why
non sic fruar isdem judiciis ut
Ido not so use the same opinions as I use
porticibus, nec sequar, aut fugiam, quœ

the (same) colonnades, nor follow, or fleefrom, what
ipse diligit vel odit referam, quod

I will reply,
:
they themselves love or hate: what
olim cauta vulpes respondit œgroto leoni :
formerly the wary fox answered sick
to the Hon:
" omnia
Quia vestigia spectantia adversum te,
"Because all the foot-steps looking towards you,
nulla retrorsum, terrent me." Est bellua multorum

none backwards, frighten me." II is a beast of many
capitum ; nam quid sequar, aut quem ? pars
heads; for what I
shall follow, or whom t some
hominum gestit conducere publica: sunt

men rejoice to take state contracte: there are some
qui venentur avaras viduas crustis ac

who go hunting for greedy widows with tidbits and
pomis, excipiantque senes, quos mittant

fruit, and entrap old men, whom they may send (like
in vivaria : multis res

fish) into their ponds: to many men their fortune
crescit occulto fœnore. Verum esto, alios
grows by seeret usury. But granted, that different men
teneri aliis rebus studiisque : possunt
are devoted to different things and studies: can
idem durare horam probantes

the same men continue an hour approving
eadem? Si dives dixit, "Nullus
the same things t If a rich man has said, "No
sinus in orbe prœlucet amœnis Baiis;"
retreat in the morid outshines the charming В aia; "
lacus et mare sentit a more m heri
the lake and the sea feel the eagerness of the master
festiuantis : si vitiosa libido fecerit

hastening thither : if a morbid caprice has lent
auspicia m oui; "Fabri, eras,

its sanction to any one, (he will cry :) "Artificers, to-morrow
tolletis ferramenta Teanum." Est genialis
you must carry your tools to Teanum." Is the marriage
lectus in aula? Ait nil esse

couch in his hallt He says that nothing is
prius, nil melius cœlibe vita : si

more desirable, nothing better than a single life : if
non est jurat esse bene maritis solis.
there is not, he swears that it is well with husbands alone.
nodo teneam P rotea mutantem

Quo
With what knot am I
to hold (this) Proteus thus varying
vultus? Quid pauper? Ride: mutat

his formst What does the poor man t Laugh: he changes
cœnacula, lectos, balnea, tonsores ; conducto navigio,

his garrets, beds, baths, barbers ; in his hired bark,
seque nauseat ac locuples, quem priva

he is equally surfeited as therichman, whom his own private
tri rem is ducit. Si occurro capillos cu ra tus
trireme carries. If I meet you having had my hair attended to
insequali tonsore, rides: si

(cut) by a bungling barber, you laugh (at me :) if
forte tri ta
subucula subest pexse t unicse,
by chance a threadbare shirt is under my fresh tunic,
f
vel si
if
toga
my gown
24
dissidet
sits awry and
impar
does
;
not fit.
rides.
you laugh.
Quid? Quum mea aententia pugnat secum;

What t When my judgment, is at variance with itself;
spernit quod petiit; repetit quod nuper

despises what it desired ; demands again what lately
omisit; œstuat, âс disconvenit
it let go; is as changeful as the sea, and is inconsistent
toto ordine vitœ; diruit, sedificat, mutat
in of life ; pulls down, builds up, changes
the whole tenor
quadrata rotundis? Putas me insauire

square things with round t Тоu think me mad
solemnia, neque rides, nec credis

in the ordinary way, neither do you laugh, nor believe
me egere medici, neque curatoris dati

I
that have need of a physician, nor of a guardian assigned
a prœtore : quum sis tutela mearum

by the prœtor : though you are the protector of my
rerum, et stomacheris ob prave sect um unguem
affairs, and are vexed on account of the ill-pared nail
amici pendentis de te, respicieutis te.
of a friend depending on you, (and) respecting you.
Ad summam, sapiens est minor Jove uno, dives,

In fine, the wise man is less than Jove alone, rich,
liber, honovatus, pulcher, denique rex regum ; prœcipue

free, noble, beautiful, lastly king of kings ; above all
sanus, nisi quum pituita est molesta.
he is sound, unless when phlegm is troublesome.
EPISTLE II.
TO LOLLIUS.
He prefers Homer to all the philosophers, as a moral wriser, and

advUes an early cultivasion of virsue.
Lolli Maxime, dum tu declamas Romœ,

Ijollius Мazimus, while you are declaiming at Моте,
EPISTLES OF HORACE; — BOOK I. 367
rrelegi have read over

scriptorem
the writer of
Trojani
the Trojan
belli
war
Prœneste : qui dicit quid як pulchrum, quid
at Promeste: who declares what is praiseworthy, what
turpe, quid utile, quid non, planius, ac
base, what profitable, what not, more clearly and
melius Chrysippo et Crantore. Audi cur
better than Chrysippus and Grantor. Hear why
crediderim nisi quid distinct te. Fabula,
I
i ta,
believe so, unless anything prevente you. Thestory,
qua Grsecia narratur propter amorem Paridis

wherein Greece is said on account of the love of Paris
collisa lento duello
to have been battered in a protracted war against a
barbarise, eontinet sestus stultorum
foreign country, delineates the fiery passions offoolish
regum ac populorum. Antenor censet prœcidere
kings and peoples. Antenor advises to cut-off
causam belli: Quid Paris? Negat posse

the cause of the war: What does' Paris t He say s he cannot be
cogi, ut regnet sal vus
forced, (though it be) in order that he may reign secure
vivatque beatus. Nestor festinat componere lites

and live happy. Nestor hastens to settle the differences
inter Peliden et inter Atriden. Amor, hunc,

between Achilles and Agamemnon. Love inflames the one,
ira quidem urit utrumque commumter.Quidquid
rage indeed fires both in common. Whatever (folly)
reges delirant, Achivi plectuntur.
kings commit, the Greeks have to suffer (for it.')
Peccatur seditione, dolis, scelere,
Enormities are committed by sedition, treachery, villany,
atque libidine, et ira intra et extra Iliacos
and lust, and rage within and without the Trojan
muros. Rursum quid virtus, et quid sapientia
walls. Again (to show) what virtue, and what wisdom
possit, proposuit nobis Ulyssen utile exemplar :

can do, he represented to us Ulysses as a useful pattern:
qui domitor Trmse, providus inspexifc

who being the subduer of Troy, wisely inspected
urbes et mores multorum hominum, dumque

the cities and the manners of many men, and while
reditum sibi, dum sociis
Sarat
e prepares a return for himself, and for his companions,
per latum sequor, pertulit multa âspera,

over the wide sea, he endured many hardships,
immersabilis adversis undis
(a man) not to be overwhelmed by the adverse waves
rerum. Nosti voces Sirenum,

of misfortune. Тоuknow (the story of ) the songs of the Sirens,
et pocula Circse ; quœ, si stultus cupidusque
and cups of Circe; of which, he foolishly and eagerly
bibisset cum sociis, fuisset
had drunk with his companions, he would have been
turpis et excore sub meretrice domina ;

debased and void of reason under a prostitute mistress;
vixisset immundus canis, vel bus amica
he would have lived a filthy dog, or a sow delighting
Into. Nos sumus numerus, et nati consumere
in mire. We are but ciphers, and born to consume
fruges, sponsi Penelopœ,

the fruits of the earth, like the suitors of Penelope,
nebulones, Alcinoi juventusque operato plus
mere worthless fellows, like Alcinous' youth, busied more
œquo in curanda cute ; cui

than (was) proper in pampering their skin (bodies ;) to whom
fuit pulchrum dormire in medios dies,

it appeared glorious to sleep till the middle of the day,
et ducere curam cessa tu m ad

and to draw care to an end (lull their caree to rest) to
strepitum citharœ. Latrones surgunt de nocte,

the sound of the cithara. Thieves rise by night.
ut jugulent homines : non expergiseeris,

that they may murder men: will not you wake up,
ut serves teipsum? Atqui si nolis
that you may save yourself t But if you will not
sanus, curres hydropicus: et ni
when well, you shall run when dropsical; and unless
posees librum cum lumine ante diem; si

you call for a book with a light before day, if
non intendis animum studiis et honestis
you do not direct your mind to studies and honest
rebus, torquebere vigil invidia

occupations, you will be tormented when awake with ensy
vel amore. Nam cur festinas demere
or with love. For why do you hasten to remove
quse lsedunt oculum? si quid est

the things which hurt the eye t if anything saps
animum, differs tempus curandi in annum ?

the soul, do you defer the time of curing it for a year t
Habet di m id i um facti, qui eœpit. Aude
He has the half of the work done who has begun. Dare
sapere : incipe. Qui prorogat horam vivendi

to be wise: begin. He who defers the time of living
recte, rusticus expectat dum amnis defluat :
virtuously, (like) the cloum waits till the river runs dry:
at ille labitur, et labetur volubilis in omne
but it flows, and will flow, rolling on through every
œvum. Argentum quœritur, uxorque beata
age. Money is sought after, and a wife rich
creandis pueris, et incultse
(fruitful) in bearing children, and the uncultivated
sylvse pacantur vomere. Cui

woods are subdued by the ploughshare. Let him te whom
contingit quod est satis, optet nihil

there is allotted what is suffieient wish for nothing
amplius. Non domus et fundus,

more. Not a town house and land,
370 EPISTLES OF HORACES— BOOK I.
nou acervus œris et auri deduzit febres

not a heap of brass and gold remove fevers
ffigroto corpore domini,, non curas
from the diseased body of (their) master, nor cares
animo. Opertet possessor

from his mind. It is necessary that the possessor be in
valeat, si cogitat bene uti
good health if he proposes properly to enjoy the
rebus comportatis. Domus ac res sic juvat

possessions acquired. A house and estate so delight
ilium qui cupit aut metuit, ut
him who desires (more) or fears (for what he has) as
pictœ tabulse lippum fomenta

painted pictures do the blear-eyed man, fomentations
podagrum, citharse auriculas dolentes
the gouty man, (as) harps the ears (of those) suffering from
collecta sorde. Nisi vas est since rum,
accumulated dirt. Unless the vessel is clean,
quodcnnque infundas, acescit. Sperne voluptates ;

whatever you pour in becomes sour. Despise pleasures;
voluptas empta dolore nocet. Avárus

pleasure bought with pain is hurtful. A covetous man
semper cget; pete certum fine ra voto,

м always in want; set a certain limit to your desire.
Invidus macrescit opimis rebus alterius :
An envious man pines away at the prosperity of another:
Siculi tyranni non invenere majus tormentum
the Sicilian tyrants did not invent a greater torment
invidia. Qui non moderabitur irœ,

than envy. He who will not govern his anger,
volet esse infectum quod dolor . ao
shall wish (that) to be undone which indignation and
mens suaserit, dum per vim festinat
wrath prompted, while by violence he is eager to exact
рое n as inulto odio. Ira est brevis

vengeance with unchecked bitterness. Anger is a short
EPISTI.ES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 371
furor. Rege auimum ; qui, nisi paret,

madness. Govern your passion; which, unless it obeys,
imperat; tu compesce hunc frsenis, hunc

is lord; do you curb this with reins, this
catena. Magister fiugit docilem equum
with a chain. The master teaches the docile horse,
cervice tenera, ire viam qua

while the neck is yet tender, to go the way which
eques monstret: venations catulus militat

the rider directs (him:) the hunting whelp campaigns it
in sylvis, ex quo tempore latravit cervinam
in the woods from the time when hebarkedat the deer' s
pellem in aula. Nunc, puer, adbibe

skin in the courtyard. Now, while a boy, drink in
verba puro pectore; nunc offer
these words (of wisdom) with a pure heart; now put
te melioribus. Testa
yourself in the way of better (wiser) men. The cask will
diu servabit odorem, quo est semel
long preserve the
flavor wherewith it has once been
imbuta recens. Quod si cessas, aut

tinged (seasoned) when new. But if you lag, or
strenuus anteis ; nec
enthusiastically go toofast (in reform) for me; I neither
operior tard um, nec insto prœcedentibus.
wait for the slow, nor tread on the heels of those preceding me.
EPISTLE III.
TO JULIUS FLORUS.
After inquiring about Claudius Tiberius Nero, and some of his

friends, he exhorss Flonu to the study of philosophy.
Juli Flore, laboro

Julius Florus. I desire greatly to
scire,
know
quibus
on what
372 EPISTLES OF HOBACE — BOOK I.
oris terrarum Claudius, privignus Augusti,

shores of the world Claudius, the step-son of Augustus,
militat. Thracane, Hebrusque vinctua
i« campaigning. Does Thrace and the Hebras bound
nivali compede, an freta currentia inter

with the icy chain, or do the straits running between
vicinas turres, an pingues campi collesque

the neighboring towers, or the fertile plains and the hills
Asiœ morantur vos? Quid operum

of Asia detain y out What (sort of) works
studiosa cohors struit? Curo

is your studious suite composing t I am concerned about
hoc quoque : Quis sumit sibi scribere

this also: Who takes upon himself to write
gestas res Augusti ? quis diffundit

the mighty exploits of Augustust who is transmitting
bella et paces in longum sevum ?
his wars and treaties of peace to a distant age t
Quid Titius, brevi venturns

What is Titius doing, (whose name will) shortly be
in Romana ora? qui non expalluit

in every Roman mouth t who turned not pale
haustus Pindarici fontis, ausus
at the draughts of the Pindaric fountain, having dared
fastidire lacus, et rivos apertos;
to disdain the (artificial) lakes and streamlets accessible (to
ut valet? ut meminit nostri ? studetne aptare

all;) is he well t does he think of me t does he study to adapt
Thebanos modos Latin is fidibus, Musa
the Theban measures to the Latin lyre, the Muse
auspice? an desœvit et ampullatur

inspiring t or does he work his rage out and dash on his colors
m tragica arte? Quid mihi Celsue agit?
in the tragic artt How is my Celsus getting ont
Monitus', multumque monendus, ut
Having been advised and much requiring to be advised, to
q uœrat opes privates, ac vitet

seek stores of his own (private resources,) and avoid
tangere scripta qusecunque Palatinus Apollo

touching the writings which the Palatine Apollo
recepit: ne, si forte grex

has taken under his charge: lest, if by chance the flock
avium olim venerit repetitum suas plumas,
of birds hereafter should come to reclaim their feathers,
cornicula nudata furtivis coloribus moveat
the jack-daw stripped of his stolen colors should excite
risum. Quid ipse audes?
laughter. What are you yourself venturing on(undertaking?)
Quse thy ma agilis circumvolitas? Non tibi

What thyme are you busily fluttering about t Тоu have not
parvum ingenium ; non est incultum ac

an insignificant genius; it is not unpolished and
turpiter hirtum. Seu acuis linguam

disgracefully rough. Whether you sharpen your tongue
causis, seu paras respondere
for (legal) causes, or prepare to give opinions
jura civica; seu condur

on (disputed points of) the law of the land; or compose
amabile carmen ; feres prima prsemia

a charming poem; you shall bear away the chief prizes
victricis ederse. Quod si posses
of the victorious ivy. But if you could
relinquere frígida fomenta curarum, ires

relinquish chilling fomentations of cares, you would go
quo coelestes sapientia duoeret te. Parvi

as far as heavenly wisdom would lead you. Let us small
et ampli properemus hoc opus, hoc Studium,
and great hasten this work, this (chosen) pursuit,
si volumus vivere cari patrise, si
if we would live highly esteemed by our country, if
nobis. Debes rescribere hoc etiam :
by ourselves. You ought to write me back (report) this also:
si Munatius est curse tibi,

whether Munatius is an object of regard to you,
quanta; conveniat ; an male sarta gratia

as much as he ought (to be;) or the ill-patched reconciliation
coit nequicquam ac rescinditur; ac seu
joins to no purpose and breaks open again; also whether
calidus sanguis, seu inscitia rerum

(your) hot blood, or inexperience (ignorance) of the world
vexat vos feros indomita cervice?
chafes you on, wüd (as you are) with untamed neckt
Ubicunqne locorum vivitis, indigni rumpere

In whatever place you live, too worthy to break
fraternum foedus, votiva jnvenca pascitur in vestrum

the fraternal bond, a votive heifer isfeeding for your
reditum.
return.
EPISTLE IV.
TO ALBIUS TIBULI/Uß.
Be declares his accomplishments ; and, afser proposing the thoughs

of deash, converss is inso an occasion of pleasantry.
Ai„bi, candide judex nostrorum sermonum, quid

Albius, fair critic of my satires, what
dicam te faceré nunc in regione
shall I say that you are doing now in the district
Pedana? Scribere quod vincat

about Pedumt That you are writing what may surpass
opuscula Cassi Parmensis? an

(in number) the minor works of Cassius of Parma t or
tacitum reptare inter salubres sylvas,
silently sauntering amongst the healthful groves,
curantem quidquid est dignum sapiente bonoque?

meditating whatever is worthy of a man wise and good t
Tu non eras corpus sine pectore. Di

Той were never body without soul. The gods
dederunt tibi formam, tibi divitias, artemque

haste granted to you beauty, to you riches, and the art
fruendi. Quid majus nutricula voveat
of enjoying them. What more could a nurse wish
dulci alumno, qui possit sapere, et
for her darling foster-child, if he could think, and
fari quœ sentiat, et cui gratia, fama,
express what he thinks, and to whom esteem, reputation,
valetudo conti ngat abunde, et mundus victus,
health fall in abundance, and a decent living,
non deficiente Camena. Inter spem curamque,
with a never-failing poetic vein. Amidst hope and care,
inter timores et iras, crede omnem
amidst fears and angry passions, imagine that every
diem diluxisse tibi supremum. Hora, quœ

day has dawned upon you as the last. The hour, that
non sperabitur, superveniet grata. Quum
shall not be expected, will come the more welcome. When
voles ridere vises me pinguem ac

you shall wish to laugh you shall visit me plump and
nitidum bene curata cute, porcum de
sleek with a well cared-for skin, a hog from
grege Epicuri.
the nerd of Epicurus.
EPISTLE V.
TO TORQUATUS.
Be invises him to a frugal entert-ainmeni, but a cleanly and cheerful

one.
Torquate, si potes recumbere conviva

Torquatus, if you can bear to recline as my guest
376 EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOR I.
Archiacis lectis, nee times coenare omne

upon Archias' couches, and do not fear to sup on all
olus
kinds of vegetables
modica
in a moderate
patella,
dish, I will
manebo
await
te
you
domi supremo sole. Bibes vina diffusa
at home about sun-set. Той shall drink wines racked off
Tauro i ter um (consule) inter palustres
when Taurus was a second time (consul) between the marshy
Minturnas, Petrinumque Sinuessanum. Si babes

Min turna, and Petrinus of Sinuessa. If you have
quid melius, arcesse ; vel fer

anything better, send it; or else put up with (follow)
imperium. Jamdudum focus splendet,

my directions. Now for sometime thehearth has been bright,
et supellex munda tibi. Mitte

and the furniture clean in honor of you. Dismiss
leves spes, et oertamina divitiarum, et
your vain hopes, and the struggle for wealth, and
causam Mosch i . С ras, festus dies
the cause of Moschus. To-morrow, a festal day
Csesare nato, dat veniam que
on account of Cœsar's birth, admits of indulgence and
somnum. Licebit impune tendere œstivam

sleep. Л shall be allowed freely toprotract the summer
noctem benigno sermone. Quo fortunas

night in genial conversation. What are fortune's gifts
mihi, si -non conceditur uti?

to me, if Iam not permitted to use themt The man
Parcus nimiumque severas ob curam

who is sparing and too niggardly from regard (to the
hœredis assidet insano.
interests) of his heir is next door to a madman.
potare et spargere flores, patiarque

/Tncipiam
дам begin to drink and scatter flowers, and will bear
haberi vel inconsultus. Quid
to be accounted even a madman (if you will.) What
non ebrietas designat? recludit

wonders does not warmth of wine workt it discloses
operta ; jubet spes esse ratas ;

secrets ; it bids our hopes be ratified ;
trudit inertem ad prœlia; eximit onus
it pushes on the coward to battis ; it takes the load
solicitis animis; addocet artes: quem
from anxious minds ; it teaches arts : whom
non fecund i calices fecere disertum ; quem non

have not plentiful glasses made eloquent; whom not
solutum in contracta Ego

I
paupertate? et
free in contracted poverty t being both
idoneus, et non invitus, imperor

a fit person, and not unwilling, charge myself
procurare hœc ; ne turpe toral, ne sordida

to take care of these ; lest a faded sofa covering, lest afoul
mappa corrugct nares ; ne et cantharus
napkin make you turn up your nose ; lest both the cup
et lanx non ostendat te tibi ; ne

and the plate should not show you to yourself; lest
sit inter fidos amicos qui eliminet

there be among faithful friends one who may carry
foras dicta; ut par coëat,
out of doors what is said ; that equal may meet
jungaturque pari. Assumam Butram

and be joined with equal. Iwill have Butra and
Septiciumque tibi, et Sabinum, ni

Septitius too for you, and Sabinus, unless
prior cœna que puella potior

an earlier engagement and a mistress whom he prefers
detinet. Est locus et pluribus

detain him. There is room even for more uninvited
umbris : sed olidœ caprœ prœmunt nimis
guests : but stinking (smell of) goats oppresses too
arcta convivia. Tu rescribe

tlosely -packed entertainments. Do you write back
378 EPI8TLES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
quotus velis esse; et

what number you would like (the party) tobe; and
rebus omissis, postico falle

setting butiness one side, by the back door give the slip to
clientem servantem atria.

your client who is watching in the hall (for you.)
EPISTLE VI.
TO NUMICIUS.
That a wise man is in love wish noshing bus virtue.
Admiraki nil, Numici, est prope una

To admire nothing, Numicius, is almost the one
solaque res, quse possit facere et servare beatum.

and only thing, that can make and keep one happy.
Sunt, qui imbuti nulla formidine,

There are some, who impressed with no fear
spectant hunc solem, et Stellas, et tempora
behold this sun, and these stars, and the seasons
decedentia certis momentis. Quid censes

retiring at certain periods. What do you think of
munera terrœ ? Quid maris ditantis
the gifts of the earth t What of the sea enriching
extremos Arabas et Indos? Quid ludicra,
the remotest Arabians and Indians t What of the shows,
plausus et dona amici Qu iritis? Quo

applause and favors of the kind Romant In what
modo, quo sensu et ore
manner, with what feelings, and with what countenance
credis spectanda? Qui timet
think you (they are) to be viewedt He who dreads
adversa his, miratur fere
the reverse of these, esteems them, as a rule,
eodem l>acto quo cupiens. Pavor est

in the same way as one craving them. The excitement is
molestus utrobique, improvisa species
injurious in either case, an unforeseen appearance (of
exterret utrumque simul : gaudeat,
things) frightens each alike : whether one rejoices,
an doleat, cupiat metuatne; quid

or grieves, whether he desires or fears ; what (is it)
ad rem, si quidquid vidit melius pejusve
to the purpose, if whatever he sees better or worse
sua spe, oculis defixis,
than Ms expectation, with eyes fixed in astonishment,
torpet animoque . et corpore? Sapiens

he is stupefied both in mind and in bodyt Let the wise man
ferat nomen insani, seqmis iniqui; si
bear the name of a fool, the just of unjust; if
petat virtutem ipsa m ultra quam est satis.
he pursues virtue itself beyond what is sufficient
I nunc, suspice vetus argentum
(proper limits.) Gо now, gaze upon antique silver plate
et marmor, œraque, et % artes ;
and marble statues, and bronzes, and works of art;
mirare Tyrios colores cum gemmis; gaua6
admire . Tyrian colors with jewelled cups ; rejoice
quod mille oculi spectant te loquentem ;

because a thousand eyes gaze on you while you speak ;
gnavus mane pete Forum, et
industrious early in the morning seek the Forum, and
vespertinus tectum ; ne Mutus emetat plns

late at night your home; lest Mutus reap more
frumenti dotalibus agris, et (quod sit indignum)

corn from his dower lands, and (which is scandalous)
hic ortus pejoribus sit potius mirabilis
he, sprung from meaner parents, be rather admired
tibi, quam tu illi. Quidquid est sub terra
by you, than you by him. Whatever is under the earth
setas proferet in apricum ; defodiet

time will bring to the light of day ; it will bury
condetque nitentia. Cum porticus Agrippœ,
and hide them in their glory. Though the portico of Agrippa,
et Appi via conspexerit te bene
and the Appian way shall have beheld you as a weü
notum ; tamen restat ire

known citizen ; yet it remains (for you) to go to that place
quo Numa et Ancus devenit. Si latus
where Numa and Ancus descended. If your side
aut renes tentantur acuto morbo, quœre
or kidneys are attacked with an acute distemper, seek
fugam morbi. Vis vivere recte?

an -escape from the disease. Do you desire to live aright
Quis non? Si virtus una potest dare

(happily ?) Wlw does not t If virtue alone can grant
hoc; omissis deliciis fortis age
this, having abandoned pleasures. strenuously pursue
hoc. Putas virtutem verba, et
(Дм (course. ) Do you think virtue mere words, and
lucum , ligna? Cave ne alter occupet
a sacred grove but logs t Bee that no other reach
portus, ne perdas negotia

the port (before you, ) that you do not lose your trade
Cibyratica ne Bithyna. Mille talenta

tsith Cibyra or Bithynia. Let a thousand talents
rotundeutur, totidem altera, et porro

be rounded off, as many more, and moreover
jertia succedant, et pars quse

let a third (thousand) succeed, and (that) sum which
quadret acervum. Scilicet regina Pecunia

may square the heap. For of course sovereign money
donat uxorem cum dote, fidemque,

(Queen Cash) gives a wife with a dower, credit too,
et amicos, et genus, et formam; ac
and friends, and family, and beauty; and
Suadela Venusque decorat bene nummatum.

Persuasion and Venus grace the viell- moneyed man.
Rex Cappadocum, locuples mancipiis, eget

The king of the Cappadoeians, rich in slaves, wants
œris : ne tu fueris hic. Lucullus, ut aiunt,
money: be not you like him. Lucullus, as they say,
rogatus si posset prsebere centum chlamydes

being asked if he could furnish a hundred cloaks
ait " tot ?

scense, Qui possim Tamen
I
:
to the stage, says: "Hovt can so many t However
et quseram, et, quot habebo mittam."

Iwill both inquire, and, as many as I have Iwill send."
Paulo post scribit, esse sibi domi quinque
Soon after he writes, that he has at home five
millia chlamydum : tolleret partem vel omnes. Est
thousand cloaks : let him take part or all. It is
exilis domas, ubi non et multa
a poor house where there are not also many things
supersunt, et fallunt dominum,
superfluous, and («AseA) escape the notice of the master,
et prosunt furibus. Ergo, si res sola

and benefit the thieves. Therefore, if wealth alone
potest facere et servare beat um ; primus

can make and keep you happy, be the first
répetas hoc opus post rem us omittas hoc. Si

in beginning this work, last in giving it up.
species et gratia praestat fortunatum ; mercemur

state and popularity make one happy let us purchase
servum, qui dictet nomina,

a slave, who may tell us the names (of influential citizens,)
qui fodicet lœvum latus, et cogat
who may nudge us on the left side, and make us
porrigere dextram trans pondera: "Hic

stretch the right hand over obstacles: "This man
multum valet in Fabia, ille Velina ;
has great interest in the Fabian, that in the Veline tribe ;
25
3«2 EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
liic dabit fasces cui libet,

this man will give the fasces to whom he pleases;
importunusque eripiet Curule ebur

and ruthlessly will snatch the enrule ivory chair
cui volet." Adde, frater, pater, ut
from whom he will." Add (the titles,) brother, father, as
cuique œtas est; ita facetus adopta quemque

every one's age is; so courteously adopt every one.
Si qui coenat bene vivit bene, lucet, eamus

If he who sups well lives well, it is day; let us go
quo gula ducit: piscemur, venemur, ut

whither the appetite leads us: let us fish, let us hunt, as
olim Gargilius, qui jubebat plagas

formerly Gargilius did, who ordered his nets,
venabula, servos transire differtum Forum
hunting-spears, slaves to cross the crowded Forum
Camnumque mane : ut units

and Campus Martius early in the morning: that one
mu lus e multis, referret emtum aprum,

mule of the many might bring home a purchased boar,
populo spectante. lAvemur crudi

in the sight of the people. Let us bathe with an undigested
tumidique, obliti quid deceat,

and full-swollen(b\o&teà)stomach, forgetting what isbecoming,
quid non ; digni cera Cœrite, vitiosum

what not; worthy the register of the Cœrites, like the depraved
remigium Ulyssei Ithacensis; cui interdicta

crew of Ulysses of Ithaca; to whom forbidden
voluptas fuit potior patria.
pleasure was more agreeable than their native country.
Si, uti Mimnermus censet, nil est jucundum sine
If, as Mimnermus thinks, nothing is pleasant without
amore jocisqne ; vivas in amore jocisque.
love and mirth; may you live in love and mirth.
Vive, vale. Si novisti quid -- recti us
Live, farewell. If you know anything better
EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK i, 383
istis, Candidus imperti : si non, utere

than these maxime, candidly impart tí: if not, км
his mecum.
Mese with me.
EPISTLE VIL
TO MECENAS.
Be apologizes for his long absence from Some; and

to ifsecenas
acknowledges his favors to him in such a manner as to declare
libersy preferable so all osher blessings.
Pollicitus tibi me futurum rure

Having promised you I
that would be in the country
mendaz desideror totum

quinque dies,
jive days (or so,) false to my word I am absent the whole
sextilem : atqui si vis me vivere sanum

month of August : but if you wish me to live sound
recteque valentem ; quam veniam das mihi

and perfectly well, what indulgence you give me
œgro, Mœcenas, dabis timenti

when sick, Mœcenas, you will grant me when fearing
segrotare ; dum prima ficus calorque decorat
to be sick ; while the first fig and heat adorn
designatorem lictoribus atris : dum

the undertaker with his attendants clothed in black : while
omnis pater et matercula pallet
every father and every mother turn pale (with fear)
pueris; seduli tasque ofíiciosa et

for their boys ; and assiduity in showing attentions and
opella forensis adducit febres, ac

the petty business of the forum bringen fevers, and
resignat testamenta. Quod si bruma ilHnet nives

unseal wills. But us soon as winter sprinkles the snows
Albanis agris, tuus vates descendet

upan the Alban fields, your bard will go down
384 EPISTLES OF HORACE —BOOK I.
ad mare, et parcet sibi, legetque

towards the sea, and take care of himself, and read
contractus : reviset tej dulcis amice,
bundled up : he will revisit you, dear friend,
cum Zephyris, si concedes, et prima
with the Zephyrs, if you will permit, and with the first
hirundine. Tu fecisti me locupletem, non
swallow. Тоu have made me rich, not
more quo Calaber bospes jubet
in the manner in which the Calabrian host invites (his
vesci pyris.
guest) to eat his pears.
Vescerc,
I pray
sod es.
Eat, thee.
Jam
I
est satis.
Now have enough.
At tu tolle quantum vis.

But do you take with you as much as you please.
Benigne.
No, thank you.
Feres non invisa munuscula
Той will carry them home not disagreeable presents
parvis pueris.
to your little children.
Tam teneor dono, quam si
I am as much obliged by your gift as if
dimittar onustus.
/ were sent away loaded.
Ut libet : relinquis hœc comedenda hodie

As you please : you leave these to be eaten to-day
porcis.
by the hogs.
Prodigus âс stultus donat quse

( Л is only) the prodigal and fool that gives away what
speruit et odit : hœc seges

- not value and
he does (in fact) dislikes : this sowing
tulit ac feret ingratos omnibus

has produced and will produce ungrateful men in all
annis. Vir bonus et sapiens ait esse
ages. The man good and wise declares himself to be
paratus dignis : nec tamen ignorat, quid

ready for the worthy : nor yet is he ignorant in what
distent lupinis. Prsestabo
I will
sera
respect bronze coins differ from counters. prove
me dignum etiam pro laude

myself worthy also in accordance with the renown
merentis. Quod si noles me

of my benefactor. But if you be unwilling that I (should)
discedere usquam, reddes forte
leave you for any other place, you must restore my strong
latus, nigros capillos angusta fronte :

ehest, my black locks on my narrow forehead : you must
reddes dulce loqui ; reddes decorum ridere et
restore my sweet voice ; you. will restore my easy laugh and
m œ re re inter vina fugam
(the art of) whining over my liquor at the jilting
protervse Cynarse. Forte tenuis volpecula
of the roguish Cynara. By chance a slender (thin) fox
repserat per angustam rimam in cumeram
had crept through a narrow chink into a basket
frumenti ; que pasta tendebat ire foras
of corn ; and having fed (feasted) tried to go out
rursum pleno corpore, frustra.

again withafull body (with its body stuffed full,) but in vain.
Cui mustela procul ait, "Si vis effugere
" If you would escape
To whom a weasel from a distance cries,
istinc, repеtes m acra a retum cavum, quem
thence, you must repair lean to the narrow hole, which
Si
I
subisti macra." ego compellor hac
you entered lean." If am assailed by this
imagine,
image, I transfer
resigno
back to you
cuncta
all:
:
I nec
neither,
satur
surfeited
altilium laudo somnum

with delicacies, cry up (praise) the (sound) sleep
plebis, nee muto liberrima otia

of the common people, nor change my independent ease
divitiis Arabum. Sœpe laudasti

for the riches of the Arabians, Той often commended me
verecundum : audisti rexque paterque

as modest : you have been addressed as both king and father
coram, neque parcius verbo
in your presence, nor more sparingly by a (single) word
absens. Inspice si possum lsetus reponere

when absent. Try (see) whether Iean cheerfully resign
donata. Telemachus proles patientis
what you have bestowed. Telemachus, the son of the patient
Ulyssei baud male :

" Ithacse non est locus
Ulysses, (replied) not amiss: "Ithaca is not aplace
aptus equis, ut neque porrectus planis
fit for horses, as being neither extended in level
spatiis, nec prodigus multœ herbse: Atride,
courses, nor abounding in much grass : Atrides,
relinquam tua dona magis apta

I will leave (unaccepted) your presents as more fit
tibi." Parva decent parvum.
for yourself." Humble means become the humble man.
Jam regia Roma non placet mihi, sed

Now imperial 'Rome does not charm me, but
vacuum Tibur, aut molle Tarentum. Strenuus ac

the quiet Tibur, or mild Tarentum. The active and
fortis Philippus, clarusque agendis causis, dum
bold Philip, famous also for pleading causes, while
redit ab offieiis circiter octavam
he is returning from his employment about two
horam, atque jam grandis natu queritur

o'clock, and being now advanced in age complains
Carinas nimium distare foro;
that the Carinœ were too far distant from the forum,
oonspexit, ut aiunt, quendam

spied, as they say, a certain man (who had been)
adrasum in vacua umbra tonsoris, leniter
clean- shaven in the empty booth of a barber, carelessly
purgantem proprios ungues cultello. " Demetri

cleaning his own nails with a small knife. "Demetrius
fhic puer non lœvus accipiebat jussa
\this slave with alacrity received the commands
Philippi) abi, qusere, et refer;

of Philip,) go, ask, and bring me word,
unde domo, quis, cujus fortunœ, quo

where he comes from, who, of what fortune, of what
patre sit, quoque patrono." It, redit,
father he is, and of what patron." He goes, returns,
enarrat, Vulteium Menam nomine,

tells him that he was Vulteius Mena by name,
prseconem, tenui censu, sine crimine,

M auctioneer, of a small estate, without blemish,
notum et pro pe ra re loco,

reputed both for working with energy at the right time,
et cessare, et quœrere, et
end for taking holiday, both for seeking gain, and
uti, gaudentemque
enjoying it (when obtained,) and is one who delights in his
parvis sodalibus, et certo lare; et
humble companions, and a house of his own ; also
ludis, et, post decisa negotia,
in shows, and, after the dispatch of business, in the
Campo. "Libet scitari ex

Campus Martius. "I should like to know from
ipso quodcunque refers. Dic veniat ad
him himself all that you report. Bid him come to
cœnam." Mena non sane credere: tacitus

supper." Mena does not entirely believeit : but silently
mirari secum. Quid multa? Respondet,

wonder s with himself. Why many words t He answers.
388 EPISTLE6 OF HORACE — BOOK I.
"Benigne."
"I'm much obliged."
Ille neget mihi?
Can it be that he rеfuses me t
Improbas negat, ac negligit aut
The impudent fellow refuses, and disregards o*
horret te.
dreads you.
Philippus occupat Vulteium mane vendentem

Philip surprises Vulteius next morning selling
vilia scruta tunicato popello, ac

hit cheap odds and ends to the tunic' d populace, and
prior jubet salvere. Philippo ille excusare

first bids him good day. To Philip he began to plead
laborem et mercenaria vincla, quod

his work and mercantile obligations, (as his reason) that
non venisset domum mane ; denique
he had not come to his house in the morning ; and then
quod non providisset eum.

that he had not seen himfirst.
'
Sic putato me ignovisse tibi, si
On this condition consider that 1forgive you, if
ooenas mecum hodie.
you sup with me to-day.
Ut libet.
As you please.
Ergo ven ies post non a m-.

Then you will come after the ninth hour (three
nunc i, strenuus auge rem.

o'clock :) now go, strenuously increase your trade.
Ut est ven tu m cœnam, loquutus

When he came to sapper, having talked
dicenda, tacenda, tandem

things indifferent, and things confidential, at last
of
dimittitur dormitum. Ergo ubi piséis
he is allowed to go home to sleep. Therefore when like a fish
мере visus decurrere ad occultum

(A* had) often (been) seen to run to the concealed
hamum, cliens mane, et jam certus

hook, a client in the morning, and now as a constant
conviva; jubetur ire comes

guest, he is desired to go as his (Philip's) attendant
suburbana rura indictis
to his suburban country-seat at the proclaiming of the
Latinis. Impositus
Latin festivals. Biding (in the carriage drawn by) Gallic
mannis, non cessat laudare Sabinum
horses, he does not cease to praise the Sabine
arvum cœlumque. Philippus videt, ridetque :

soil and sky (air.) Philip observes it, and smiles;
et dum quœrit requiem sibi, dum
and while he seeks recreation for himself, while (he
'
risus undique, dum donat
seeks) amusement from any source, by giving him
septem sestertia, promittit Septem

seven thousand sesterces, by promising seven thousand
mutua ; persuadet uti mercetur agellum.
in loan, he persuades him to purchase a small farm.
Mercatur. Ne morer
He purchases one. That I may not detain (not to detain)
te ultra quam est satis longis ambagibus;
you longer than is needful with tedious digressions:
ex nitido fit rusticus, atque
from a dapper townsman he becomes a farmer, and
crepat sulcos ac mera vineta: prœparat

prates of furrows and nothing but vineyards: he prepares
ulmos : immoritur studiis, et
Aи «l7»s: Ae works himself to death over his pursuits, and
senescit amore habendi. Verum ubi
exhausts himself with the desire of having. But when
oves peñere furto, capellœ morbo,

his sheep were lost by thefs, his she-goats by a distemper,
seges men tita sрет, bos est enectus arando :

his crop belied his hope, his ox was worn out by ploughing;
damn arripit caballum
is,
offensus de
being chagrined with his loeeee, he snatches his nag at
media nocte, iratusque tendit ad
midnight, and enraged makes his way (drives) to
œdes Philippi. Quem simul Philippus aspexit

the house of Philip. Whom as soon as Philip saw
scabrum intonsumque "Vultei," ait,

" videris
:
rough and unshaven: "Vulteius," says he, "you seem
mihi esse nimis durus atteutusque."

tome tobe too hardworking and unremitting (in labor.)"
" Pol, patrone," inquit,
" vocares me
"By Pollux, patron," replies he,
" you would call me
miserum, velles mihi verum nomen.

si
poneré
wretched, you would give my true name.
if
me
"
Quod obsecro, et obtestor te per genium
and conjure you, by your genius
I
Wherefore beseech
penatesque deos; redde me

and domestic gods, restore me
priori vitœ."
to my former life."
Qui semel aspexit, quantum
Whoever once has seen, how much (conditions)
dimissa prsestant petitis, redeat mature,
discarded by one excel those sought, let him return in time,
re[>etatque relicta. Est verum quemque
and resume what he left. It is right that every one
metiri se suo modulo ac pede.
should measure himself by his own measure and foot-rule.
EPISTLE VIII.
TO CELSUS ALBINOVANUS.
Thas he was neither well in body, nor in mind : that Celsus should
bear his prosperity wish moderation.
Musa, rogata, refer Celso

My Muse, requested by me, bear (return) to Celsus
Albinovano, comiti scribseque Neronis,

Albinovanus, attendant and secretary of Nero, (my wish)
gaudere, et gerere rem bene. Si
that he may be happy, and , manage his fortune well. If
quseret quid again ; dic,
he shall ask how Iam; tell him that, (though)
minantem multa âс puichra,

promising myself (that 1 will do) many and fine things,
vivere nec recte nec suaviter : baud quia
/ Mm neither well nor agreeably: not because
grando contuderit vîtes, sestusve momorderit

ihe hail has crushed my vines, or the heat parched
oleam : nec quia armentum œgrotet in longinquis
my olives: nor because my cattle are sick in distant
arvis : sed quia minus validus mente quam
pastures: but because, being less healthy in mind than
toto velim audire nil, discere
in the whole
corpore,
body, I desire to hear nothing, to learn
nil, quod levet œgrum offendar
f am offended
:
nothing, suchas might relieve me sickin mind:
fidis medicis, ¡rascar amicis
at my faithful physicians, I am angry with my friends,
cur properent arcere me funesto veterno :
because they hasten to rouse me from my baneful lethargy:
fugiam
I
sequar quse nocuere, quse
pursue the things which hurt me, avoid those which
credam profore ventosus amem Tibur

I
:
believe will benefit (me:) fickle as the wind Hove Tibur
RoinsB, Koma m Tibure. Post bsec,

at Rome, (/ 1оче) Home when at Tibur. After this,
percontare ut valeat ; quo pacto gerat

inquire how he is; after what manner he is getting on
rem, et se; ut placeat
with his official duties, and himself; how he pleases
juveni, utque cohorti. Si dicet,

the young prince, and how his attendants. If he shall say,
recte : primum gaudere ; subinde memento

Very well: first wish him joy; next remember
instillare hoc prœceptum auriculis : ut tu

to instil this precept . into his ears: As you
fortunam, sic nos feremus te, Celse.
bear your fortune, so we shall bear you, Celsus.
EPISTLE IX.'
TO CLAUDIUS TIBERIUS ХЖМ
He recommends Septimius so him.
Claudi, Septimius unus, nimirum

Claudius, Septimius better than any one else, of course,
intelligit quanti facias

knows how much (of how great value) you make (esteem)
me. Nam scilicet quum rogat, et cogit

me. For you must know when he solicits, and compels me
prece, ut coner laudere et t rädere

by his entreaty to undertake to recommend and introduce
se tibi, dignum mente domoque
him to you, as worthy of the judgment and house (family)
Neronis legentis honesta ;
of (a man like) Nero, (ever) choosing (all that is) virtuous ;
quum censet munere
I fungi
.
when he thinks that perform (enjoy) of a

the office
propioris amici ; videt ac novit valdius

somewhat intimate friend ; he sees and knows better than
me ipso quid possim. Dixi multa

myself what can do. I I mentioned many reasons,
quidem,
indeed,
cur abirem timui,

I should
excusatus sed ne
why get away (be) excused :
;
but I was afraid, lest
putarer finxisse mea minora,

1 should be thought to have represented my influence less
dissimulator propriœ opis,

(than it was,) as a dissembler of my real power
commodus mihi uni. Sic ego, fugiens
willing to oblige myseif alone. Thus % avoiding
opprobria majoris culpse, descendi ad
the reproaches of a greater fault, have fallen back upon
prœmia urbanœ frontis. Quod si

the privileges of a town-bred assurance. But
laudas pudorem depösitum ob
you approve of my modesty beinglaid aside on account of
jussa amici, scribe hunc tui
the importunities of a friend, enrol him as one of your
gregis, et crede fortem bonumque.
company, and believe him a true-hearted and worthy man.
EPISTLE X.
TO ABISTIUS FUSCUS.
Se praises a counsry before a city life, as more agreeable to nature

and more friendly to liberty.
A m atores ruris jubemus salvere Fnscum

We lovers of the country say Salve ! (salute) Fuscus,
amatorem urbis ; scilicet multum dissimiles
a lover of the town ; indeed much unlike (each other)
in hac una re : at csetera pene gemellî,
%n this one thing : but as to others almost twins,
fraternis animis: quidquid alter negat, et

of brotherly sentiments : whatever the one denies, aise
alter: annuimus pariter: vetuli notique

the other doM : we assent together : like old and intimate
rivos
columbi, tu servas uidum,
doves, you keep the nest ; I
ego laudo
praise the rivulets of the
amœni runs, et saxa circumlita musco

delightful country, and the rocks overspread with moss,
nemusque. Quid quœris? Vivo

and the grove. Why ask (about each point t) I really live
simul
et
and
regno,
feel myself a king, as soon as I reliqui
have left
ista, quœ vos effertis ad cœlum secundo

those pleasures which you extol to the sky with favoring
fugitivus sacerdotis
I refuse
rumore : utque recuso
acclamation: and as a fugitive (.slave) of a priest
liba;
the sweet wafers ; I
egeo
long
pane,
for (plain) bread,
jam
now
potiore
preferable
mellitis placentis. Si oportet vivere convenienter
to honeyed cakes. If it behooves us to live agreeablf
naturœ, que primum area est quœ renda ponendsp
to nature, and first a site is to be sought out for building
domo; novistine locum potiorem beato
a house ; do you know a placefitter than the blissful
rure? Est, ubi hyemes plus tepeant?

country t Is there any, where the winters are more mild t
Ubi gratior aura leniat et rabiem
Where a more agreeable breeze tempers both the fury
Canis, et momenta Leonis, quam

ef the Dog-star, and the movements of the Lion, when
semel furibundus accepit acutum solem?
once in his mad fury he has felt the piercing sunt
Est, ubi invida cura minus divellat
Is there (a place) where envious care less disturbs
somnos? Herba deterius olet aut nitet
our slumbers t Is the grass inferior in smell or beaut)
EPISTLES OF HORACE— BOOK I. 395
Lîbycis lapillis? Purior aqua tendit

to your Libyan pavements t Does purer water strive
rumpere plumbum in vicis, quam quse

to burst the lead (pipe) in the streets than that which
trepidat cum murmure per pronum

ever hastens with (tremulous) murmuring down its sloping
rivum ? Nempe sylva nutritur inter varias
channel t Why, a wood is reared among your variegated
columnas; domusque laudator, quse
(marble) columns ; and the house is admired which
prospicit longos agros. Expelles

commands (a view of) the distant fields. Той may drive out
natu ram furca, tamen usque recur ret, et
nature with a fork, yet still she will return, and
victrix furtim perrumpet mala fastidia.
triumphant, insensibly break through our evil prejudices.
Qui nescit callidus contendere vellera

(He) who does not know how skilfully to compare the fleeces
potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

drinking in Aquinium dye with the Sidonian
the purple,
non accipiet certius damnum, propiusve
shall not sustain a more certain loss, or nearer to the
medullis, quam qui non poterit distinguere

marrow, than he who shall not be able to distinguish
falsum vero Mutatœ res quatient
falsehood from truth. Changed circumstances will shock (him)
quem secundse res delecta vere plus
whom prosperous affairs have delighted more
nimio. Si mirabere quid,

than too much (enough.) If you shall admire anything,
pones invitus. Fuge magna: licet

you will resign it unwillingly. Avoid great things : one may
prsecurrere reges âс am icos regum vita

outstrip kings and the favorites of kings in life
sub paupere tecto. Cervus, melior pugna,
under a humble roof. A stag, superior in battle,
EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
pellebat equum communibus herbis ; doneс

drove a horse from the common pastures, till
minor in longo certamine imploravit
(proving) inferior .
in the long contest he implored
opes hominis, reoepitque frsenum : sed postquam

the help of man, and received the bridle : but after
discessit ridens ab victo hoste,
he had departed laughing from his conquered foe, he could
non depulit equitem dorso, non fraenum

not shake the rider from his back, nor the bit
ore. Sic, qui veri tus pauperiem

from his mouth. Just so, whoever dreading poverty
caret libertate potiore metallis,
parts with liberty more precious than metals, in his
improbus vehet dominum ; atque serviet
greed will carry a master ; and shall be a slave
œternum, quia nesciet uti parvo.

eternally, because he will not know how to use a little.
Cui sua res non conveuiet, ut
To whom one's own estate shall not be suited, like
cal ce us olim, si erit major pede,
the shoe at times, if it be larger than the foot,
subvertet ; si minor, uret.
it wiU trip him up ; if smaller, it will gall him.
Lsetus tua sorte vives
If you are well pleased with your lot, you shall live
sapienter, Aristi : nec dimittes me

as a wise man should, Aristius : nor will you let me go
ubi
I shall appear
incastigatum, videbor cogеre plu ra
uncorrected, when to be collecting more
quam est satis, ac non cessa re. Collecta

than is enough, and not to cease. Accumulated
pecunia imperat aut servit cuique,

money is the master or is the slave of each (ourner,)
digua potius sequi quam ducere tortum

and ought rather to follow than to draw the twisted
funem. Dictabam tibi

I
hsec post
cord. am dictating these (thought?) to you from behind the
putre fanum Vacunœ; lœtus cœtera,

crumbling temple of Vacuna ; happy as to the rest,
excepto quod non esses simul.

excepting that you are not with me.
EPISTLE XI.
TO BULLATIUS.
Endeavoring so recall him back so Rome from Aria, whisher he had

retreated shrough his weariness of the civil wars, he advises him to
ease she disquietude of his mind, not by the lengsh of his journey,
but by forming his mind inso a righs disposision.
Quid Chios visa tibi, Bullati, que

What (how') did Chios appear to you, Bullatius, and
nota Lesbos? quid concinna Samos? quid
the famed Lesbos t how handsome Samos t how
Sardis regia Crœsi ? quid Smyrna, et

Sardis, the royal seat of Crasusî how Smyrna, and
Colophon ? Cunctane, majora minorave

Colophon t Are all, whether greater or less than their
fama sordent prœ
reputation of little account in comparison with the
Campo et flumine Tiberino? an nna

Campus Martius and the river 7V>ert or has one
ex Attalicis urbibus venit in votum ? an

of Attaius' cities come into your wisht or do you
laudas Lebedum, odio maris atque
commend Lebedus, from your hatred of the sea and
viarum ? Scis quid Lebedus sit : vicus
travelling t Той know what Lebedus is : a village
desertior Gabiis, atque Fidenis : tamen
more unfrequented than Gabii, and Fidena: yet
26
vellem vivere illic meorum,

I could wish to live there;
; oblitusque
and forgetful of my friends,
obliviscendus et illis, spectare e terra
to be forgotten too by them, to view from the (safe) shore
Neptunum furentem procul. Sed neque,

Neptune raging at a distance. But neither will he,
qui Capua petit Romam, aspersus imbre

who from Capus goes to Home, bespattered with rain
lutoque, volet vivere in caupona ; nec,
and dirt, be willing to live in an inn; nor does he,
qui collegit frigus, laudat furnos et

who has got thoroughly chitted, cry up (praise) stoves and
balnea, ut plene prœstantia fortunatam vitam.

baths, as completely furnishing a happy life.
Nec, si validus Auster jactaverit te in
Nor, if the impetuous south wind shall have tossed you on
alto, vendas idcirco navim trans

the deep, should you sell on that account your ship the other side
^geum mare. Rhodos et pulchra Mitylene facit

theJEgean sea. Rhodes and fair Mitylene are
incolumi, quod penula
to (have such an effect upon) the sound in mind what (as) a cloak
solstitio, campestre nivalibus
at the summer solstice (in summer, ) a leather apron in snowy
au ris, Tiberis per bru mam, caminus mense
seasons, the Tiber in winter, a stove in the month
Sextiii. Dum licet, ac Fortuna servat

of August. While we may, and Fortune retains
benignum vultum, Samos laudetur Romse, et

her kindly aspect, let Samos be praised at Bome, and
Chios, et absens Rhodos. Tu sume
Chios, and absent Bhodes. Do you receive with a
grata manu quamcunque horam Deus

grateful hand whatever hour God has made
fortunaverit tibi ; neu differ dulcia

a happy one for you; nor defer pleasures
in annum : ut, quoounqoe loco faeris,

from year to year : that, in whatever place you be,
dicas te vixisse libenter. Nam si

youmaysay thatyou have lived agreeably. For seeing that
ratio at prudentia, non locus arbiter

reaso' and prudence, not a place that commands
late effusi maris, aufert curas,
(a vitiS) of the wide extended ocean, banish cares,
mutant oœlum, non animum, qui

they change their climate, not their disposition, who
currunt trans mare. Strenua inertia exercet nos :

run beyond sea. A busy idleness prevents us :
petimus vivere bene navibus atque quadrigis. Quod

we seek to live happily in ships and chariots. What
petis est hic ; est Ulubris, si sequus animus

you seek is here; it is at Ulubrœ, if a calm mind
non deficit te.

does not/ail you.
EPISTLE XII.
TO ICCIUS.
Under the appearance of praising she man's parsimony, he archll)

ridicules is ; insroduces Grosphus to him, and concludes wish a few
arsicles of ntws concerning she Roman affairs.
Ioci, si frueris Agrippœ Siculus fructibus

Iccius, if you enjoy Agrippa' s Sicilian produce
recte quos colligis, non est ut major
rightly, which you collect, it is not possible that greater
copia possit donari tibi ab Jove. Tolle

abundance can be given to you by Jove. Take away
querelas : enim non est pauper

(away with) your complaints: for he is not destitute
cui usus rerum suppetit. Si

to whom right to enjoy things is sufficiently supplied. If
est bene ventri, si lateri, tuisque

there is enough for the belly, if for the body, and your
pedibus ; regales divitiœ poterunt addere nil

feet, kingly riches will be able to add nothing
majus. Si forte abstemius
more. If by chance abstaining from what is
positorum in medio, vivis herbis et Urtica;

within your reach, you live on herbs and the nettle ;
sic vives protinus, ut
you will go on (continue) to live in the same way, even if
confestim liquidus rivus Fortunse inauret
presently a flowing river of Fortune should gild
te : vel quia pecunia nescit inutare naturam,
you over: either because money cannot alter your nature,
vel quia putas cuncta minora virtute
or because you think all things less valuable than virtue
una. Miramur, si pecus edit agellos
alone. Do we wonder, if the cattle eat up the fields
cultaque Democriti, dum velox animui

and ploughed lands of Democritus, while his active soul
est peregre sine corpore: quum tu, inter

Mos roaming without the body: when you, amidst
tantam scabiem et contagia lucri, sapias

so great an itch and contagion of gain, can relish
nil parvum, et adhuc cures sublimia:

nothing low, and still bestow care upon sublime studies:
quœ causse compescant mare ; quid temperet annum ;

what causes control the sea; what regulates the year;
stellœ sua sponte, jussœne vagentur
whether the stars of their own accord, or by direction roam
et errent; quid pre mat obscurum, quid
and wander; what covers so that it becomes dark, what
proferat orbem lunse; quid discors

brings to light the orb of the moon; what the discordant
concordia rerum velit et possit;

harmony of things means to do and can do;
Empedocles an Stertinium acumen deliret.

se liet lиг Empedocles or Stertinian acuteness is wrong.
Verum, sen trucidas pisces, seu porrum et

But, whether you murder fis hes, or leeks and
cœpe, utere Pompeio Grospho: et, si

onions, make a friend of Pompeius Grosphus : and, if
petet quid, defer ultro :
he shall ask you anything, grant it without hesitation:
Grosphus orabit nil nisi verum et

Grosphus will request nothing but what is just and
œqnum. Annona amicorum est vilis, abi

reasonable. The price of friends is low, where
quid deest bonis. Tamen ne

anything is wanting to the good. Yet, lest
ignores quo loco Romana res

you should not know in what situation the Roman affairs
. nit : Cantaber oecidit virtute Agrippœ,
are. the Cantabricm is fallen by the valor of Agrippa,
Armenius Claudi Neronis : Ph ran tes, minor
the Armenian by Claudius Nero's: Phraates, suppliant
genibus, accepit jus que imperium

on his knees, has received the law and command
Csesaris : aurea Copia defundit fruges

of Casar : golden Plenty has poured out her fruits
Italise pleno cornu.

for Italy from her full horn.
EPISTLE XIII.
TO VINKIUS ASINA.
Horace cautions him to presens his poems to Augustus al о proper

opporsunity, and with due decorum.
Ut docui te proficiscentem.
As I instructed ssepe
you frequently
diuque
andlong when setting out,
reddes Augusto signata volumina, Vinni,

you shall deliver to Augustus my sealed volumes, Vinnius,
si erit validus, si letus, si denique

if he shall be well, if good-humored, if lastly
poscet ; ne pecces studio nostri,

he shall request them ; lest you offend from zeal forme,
sedulusque minister importes odium libellis
and as ал officious servant bring an odium опmу writings
vehemente opera. Si forte gravis
by your impetuous exertion. If by chance the heavy
sarcina mese chartœ uret te ; abjicito potius

load of my paper shall gall you ; throw it off rather
quam ferus impingas clitellas, quo

than wildly dash down the packages at the place where
juberis perferre, vertasque paternum

you are commanded to carry them, and turn your family
cognomen Asinse in risum, et fias fabula.-
name of Asina into ridicule, and become town talk.
Uteris viribus per olivos, flumina, lamas.

Той will use your powers over the hills, rivers, and bogs.
Simul ac perveneris illuc, victor
As soon as you shall have arrived there, having achieved
propositi, servabis onus positum sic,
your purpose, you shall keep your burden placed so
ne forte portes fasciculumlibrorum

that you shall not by chance carry my bundle of books
sub ala, ut rusticus agnum ; ut
under your arm, as the peasant does his lamb ; at
vinosa Pyrrhia glomus furtivse lanœ ; ut
drunken Pyrrhia does her bale of pilfered yarn ; as
tribulis conviva soleas cum pileolo. Neu narres

a tribe-guest his slippers with his cap. Nor tell
vulgo te sudavisse ferendo
tht publie that you have been sweating with carrying
carmina, quœ possint morar» oculos que aures
verses, which may deta* the eyes and ears
EPISTLES OF НОВА CE — BOOK I. 403
Csesaris. Oratus multa prece, nitere porro.

of Casar. Requested by much entreaty, push on.
Vade, vale; cave ne titubes,
Proceed, farewell ; take heed you do not trip,
frangasque mandata.
and transyress my commands.
EPISTLE ХИТ.
TO HI8 STEWARD.
Be upbraids his levity for contemning a country life, which had been
his choice, and being eager so return so Лоmе.
Villice sylvarum et agelli reddentis

Steward of my woodlands and little farm restoring
me mihi, quem tu fastidis,
(that restores) me to myself, which you despise,
habitatum quinque focis, et solitum dimitiere

inhabited by fice households, and wont to send
quinque bonos patres Variam ; certemus,

five worthy senators to Varia : let us try,
fortius spinas
egone
whether I shall more bravely ( pluck) the thorns out of my
animo, an tu evellas ag1"0, et
mind, or you pluck them out of my field, and if
Horatius an res sitmelior. Quamvis pietas et
Horace or his estate be better. Although piety and
cura Lamiœ, mœrentis frat rem, insolabiliter

concern for Lamia, lamenting his brother, inconsolably
dolentis de fratre rapto, moratur
grieving for hisbrother torn from him (by death,) detains
me ; tamen mens animusque fert istuc, et
me; yet my mind and soul carry me thither, and
amat rumpere claustra obstantia
would gladly like to break (through) the barriers opposing
spaths. Tu dicis vi ven tem in urbe

my couru. You call the man living in the city
beatum, ego
happy, I
(call one living) in
rure.
the country (happy.1) To whom
Cui
sors alterius placet, nimirum sua

the condition of another is agreeable, of course his own
est odio. Uterque

M for an object of disgust (disagreeable.) Each of us
3tultus inique causatur immeritum locum: animus
foolish unjustly blames the innocent place : the mind
est in culpa, qui nou unquam effugit se. Tu

is in fault which never escapes from itself. Той,
mediastinus' petebas rura tacita
when the drudge (of all,) sought the country with silent
prece: nunc villicus optas urbem et

prayer: now, being steward, you wish for the city and
ludos et balnea. Seis me constare
plays and baths. You know that I am consistent
milii, ac discedere tristem, quandocunque
with myself, and leave you sorrowful, whenever
invisa negotia trahunt Romam. Non

disagreeable business drags me to Rome. We do not
miramur eadcm : eo
admire the same things : on this account there is a
disconvenit inter meque et te : nam quse

disagreement between both me and you : for what
credis deserta et inhospita tesqua, qui
you reckon desert and inhospitable wilds, he who
sentit mecum vocat amœna ; et odit

(whoever) thinks with me calls picturesque ; and hâtes thoss
qu» tu putas pulchra. Video, fornix et

which you think beautiful. I observe, the brothel and
uncta popina incutiunt tibi desiderium urbis;

greasy cook-shop strike into you a desire for the. city ;
et quod iste angulus feret piper ac
and because that corner will produce, pepper and
EPISTLES OP HORACE — BOOK I. 405
thus ocius uva : neс su best

frankincense rather than the grape ; nor is there
vicina taberna, quse possit prœbere tibi vinum ; neo
at hand a tavern, which can supply you vine; nor
meretrix tibicina, ad cujus strepitum salias
a courtesan flute-player, to whose strains you may dance
gravis terrae : et tamen

a heavy burden to the earth : and yet you are (always)
urges arva non tacta jampridem

working the fields not touched for a long time
ligonibus : curasque bovem

MM the ploughshares : and taking care of the ox
disjunctum, et exples frondibus

when unyoked, and are giving him his fill wish leaves
strictis. Rivus addit opus

stripped (from the boughs. ) The sluice gives additional trouble
pigro docendus multa mole,

to an idle fellow, requiring to be taught by many a mound (dam, )
■i imher decidit, l>arcere aprico prato. Nunc
a shower fall, to spare the sunny meadow. Now
t£f
age, audi, quid dividat nostrum concentum. Quem

come, hear what breaks up our harmony. Me whom
tenues togœ nitidique capilli decuere, quem seis

fine clothes and shining locks adorned, whom you know
placuisse rapaci Cinarae immunem, quem

to have pleased greedy Cinara without a present, whom
bibulum liquidi Falerni

[you know) to have been fond of drinking of clear Falernian
de media luce, brevis cœna juvat, et somnus
from noon-day, now a short supper delights, and sleep
in herba prope rivum пес pudet

;
ая the grass near a brook nor

is
it
shameful
;
lusisse, sed non incidere

to have been gay, but (it is shameful) not to eut short
ludutn. Non quisquam istic limat mea
that gaiety. No one there diminishes (flies down) my
commoda oculo obliquo, non venenat obscuro

enjoyments with eye askance, nor poisons them with secret
odio que morsu : vicini rident

hate and (venomous) bite : the neighbors smile at me
moventem glebas ас saxa. Mavis

when removing the clods and stones. Тоu choose rather
rodere diaria urbana cum
to munch your scanty daily allowance of food in town with
servis ; tu ruis voto in mimerum
the servants; you rush with desire into (to be one of) the number
horum : argutus calo invidet tibi usum

of these : (while) the shrewd drudge envies you the use
lignorum et pecoris et horti.

of the wood and the flock and the garden.
Piger bos optat ephippia; caballus

7'he lazy ox wishes for saddle-cloths ; the pack-horse
optat arare. Censebo,

wishes toplough. Iwill decide (it will be my verdict,)
uterque libens exerceat artem quam seit.

that each willingly exercise the art which he understands.
EPISTLE XV.
TO С KEUMONIUS VALA.
Preparing to goto the baths either at Velia or Salernum, he inquires

afser the healshfulnen and agreeableness of the places.
Vala, est par te scribere nobis,

Vala, it is proper that you write to us, (and)
nos accredore tibi, quse hiems sit
that we fully believe you, (as to) what the winter is
Veliœ, quod coelum Salerni, quorum
at Velia, what the weather at Salernum, of what (kind
hominum regio, et qualis
•/) inhabitants the country (consists,) and what sort
via : (nam Antonius Musa Baias

of road there is: (for Antonius Musa (declares) Bairn
su l>er vacuas mihi ; et tamen facit me
useless (of ou benefit) to me; and yet makes me
invisum illis, quum perluor gelida

hateful (o s( (Baiee,) when J bathe (am washed) in cold
unda per medium frigus. Sane vicus
water in the midst of the frost (winser.) Truly the village
gemit, myrteta relinqui,

murmurs, that their myrtle-groves are deserted,
sulphuraque dicta elidere cessantem

and their sulphurous waters said to expel chronic
morbum nervis contemni, invidus
(lingering) disease from the nerves are slighted, envying
œgris, qui audent supponcre caput ac

those patients who dare to subject their head and
stomachum fontibus Clusinis, petuntque
stomach to the springs of Clusium. and make for
Gabios et frigida rura. Locus
(resort to) Gabii and (those) cold regions. My place
est mutandus, et equus agendus prseter
is to be changed, and my horse driven beyond
nota diversoria: "Quo tendis?

his well-known resting-places: "Whither are you going t
Mihi iter non est Cumas aut Baias," eques
Forme the course is not to Cumœ or Baiœ," the rider
dicet stomachosus Iseva habena ; sed
will say, venting his anger with the left-hand rein; but
equis auris est in fraenato ore.)

to horses the ear is in the bitted mouth.) (Той must
Utrum populum major copia

inform me likewise) which people does greater plenty
fru menti pascat, bibantne imbres collectas,
of corn feed, whether they drink rainwater collected
perennesne puteos jugis aquse ;

[in tanks,) or perennial wells of never failing water;
nihil moror vine

(nam
(for I don't care about (I do not delay over) the wines
illius orœ : Possum perferre patique quod vis

ofthat coast: Iean endure and put up with anything
meo rиrе : quum veni ad mare,
in my rural retirement: when I have come to the seaside,
requiro generosum et lene, quod

I insist upon the generous and mellow (wine,) which
abigat curas, quod manet cum divite spe

may drive away cares, which may flow with rich hope
in venas meumque animum, quod ministret

into my veins and my soul, which may furnish
verl>a, quod commendet me juvenem

words, which may recommend me like a young man
Lucanœ amicse.) Uter tractus
to my Lucanian mistress.) Which tract of land (territory)
educet plures lepores, uter
wiU produce more hares, which (will produce more)
apros: utra sequora magis celent pisces, et

boars: which seas do most harbor fishes, and
echinos, ut possim reverti inde domum pinguis
sea-urchins, that I may return thence home plump
Phœaxque. Ut Msenius, maternis atque

and (like) a Phœacian. When Mamius, his mother's and
paternis rebus absumtis

his father' s fortunes having been squandered in a
fortiter, cœpit haberi urbanus scurra,
spirited fashion, began to be considered a town-sponger,
vagus, qui non teneret certum prœsepe;

a roamer, who could not keep to a fixed eating place;
qui impransus non dignosceret civem

who when dinnerless could not distinguish a fellow-citizen
hoste; síbvus fingere quœlibet

from an enemy; spiteful to invent any sort of
opprobria in quemvis ; pernicies ac

derogatory tales against any one; being the ruin and
tempestas barathrumque macelli, donabat avaro

storm and abyss of themarlcst, gave to his greedy
ventri quidquid qusesierat : hic, ubi
gut whatever he had gained: this fellow, when
abstulerat nil aut paulum fautoribus

he had extorted nothing or but little from those who favored
nequitiœ âс timidis, coenabat
his wicked wit and those who feared it, supped on (whole)
patinas omasi et vilis agninœ, quod
dishes of tripe and cheap lamb, which might be
satis tribus ursis ; ut diceret

suffieient for three bears; so that he might have the right
scilicet Bestius
for sooth to say (might say, forsooth,) like Bestius afser
correctus ventres nepotum
he had reformed, that the bellies of spendthrifts
nreudoe candente lamna. Quidquid
should be branded with a red-hot plate. Whatsoever
majoris prsedœ idem erat nactus,

greater booty the same man may have gotten hold of,
ubi verte rat omne in fumum et cinerem ;

when he had converted all into smoke and ashes:
aiebat,
" Hercule non miror, si qui
he said, "By Hercules, 1 do not wonder if some
comedunt bona, quam sit nil melius

eat up their estates, since there is nothing better than
obeso turdo, nil pulchrius ampia vulva."

a fat thrush, nothing finer than a large sow' s paunch."
Nimirum ego sum hic
Why, truly I am (just) such a one;
: nam
for I commend
laudo
tuta et parvula, quum res deficiunt ;

the snug and homely, when my means fall short (fail ;)
satis fortis inter vilia:
(though) sufficiently resolute amidst mean provisions:
verum, ubi quid melius et unctius continent,

but, when anything better or richer falls to my lot,
410 EPISTLES OF HOKACE — BOOK I.
idem aio vos sapere et solos vivere,

I the same person say that you are wise and alone live,
quorum liecunia conspicitur

whose money (financial prosperity) is seen (to be)
fundata nitidis villis.

based upon splendid villas.
EPISTLE XVI.
TO QUINCTrOS.
He describa to Quinctius she form, sisuation, and advantages of his

country house : then declares shas probity consists in she conscious
ness of good works; liberty, in probity.
Ne perconteris, uptime Quincti,

That you may not ask, most excellent Quinctius,
meus fundus pascat herum arvo, an
whether my farm supports its owner with corn land, or
opulentet bacis olivœ, pomisne, an

enriches with olive berries, or with apples, or with
pratis, an ulmo amicta vitibus :

pasture lands, or with the elm clothed with the vines,
forma et situs agri scribetur

the character and situation of my ground shall be described
tibi loquaciter. Continui montes,

to you at full length (loquaciously.) Continuous mountains,
ni dissocientur opaca valle: sed
except tha t they are divided by a shady vale: but in such a manner
ut sol veniens aspiciat dextrum

that the sun approaching looks down upon the right
latus, decedens vaporet lœvum fugiente curru.

side, departing warms the left with his flying chariot.
Laudes temperiem. Quid? si
Той would praise its temperature. Whatt if my (very)
vêpres ferunt l>enigni rubicunda corna et

bushes produce an abundance of ruddy cornels and
pruna? si quercus et îlex juvat pecus

plums t if the oak and the ilex delight my cattle
multa fruge, dominum multa umbra?

with much fruit (acorns,) the master with a thick shadet
dicas Tarentum adductum propius
you would say that Tarentum, brought nearer (to Rome,)
frondere. Etiam fons idoneus dare nomen
was in bloom. Also a fountain fit to give name
rivo, ut Hebrus ambiat Thracam,

to a river, as Hebrus flows winding through Thrace,
nec frigidior nee purior, fluit utilis
neither cooler nor clearer, flows serviceable
infirmo capiti, utilis alvo. Нее

to the aching head, serviceable to the bowels. These
latebrœ dulces,
(si
etiam credis)
retreats dear (to me,) and even (if you will believe me)
amorosa prsestant me tibi

charming (in themselves,) you in a state
of
preserve me to
incolumem Septembribus horis. Tu vivis recte,

health (even) in the September season. Той live rightly,
curas esse quod audis.
si
you take care tobe what you hear (yourself called.)

if
Jampridem, omnis Roma, jactamus te

For some time past all of us Romans have proclaimed you
beat um sed vereor ne credas cui
:
as happy but am afraid lest you give credit to anyone

I
:
plus quam tibi de

more than to yourself (your own conscience) concerning
te neve putes alium beatum sapiente
:
yourself: or lest you think any other happy than the wise
bono neu, populus dictitet
si
que
:
and the good: or lest, the people should keep repeating

if
te sanum recteque valentem, dissimules

that you яге sound and perfectly well, you conceal
ncpnlr&m. febrem sub tempus edendi donee
:
f~ aidden fever up to the time of eating till

:
tremor incidat unctis manibus. Malus

trembling falls upon (seizes) your greasy hands. A false
pudor stultorum celat incurata ulcera. Si quis
shame of fools hides the uneured ulcers. If any one
dicat tibí bella pugnata terra marique :

ihould relate to you battles fought by land and sea,
et permulceat vacuas aures his verbis :
and soothe your open ears with these words : "May
" J
upiter, qui consulit et tibi et urbi,
Jupiter, who consults both your good and the city's,
servet in ambiguo, populusne magis velit te

keep it in doubt, whether the people more desire you
salvum, an tu "
populum : poseis
safe (your welfare,) or you the people' s ;" you might
agnoscere laudes Augusti.

acknowledge those praises (to belong to) Augustus (alone.)
Quum pateris vocari sapiens emendatusque,
When you suffer yourself to be called wise and faultless,
dic sodes, respondesne tuo nomine ? Nempe
"
tell me, pray, doyouanswer in your own namet "Why , of course
delector dici bonus ac prudens vir,
am pleased to be called a good and prudent man,
ac tu." Qui dedit hoc hodie,

as well as you." They who have given this (title) to-day,
eras auferet, si volet :
to-morrow will take it away, if they shall wish (please :)
ut si detulerit fasces indigno,

as if they have conferred the fasces on an unworthy man,
idem detrahet. Inquit, "Pone,

they the same will take them away. Says he, "Lay it aside,
est meum
" tristis. Si
I laypono, recedoque
:
it is ours:" it aside, and retire dejected. If
idem clamet furem, neget
the same (people) exclaim that Iam (call me) a thief, deny me
esse pudicum, contendat pressisse

to be (that I am) virtuous, maintain that Ihave strangled
EPISTLES OF HORACE — B(K>K I. 413
paternum collum laqueo, mord ear

my father' s neck with a halter, am (shall) I to be stung
falsis opprobriis, mutemque colores? Quem,

with false reproaches, andeltange my colort Whom,
nisi mendosum, et medicandum, falsus honor

but the unsound, and sickly-minded, does false honor
juvat, et mendax infamia terret ? Quis est bonus

delight, and lying infamy terrify t Who is the good
vir? "Qui servat consulta patrum, qui

mant "He who observes the decrees of the senators, he who
leges, juraque; quo judice

(observes) the statutes and rules of law ; by whose arbitration
multœ magnœque lites secantur; quo

many and great differences are decided ; by whose
Sponsore res, quo teste causse

security, affairs, by whose testimony causes
tenentur." Sed omnis domus et tota

are gained." But the whole family and all
vicinia videt hunc, speciosum decora
the neighborhood know this man, specious in a fair
pelle, turpem i ntrorsum.

outside (beautiful in appearance,) to be a knave inwardly.
Si servus dicat mihi, "Nec feci
If my slave say tome, " I have neither committed
furtum, neque fugi:" aio, "Habes pretiu m ;

theft, nor run away :" I say, " You have your reward;
non ureris loris." "Non occidi
you are not galled with the lash." " 1 have not killed
hominem : " " Non pasces corvos in cruce."
aman:" "Тоu shall not feed the ravens on the cross."
" Sum bonus ac
" " Sabellus renuit
frngi :
"1am and " The Sabine
good useful:" disagrees
negitatque.
-
Enim cautus lupus metuit
andpersists in denying the fact. For the wary wolf dreads
foveam : aocipiterque suspectos laqueos, et
the pitfall : the hawk too dreads the suspected snares, and
27
4 H EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK I.
miluus opertum liamum. Boni oderunt peocare

the kite the hidden, hook. The good hate to sin
amore virtutis : tu admittes nihil in

from a love of virtue : you shall commit nothing against
te formidine pœnœ. Sit spes
yourself for fear of punishment. Let there be hope
fallendi, miscebis sacra profanis.

of escaping, you will mix (confound) sacred with profane
Nam quum surripis unum de mille
things. For when you steal one from a thousand
modiis fabœ, damnum est lenius mihi
bushels of beans, the loss is less to me (in my eyes)
isto pacto, non facinns." Bonus vir, quem
in that case, but not the crime." The good man, whom
omne forum et omne tribunal spectat, quandocunque

every court and every tribunal regards, whenever
plaçat deos vel porco vel bove, quum

he appeases the gods either with a hog or an ox, when
dixit, Pater Jane, clare, Apollo,

he has pronounced, О Father Janus, audibly, О Apollo,
clare ; movet labra, metuens audiri : " Pulchra

audibly; he moves his lips, fearing to be heard: "Fair
Laverna, da mihi fallere, da videri
Laverna, grant me to deceive, grantme to seem (to be thought)
justo que sancto ; objice noctem peccatis, et nubem
just and upright; throw night over my crimes, and a cloud
fraud ibus." Non video qui avarus sit
over my frauds." I do not see how the covetous man is
melior servo, qui liberior, quumdemittit se
better than a slave, how more free, when he bows himself
ob assem fixum in triviis. Nam qui

down for a halfpenny fixed in the streets. For whoever
cupiet, metuet quoqne : porro qui vivit

shall desire, he will fenr also : moreover he who lives
metuens, non unquam erit mihi liber.

fearful, will never appear to me free (be free in mj
EPISTLB3 OF HORACE — BOOK I. 415
Perdidit arma, deseruit locum

estimation.) He has lost his arms, he has deserted the post
virtutis, qui semper festinat, . et

of virtue, who is ever making haste, and
obruitur in augenda re.
is completely engrossed (overwhelmed) in accumulating wealth.
Quum possis vendero captivum, noli

When you can sell a captive, be unwilling to (do not)
occidere : serviet utiliter : sine durus
.ifw :
fci-.'. he will serve you usefully : let him unsparingly
pascat aretque: naviget, ac

feed the cattle and plough : let him go to sea, and
mercator hyemet in mediis
becoming a merchant winter in the middle of (amidst)
und is : prosit annonce, portel
the waves : let him benefit (stock) the market, impon
frumenta, penumque. Bonus ac sapiens vir audebit
grains and provisions. A good and wise man will dare
dicere :
" Penthen, rector Thebarum, quid indignum
to say : " Pentheus, ruler of Thebes, what indignity
coges me perferre patique?"

will you compel me to endure and suffer t"
"Adimam bona." "Nempe, rem,
I pecus,
" will take away your goods." "Forsooth, my cattle, estate,
lectos, argentum ? Licet tollas."

" Tenebo te
beds, moneyt Той may take them." "I will confine you
in manicis et compedibus sub sœvo custode." " Deus
in shackles and fetters under a cruel jailor." "A god
sc'vet me, simul atque volam."
I shall
ipse
himself will release me, as soon as it."
desire
Opinor, sentit hoc: " Moriar. Mors est

T suppose, he means this: "I will die. Death is
ultima linea rerum."
tue ultimate boundary of (all) things."
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EPISTLE XVII.
TO ВСЖУЛ.
Thas a life of business is preferable so a privait and inactive one ;

she friendship of great men is a laudable acquisision, yes their
favors are ever to be solicited with modesty and causion.
SciEVA, quamvis per te satis consulis
8cava, although of yourself you sufficiently consult
cibi, et seis quo
yourself (consult your own interests.) and know in what
pacto tandem deceat uti
manner then it is becoming to associate with
majoribus ; disce, quœ

wiera greater than yourself (tne great ;) learn, what
amiculus adhuc docendus censet: ut

your little friend still needing to be instructed thinks: at
si cœcus . velit monstrare iter ; tamen
if a blind man should wish to show the road ; yet
aspire, si et nos loquamur quid, quod

see, if even we speak anything which
cures fecisse proprium. Si grata quies,

you are anxious to make your own. If welcome rest,
et somnusin primam horam delectat

and sleep till the first hour (seven o'clock,) delight
te ; si pulvis strepitusque rotarum, si caupona

you; if dust and the rumbling of wheels, if the tavern
lœdit ; jubebo ire Ferentinum. Nam

offends you; 1 will advise you to go to Ferentinum. For
neque gaudia contingunt divitibus

neither do joys fall (are joys confined) to thc rich
solis ; nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque
alone ; nor has he lived ill, who born and dying
fefellit. Si voles
has escaped our notice (was unknown.) If you shall wish
prodesse tuis, tractareque te ipsum pauloque

to serve your friends, and to treat yourself somewhat mort
EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK L 417
benignius ; siccus accedes ad

kindly, you being dry (unperfumed) will go to (some one) who
unctum. " Si Aristippus pranderet olus patienter,
is perfumed. "ffAristippus could dine on vegetables contentedly,
nollet uti regibus." "Si qui notat

he would not wish to live with kings." "If he who censures
me sciret uti regibus, fastidiret

me knew how to live with kings, he would despise
olus." Doce, utrius horn m
hisvegetables." Show me, of which of the two ofthesemen's
verba ac facta probes : vel junior, audi
words and deeds you approve : or being younger, hear
cur sententia Aristippi sit potior. Namque
why the sentiment of Aristippus is preferable. For
sic eludebat mordacem Cynicum, ut aiunt :
thus he parried snarling
the Cynic, as they say :
Ego ipse scurror mihi,

"/ myself play the buffoon (fool) for myself (for тУ own
tu -
populo : hoc est
profit,) you for the people : this (conduct of mine) is
rectius et multo splendidius : ut
better and much more splendid (honorable :) that
equus portet me, rex alat,
a horse may carry me, a monarch may maintain me,
facio officium tu poscis vilia verum minor

I pay
:
my court : you beg mean things, truly less than
dante; quamvis fers te egentem

the giver ; although you bear (boast) yourself as needing
nullius." Omnis color et status et res

nothing." Every condition and state and circumstance
decuit Aristippum tentantem majora, fere

became Aristippus while aiming at higher things, almost
sequum prœsentibus : contra,

equal to the circumstances of the moment : on the other hand,
mirabor, si conversa via vitse decebit
/ shall wonder, if a different way of life will become him
quem patientia velat duplici panno.

whom endurance clothes with a double cloak of rags.
Alter non expeotabit purpureum amictum ; indutus
The one will not wait for his purple robe; dressed
quidlibet vadet per celeberrima loca ; feretque

anyhow he will resort to the most noted places; and support
utramque personam non inconcinnus. Alter
either character with no ill grace. The other
vitabit textam clilamydem Mileti pejus
will shun the embroidered mantle of Miletus, worse than a
cane et angui ; morietur frigore, si

(mad) dog and a viper ; will die
he with cold, if you do
non retuleris paimum. Refer, et sine
not restore his rag. Restore it, and suffer that
ineptus vivat. Gerere res et
(let) the fool live. To perform (great) exploits and
ostendere captos bostes civibus,
to show captive foes to the citizens (is a thing which)
attingit solium Jovis, et tentat cœlestia.

reaches the throne of Jove, and aims at celestial honors.
Placuisse principibus viris, non est ultima

To have pleased leading (great) men is not the meanest
laus. Non contingit cuivis homini

praise. It does not happen to (it is not the lot of) every man
adire Corinthnm. Sedit, qui timuit ne non
to go to Corinth. He sits still, who fears lest he should not
succederet : esto ; Quid ? fecitne viriliter
succeed : be it so : What then t has he not done bravely
qui pervenit? Atqui quod quserimus

who arrived thither (has succeeded ?) But what we seek
est hic aut nusquam. Hic horret onus, ut

is here or nowhere. This man dreads a burden, as
majus parvis animis et parvo corpore :

being too great for his little mind and diminutive body ;
hie subit, ac perfert.

this (anosher) undertakes it, and carries it through.
Ant virtus est inane nomen, aut ezperiens

Either virtue is an empty name, or the enterprising
vir recte petit decus et
man rightly seeks (is right in seeking) tln honor and
pretium. Tacen tes de sua
the prize. Those being silent about (saying nothing) their
of
paupertate coram rege ferunt plus poscente.
poverty before apatron receive more than the man asking
Distat, sumasne
(the importunate.) There is a difference, whether you take
pudenter, an rapias. Atoui hoc erat
modestly, or snatch (extort) favors. But this was
caput rerum, hic fons.
she main point of affairs (your conduct,) this the source.
Qui dicit,
" Est mihi indotata soror, paupercula
He who says, "I have an unportioned sister, a poor little
mater. et fundus nec vendibilis, nec firmns
mother, and land neither salable nor trustworthy
" clamat " Date victum."
pascere ; :
(sufficient) to sustain me ;" he cries : "Oiveme food."

Alter succinit : " Mihi et !
"
Quadra findetur
Another chimes in : "Me too!" The cake will be divided,
munere dividuo. Sed si corvus posset

the gift being parted (between you.) But if the raven could
pasci tacitns, haberet plus dapis, et

feed in silence, he would have more of the feast, and
multo minus rixœ invidiœque. Qui,
much less of strife and envy. He who (whoever,)
ductus comes Brundusium aut
being taken (carried) as a companion to Brundusium or
amoenum Surrentum, queritur salebras
delightful Surrentum, complains of uneven places (of the
et acerbum frigus et imbres, aut plorat
road) and bitter cold and rains, or laments
cistam effractam et viatica subducta :
'tis basket's being broken open and his provisions stolen,
refert nota acumina meritricis,

calls to mind the well-known tricks of a courtesan,
flentis sœpe catellam sœpe periscelidem
bewailing often her little necklace, ofsen her garter
raptam sibi ; uti inox nulla fides adsit

taken from her ; so that by and by no credit is given
damnis que veris doloribus. Nec semel
to her losses and real griefs. Nor will any once
irrisus curat attollere triviis

imposed upon (fooled) care to lift up in the streets
planum fracto crure : licet plurima lacryma

a vagabond with a broken leg : though many a tear
manet illi ; juratus per
flow from him; though having sworn (swearing) by
sanctum Osirin dicat " Crédite, non ludo

I
: ;
holy Osiris, he may say : "Believe me, do not joke;
crudeles, tollite claudum." Rauca
O cruel, гаме (help up) the lame." The hoarss
vicinia reclamat, "Qusere peregrinum."
neighborhood re-echoes, "Ask (seek out) a stranger."
EPISTLE XVIII.
TO LOLLIUS.
Be sreats at large upon she cultivation of she favor of greas men;

and concludes wish a few words concerning she acquiremens of
peace of mind.
Si novi te bene, liberrime Lolli,

У Iknow you well, most free-spoken Lollius,
metues prœbere sl>eciem scurrantis,
you will fear to show the appearance of a buffoonish parasite,
professus amicum. Ut matrona erit
while you profess yourself a friend. As a matron will be
dispar atque discolor
unlike and of a different color from (differently dressed
EPISTbES OF HORACE — BOOK I. 421
meritrici, amicus distabit infido

from) a prostitute, a friend will differ from a faithless
scurrse. Est prope majus vitium diversum
buffoon. There is almost a greater fault, different
huic vitio, agrestis et inconcinna gravisque
from this fault, a rustic and ungraceful and offensive
asperitas, quœ commendat se tonsa cute,

rudeness, which commends itself with hair clipped to the skin,
atris dentibus, dum vult dici mera
and black teeth, while it wishes to be called unalloyed
libertas, veraque virtus. Virtus est medium
independence, and true virtue. Virtue is the medium
vitiorum, et rednctum
of (the two) vices, and is drawn back (removed)
utrimque. Alter pronus plus sequo

from either extreme. Tlte one inclined more than enough
in obsequium, et derisor imi lecti sic

to obsequiousness, and the jester of the lowest couch so
horret nutum divitis, sic iterat voces,

dreads the nod of his rich patron, so repeats his sayings
et tollit cadentia verba, ut credas
and catches up his falling words, that you would believe
puerum reddere dictata

that a school-boy was repeating the thing dictated (hie
ssevo magistro, vel mimum tractare

lessons) to a severe master, or a player acting
secundas partes. Alter rixatur, sœpe
the secondary parts. Tfie other wrangles often
de caprina lana, armatus propugnat
about (the question of) goat's wool, (and) armed, fights in
nugis :
" Scilicet ut non sit
defence of trifles : "To think that there should not be given
mihi prima fides ut

I should
; et non elatrem
me chief credit; and that not bark out (utter)
acriter quod vere placet altera œtas pretium

boldly what truly pleases, another life at that price
sordel." Enim quid ambigitur? Castor an

м despised." For what is disputed* Does Castor or
Dooilis sciat plus? Miuuci an Appi
Docilis know more t Does the Minucian or the Appian
via ducat melius Brundusium ? Quem damnosa Venus,
road lead better to Brundueium t Whom ruinous lust,
quem prseceps alea nudat, quem gloria

whom the headlong (fatal) dice strips, whom vanity
et vestit et unguit supra vires, quem
both clothes and perfumes above his resources, whom
importuna sitis famesque argenti, quem

an insatiable thirst and hunger of (afser) money, w\om
pudor et fuga paupertatis tenet;

shame and aversion of poverty lays hold of (seizes ;)
dives amicus, ssepe instructior decem vitiis,
his rich friend, ofsen more furnished with ten vices
odit et horret.
(furnished with ten. more vices,) hates and abhors him.
Aut si non odit, regit; ac veluti
Or if he does not hate, he rules him; and like
pia mater vult plus sape re et esse

a devoted mother wishes him to be more wise and to be
priorem virtutibus quam se ; et ait

more eminent for virtues than herself; and says
prope vera: "Meœ opes patiunturstultitiam

(things) almost true: "My riches support my folly
(noli contendere ;) est tibi parvula res ;

(do not contend with me ;) you have but a small estate:
arcta toga decet sanum comitem ; desine
a narrow toga becomes a prudent attendant; forbear
certare mecum." Eutrapelus dabat pretiosa
to vie with me." Eutrapelus used to give rich
vestamenta cuicunque volebat nocere : "enim jam
clothes to whomsoever he intended to hurt: "for now,
beatus cum pulchris tunicis, sumet nova
happy in his fine clothes, he will assume new
consilia ac spes ; dormiet in luce m ;

projects and hopes ;" he will sleep till (broad) day ;
honestum officium scorto ;
he will postpone his honest business for his harlot ;
pasce t alienos nummos ad imum
he will feed on other people's money ; at last
erit Thrax, aut aget caballum olitoris

he will become aThracian, or drive thehorse of a gardener
mercede. Ñeque tu umquam scitaberis arcanum
for hire. Neither shall you ever pry into a secret
Hiius ; que teges commissum,
of his; and you shall conceal what is entrusted to you,
tortus et vino et ira. Nec

though tortured both with wine and anger. Neither
laudabis tua studia, aut reprendes
will you commend your own diversions, or blame
aliena ; nec, quum ille volet venari,

other people's ; nor, when he shall choose to hunt,
panges poemata. Sic gratia geminorum

shall you compose poems. Thus the good will of the twin
frat rum Amphionis atque Zethi dissiluit ;
brothers Amphion and Zethus broke asunder
donee lyra suspecta

(was dissolved ;) till the lyre suspected (disliked) by
severo conticuit. Am phi on putatur

the sullen one was silent. Amphion is thought to have
cessisse fraternis an i mis. Tu cede

yielded to his brother's humors. Do you give way
lenibus imperiis potentis amici :

to the gentle commands of your powerful friend :
quotiesque educet in agros jumenta

and as often as he leads forth into the fields Ais cattle
onerata JEtolis plagis que canes ; surge, et

laden with JEtolian nets and his dogs ; rise, ana
depone senium inhn manse Camenœ, ut

put off the moroseness of your discourteous Muse, that
coenes pariter pul menta

you may sup (like your patron) equally (on) the viands
emta laboribus. Opus sollemne
purchased by your labors. The exercise is familiar
Romanis viris, utile famœ, vitœ que et
to the Romans, conducive to fame, to life and also
membris ; prœsertim quum valeas, et
the limbs ; especially when you are in health, and
possis superare vel canem cursu, vel

are able to surpass either the hound in swiftness, or
aprum viribus. Adde, quod non est qui

the boar in strength. Add, that there is none who can
speciosius tractet virilia arma. Scis

more gracefully wield martial weapons. Тоu know
quo clamore coronse sustineas

with what acclamation of the ring(oi the spectators) y ou sustain
prselia campestria : denique

the combats in the Campus Martius : in fine, being a
puer, tulisti sœvam militiam et

stripling, you endured a cruel (hard) campaign and
Cantâbrica bella sub duce, qui nunc
the Cantabrian wars under a general, who is now
refigit signa templ is

unfixing (taking down) our standards from the temples
Parthorum ; et adjudicat Italis armis,

of the Parthians, and is assigning to the Italian arms
siquid abest. Ac, ne ratrahas

whatever is yet wanting. And, that you may not withdraw
te, et absis inexcusabilis, quamvis

yourself, and be absent inexcusably, though you are
curas fecisse nil extra numerum que modum,
tareful to do nothing beyond number and measure
interdum
(out of time and tune,) sometimes you engage in light
nugaris paterno rure. Exercitus

amusements at your paternal country seat. Your army
partitur Untres : Actia pugna refertur per

divides the boats : the Action fight is represented by
pueros hostili more, te duce :

boys in hostile manner, you being commander : your
frater est adversarais: lacus, Adria :
brother is your adversary : your lake, the Adriatic :
donee velox victoria coronet alterutrum

till swift victory crowns
•owns the one or the other with the
fronde. Qui crediderit te consentire

laurel leaf. He who shall believe that you fall in
suis studiis, fautor laudabit
with his inclinations, being a favorer, will approve of
tuum ludum utroque police.
your diversion with both his thumbs (by holding up each
Protinus ut moneam tu
(si
thumb.) Farther, that may admonish you (if you
1
eges quid monitoris) sœpe videto,

have any need of a monitor,) often take heed (think)
quid dicas de quoque viro, et cnî. Fugito
what you say of every man, and to whom. Avoid
percontatorem nam idem est garrulns; nec
;
an inquisitive person for the same is a tattler; nor

;
patulse aures fideliter retinent commissâ

;
can his open ears faithfully retain secrets entrusted
et verbum semel emissum

and a word let slip (uttered)
;)
(to them once
volat irrevocabile. Non ulla ancilla

flies abroad not to be recalled. Let not any handmaid
puerve ulceret tuum jecur, intra marmoreum limen

or boy wound your heart within the marble threshold
venerandi amici ne dominus beet te
;
of your venerable friend; lest the master bless you (place
parvo munere pulchri

youunderobligations) with the small present of the beautiful
pueri carseve puellœ, autincommodus angat. Aspice

boy or the favorite girl, or refusing vei you Consider
etiam atque etiam qualem commendee ;

again and again what sort (of person) you recommend S
ne шох peccata aliena incutiant pudorem tibi.

lest soon the faults of others strike shame into you.
Fallimur, et quondam tradimus non diginim :

We are deceived, and sometimes introduce one not worthy:
ergo deceptus amitte tueri, quem

therefore being deceived forbear to defend him whom
sua culpa premet. At si crimina

Ai« own misconduct crushes (will crush.) But if calumnies
tentent penitus notum, serves tuterisque
should attack one thoroughly known, support and defend him
fidenter tuo prsesidio ; quum qui circumroditur
faithfully by your protection ; when any one is bitten
Theonino dente, ecquid sentis
with a Theonian tooth, do not you at all perceive
pericula ventura paulo post ad te? Nam

the dangers about to come soon after upon yourselft For
tua res agitur, quum
your own interest is at stake (concerned,) when
proximus paries ardet: et incendia neglecta

your neighbor's wall blazes: and the flames neglected
Solent sumere vires. Cultura

are wont togather strength. The courting (cultivation)
potent is am ici dulcis inexpertas;

of a powerful friend is delightful to the inexperienced,
expertus metuit. Tu, dum tua navis

the experienced man dreads it. Do you, while your ship
est in alto, age hoc, ne aura
is on the deep, give all your mind to it, lest the gale
mutata ferat te retrorsum. Tristes oderunt

changing carry you backwards. The gloomy hate
hilarem, jocosique tristem, celeres

the cheerful, and the jocose hate the gloomy, the volatile
sedatum, remissi agilem gnavumque: potores

(he sedate, the indolent the active and diligent : the quaffing
iibuli Falerni de media nocte

tipplers of Falernian from the middle of the night
oderunt negantem porrecta pocula ; quanquam jures
hate you refusing the proffered cups ; although you swear
te formidare tepores nocturnas.
that you areafraid of warm air at night (nocturnal
Deme nubem supercilio : plerumque
debauches.) Remove the cloud from your brow : frequently
modestus occupat specimen obscuri,
the modest man assumes the appearance of the reserved,
tacituruus acerbi. Inter cuncta
the silent of the sour. Among all (your occupations)
leges et percontabere doctos, qua ratione

you shall read, and consult the learned, by what means
queas traducere œvum leniter: nu m cupido

you may pass your Ще quietly: lest a craving that is
inops, num pavor, et spes

7¿«i>er satisfied (destitute,) whether fear, and hope
rern m mediocriter utilium semper agitet

of things (but) moderately useful should always trouble
vexetque te ; doctrina paret virtutem,

and torment you; whether study can acquire virtue,
naturane donet ; quid minuat curas ; quid reddat
or nature givesit ; what diminishes cares ; what makes
te amicum tibi ; quid pure tranquillet ;

you a friend to yourself ; what gives you untroubled calm;
bonos an dulce lucellum, an secretum iter, et
whether honor or sweet gain, or the secret way, and
semita fallentis vitœ. Quoties Digentia, gelidus
path of an obscure life. IIow often Digentia, that cool
rivus, quem Mandela bibit, pagus rugosus

river, which Mandela drinks, a village wrinkled
frigore, reficit me ; quid putas

with the cold, refreshes me ; what do you imagine me
sentiré, quid credis nrecari, amice?

\o think, what do you believe me to pray for, my friend t
Sit mihi quid nunc est ; etiam

Let there be to vie what there is now (I now have ;) even
minus ut vivam mihi quod superest

I may
:
less : provided that live to myself what remains
sevi, si di volunt quid superesse: sit
of life, if the gods wish anything to remain : let there be
bona copia librorum et frugis provisœ in

a liberal svpply of books and of corn provided for
annum, neve fluitem pendulus spe
a year, I
and that may not float suspended on the hope
dubise horse. Sed est satis orare

of an uncertain hour. But it is sufficient to ask of
Jovem quse ponit et
Jupiter the things which he lays down (sets before us) and
aufert det vitam,
Iipse
: det opes :
takes away : let him give life, let him give riches: will
parabo mi axluum animum.
prepare for myself a well-adjusted mind.
EPISTLE XIX.
TO M/ECENAS.
He shows she folly of some persons, who would imisate ; and the
of others, who would censure him.
Docte Msecenas, si credis prisco Cratino, nulla

Learned Maunas, if you believe old Cratinus, no
carmina possunt placere diu, пес vivere, quœ

t!«r«ej can please long, nor live, which
scribuntur potoribus aquse. Ut Liber adscripsit
are written by drinkers of water. Since Bacchus enrolled
male sanos poetas Satyris
the hardly-sound (brain-sick) poets with his Satyrs
Faunisque, dulces Camenœ fere oluerunt

and Fauns, the sweet Muses as a rule have smelt of
EPISTLES OF HORACE — ROOK L 429
vina mane. Homerus laudibus

wine in themorning. Homer by his (excessive) praises
vini arguitur vinosus. Pater Ennius ipse

of wine is convicted asa tippler. Father Ennius himself
nunquam nisi potus prosiluit ad dicenda
never unless intoxicated sprang forth to sing of
arma. "Mandabo forum putealque Libonis
arms. "I will assign the forum and the puteal of Libo
siccis adiinam
I will take away from
;
to the sober; (forbid) the strictly
severis cantare." Simul edixi

temperate (the right) to sing." As soon as I had laid down
hoc, poetœ non cessa ve re certa re
this law, the poets did not cease to contend with each other
nocturno mero, pu tere

in their nightly wine (carousals,) to smell rank (of wine)
diurno. Quid? si quis ferus simulet
in the day. Whatt if any uncouth fellow should imitate
Catonem torvo vultn, ac nudo pede,
Cato by a stern countenance, and bare foot,
textoreque exiguse togse; reprœsentetne

and the texture ofa scanty gown, would he represent
virtu te m que mores Catonis? Lingua emula
the virtue and morals of Cato t The tongue rivalling
Timageuis rupit Iarbitam, dum studet
Timagenes ruined Iarbitas, while he is anxious
haben urbanus, que tendit disertus.
to be thought a wit, and strives (to be thought) eloquent.
Exemplar imitabile vitiis decipit. Quodsi
A model (that is) imitable in its defects deceives. But if
casu pallerem, biherent cuminum
by chance I were pale, they would drink cumin,
'
exsangue. О imitatores, servum pecus ; ut saepe
making pale. О imitators, a servile herd; how often
vestri tumultus movere mihi bilem, ut sœpe mihi
your tumults have moved my anger, how often my
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jocu4* Princeps posui libera vestigia per

I
1
mirth! first planted my free steps through (afield)
non aliena
vacuum,
not occupied (by others,) I have not
pressi
traced other people's
meo pede. Qui fidit sibi, dux,

(tracks) with my foot. Who trusts to himself, as the leader
regit examen. Ego primus ostendi

(the king-bee,) rules the swarm. 7 first showed
Parios ¡ambos Latio ; secutus

the Parian iambics to Latium, having followed (imitating)
numeros animosque Archilochi, non res
the numbers and spirit of Archilochus, not the subject-matter
et verba agentia Lycamben. Ac

and words (expressions) that pursued Lycambes. And
ne ideo ornes me brevioribus
that you may not therefore adorn me with scantier
foliis, quod timui mutare modos

leaves (laurels,) because I was afraid to change his measures
et artem carminis : mascula Sappho

and the technique of his verse, the manly Sappho
temperat Musam pede Archilochi :

moulds her Muse by the measure of Archiloehus:
Alсants temperat, sed dispar rebus et
Aleaus tempers his, but differing in subjects and
ordine, nec quœrit socerum, quem
arrangement, he neither seeks a father-in-law, whom
oblinat atris versibus ; nec nectit

he may bespatter with his blackening verses; nor makes
laqueum sponsœ famoso carmine.

a(fatal) noose for his bride in his defamatory song.
Ego Latinus fidicen vulgavi hunc, non dictum

I the Latin lyrist gave to the public him, not celebrated
prius alio ore. Juvat ferentem

before by any other mouth. It delights me bringing (to
immemorata que legi
bring) things unrecorded (never beard of) both to beread
iugenuis oculis, tenerique manibus.

by gentle eyes, and to be held in their hands.
Velis scire, cur ingratus lector
Would you wish to know why an ungralful reader
landet mea opuscula, ainetque domi,
commends my works, and loves them at home,
iniquus premat extra limen?

but unjust depreciates them beyond the threshold (out of
Ego non venor suffragia

doors?) 7 do not hunt up (court) the votes (applauses)
ventosœ plebis impensis cœnarum, âс

of the fickle mob at the expense of entertainments, and
munere tritíe vestis: ego auditor et
by a present of a thread-bare coat: I, a hearer and
ultor nobilium scriptorum non dignor ambire
revenger of noble writers, do not deign to canvass
gram ma ticas tribus

the grammatic tribes (solicit the tribes of grammarians)
et pulpita. Hinc illœ lachrymœ. Si dixi,
and their pulpits. Hence these tears. If I have said,
" Pudet recitare indigna
scripta
"It shames me to publicly recite my writings not good enough
spissis theatris, et addere pondus

(unworthy) for crowded theatres, and toadd weight
nugis :
" ait, " Rides, et
(importance) totrifles:" says one, "Той jeer, and
servas ista auribus Jovis: enim
reserve them for the ears of Jupiter (Cœsar:) for
fidis te solum manare poetica mella,
you believe that you alone distil poetic honey,
pulcher tibi." Ad
fair to yourself (beautiful in your own eyes.)" Towards
formido uti naribus,
I
hœc ego
these am afraid to use my nostrils (indulge.
et ne acuto
I
secer ungui
sneers,) and lest be torn by the sharp nail
luctantis, clamo,
" Iste
tf one struggling with me (my antagonist.) 1 cry out, "Thai
locus displicet, ac poseo
place (the place you have chosen) displeases me, and Ibeg
deludia." Enim ludus genuit trepidum
an intermission." For a jest is wont to beget excited
certamen, et i ram ; ira truces inimicitias, âс

rivalry and anger; anger cruel hostilities and
funebre bellum.
funereal
EPISTLE XX.
TO HIS BOOK.
M vain he endeavors so retain his book, desirous of gessing abroad;

tells it what trouble is is so undergo, and imparss some shings to be
said of him to posserity.
ViDERie, liber, spectare

Тоu seem, my book, to be looking (longingly) towards
Vertumnum que Janum : ut scilicet prostes
Vertumnus and Janus : that forsooth youmay stand out
mundus pumice
(be exposed for sale) polished with the pumice stone of the
Sosiorum. Odisti claves et sigilla, grata

Sosii. Тоu hate keys and seals, agreeable
pudico ; gemis ostendi

to the modest book; you lament (are sorry) to be shown
paucis, et laudas communia,

(but) to the few, and praise publicity (what is open to all)
non ¡ta nutritus. Fuge quo
though not so brought up (educated.) Fly whither
gestis descendere. Non erit red i tus

you are longing to descend. There will be no return
tibi emisso. "Quid miser
jor you (when) once sent abroad.
" What have I, a wretch,
Quid volui ?" dices ; ubi quid

egi ?
done? What did I meant " you will say; when anything
lœserit te, et seis te
shall have offended you, and you know yourself
cogi in breve, quum plenus

to be crammed into a narrow space, when your satisfied
amator languet. Quod si augur non
admirer is tired But if the prophet does not
desipit odio peccantis,

rave (lose his foresight) in his vexation with the offender
eris carus Romse,
(the one offending,) you shall be dear (caressed) at Rome,
donee setas deserat te. Ubi cœperis
till youth shall forsake you. When you begin
sordescere contrectatus man i bus
to look dirty, being handled (thumbed) by the hands of the
vulgi ; aut taciturnus pasces inertes

vulgar, either you in silence shall feed the barbarous
tineas, aut fugies Uticam, aut vinctus mitteris Ilerdam.

moths, or fly to Utica, or bound be sent to Herda.
Monitor non exauditus ridebit : ut

'/our adviser not regarded shall laugh at this : as
ille, qui iratus, protrusit male parentem

he did, who being enraged, pushed his badly obeying
assellum in rupes. Enim quis laboret

(refractory) ass over the rocks. For who would labor
servare invitum ? Hoc quoque manet te,
to save him against his willt This also awaits you,
ut balba senectus occupet

that stammering old age should come upon you
docentem pueros elementa in extremis
while teaching boys the elements in the most remote
vicis. Quum sol tepidus

lanes. When the sun, neither too hot nor too cold,
admoverit plures aures tibi ;

shall have brought more (listening) ears to you ;
loquerís me natum libertino patre,

you shall Uli them that I, born,
of afreedman father,
et in tenui re, extendisse pennas
and * s'.ender circumstances, have spread my wings
majores nido ; ut
(till they are) greater than (too large for) the nest; so that
addas virtutibus quantum demas generi :

you may add tomy virtues as much as you lake frommybirth:
me placuisse primis
that I gave pleasure to (was in favor with) the first men
urbis belli domique ;

(most prominent) of the city in war and at home;
exigui corporis, prsecanum, aptum solibus;

of a short body, prematurely gray, fond of sunning my setf
celerem irasci, tamen

(fitted for the sun's heat ;) quick to be angry, yet (so)
ut essem placabilis. Si forte quis
that I could be easily appeased. If by chance any
sciat me
percontabitur te
I
meum sevum ;
shall ask you my age ; let him know that
implevisse quater mídenos Decembres,

have completed four times eleven (forty-four) Decembers,
anno quo Lollius dixit Lepidum

in the year that Lollius nominated Lepidus as nit
collegam.
colleague.
EPISTLES OF H0RAG3.
BOOK II.
EPISTLE I.
TO AUGUSTUS.
ffe honors him wish she highess compliments ; then sreats copiously
of poetry, its origin, characser, and excellence.
Quum solus sustineas tot ac tanta

Wlíile you alone sastain so many and so important
negotia, tuteris Italas res armis, ornes

affairs, defend the Roman world by your arms, adorn it
moribus,
I shouldpecoem
emendes legibus;
by your morals, reform it by your laws, offend
in publica со m moda, si morer tua tempora,
against the public interests, if 1 waste your time,
Csesar, longo sermone. Romulus, et pater

О Casar, with a long epistle. Romulus, and father
Liber, et Pollux cum Castore, post ingentia
Bacchus, and Pollux with Castor, after grsat
facta recepti in templa deorum, dum
achievements received into the temples of the gods, while
colunt terras que genus hominum,
they dwell on our earth and care for the race of men,
componunt âspera bella, adsignant agros, condunt
settle fierce wars, assign lands (property,) found
oppida, ploravere favorem speratum

cities, lamented that the favor hoped for by them
non respondere suis mentis. Qui contudit

did not correspond with their deserts. He who crushed
(436)
436 EPISTLES OF HORACE! — BOOK II.
diram hydram, subegitque nota portenta

the dreadful hydra, and subdued well-known monsters
labore fatali, comperit invidiam

by labor assigned by the fates, found nvy
domar i supremo fine. En i m urit suo

to be conquered(only)by his last end (death. ) For he burns by his
fulgore, qui prœgravat artes positas infra

very splendor, who weighs down the arts placed beneath
se; idem extinctus amabitur. Largimut

him; the same (man when) dead will be loved. We bestow
maturos honores tibi prœsenti, ponimusque

mature honors on you while still with us, and erect
aras jurandas per tuum numen, fatentes
altars whereon men are to swear by thy divinity, confessing
nil (tale) alias oriturum,
that nothing (equal to you) will hereafter arise, that
nihil tale ortum. Sed
nothing equal to you has (hitherto) arisen. But
hic tu us populus sapiens ac justus
this people of thine (though) wise and just
in uno anteferendo te nostris
in one thing in preferring you to our own
ducibus, te Grais,
generals, you (alone to all the generals) of Greece,
nequâquam œstimat cœtera simili ratione

by no means estimate other things by a similar rule
modoque, et fastidit et odit, nisi

and manner, and loathe and hate all, except
quœ videt semota terris

the things which they see removed from the earth
defunctaque temporibus
and those which have finished the measure of life assigned
suis. Sic fautor veterum, ut
to them. Such favorers (are they) of ancient things, as
dictitet Musas in Albano monte

to never tire of saying that the Muses on the Alban mount
EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK II. 437
locutas tabulas vetantes рессârе,

spoke (dictated) the twelve tablee forbidding to transgress,
quas bis quinque viri san хеш и t : fœdera regum

which the decemvirs enacted : the trcaties of kings
œquata vel cum Gabiis vel rigidis
made on equal terms either with the Gabii or the rigid
Sabinis: libros pontificum, annosa volumina
Sabines : the books of the pontiffs, the aged volumes
vatum. Si, quia quœqne antiquissima

of our seers. If, because as a class the most ancient
scripta Graiorum sunt vel optima,

writings of the Greeks are also the best,
Romani scriptores pensantur eadem trutina,

the Roman writers are weighed in the same balance,
non est quod loquamur multa : est

there is no need that we speak many words : there is
nil duri intra oleam, nuce nihil

nothing hard within the olive, in the nut there is nothing
duri extra : venimus ad summum fortunœ :

hard without : we are arrived at the height offortune :
pingimus, atque psallimus, et luctamur doctius

we paint, and sing, and wrestle more skilfully
'
unctis Achivis. Si dies reddit poemata
than the anointed Greeks. If time makes poems
meliora, ut vina, velim scire quotus

better, as it does wine, I should like to know which
annus arroget pretium chartis.
year (in the series) adds a value to writings.
Debet scriptor qui decidit centum
Ought the writer who has dropped off a hundred
annos abhinc, referri inter perfectos
years ago to be ranked among the accomplished
veteresque, an inter viles atque novos?

and ancient, or among thepaltry and modern ones t
Finis exclndat jurg,a- "Est vetus atque
Let us have a limit to bar disputes. "Heis an old and
438 EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
probus qui perficit centum annoe."

approved (writer) who completes a hundred years."
Quid? inter quos erit referendus

Whatt among whom shall he be worthy to beranked
qui deperiit minor uno mense, vel

who died less (than one hundred years) by one month, or
anno? veteresne probosque, an

one year t among the ancient and approved, or among
quos et prœsens et postera setas respuat?

those whom both the present and future age may rejectt
" Iste quidem ponatur honeste inter veteres,
"He truly may be placed with honor among the ancients,
qui est junior vel brevi mense vel toto

who is younger by either a short month or by a whole
Utor
I
anno." permissо, velloque
year." make use of the concession, and pluck away
paulatim, at pilos equinse caudœ; et

little by little, as (if they were) the hairs of a horse's tail; and
demo unum, demo etiam unum dum elusus
/ take away one, I take away still one (more, ) till, foiled
ratione ruentis acervi, qui
by the argument of the diminishing heap, (my adversary) who
redit ad fastos, et œstimat virtutem annis,
goes back to annals, and estimates virtue by years,
miraturque nibil nisi quod Libitina sacravit,

and admires nothing but what Libitina has consecrated,
cadat. En ni us, et sapiens et fortis, et, ut

is overthrown. Ennius, both wise and brave, and, as
critici dicunt, alter Homerus, videtur levite."

the critics say, another (a second) Homer, seems little
curare quo promissa cadant,
to regard whither the promíses fall (what becomes of the
ac Pythagorea somnia. Non est Nœvius
promises,) and hu Pythagorea-) dreams. Is not Nœvius
in manibns et hœrct pene
(always) m people' s hands and does he not stick (cling) almost
recens mentibus? Adeo sanctum est omne vetus

fresh in their memoriest So sacred is every ancient
poema. Quoties ambigitur, uter sit prior

poem. As often as it is debated which (poet) is preferable
utro, Pacuvius aufert famam docti
to which, Pacuvius carries off the reputation of a learned
Accius alti
is,
sen toga
;
writer of the olden time, Accius of a sublime poet; the gown
Afrani dicitur conveniase Menandro; Plautus

of Afranius said to have Menander Plautus (is
is
fitted
;
properare ad exemplum Siculi
said) to hurry onward after the pattern of Sicilian
Epicharmi Csecilius vincere gravitate, Terentius
;
Epicharmus Cacilius to excel in gravity, Terence

;
arte. Potens Roma ediscit hos, et spectat

in art. Mighty Лоmе learns them by heart, and views-
hos stipata theatre arcto;

in the theatre too narrow
;)
them crowded (for the numbers
hos habet numeratque poetas ab œvo

these she holds and reckons her poets from the age of
Livi scriptoris ad nostrum tempus.
Livius, the writer (of dramas,) to our own time.
Interdum vulgus videt rectum, est ubi

Sometimes the people see right, there a time «JAen(sometimes)
is
peccat. Si ita miratur laudatque veteres

xterrs (they are wrong.) they so admire andpraise the ancient
If
poetas, ut anteferat nihil, comparet nihil

poets, that they prefer nothing, compare nothing
illis, errat: credit
si
eos
to them, they err: they believe them to (that they)
if
dicere nimis
si
qusedam antique,
express some things in too obsolete a manner, (they
if
pleraqua dure,
believe) (that they express) much in a rude and barbarous way,
fatetur multa ignave,
they confess (that they express) many things incorrectly.
if
ctcapit, et facit mecum, et judicat

they are both wise, and join with r.u, and judge
sequo Jove. Ëquidem
with favoring Jove (with the favor of Heaven.) Indeed
non insector, ve reor carmina Lsevi
/ do not rail against, or think that the verses of Lœvius
Imemini
esse delenda, quse plagosuni
ought to be struck out, which remember flogging
Orbilium dictare mihi parvo sed miror
I wonder
;
Orbilius dictated tome when a boy ; but
videri emendata pulchraque, et
that they should seem correct and beautiful, and
minimum distantia exactis. Inter
very little differing from perfectly finished one*. Among
quœ si forte decorum verbum emicuit,
which if by chance a graceful word has shone out,
si unus et alter versus est paulo concinnior,
if one or another line is somewhat better turned, it
injuste ducit venditque tot um poema. Indignor
absurdly carries off and sells the whole poem. I am displeased
quidquam reprehendi, non quia

that any work should be blamed, not because
putetur compositum crasse ve illepide,

it is thought to be composed coarsely or inelegantly,
sed quia nuper: nec
but because it is composed lately (modern :) and that not
veniam, sed honorem âс prœmia posei
indulgence, but honor and prizes are demanded
antiquis.
for the ancients.
Si
If I dubitem,
should doubt, whether the
fabula
play
Attœ perambulet crocum que flores recte
of Atta treads the saffron and flowers without stumbling
nec ne ; pene cuncti patres clament
(properly) or not ; almost all the senators would cry out
pud ore m penisse, quum conor reprehenderé

that my modesty was lost, since 1 attempted to find faultwith
ea, quse gravis .¿Esopus, quse

those pieces which the impressive ¿Esopus, which
doctus Roscius egit: vel quia ducunt

the skilful Roscius acted: either because they judge
nil rectum, nisi quod placuit sibi, vel

nothing right, but what has pleased themselves, or
quia putant turpe parеrо minoribus,

because they think it shameful to submit to their juniors.
et senes fateri quœ

and that they being old should confess that what
didicere imberbi perdenda.

they learned when beardless is deserving only of being destroyed.
Qui jam laudat Saliare carmen Numœ,

Who, in fact, commends theSalian chant of Numa,
et solus vult videri scire illud quod
and alone wishes to seem to understand that which he is
ignorat mecum, ille non favet plauditque

ignorant of with myself, that (man) does not favor and applaud
sepultis ingeniis, sed impugnat nostra, lividusque
these buried geniuses, but assails ours, and in his envy
odit nos nostraque. Quod si novitas fuisset tarn
hates us and ours. But if novelty had been at
invisa Graiis, quam nobis, quid nunc esset
odious to the Greeks as to us, what now would be
vetus? aut quid publicus usus haberet, quod
ancient t or what could the public use have had, which
legeret tereretque viritim ? Ut
they might read and thumb each for himself t When
primum Grsecia, positis bellis, cepit nugari,

first Greece, her wars being laid aside, began to trifle,
et labier in vitium
and todrift into devotion to pleasures by (the influence of)
s?qua fortuna : arsit studiis nunc
prosperous fortune : she burned with raptures sometimes
athletarum, nunc equorum ; amavit fabros

for athletes, sometimes for horses; she loved the sculptors
marmoris, aut eboris, autseris; suspendit vultum

of marble, or ivory, or bran ; she hung her countenance
mentemque picta tabella ; gavisa est

and her soul upon a painted tablet ; she was charmed
nunc tibicinibus, nunc tragoedis.

sometimes with flute players, sometimes with tragedians.
Velut si in fans puella luderet sub nutrice,
As if, an infant girl, she were sporting under her nurse,
mature plena reliquit quod
quickly cloyed, abandoned what (a moment before)
cupide petiit. Quid placet, aut est odio,

she had eagerly sought. Wliat pleases, or is odious,
quod non credas mutabile? Bouse

which you may not consider changeable* Happy
paces secundi venti habuere hoc.

times of peace and favorable gales have had this effect.
Fuit diu dulce âс solenne Rom«,
It was long agreeable and customary at Rome,
vigilare mane reel usa domo, promere

to be up early in the morning with open house, to give
jura clienti ; expendere nummos cautos

legal advice to a client ; to lend out money secured by good
nominibus ; audire majores, dicere

names (on good securities ; ) to learn from the elders, to teach
minori, per quœ res posset crescere,

a junior (the means) by which an estate might increase,
damnosa libido, minui. Levis
(and) ruinous lust, might be diminished. The inconstant
populus mutavit mentem, et calet uno

people have changed their mind, and are fired with the sole
studio scribendi : que pueri severique patres cœnant
desire of writing: both boys and stern fathers sup
vincti comas fronde, et dictant

bound as to their hair with a garland, and dictate
carmina. Ego ipse, qui affirmo me scribe re nullos
verses. I myself, who declare that I write no
EPISTLES OF HORACE— BOOK II. 448
versus, invenior mendacior Parthis : et

verses, am found more false than the Partitions : and
vigil prius orto sole poseo calamum

being awake before the rising of the sun, call for my reed
et chartas et scrinia. Ignarus
(pen) and papers and writing-desk. One ignorant
navis timet agere navem : nou audet

of a ship is afraid to steer a ship : none dares
dare habrotonum segro, nisi
to give southern wood to the sick, unless
qui didicit : med ici promittunt

he who has learned (studied) it; physicians profess
quod est medicorum : fabri tractant

what is the province of physicians : mechanics handle
fabrilia scribimus poemata passim
mechanics' tools: we write poems indiscriminately,
indocti doctique. Tamen sic collige
unskilled and skilled (alike.) Yet, thus compute
quantas virtutes hic error, et hsec levis

how great virtues this folly, and this slight
insania habeat : animus vatis non est temere
madness may possess : the mind of a poet is not lightly
a varus; amat versus, studet hoc unum;
covetous ; he loves verses, he studies this one thing ;
ridet detrimeuta, fugas servorum, incendia ;
he laughs at losses, the flights of slaves, fires;
non incogitat ullam fraudem socio,
he does not meditate any fraud against his partner,
puerove, pupillo ; vivit siliquis et

or against the boy, his ward ; he lives on pulse and
secundo pane. Quanquam piger ac
second-rate (brown) bread. Though dastardly and
malus militise, utilis urbi : si
vnfil for military service, he is useful to the city ; if
das hoc, parvis rebus magna quoque
you allow this, (that) by small things great ones are also
juvari. Poeta figurat teneruui balbumque os

assisted The poet fashions the tender and lisping mouth
pueri : jam nunc torquet au rem

(accent) of the boy : even now he turns away his ear
ab obscenis sermonibus : mox etiam format
from impure discourses : by and by he also forms
pectus amicis prœceptis, corrector asperitatis
AM heart by friendly precepts, the corrector of his rudeness
et invidiœ et irœ: refert facta recte:
and envy and anger : he records heroic deeds :
instruit orientia tempora notis exemplis:
he instructs therising generations by celebrated examples:
solatur inopem et segrum. Unde

he comforts the poor and the sick at heart. Whence
puella ignara mariti, cum castis

could the maiden ignorant of a husband, with the chaste
pueris, disceret preces, nisi Musa dedisset

boys, learn her prayers, unless the Muse had provided
vatem? Chorus poscit opem, et sentit
a poet t The chorus supplicates aid, and perceives
numina prœsentia ; blandus precc

the gods propitious; winning favor by the prayer which
docta implorat cœl estes aquas:
has been taught them, they implore heavenly showers:
avertit morbos, pellit pericula metuenda:
avert diseases, drive away dangers feared:
to be
im pet rat et pacem, et annum locupletem frugibus.

procure both peace and a year enriched with fruits.
Di . superi placantur carmine,
The gods above are appeased with verse, the gods of the
manes carmine. Prisci agricolse, fortes,

lower world with verse. Our ancient swains, stout fellows,
beatique parvo, post fru menta condita,

and happy with little, after their corn (wos) stored,
levantes festo tempore corpus et animum
refreshing at a festival time the body and mind
jpsum ferentem dura spe finis,

itself which was wont to bear toil in hope of respite,
cum socпs operum puens et fida

with the partners of their toils, their sons and faithful
conjuge, piaban t Tellurem porco, Sylvanum
wife, appeased the Earth with a hog, Sylvanus
lacte, Genium memorem brevis œvi

with milk, the Genius that reminds us of short life
floribus ac vino. Fescennina Hcentia
with flowers and wine. Fescennine licentiousness
inveuta per h unc morem fudit rustica

introduced by this custom poured forth it* rustic
opprobria alterais versibus ; libertasque

taunts in alternate verses ; and this liberty
accepta per recurrentes an nos lusit

handed down through returning years sported
amabiliter : donee jam ssevus jocus

in friendly fashion ; till, now growing savage, raillery
cepit verti in apertam rabiem, et minax
began to be turned into open raga, and assailing
impune ire per honestas domos.

with impunity to go (run) through honorable families.
Lacessiti dente cruento doluere :
Those wounded by its tooth that drew blood ained :.
complained
intactis fuit quoque cura super
to those unassailed there was also a concern for
com m и ni conditione : quin etiam, lex lata
the common condition : nay more, a law was enacted
que poena quse nollet quemquam

and penalty (was decreed) which forbade that any one
describi malo carmine. Vertere

should be stigmatized in defamatory strains. They changed
modum, redacti ad dicendum bene, que

their tone, being reduced to speaking civilly, and
delectandum formidino fustis. Grœcia capta

to phasing out of fear of the rod. Greece, subdued
29
44G EPI8TLES OF HORACE — BOOK II.
cepit ferum victorem, et

(herself,) (in turn) subdued her savage conqueror, and
intulit artes agresti Latio. Sic ille
introduced her arts into rude Latium. Thus the
horridus Saturnius numerus defluxit, et

rugged Saturnian measure passed out of use, and
munditise pepulere grave virus : sed tamen vestigia

elegance expelled the noisome venom: but yet the traces
ruris manserunt in longum œvum, et hodie

of rusticity remained for a long time, and at this day
manent. Enim serus admovit acumina
remain. For late he (the Roman) applied his keenness
Grsecis chartis: et post Punica bella
to the Greek writings : and after the Punic wars
quietus cepit quserere, quid utile

enjoying peace began to inquire, what useful (matter)
Sophocles et Thespis et .¿Eschylus ferrent
Sophocles and Thespis and ¿Eschylus afforded.
Tentavit rem quoque si posset vertere
He made the attempt also whether he could translatethsm
digne: et placuit sibi, subümis

worthily : and hepleased himself, being sublime
et acer natura : spirat tragicum isatis,

and bold by nature: for he breathes (a spirit) tragic enough,
audet feliciter ; sed inscite
and dares successfully ; but through want of skill
putet lituram turpem metuitque. Comœdia

thinks a blot shameful and/ears (avoids) it. Comedy
creditur habere minimum sudoris, quia arcessit

м believed torequire very little exertion, because it takes
res e medio ; sed habet tanto
its subjects from common life ; but it requires by so vauch
plus oneris, quanto minus veniœ. Aispice

the more labor, as it has less indulgence. See
quo pacto Plautus tutetur partes

in what manner Plautus supports the parts (the chaiaoter)
EPISTLE8 OF HORACE — BOOK II. 447
ihebi attenti
of a youth in love, hoso that of a careful (covetous)
patris, ut insidiosi lenonis; quantus
father, how that of the cheating pimp; how able
sit Dossennus in edacibus

is the Dossennus (of farce) in (describing) his greedy
parasitis : quam non astricto aoceo percurrat
^rasites: with how ill bound (loose) a sock he runs across
pulpita: enim gestit demittere nummum in
the stage: for he delights to drop money into
loculos; post hoc, securus an fabula cadat
his purse; after that, regardless whether his play fails
an stet recto talo.
or stands (holds its own) with an upright a nkle, (steadily )
Lentus spectator exanimat quem gloria
The languid spectator dispirits (him) whom glory
tulit ad scenam ventoso curru,
has brought to the stage in her airy chariot,
sedulus inflat. Sic leve, sic parvum est
but the attentive inspires (him.) 80 light, so trivial is that
quod subruit ac reficit animum avarum
which overthrows and raises up again the mind anxious
laudis ! Valeat ludicra res,
for applause ! Farewell to that frivolous business (the stage,)
si palma negata reducit me macrum,
if the palm when denied brings me back thin,
donata opimum. Hoc ssepe
when granted brings me back (makes me) fat. This often
etiam fugat terretque audace m poetam, quod
too drives away and deters the bold poet, that
plures numero, minores virtute et honore,
the superior in number, inferior in virtue and honor,
indocti stolidique, et parati
the unlearned and foolish too, and those ready
depugnare, si eques discordet,

it out, a knight dissents from them.
inter media carmina pose im t aut ursum

in the very middle of the plays call for either a bear
aut pugiles; nam plebecula gaudet his. Verum

or boxers; for the populace delights in these. But
jam omnis voluptas equitis quoque
now all the pleasure of the equestrian order also
migravit ab aure ad incertos oculos et

has shifted from the ear to the restless eyes and
vana gaudia. Aulsea premuntur

their idle gratifications. The curtain и kept down
in quatuor aut plures horas; dum turmœ

for four or more hours; while squadrons
equitum fugiunt, catervseque
of horsemen are flying across the stage, and companies
peditum : mox fortuna regum

of infantry: presently the fortune of kings (unfortunate
manibus retortis trahitur :
kings) with their hands tied behind is (are) dragged on:
esseda festinant, pilenta, petorrita,
the chariots hurry along, two-wheeled carriages, wagons
naves, captivum ebur, captiva Corinthus

(/or slaves,) ships, the captive ivory, captive Corinth
portatur. Democritus rideret, si foret in

is borne along. Democritus would laugh, if he were on
terris; seu panthera confusa divcrsum genus

earth; if either a panther mingled in its unlike nature
camelo, sive albus elephas eonverteret
with a camel, or a white elephant should turn (upon itself)
ora vulgi : spectaret populum

the countenances of the vulgar: he would view the people
attentius ludis ipsis, ut prœbentem

more attentively than the plays themselves, as affording
sibi nimio plura spectacula : autem putaret
him very much more of a spectacle: but he would suppose
ecriptores narrare fabellam surdo asello. Nein

that the writers told their story to a deaf ass. For
EPISTLE8 OF HORACE — BOOK II. 449
quœ voces evaluere pervincere sonum, quem

what voices have been able to surmount the din with which
nostra tlieatra referunt ? Putes nemus
our theatres resound t Тоu would imagine the forest
Garganum mugire, aut Tuscum mare : cum

of Garganus were roaring, or the Tuscan sea: with
tanto strepitu spectantur ludi, et
so great clamor are viewed the shows, and
artes, peregrinse divitiœque quibus
the works of art, and foreign riches, with which
actor oblitus, quum stetit
the actor being daubed over, as soon as he stands
in scena dextera concurrit lœvœ.

on the stage, each right-hand meets (clashes with) the left.
Dixit adhuc aliquid ? Nil sane. Quid

Has he said as yet anything t Absolutely nothing What
ergo placet? Lana imitata violas

then delights t The wool (о/ Aи robe) imitating the violets
Tarentino veneno. Ac ne forte putes

with Tarentine dye. And lest perhaps you may think
me laudare maligne
that I quœ ipse
extol grudgingly those kinds of writing which 1 myself
recusem facere, quum alii tractent

refuse to attempt, when others handle (treat) them
recte : ille poeta videtur mihi posse ire
successfully : that poet seems to me to be able to walk
per extentum funem, qui inaniter angit

along a stretched (tight) rope, who by illusions torsures
meum pectum, irritat, mulcet, implet falsis terroribus,

my breust, provokes, soothes, fills it with false terrors,
ut magus; et ponit me modo Thebis,

like a magician ; and places me sometimes at Tuches,
modo Athenis. Verum age, et his redde
sometimes at Athens But come, and to these too render
brevem cu ram qui malunt credere se

some little, attention w\o choose rather totrust themselves
lectori, quam ferre fastidia superbi

to the reader, than to bear the disdain of a capricious
spectatoris ; si vis complere libris muuus
spectator ; if you want to fill up with books a gifs
dignum Apolline, et addere calcar vatibus,

worthy of Apollo, and to add a spur to the poets,
ut petant virentem Helicona

that they may seek (frequent) the verdant Helicon
majore studio. Sœpe quidem

with greater ardor. ( Granted that) often indeed
poetse facimus multa mala nobis (ut egomet

we poets do many injuries to ourselves (that I
csedam mea vineta,) quam damus
put the knife to my own vineyards, ) when we deliver
librum tibi solicito aut fesso : quum kedimur,
a book to you anxious or fatigued : when we are offended,
si quis amicorum est ausus reprehendere unum

if any one of our friends has dared to censure one
versum : quum irrevocati revolvimus

verse : when though not encored we unroll again (repeat)
loca jam recitata : quum lamentamur nostras
passages already recited : when we repine that our
labores non apparerê, et poemata
labors do not appear and our poems
deducta tenui filo :
spun with afine thread (that the toil and fine workmanship
quum speramus
spent upon our poems is not noticed ;) when we hope
rem venturam eo, ut, simul atque

the matter will come to this, that, as soon as
rescieris nos fingere carmina,

you shall 'have known (know) that we compose verses,
commodus a r cessas ultra, et

you will obligingly send for us of your own accord, and
vetes egere, et cogas
forbid us towant (bid us want no longer,) and oblige us
scribere. Sed tamen est prеt i um operse сognoscere

to write. But yet it
i« worth while to know
quales œdituos virtus spectata belli

what sort of temple -keepers your merit proved in tar
domique habeat non committenda indigno
and at home has, not to be committed to an unworthy
poetœ. Hie Choerilus, qui retulit acceptos

poet. That Chœrilus, who set down to the credit of
incultis ac male natis versibus Philippos, numisma
Ase rough and misbegotten verses the Philippi, coin
regale, fuit gratus magno regi

from the king's own mint, was acceptable to the great king
Alexandra. Sed veluti atramenta tractata remittunt
Alexander. But as black liquids (ink) handled leave behind
notam labemque, scriptores fere linunt splendida
a mark and blot, writers commonly soil glorious
facta fœdo carmine. Hie idem rex, qui prodigus
deeds by paltry verse. That same king, who lavishly
emit tam ridiculum poema tam care, vetuit
bought so ridiculous a poem so dearly, forbade,
edicto, ne quis pingeret se prseter
by an edict, that any one should paint him except
Appellen, aut alius Lysippo duceret œra

Apelles, or any other than Lysippus mould the brass
simulantia vultum fortis Alexandri. Quod

representing the countenance of the brave Alexander. But
si vocares illud judicium subtile videndis
if you should call this judgment exact for discerning
artibus ad libros et ad hœc dona M usar um ;
works of art (arts) to books and those gifts of the Muses,
jurares natum in crasso aere

you would swear that he was born in the heavy air
Bœotum. At neque Virgilius Variusque poetœ
of the Bœotians. But not Virgil or Varius, poets
dilecti tibi dedecorant tua judicia de se, atque

dear to you, disgrace your judgment of them, and
munera quse tulcrunt cum multa laude

the bounties which they received with much commendation
dantis : nec vultus magis expressi
of the giver : nor are the features more clearly reproduced
per aenea signa quam mores animique

by brazen statues than the characters and minds
clarorum virorum apparent per opus vatis. Nec
of illustrious men appear by the work of a poet. Nor
mallem humum,
I
ego sermones repentes per
would choose strains creeping along the ground,
quam com ponere gestas res, dicereque

rather than to compose (great) exploits, and sing
situs terrarum, et flumina, et
the situations of the countries, and the rivers, and
arces impositas montibus, et barbara regna,
the towers placed upon mountains, and barbarian realms,
duellaque confecta tuis auspiciis per

and wars finished under your auspices through (over)
totum orbem, clanstraque cohibentia Janum custodem
the whole globe, and the bars confining Janus the guardian
lMicis, et Romam formidatam Parthis, te

of peace, and Rome formidable to the Parthians, you
principe:
being chief (under your sway,)
si
if I
quoque
also
possem
were able to do as
Sed neque tua majestas

quantum
much as I could
cuperem.
wish (d esired . ) But neither does your majesty
recipit parvnm carmen : nec meus pudor audet

admit of humble verse, nor does my modesty dare
tentare rem, quam vires recusent ferre.
to attempt a subject which my abilities refuse to support.
Autem sedulitas stulte urget quem diligit ;
But officiousness foolishly oppresses whom it loves ;
prœcipue quum commendat se numeris
especially when it strives to recommend itself by numbers
et arte. Enim discit citius, que meminit

and poetic art. For one learns sooner, and remembers
libentius, illud quod quis deridet,

more readily (willingly,) that which any one ridicules,
quod probat âс veneratur. Nil moror

rim
n what he approves and reveres. I care nothing about
officium me : ac
attention
qnod
that
gravat
annoy s me: and Iopto
wish
neque
neither
proponi usquam cereus, vultu

to be exposed anywhere as a waxen image, with a countenance
ficto in pejus, nee decoran prave factis
formed for the worse, nor to be decorated with ill formed
versibus; ne donatus pingui munere,
verses ; lest being presented with the stupid gift,
rubeam, et una cum meo scriptore
/ should blush (for shame. ) and together with my author
porrectus aperta capsa, deferar

stretched out in an open bookcase (bier,) 6« carried down
in vicum vendentem thus et odores, et
to the street which sells frankincense and odors, and
piper, et quidquid amicitur ineptis chartis.

pepper, and whatever is wrapt up in impertinent papers.
EPISTLE II.
TO JULIUS FLORUS.
In apologising for nos having writsen to him, he shows thai the well-
ordering of life is of more importance than she composition oj
verses.
Flore, fidelis amice bono claroque

Floras, a faithful friend to the good and illustrious
Neroni, si quis forte velit vendere tibi
Nero, if any by chance should desire to sell you
puerum natum Tibure vel Gabiis ; et agat sic

a slave born at Tibur or Gabii, and should treat thus
tecum : Hic et candidus, et pulcher a

with you : This (boy who is) both fair and handsome, from
454 EPISTLES OF HORACE — BOOK H.
vertice ad imos talos,

the top of the head to the bottom of his ankles (from head
fiet critque tuus oeto

to foot, ) he shall become and be yours for eight
millibus nummorum : verna aptus miuisteriis

thousand sesterces : a slave bred at home fit for services
ad heriles nutus, imbutus
at his master's nod, imbued with (possessing some knowledge
Grsecis literulis, idoneus cuilibet arti ;

of) Greek letters, of a capacity (suited) for any art;
imitaberis quidvis uda
you will imitate (shape) anything you like with (such)
argilla : quin etiam canet indoctn m .

moist clay : moreover he will sing in an untrained fashion,
sed dulce, bibenti. Multa promissa levant
but sweetly, to onedrinking. Many promises diminish
fidem, ubi qui vult

confidence (in a person,) where any one who wishes
extrudere merces venales laudat
to get rid of his wares exposed to sale praises them up
plenius œquo. Nulla res urget me;
more than is right. No necessity urges me (to dispose
sum pauper in meo sere :
of him though ;) Iam poor in my own money (in
nemo mangonum faceret

nobody's debt :) none of in slaves
the dealers would do
boc tibi : non quivis ferret idem temere
this for you : not every one would get the same readily
a me. Hic cessavit semel, et (ut fit)
from me. He was lazy once, and (as is usual)
latuit metuens habenœ pendentis in
concealed himself, being afraid of the whip hanging on
Bcalis. Des nummos, si

iAe staircase. Put down (give me) the money, if
excepta fuga
Vie exception I have made of his running away (h's 1 unning
nihil lœdit te. Opiuor, ille

away excepted) does not offend you. I think, he may
ferat pretium, seen rus pœnœ.

carry off the price, without fear of punishment (for his fraud.)
Prudens emisti vitiosum :
You with your eyes open have bought a good-for-nothing
lex est dicta tibi :
(slave:) the condition (of the sale) was told you:
tamen insequeris, et morarishuuo iniqua
nevertheless youprosecute, and annoy him withanunjust
lite.
suit.
Dixi tibi dixi
I I
proficiscenti me pigrum,
I told you setting out that was lazy, told you
prope mancum talibus officiis : ne

У was almost unfit (maimed) for such offices: lest
ssevus jurgares quod nulla epistola

being angry you should scold that no epistle
veniret ad tum
I gain,
mea te. Quid profeci, si
from me came to you. What then did if
tamen attemptas jura facientia mecum ?
still you assail the conditions that make for me t
Quereris etiam super hoc, quod mendax
You complain, too, besides this, that, false to my promise,
non mittam tibi exspectata carmina. Miles
Ido not send you the expected poems. A soldier
Luculli, dum lassus stertit nootu,
of Lucullus, while weary he snored in the night,
perdiderat viatica ad assem

had, lost all his savings to the last as (farthing) (which
collecta multis œrumnis; post hoc,
he had) gotten together with many hardships ; after this.
lupus vehemens, pariter iratus et sibi
a very wolf in his fury, equally incensed both at himself
et hosti, acer jejum's dentibus, dejecit
and the enemy, keen with his hungry teeth, he dislodged
regale prœsidium loco summe muuito, ut

a royal garrison from a post strongly fortified, as
aiunt, et divite multarum rerum. Clarus ob id

they say, and rieh in many things. Famous for this
factum, ornatur honestis donis, et accipit

exploit, he is adorned with gifts of honor, and receives
bis dena sestertia nummum super.

twice ten thousand sesterces in hard coin in addition.
Forte sub hoc tempus praetor cupiens
By chance about this time his general, desirous
evertere nescio quod castellum, cepit hortari
to destroy some (I know not what) fort, began to exhort
eundem verbis, quse possent addere mentem

the same man with words, which might add resolution
ti m ido " I,
q noque ; bone, quo
even to a coward: "Gо, my brave fellow, whither
tua virtus vocat te ; I fausto pede,
your valor calls you ; go with prosperous foot,
laturus grandia prœmia meritorum :
certain to receive ample rewards of your merits :
quid stas?" Post hsec ille catus,

why do you hesitate t
" Upon this he, sharp fellow,
rusticus, inquit,
" Ibit;
quantumvis
though a rustic, says, "He will go,
ibit eo, quo vis, qui

he will go thither, whither you wish, . who
perdidit zonam." Contigit mihi nutriri

hath lost his belt (purse.)" It hath been my lot to be bred
Romœ, atque doceri quantum i rat us

at Bome, and to be taught how much enraged
Achilles nocuisset Gratis. Bouse Athene adjecere

Achüles had hurt the Greeks. Kind Athens added
paulo plus artis scilicet, ut

I mightpossem
:
a little further skill: namely, that be able
dignoscere rectum curvo, atque quse re re

to distinguish right from wrong, and to search for
verum inter sylvas Acadenii. Sed dura

truth amidst tht groves of Academus. But troublesome
tempora emovere me grato loco:

times tore me away from mat agreeable place :
civilisque sestus tulit rudem

and the tide of civil commotion hurried me, a novice
*
belli, in arma, non responsura
in war, to arms, not destined to prove a match for
lacertis Csesaris Augusti. Unde simul primuin
the arms of Casar Augustus. Whence soon as first
Pliilippi dimisere me humilem decisis
Philippi gave me my discharge, humble with my clipped
pennis, inopemque et paterni laria et fundi,

wings, and deprived both of paternal house and land,
audax paupertas impulit ut facerem versus
I should make
:
enterprising poverty urged that verses:

sed quœ cicutœ una nam poternnt
but what quantities of hemlock will ever be able
satis expurgare, habentem quod non desit,

sufficiently to purge me, having what is not deficient,
ni putem melius dormire, quam scri bere
tf Ido not think it better to rest, than to scribble
versus? Anni euntes prœdantur singula

t
verses Years, as they go, steal things one by one
de nobis; eripuere jocos, Venerem,

from us; they have snatched away mirth, gallantry,
convivia, ludum : tendunt extorquere
revellings, play; they are striving to wrest (from me)
poemata. Quid vis faciam? Denique omnes non

poetry, too. What would youhave me dot In short, all do not
mirantur amantque eadem, Tu gaudes
admire and love the same things, Той delight in
carmine : hic delectatur iambis : ille
lyric strains : this man is delighted with iambics ; that
Bioueis sermonibus, ac nigro sale.
with Bionean satires, and black salt (coarse wit.)
Videntur mihi dissentire prope tres convîvœ,

They seem to me to differ almost as three gueste,
poscentes multum diversa vario palato.

requiring vastly different dishes with varied taste.
Quid dem? quid non dem? Quod tu

What shall! givet what shall 1 not givet What you
renuis, alter jubet: quod petis, id est
refuse, another orders: what you call for, that is very
invisum acidumque duobus. Praeter cœtera,
distasteful and sour to (the other)two. Above all other reasons,
censes ne me posse scribe re pœmata Romœ
do you think that I can write poems at Rome
inter tot curas, totque labores? Hic
amidst so many cares, and so many toils t This (oat)
vocat sponsum ; hic auditum
calls me to stand security (for him ;) this (one) to hear his
scripta, relictis omnibus officiis : hic cu bat

writing s, having left all my affaire : this (another) is ill in bed
in colle Quirini ; hic in extremo
on the mount of Quirinus ; this (another) on the most remote part
Aventino : uterque visendus : vides
of the Aventine ; each is to be visited : you observe that
intervalla humane commoda.
the distances (are) charmingly convenient.
Verum pi atesé sunt purse, ut nihil

Yes, but you say the streets are clear, so that nothing
obstet meditantibus. Redemptor
can hinder one composing. The contractor for building
festinat calidus mulis gerulisque,
hurries along in hot haste with his mules and porters,
machina torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens
a machine (derrick) swinge now a stone, now a huge
tignum, tristia funera luctantur

beam, dismal funeral processions dispute (the way)
plaustris robustis, rabiosa canis fugit hac,

with wagons of solid timber, a mad bitch flies here.
lutulenta sus ruit hac. I nunc, et meditare

a dirty sow muhes here. Gо now, and compose
tecum canoros versus. Omnis chorus scriptorum

with yourself sonorous verses. The whole troop ofpoets
amat nemus, ac fugit urbes, rite
loves the grove, and flee from (avoid) the cities, as is fit
cliens Bacchi gaudentis somno et umbra.

in allegiance to Bacchus delighting in slumber and shade.
Tu vis me canere inter nocturnos
Do you wish me to sing( would you have me sing) amidst nightly
atque diurnos strepitus, et sequi contracta

and daily tumults, and follow the narrow
vestigia vatum? Ingenium, qui desumsit sibi

footsteps of the poets t A genius, who has chosen as his
vacuas Athenas : ut dedit

home (for himself ) empty (quiet) Athens, when he has dedicated
Septem annos studiis insenuitque libris

seven years to his pursuits, and has grown old in books
et curis, plerumque exit taciturnius statua,

and studies, very often goes forth more silent than a statue,
et quatit populum risu ; hic ego
and convulses the people with laughter ; here am 1
digner connectere verba motu ra

to deign to string together words which shall make
sonum lyrse in mediis fluctibus rerum
the sound of the lyre in the midst of the billows of affairs
ac tempestatibus urbis? Erat Romse frater
and tempests of the city t There was at Rome the brother
consulti, rhetor, ut alter
of a lawyer, a rhetorician, (such brothers) that the one
audi ret meros honores sermone

heard nothing but compliments from the mouth (conversation)
alterius: ut hic foret Gracchus

of the other ; that the latter was a Gracchus
illi ; ut i He Mucius huic.

to the former ; that the former was a Mucius to the latter
Qui minus iste furor vexat argutos

In what way less does this madness trouble our tuneful
poetas ? Compono carmina, hic

" Opus
poets t I
compose
elegos.
lyrics, this (other man) elegies. "A work
m i rabile visu cœlatumque novem Musis."
wonderful to be seen and embellished by the nine Muses."
Aspice primum cum quanto fastu, quanto
Observe first with what a fastidious air, with what
molimine circumspectemus œdem vacuam
importance we survey the temple free (to receive
Romanis vatibus. Mox etiam
the works) of the Roman poets. Presently also
forte et
(si
vacas) sequere,
(if by chance you are at leisure) follow, and
procul audi quid uterque ferat, et quare

from a distance hear what each brings, and why
nectat sibi coronam. Samuites
each weaves for himself the (laurel) crown. Like Samnites we
eœdimur lento duello ad prima lumina,
receive blows in the slow conflict till the first candles (are lighted,",
ac consumimus hostem totidem plagis.

and wear out the foe by just as many blows (in return.)
Discedo Alcœus illius puncto quis ille

:
an Alcaus by his (suffrage who

is
come off he
I
vote
;)
meo? Quis, nisi Callimachus? Si visus

•л mine Who, but Callimachus If he seemed
t
adposcere plus, fit Mimnermus, et

'о demand in addition more, he becomes Mimnermus, and
crescit cognomine optivo.
by
grows greater and greater the appellation he may choose.

Fero multa ut placem irritabile
еndure many things that may appease the irritable
I
I
genus vatum, quam scribo; et supplex capto

race of poets, when write; and submissive court
I
suffragia populi idem, studiis

;
the applause of the people; let me, the same (man,) my ambition
i
finitis, ac mente recepta, impune obturem patulas

ended, and my reason recovered, boldly elose my open
au res legentibus. Qui componunt mala carmina

ears to (them) reading. Those who compose bad verses
ridentur; verum gaudent scribentes,

are laughed at ; but are pleased while they are writing,
et venerantur se, et nitro si
and reverence themselves, and of their own accord, if
taceas, beati, laudant quidquid scripsere.
you are silent, happy, praise whatever they have written.
At qui cupiet fecisse poema

But whoever shall desire to have composed a poem
legitim um, cum tabulis sumet

true to the laws of art, with his writing -tablets he will assume
animum honest i oensoris; audebit

the spirit of a conscientious censor ; he will resolve (not
movere loco qusecunque verba
hesitate) to remove out of their place whatever words
Aabebunt parum splendoris, et erunt sine
shall have but little of lustre, or shall be without
poudere, et ferentur indigna honore,

weight, or are (now) considered unworthy of the dignity,
quam vis recedant invita, et adbuc versentur

though they withdraw reluctant, and still remain
intra penetralia Vestœ. Bonus eniet
within the sanctuary of Vesta. The good poet will draw out
diu obscurata populo, atque proferet
what has been long lost to the people's view, and bring forth
In lucem speciosa vocabula rerum, quse
into light the brilliant designations of things, which
memorata priscis Catonibus atque Cethegis,
having been used by the ancient Catos and Cethegi,
nunc situs informis ac deserta

now unseemly neglect (mould) and forsaken
vetustas prenait. Adsciscet
antiquity presses upon them. He will place on the roll
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nova, quœ usus genitor

newly coined words, which use, the parent (of language,)
produxerit : vehemens, et liquidus, simillimusque
shall have produced : strong, and (yet) clear, and very tike
puro amni, fundet opes, beabitque

apure river, he will pour forth his. treasures, and bless
Latium divite lingua : compeseet

Latium with a rich language : he will prune
luxuriantia : levabit nimis âspera sano
-
those growing rank : he will polish the too rough by judicious
culta : tollet carentia virtute :

culture : he will remove the words wanting energy :
dabit speciem luden tis, ac

he will exhibit the appearance of one in sport, and
torquebitur, ut qui movetur

yet he will exert himself to the utmost, as one who dances
nunc Satyrum, nunc agrestem Cyclopa.

now the Satyr, now the r.loumish Cyclops.
videri delirus inersque scriptor,

I would rather
Prsetulerim dum
seem a silly and dull writer, provided
mea mala delectent me, vel denique fallant, quam

my faults please me, or even escape my notice, than
sapere, et ringi. Fuit Argis

to be a philosopher, and be worried. There was at Argos
haud ignobilis, qui credebat se audi re
a man of no mean rank, who believed that he was hearing
m i roe tragœdos, lœtus sessor
some admirable tragedians, a joyful (regular) sitter
plausorque in vacuo theatro : qui servaret

and applauder in an empty theatre : the sort of man to keep
osetera munia vitœ recto more: sane

the other duties of life in a proper manner : a truly
bonus vicinus, amabilis hospes, comis in uxorem,
good neighbor, an amiable host, kind towards his wife,
qui posset ignoscere servis, et non insanire signo

who could forgive his slaves, and not rave, the seat
lagenœ lseso; qui posset vitare

of a wine flask having been broken ; who could avoid
rupem et patentem puteum. Ubi refectus opibus

a precipice and an open well. When, cured by the aid
curisque cognatorum expulit morbum

and care of his relations, he expelled the distemper
bilemque meraoo ellebore, et redit ad

and biù by undiluted hellebore, and returned to
sese ; ait, " Pol, occidistis me,

himself; says he, "By Pollux, you have undone me,
amici, non servastis; nui,

my friends, you have not saved me ; from whom
voluptas sic extorta, et gratissimus

pleasure is thus taken away, and a most agreeable
error mentis demtus per vim."

delusion of mind removed by force."
Nimirum est utile sapere,
The truth is, it is profitable to be wise,
nugis abjectis, et concedere pueria

trifles having been laid aside, and leave to boys
ludum tempestivum ; ac non sequi

the play that is seasonable for them ; and not try to find
verba modulanda Latinis fidibus, sed ediscere
words to be set in rhythm by the Latin lyre, but to learn
numerosque modosque verœ vitœ. Quocirea

both the numbers and measures of true life. Wherefore
loquor h sec mecum, tacitusque

I say these things over tomyself , and silent
recordоr :
" Si nulla copia lymphse
call them to mind : "If no abundance of water
finiret tibi sitim, narrares
could quench your thirst, you would tell it to your
medicis ; quod quanto plura parasti, tanto
physicians ; seeing that the more you have got, so much
plura cupis, audesne faterier nulli ? Si

the more you desire, dare you confessit to none t If
vulnus non fieret levius radice monstrata

your wound were not made easier by a root prescribed
tibi, vel herba, fugeres curarier

for you, or an herb, youwouldrefuse to be (further) treated
radice, vel herba proficiente nihil.
by the root, or herb that availed nothing. Suppose
Audieras, pravam stultitiam decedere illi,

you had heard that vicious folly departs from him
cui di donarent rem ; et quum sis
to whom the gods give wealth ; and seeing you are
nihilo sapientior, ex quo es plenior,
nothing wiser, from the moment you are richer,
tamen uteris isdem monitoribus?
will you yet use (hearken to) the same counsellors t
At si divitiœ possent reddere prudentem, si minus
But if riches could make you prudent, if less
cupidumque timidum, nempe tu ruberes, si

covetous and cowardly, of course you would blush, if
quis viveret in terris avarior te uno.
any one lived on earth more avaricious than you alone.
Si est proprium, quod quis mercatur
If that is his own, which any one purchases
libra et œre ; usus mancipat
with the scales and money, (and) possession gives a claim to
credis consultis
(si
qusedam
Л
some things (if you believe the lawyers,

)
ager qui pascit te est tuus et

;
the land which feeds you is your own and

;
villicus Orbi, quum occat segetes

the steward of Orbius, when he harrows the corn fields
mox daturas tibi frumenta, sentit te

by and by to produce you fruits, feels that you
dominum. Das nummos aocipis
;
are the (true) lord. Той give the money you receive
;
uvam pullos, ova, cad um temeti nempe

:
;
grapes chickens, eggs, a cask of wine why, you see,

;
:
isto modo paulatim mercaris agrum, emtum

M that way you gradually purchase the land, bought
fortasse trecentis millibus nummorum, autetiam

perhaps for three hundred thousand sesterces, or even
supra. Quid refert, vivas numerate

more. Wliat difference does it make, if you live on money
nuper, an olim? Quondam emtor

counted out lately, or long ago t The late purchaser
Aricini et Veientis arvi cœnat emtum
of the Arician and Veientian land sups on bought
olus ; quam vis putat aliter : calefactat

vegetables, though he thinks otherwise : he boils
aenum sub gelidam noctem

his kettle towards (at the approach of ) the cold night with
emtis lignis. Sed vocat suum, usque
bought logs. But he calls (all the land) his own, as far as
qua populus adsita certis

the spot where the poplar tree planted along on the settled
limitibus refigit jurgia vicina :

bounds has shrunk from quarrels with the neighbors :
tanquam quidquam sit proprium, quod

as if anything were one's own, which in the
puncto mobilis horse, nunc precc,

short space of the fleeting hour, sometimes by request,
nunc pretio, nunc vi, nunc

sometimes for a price, sometimes by violence, sometimes
morte suprema permutet dominos, et

by death, which closes all, may change masters, and
cedat in altera jura. Sed, quia perpetuus
come into another's power. But, because a perpetual
usus datur nulli, et heres supervenit heredem
enjoyment is given to none, and heir follows heir
alterius, velut unda undam ; quid
of (yet) another, as wave (follows) wave ; what
vici prosunt, aut horrea ; quidve Lucani
do estates profit, or granaries ; or what the Lucanian
adjecti Calabris saltibus, si Orcus, non

joined to Calabrian forests, if Death, not to be
exorabilis auro, metit grandia cum

begged off (bribed) with gold, mows down the great with
parvis? Sunt qui non habeant gemmas,

the smallt There are some who have not gems,
marmor, ebur, Tyrrhena sigilla, argentum, vestes

marble, ivory, Tuscan statuettes, silver plate, robes
tinctas Gœtulo murice ; est qui non

dyed with Gœtulian purple ; there is one who does not
curat habere. Cur alter fratrum

care to have them. Why, one (even) of two brothers
prseferat cessare, et ludere, et ungi,

prefers to be idle, and to play, and to be perfumed,
pinguibus palmetis Herodis. alter

to (possessing) the rich palm-tree groves of Herod; the other,
dives et importunus mitiget . sylvestrem

wealthy and unbending (busy,) reclaims (tames) his woody
agrum flam m is ac ferro ab ortu

la'.i with fires and the steel (axe) from the dawn
lucis ad umbram. Genius seit, qui

of light to the evening shade. Our Genius knows, who
comes temperat astrum natale, deus humanœ

as attendant controls the star of our nativity, the god of human
naturœ, mortalis in quodnue unum caput, mutabilis

nature, mortal in each single life, changeable
vultu, albus et ater. Utar, et

in countenance, fair and gloomy. Iwill enjoy, and
tollam e modico acervo, quantum

take away from my moderate heap, as much as
metuam heres
Ifear
res poscet; nec quid
the occasion shall demand; nor will what my heir
judicet de me, quod non invenerit plu ra

may think of me, because he has not found more
datis. Et tamen
than what 1 have given (bequeashed) to him. And yet
idem volam scire, quantum

I the same shall wish to know (remember,) how much
simplex hilarisque discrepet

the unsuspicious (frank) and cheerful man may differ
nepoti : et quantum parcus

from the spendthrift: and how much an economical man
discordet avaro. Enim distat,
'
differ from a miser. For there is a difference,
prodigus spargas tua, an Deque

whether you lavishly scatter your (wealth,) or neither
facias sumtum invitus, neo labores parare
make (create) expense unwillingly, nor toil to obtain
plura, ac pot i us, ut olim puer festis

more, but rather, as formerly a boy on the festal
Quinquatribus, fruaris
fifth day afser the Ides (tbe festival of Minerva,) you enjoy
raptim exiguo que grato tempore.

eagerly (greedily) the short and agreeable time.
Immunda pauperies absit procul domus :

Let sordid poverty be far away from my house:
ego utrum ferar magna an parva
I
nave,
1, whether am carried in a large or small vessel,
ferar unus et idem. Non

shall be carried one and the same. We are not
agimur velis tumidis secundo

driven on, it is true, with sails swollen by the favorable
aquilone; tamen non ducimus statem

north-wind; yet we do not drag out our life
adversis Austris: viribus, ingenio,
under contrary Southern blasts: in strength, in genius,
specie, virtute, loco, re, extremi primorum,
splendor, virtue, position, fortune, last of the first,
usque priores extremis. Non es avarus :
ever before the last. Той are not covetous: (you say)
abi. Quid, cœtera jam fugere
Away with you (go f) VThat, have the rest now fled
simul cum isto vitio? Tibi pectus caret inani

together with this vice* Is your breast free from vain
ambitione? Caret formidine et ira mortis?
ambition t Is it free from terror and anger at death t
Rides somnia, mâgicos terrores, miracula,
Do you laugh at dreams, magic terrors, miracles,
sagas, nocturnos lemures, Thessalaque portenta?

witches, nightly spirits, and Thessalian prodigies}
Numeras natales grate? Ignoscis
Do you count your birthdays thankfully t Do you forgive
amicis? Fis lenior ac melior seuecta
your friends t Do you grow milder and better as old age
accedente? Quid una de pluribus

i« approaching t In what respect does one of many
spinis exempta juvat te? Si nescis

thorns pulled out profit you t ff you know not how
vivere recte decede peritis: lusisti
to live properly, make way for those that do: you have played
satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti :

enough, you have eaten enough, and have drunk (enough:)
est tempus tibi abire: ne setas

it is time for you to retire: lest the age that may
decentius lasciva rideat ac pulset
more becomingly make merry ridicule and drive you out
potum largius sequo."

having drunk more freely than is fit."
ON THE ART OF POETRY.
TO THE PISOS.
Si pictor velit jangere equinam oervicem

If a painter should wish to join a horse's neck
humano capiti, et inducere varias plumas

to a human head, and to spread a variety (of ) feathers
membris collatis undique,
over limbs(of different animals) brought together from all sides,
ut mulier formosa superne. desinat
so that a woman beautiful in her upper parts should have
turpiter atrum
an ugly ending (terminate unsightly) in a black (ngly)
piscem, teneatis risum, amici,

fish, could you restrain your laughter, my friends,
admissi spectatum ? Credite, Pisones,

if admitted tolook at it t Believe me, ye Pisos,
librum fore persimilem isti tabulse,

that a book will be very like (to) that picture,
species cujus fingentur vanee velut

the conceptions of which shall be formed empty, like
somnia œgri, ut nec pes nec

the dreams of a sick man, so that neither foot nor
caput reddatur uni formse.

head is adapted to any one form.
" Pictoribus atque poetis semper fuit
"To painters and poets there always has been (allowed)
sequa potestas audendi quidlibet."

an equal license (privilege) of attempting whatever they like."
(469)
470 ON THE ART OF POETRY.
Scimus, et petimusque damusque

We know it, and we both ask (as poets) and grant (as critics)
vicissim banc veniam : sed non ut immita coëant

in turn this privilege : but not that savage mats
placidis; non ut serpentes geminentur avibus,

with tame ; not that serpents may be coupled with birds,
agni tigribus. Gravibus inceptis et professis

lambs with sigers. To pompous plans and to those promising
magna plerumque unus et alter purpureus
great things very often one or two purple (brilliant)
pannus adsuitur, qui

patches are sewed, which may (In order to) make a
splendeat late quum Incus et arc

brilliant display far and wide when a grove and the altar
Dianœ, et ambitus aquœ properantis
of Diana, and the meandering course of a stream gliding swiftly
per amoenos agros, aut flumen Rhenum, aut

through the pleasant fields, or the river Rhine, or
pluvius arcus describitur. Sed nunc non erat

a rainbow is described. But at the moment there was no
locus his. Et fortasse seis simulare

place for these. And perhaps you know how to imitate
si,
cuprussum : quid hoc, qui

a cypress to what purpose that, he, who
is
if
:
pingitur œre dato,

painted for given given price,)
is
to be money (for
a
enatat exspes
to be represented as swimming ashore hopeless
is
fractis navibus? Amphora coepit

from his wrecked vesselt A wine jar began
institui cur exit uroeus,

:
to be constructed why turns out a pitcher

;
currente rota? Denique, sit

from the revolving potter's wheel In fine, let
it
be
t
quodvis, duntaxat simplex et

what you will, provided be only (something) simple and
it
ON THE AKT OP POETRY. 471
nnum. Maxima pars vatum, pater, etjuvenes

one (uniform.) The greatest part of us poets, father, and youths
digni patre, decipimur specie recti.
worthy of (such) a father, are misled by a vision of right.
Laboro esse brevis, fio obscurus nervi an i m ¡que
I strive
:
to be concise, 1 become obscure : nerves and spirit
deficiunt sectantem lenia: professus
fail him aiming at smoothness : (one) having professed
grandia tnrget: nimium tutus

great things is bombastic : the too cautious and (he who is)
timidusque procellse serpit humi : qui cupit

fearful of a storm creeps along the ground : he who desires
variare unam rem

to lend variety to one andthe same subject so as to produce a
prodigialiter, adpingit delphinum sylvis, aprum

marvellous effect, paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar
fluctibus. Fuga cul pee ducit in
in the waves. The shunning of blame leads into
Vitium, si caret arte. Faber circa iEmilium

fault, if it lacks art. An artist about the ¿Emilian
ludum unus et exprimet
school will alone (more skilfully than any other) both represent
ungues, et imitabitur molles capillos œre :

the nails, and will imitate soft (waving) hair in bronze :
infelix summa operis,
unsuccessful (unhappy) in the sum total of his work (in hie
'
quia nesciet ponere
work as a whole, ) because he will not know how to represent
Si
If I should care
totum. eurem componere quid, ego non
(A« whole. to compose anything, I would no
magis velim me esse hunc, quam vivere
more desire myself to be this man, than to live with a
pravo naso, spectandum nieris

deformed nose, (though) worthy to be gazed at for my black
oculis nigroque capillo. Qui scribitis, sumite materiam

eyes and black hair. Ye who write, take a subject
œquam vestris viribus ; et versate diu,

equal to (not too much for) your powers ; and consider long,
quid humeri recusent, quid valeant ferre.

what your shoulders refuse, what they are able to bear.
Nec facundia deseret hunc, nec lucidus ordo

Jfeither eloquence shall fail him, nor perspicuous order
cui res erit lecta potenter. Hœc
by whom a subject shall be chosen judiciously. This
erit virtus et Venus ordinis, aut ego
will be the excellence and charm of order, or 1
fallor : ut dicat jam nunc debentia

am mistaken ; that he say at this moment what needs
jam nunc dici : differât pleraque, et
at this moment to be said : that he defer much, and
omittat in prsesens tempus. Auctor
omit (them) for the present Let the author
promissi carminis amet hoc, spernet hoc.

of the projected poem embrace one word, reject another word
Tenuis cautusque in serendis verbis etiam,

Subtle and cautious in connecting words also,
dixcris egregie, si cal lid i

you will have expressed yourself excellently, if a skilful
junctura reddiderit notum verbum novum.

setting will have rendered a well-known word new.
Si forte est necesse monstrare abdita rerum

1f by chance it be necessary to explain new conceptions
recentibus indiciis, continget

by newly-invented terms (signs,) it will be allowable
fingere non exaudita cinctutis

to frame words not heard of by the cinctured (old-fashioned)
Cethegis que licentia dabitur

Cethegi : and a license shall be given
su m ta pudenter. Et verba nova

if used with moderation (modestly.) Also words new
nu perque ficta habebunt fidem ; si

and recently formed shall have acceptance (credit ;) if
ON THE ART OF POETRY. 473
codent Grseco fonte, parce detorta.

they descend from a Greek source, sparingly derived.
Quid autem, Romanus dabit Cœcilio

Why, indeed, shall a Roman grant to Cœeilius
Plautoque, adetutum Virgilio

and Piautus, what is taken away from (denied) Virgil
Varioque? Cur ego invideor, si possum acquirere
and Variust Why am Ienvied, if Iean acquire
pauca, quum lingua Catonis et Enni

a few (new names,) when the language of Cato and Ennius
ditaverit patrium sermonem, ac protulerit nova
has enriched our native tongue, and produced new
nomina retum? Licuit, semperque

names of things t It has been allowed, and ever
licebit, produce re nomen signatum

will be allowed, to put in circulation words impressed
prsesente nota. Ut sylvœ mutantur

with the current stamp. As the woods are changed by means
foliis in annos pronos,

of leaves from year to year as they run smoothly (swiftly) on,
prima cadunt : ita vetus setas verborum interit, et

the first fall off : so an old race of words dies, and
modo nata florent vigentque ritu juvenum.
the newborn flourish and thrive after the manner of young men.
Debemur nos nostraque morti ; sive Neptunus

We owe ourselves and ours to death ; whether the sea
receptus terra arcet classes Aquilonibus,

received by the land defends our fleets from the north winds,
opus regis ; palusve diu sterilis que

the work of a king ; or the marsh long barren and
apta remis alit vicinas urbes, et

fit for oars maintains the neighboring cities, and
sentit grave aratrum : seu amnis mutavit
feels the heavy plough : or the river has changed
cursum iniquum frugibus, doctus melius

its channel pernicious to the fruits, being taught a better
iter: mortalia facta peribunt; nedum

course : all mortal works shall perish ; much leu
bonos et gratia sermonum stet vivax.

can the charm and grace of language continue to flourish.
Multa renascentur, quse jam cecidere ;
Many shall revive, which now have fallen into disuse ;
vocabulaque cadent quœ
and words shall fall (into disuse) (become obsolete) which
nunc sunt in honore ; si usus volet,

now are in esteem ; if usage shall wish it,
penes quern est arbitrium, et jus, et

in whose hands is the decision, and right, and
norma loquendi. Homerus monst ravit quo
standard of speaking. Homer has shown in what
numero gestœ res regumque ducumque, et
metre the heroic deeds of kings and commanders, and
tristia bella possent scribi. Primum querimonia,
disastrous wars could be written. At first lamentation,
post etiam sententia compos

afterwards also the sentiment which expresses thê
voti est inclusa versibus

attainment of one's desires was included in verses
i m pari ter junctis, tamen quis auctor emiserit exiguos
unequally joined, yet what author published thelight
elegos, grammatici certaut, et adhuc lis est
elegiacs, our teachers dispute, and still the contest is
sub judice. Rabies armavit Archilochum
under the judge (undecided.) Rage armed Archilochus
proprio iambo : socci grandesque cothurni

with his own iambic : the socks (of comedy) and stately buskins
cepere hunc pedem aptum alternis

(of tragedy) assumed this measure adapted to alternate
sermonibus, et vincentem strepitus populares,
speeches, surmounting the clamors of the populace,
et natu m agendis rebus.

and suited by nature to things to be acted (dramatic scenes.)
UN THE ART OF POETRY. 475
Musa dedit fidibus referre divos,

The Muse has given to the lyre to celebrate g ods,
puerosque deorum, et victorem pugilem, et

and the sons of gods, and the victorious wrestler, and
equum primum certamine, et curas

the horse foremost in the race, and the cares (love)
juvenum, et libera vina. Cur egosalutor
of young men, and the freedom of wine. Why amI saluted
poeta, si nequeo que ignoro servare

as a poet, if I am not able and know not how to preserve
descriptas vices, que colores

the marked out changes (differences, ) and style
operum ? Cur prave pudens

of productions t Why, falsely modest (from a fa1se shame,)
malo quam discere ? Comica

do I choose rather to be
nescire,
ignorant, than to learnt A comic
res non vult exponi tragicis
subject does not choose to be represented in tragic
versibus ; item cœna Thyestae indignatur
verse ; also the supper of Thy estes disdains
narrari privatis carminibus ac prope
to be told in strains of common life and almost
dignis socco. Quseque singula

worthy of thesock(comeày). Letcach separate (kind of writing)
teneant locum, sortita decentem.
hold (its own) place, having had a proper one allotted to it.
Tamen interdum et comœdia tollit vocem,
Nevertheless sometimes both comedy raises its voice,
iratusque Chrеmes delitigat tumido ore ; et

and angry Chremes rails in swelling language ; and
pjerumque tragicus Telephus ac Peleus dolet

frequently in tragedy a Telephus and Peleus grieve
pedestri sermone, quum uterque pauper et exul

in prosy speech, when each being poor and an exile
projicit
¡a,
ampullas ac verba sesquipedal

throws aside his bottles (ranta) and words afoot and a half long
476 ON ТПЕ ART OF POETRY.
si curat tetigisse cor

(high-sounding,) if he cares to touch the heart
spectantis querela. Non est satis

of the spectator with his complaint. It is not enough
poemata esse pulchra ; suuto dulcia, et

that роеms be fine; let them be charming, and
agunto animum auditoris, quocunque
carry with them the mind of the hearer, whithersoever
volent. Ut humani vultus arrident

theywill. As human countenances smile upon
ridentibus, ita adsunt flentibus :

those svailing, so support (with sympathy) the weeping :
si vis me flere, primum est dolendum tibi ipse :
if you wish me to weep, first you must weep yourself :
tunc tua infortunia lœdent me, Telephe, vel
then your misfortunes will affect me, Telephus, or
Peleu ; si loqueris male mandata,
Peleus ; if you shall speak (words) ill assigned you,
aut dorm itabo aut ridebo. Tristia verba
I shall either fall asleep or laugh. Mournful accents
decent mœstum vultum ; plena

become a dejected countenance ; accents (words) full
minarum, iratum ; lasciva,
of threats (become) an angry one ; wanton expressions,
ludentem ; seria dictu, severum.
a sportive ; (those) serious in expression, a severe.
Enim natura format nos prius
For nature forms us first (f/om our very birth)
intus ad omnem habitum fortunarum: juvat,
within to every condition of our fortuna : she gladdens,
aut impellit ad i ram, aut deducit ad

or instigates to anger, or depresses to
humum, et angit gravi mœrore: post

the qround, and afflicts (us) with painful grief: afterwards
edert motus animi interprete
she pours forth the emotions of the mind by the agency
ON THE ART OP POETRY. 477
lingua. Si dicta erunt absona

of the tongue. If the words shall be ill-suised
fortunis dicentis, Romani equites
to the fortunes of the epeaker, the Roman knights
peditesque, tollent cachinnam.
and people on foot (the plebeians,) will raise a peal of laughter.
Intererit multum divusne loquatur, an heros;
It will differ much whether a god speaks, or a hero ;
senexne maturus, an adhuc
whether an old man whose time is come, or one as yet
fervidus florente juventa ; et

warmed with flowering (vigorous) youth; and whether
matrona potens, an sedula nutrix ;
a lady of distinction, or an officious nurse ;
vagusne mercator, cuitorne virentis
a rambling merchant, or the tiller of the green
agelli ; Colchus, an Assyrius ; nu tri tus
field ; a Colchian, or an Assyrian ; one bred
Thebis, an Argis. Aut sequere famam,

at Thebes, or at Argos. Either follow the current tradition,
aut finge convenientia sibi. Scriptor,
or invent things consistent with themselves. As a writer
si forte repon is
(when you wrise,) if by chance you put on the stage again
Achillen honoratum, impiger,
Achilles when he is in receipt of full honor, indefatigable,
iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, neget jura
wrathful, inexorable, fierce, let hsm deny that laws
nata sibi, non arroget nihil armis.
were made for him, (and) claim everything to force of arms.
Medea sit ferox invictaque, Ino flebil
is,
Let Medea be fierce and unconquerable, Ino weeping,

Ixion perfidus, lo vaga, Orestes tristis. Si
Ixion perfidious, Io wandering, Orestes sad.
If
committis quid inexpertum sceuœ, et

you commit anything (hitherto) untried to the stage, and
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andes formare novam personam; servetur

dare to form anew character, let it be preserved
ad imum qualifl processerit ab incepto, et

to the lent euch as it set out from the beginning, and
constet sibi. Est difficile dioere
be consistent with itself. It is difficult to *peak of
communia proprie : tuque
things common in a way of your own : and you
recti us deducis Iliacum carouo in actus,
with more success draw asunder the 1lian song into acts,
quam si primus proferres ignota

than if you fir st shall bring forward subjects unknown
indictaque. Publica materies

and unmentioned. A public matter (a story already handled)
erit privati juris, si nec
shall become (of ) your own private property, if you neither
moraberis circa vilem patulumque orbem ;

will loiter around the common and open circle of events ;
nec fidus interpres curabis reddere verbum
nor as a faithful interpreter will take care to render word
verbo; nec imitator desilies in art um

for word; nor as an imitator plunge into a strait
unde pudor aut lex operis

(narrow place,) whence shame or the law of your work
vetet referre pedem. Nec sic
may forbid you to withdraw your foot. Nor shall you so
incipies ut cyclicus scriptor olim :

" Fortunam Priami
begin as acyclic writer once (did): "The fate of Priam
Icantabo."
et nobile bellum Quid hic promissor
and glorious war will sing." What will this boaster
feret dignum tanto hiatu? Montes

produce worthy of such vaunting t The mountains
parturient: ridiculus mus nascetur.

are in labor : a ridiculous mouse will bebrought forth (born.)
Quanto rectius hic, qui mol i tur

How much more correctly does he (Homer,) who attempts
nil inepte! "Dic, Musa, mihi virum qui

nothing injudiciouely ! "Sing, О Muse, tome the man, who,
post tempora captœ Trojœ, vidit mores multornm

after the times of capturedTroy, viewed the customs of many
hominum, et urbes." Cogitat dare non fumum
men, and their cities." He plans to raise not smoke
ex fulgore, sed lucem ex fumo, ut dehinc

from а Ыаzе, but light from smoke, that afterwards
promat speciosa miracula,
he may bring to view his striking marvels (marvellous creations, ;
Antiphaten, Scyllamque, et Charybdin cum

(such as) Antiphates, Scylla too, and Charybdis with
Cyclope. Nec orditur

the Cyclops. Neither does he begin (act like the writer who
reditum Diomedis ab interitu Meleagri,
dated) the return of Diomedes from the death of Meleager,
nec Trqjanum bellum ab gemino ovo :
nor the Trojan war from the double egg (of Leda ¡
semper festinat ad eventum ;
(the birth of Helen :) he always is hastening to the issue ;
et rapit auditorem in medias

and hurries away his reader into midst
the
res, non secus ac notas ;

of the narrative (affairs,) not otherwise than if known;
et relinquit quœ desperat posse
and omits what he despairs of being able
nitescere tractatâ : atque ita mentitur,

to receive a polish after being treated : and so forms his fictions,
sic remiscet falsa veris, ne medium
so intermingles the false with the true, that the middle
discrepet primo, ne imum

does not differ from the beginning, nor the end
Tu audi,
I
medio. quid ego et populus
from the middle. JPo you hear, what and the people
mecum desideret. Si eges

with me desire (of gv>w as a poet.) Tf you want
plausoris manentis aulsea, et

an applauder waiting (until the fall of)the curtain, and ready ts
sessuri usque donee cantor dicat,
" Vos "
plaudite :
tit even till the singer calls out, "Do ye applaud:'
mores cuj usque œtatis sunt notandi tibi,
the manners of every age are to be observed by you,
decorque dandus mobilibus

and a fitting character is to be assigned to changing
naturis et annis. Puer, qui jam seit
natures and years. The boy, who just knows how
redd ere voces, ac signat humum

to reply (articulate) words, and imprints the ground
certo pede, gestit colludere paribus, et

with a firm foot, rqoices to play with his equals, and
colligit ac pon it i ra m temere, et

contracts and lays aside anger at random, and
mutatur in horas. Imberbis juvenis, custode
is changed every hour. The beardless youth, his tutor being
tandem remoto, gaudet equis canibusque, et
at length removed, delights in horses and dogs, and
gramine aprici Campi ; cereus

in the grass of the sunny Campus Martius ; pliable as wax
flecti in vitium asper monitoribus, tardus
to be bent (turned) to vice, rude to his monitors, a slow
provisor utilium, prodigus œris,

provider of useful things, lavish of his money,
sublimis, cupidusque, et pernix

high-spirited, and with strong desires, and hasty
relinquere amata. JEtas animusque

to abandon things (once) beloved. The age and spirit
virilis, conversis studiis, qùœrit opes

of manhood, having changed its aims, seeks riches
et amicitias, inservit
and friendships, is a slave to (devotes itself to)
honori ; cavet commisisse quod mox
honor (office ;) »s cautious of committing what soon after
ON THE ABT OF POETRY. 481
laboret muta re. Multa incommoda

it must endeavor to alter. Many inconveniencies
circumveniunt senem ; vel quod

surround an old man ; both that (because)
quœrit, et miser abstinet

he seeks (gain). and wretchedly abstains
inventis, ac timet uti : vel

from his acquisitions, and dreads to use them : and
quod ministrat omnes res timide

because he administers all his affairs timorously
gelideque, dilator, longus spe, iners,

and coldly, dilatory, long (patient) in hope, inactive
javidusque futuri ; difficilis,

andgreedy of Ш/uiur« (eager for longer life;) cross-grained
querulus, laudator temporis acti
querulous, an extoller of the time spent (of the world as it
se puero, censor que castigator
seemed) when he was a boy, a censurer and chastiser
minorum. Anni venientes ferunt secum
of the younger. The years coming bring along with them
multa commoda, recedentes adimnnt
many advantages, (the years) departing take
multa. Ne forte seniles

many away. (You must remember,) lest by chance senile
partes mandentur juveni, virilesque

characters beassigned to youth, and the manly (characters)
puero; semper
to a boy ; we (the audience) shall always dwell (with
morabimur in adjunctis aptisque
pleasure) on the attributes joined to and fitted to the
œvo. Bes aut agi tur

time of life. An action is either represented
in scenis, aut refertur acta.

upon the stage, or is (there) related as done (elsewhere.)
Demissa per an rem irritant ânimos

Things let in (which enter) through the ear stir up the feelings
482 ON THE ART OP POETRY.
quam qua sunt subjecta

more slowly than (those) which
fidelibus oculis, et quse spectator
to the faithful eyes, and (those) which the spectator
ipse tradit sibi. Tamen DOD

himself presents to himself. However, you will not
promes 111 scenam digna geri

bring forward upon the stage things fit to be acted
intus ; tollesque multa

within (behind the scenes ;) and you will remove many things
ex oculis, quœ facundia
from the eyes, which the lively eloquence of one who is
mox praesens narret: ne Medea
now (on the stage) presently may narrate : let not Medea
trucidet pueros coram populo ; aut nefarius
kill (murder) hersons before the people; or
Atreus coquat humana exta palam ; aut
Atreus boil entrails openly ;
Procne vertatur in avem, Cadmus in
Procne be tr an/formed into a bird, Cadmus into
anguem Quodcunque ostendis mihi sic,

a snake. Whatever you present to me thus,
Iodi.
incredulus Neve fabula sit minor, neu
disbelieving hate Neither let aplay be shorter, nor
quinto actu, quœ vult
Í>roductior
onger than the fifth act, which wishes to be
posci, et spectata reponi.

called for and, having (once) been seen, to bebr ought out again.
Neu deus intersit, nisi nodus incident
Nor Ut a deity interfere, unless a knot shall have appeared
dignus vindice : nec quarta persona

worthy of such a liberator : nor let a fourth person
laboret loqui. Chorus defendat
show anxiety to speak. Let the chorus
partes officiumqne virile actoris : neu
the parts and manly character of an actor : nor
intercinat medios actus quid quod non conducat

let it sing between the acts anything which may not conduce
et apte hœreat proposito.

and aptly cohere (connect itself ) to the main design.
Ille faveatque bonis, et consilietur

Let it (the chorus) both favor the good, and advise them
amice: et regat iratos, et

in a friendly manner : and govern the wrathful, and
amet tamenter peccare ille laudet dapes

love (those) fearing to offend : let it commend the meals
brevis mensse : ille salubrem justitiam,

of a frugal table; let it (praise) salutary justice
legesque, et otia apertis

(the blessings of justice,) the laws too, and peace with her open
portis : ille tegat commissa, preceturque et
gates : let it conceal (secrets) entrusted, and pray and
oret deos, ut fortuna rcdeat miseris,

beseech the gods, that fortune may return to the wretched,
abeat supcrbis. Tibia non, ut nunc,

(and) depart from the proud. The flute, not, as now,
vineta orichalco, que semula tubse; sed

bound with brass, and rival of the trumpet, but
tenuis que simplex pauco foramine

slender and simple with its few holes,
erat utilis aspirare et adesse

was useful to give the note to (the key) and to accompany
choris, atque complere flatu sedilia

the choruses, and to fill with its breath (sound) the seats
nondum nimis spissa : quo populus

not yet too much crowded : whither the people
sane numerabilis, utpote parvus, et frugi,

easily counted as being few, and frugal,
castusque, verecundnsque, coibat. Postquam
and chaste, and modest, met together. After
victor
victorious (when its conquests were over) (the Roman people)
484 ON THE ABT OF POETRY.
oepit extendere agros, et latior

began to extend their territories, and a broader
murus amplecti urbes, que Genius
wall to encompass the cities, and their Genius
placan diurno vino festis diebus

to be propitiated with wine in the day time on festival days
impune : major licentia accessit

(holidays) without restraint : greater license was added
numerisque modisque. Euim

both to (poetic) numbers and measures (musical tones.) For
quid rusticus indoctus liberque
what taste could the clown illiterate and free
laborum saperet, confusus urbano, turpis
from his labors have, mixed with the citizen, the base born
honesto? Sic tibicen addidit
with the respectable t Thus the musician added
motumque et luxuriem priscse arti,

both movement and wantonness to his ancient art,
vagusque traxit vestem per pulpita:

and strolling about trailed his robe along the stage .
sic etiam vbces crevere severis fidibus, et

thus also new notes were added to the grave lyre, and
prœceps facundia tulit insolitum eloquium :

bold (abrupt) eloquence produced an unusual diction (in the
sententiaque sagax
theatre : ) and the sentiment (of the chorus, then) skilled in
utilium rerum, ac divina futuri non
teaching useful things and prophetic of the future, did not
discrepuit sortilegis Delphis. Qui certavit

differ from the mystic oracles of Delphos. He who disputed
tragico carmine ob vilem hircum, m ox

in tragic verse for thepaltry (prize of a) goat, presently
etiam nuda vit, agrestes Satyros, et
also brought naked on the stage the wild Satyrs, and
asper incolumi gravitate tentavit jocum,

roughly, without any sacrifice of dignity, essayed the joke.
eo quod spectator erat morandus

with this purpose that the spectator was to be detained
illecebris et grata novitate, que functus

by allurements and agreeable novelty, both having performed
sacris, et potus et
the sacred rites, and heated with wine (drunk) and
exlex. Verum conveniet ita
ready to defy all laws. But it will be expedient so
commendare riso res, ita

(e recommend these banterers, with this reservation,
dicaces Satyros, ita vertere seria ludo,
the rallying Satyrs, so to change grave matters to gay,
ne quicunque deus, quicunque heros adhibebitur,

that whatever god, whatever hero shall be introduced,
nuper conspectus in regal i auro et ostro,

lately conspicuous in royal gold and purple,
migret in obscuras tabernas humili

he may not descend (pass) to dingy hovels in low
sermone, aut, dum vitat

language (talk in vulgar dialect,) or, while he shuns
humum, captet nubes et inania.

the earth, he may not grasp at the clouds and empty space
Tragœdia indigna effutire leves versus, ut

Tragedy disdaining to babble forth light verses, like
matrona jussa moveri festis diebus,
a matron commanded to dance on festival days,
intererit protervis Satyris paul um pudibunda.

will mingle among the wanton Satyrs somewhat modestly
Pisones, ego scriptor

(reserved.) Ye Pisones, I, a writer of (if I w ere to write)
satyrornm non amabo solum inornata et

satyr dramas, will not love only unpolished and
dominantia nomina verbaque : nec sic
proper nouns and verbs: nor so far (will I)
enitar diffеre tragico colori, ut
endeavor to differ from the tragic style, that
486 ON THE ART OF POETRY,
nihil intereit,
there should be no difference (it should make no odds,)
Davusne loquatur, et audax Pythias lucra ta
whether Davus speaks, and pert Pythias having gained
talentum emuncto Simone, an Silenus custos
a talent by cheating Simo, or Silenus, the guardian
alumni dei.
famulusque
and nurse of his pupil god (Bacchus.) I willSequar
aim at
carmen fictum ex noto :

a style of verse artistically composed from familiar material:
at quivis speret idem sibi ;
so that any one may hope (to do) the same thing himself;
ausus idem sudet multum,
but having attempted the same he may perspire much,
laboretque frustra: tantum pollet series

and labor in vain: so powerful is the order
junctu raque ; tantum honoris accedit sumtis de

and setting ; so much grace is added to words taken from
medio. Fauni sylvis deduct!
the common mass. The Fauns from the woods (when) brought
caveant, me judioe,
(on the stage) should take care, in my judgment,
ne velut innati triviis, ac pene
that they do not, like those born in the streets, and almost
forenses, aut
dwellers in the forum (the heart of the town,) either
unquam juvenentur nimium teneris versibus,

ever talk as young men do in too amatory strains,
aut crêpent immunda ignominiosaque dicta. Enim
or utter foul and scurrilous jests. For
offenduntur, quibus est equus,
they are offended, to whom there is a horse (the equites,)
et pater, et res,
and a (legal) father (theingenui,) and an estate (the
nec, si emtor fricti ciceris

substantial citizens,) nor, if the buyer of parched peat
et nucis probat quid, accipiunt

and nuts approve of anything, do they receive it
sequis animis, donantve corona.

with favor able sentiments, or present it with a garland.
LoDga syllaba, subjecta brevi, vocatnr iambus,

Л long syllable, put after a short one, is called an iambus,
citus pes; unde etiam jussit nomen trimetris
a rapid foot; whence also it bade the name of trimeters
accrescere iambeis, quum redderet senos ictus,
to be added to the iambic verses, since it yielded six beats,
primus ad extremum similis sibi. Non

( from) the first to the last beingsimilar to itself. Not
ita pridem ut veniret ad
so long ago ('tis only the other day) that it might come to
au res paulo tardior graviorque,
the ears somewhat more slow and more majestic,
commcdus ac patiens
being obligingly and contentedly (obliging and long-suffering)
recepit stabiles Spondeos in paterna

it received the stable Spondees into its hereditary
jura, non ut cederet socialiter

rights, not on the terms that it should depart as friends might
de secunda aut quarta sede. Hic

from the second or fourth place. This (iambus)
et apparet rarus in nobilibus trimetris Acci,
both appears seldom in the famous trimetres of Accius,
et premit versus Enni missos
and weighs down (brands) the verses of Ennius brought
in scenam cum magno pondere aut
upon the stage with a great weight (of spondees) or
turpi crimine ореrœ uimium celeris

with the shameful charge of a performance too hasty
carentisque cura, aut ignoratœ artis. Non quivis

and wanting care, or of art not understood. Not every
judex videt immodulata poemata, et indigna

judge discerns inharmonious poems, and an improper
venia est data

indulgence (which they^ought not to need) is given
Romanis Idcircone vager, scribamque

I
poetis.
to the Roman poets. Should therefore ramble, and write
licenter? an putem visuros mea
I
omnes
carelessly t or should assume that all will see my
peccata, tutus et cautus intra spem venise?

faults, cautious and careful within the hope of indulgence t
Denique, vitavi culpam, non merui laudem.
In a word, I have avoided censure, not merited praise.
Vos versate Grœca exemplaria manu nocturna,
Do you turn over the Greek models in your hand by night
diurna. At vestri proavi lauda vere

(turn them over also) by day. But your ancestors praised
et numéros et sales Plautinos; m i ra ti
both the numbers and witticisms of Mautus ; having admired
utrumque nimium patienter (non dicam stulte:)

each too patiently (I will not say foolishly :)
si modo ego et vos scimus seponere inurbanum
if only I
and you know (how) to distinguish a coarse
lepido dicto, que callemus legitimum sonum

from a smart joke, and understand the proper cadence
digitis et aure. Thespis dicitur

by (using) our fingers and ear. Thespis is said to have
invenisse genus tragicse Camenœ ignotum, et

invented the kind of tragic poetry unknown (before,) and
vexisse plaustris poemata, quse
to have carried about in carts his poems, which (certain men)
canerent agerentque, peruncti ora

should sing and act, being bedaubed as to their faces with
fecibus. Post h unc iEschylus repertor persona?

lees of u>ine. After him Mschylus, the inventor of the mask
honestœque pallse et instravit pulpita
and the stately robe, both laid the stage over (covered
modicis tignis et d оси it que

the ssage) with moderate sized planks, and taught both
ON THE AKT OF POETRY. 489
loqui magnum nitique

to speak loftily (sublime thoughts,) and to tread majestic
cotliurno. Vеtus comœdia successit his, non

in the buskin. Ancient comedy succeeded to these, not
sine multa laude: sed libertas excidit

without much applause : but Us liberty fell (degenerated)
in vitium, ac vim dignam regi lege :
into vice, and outrage deserving to beregulated by law:
lex est accepta; chorusque turpiter obticuit,

a law was enacted and the chorus shamefully became silent,
jure nocendi sublato. Nostri

the privilege of injuring (defaming) being taken away. Our
poetse liquere nil intentatum ; nee meruere

poets have left nothing unattempted ; nor have they merited
minimum decus, ausi d ese rere vestigia

the least honor, who dared to forsake the footsteps
Grœca, et celebrare domestica facta, ve!

of the Greeks, and to celebrate domestic deeds, either
qui docuere preetextas, vel qui togatas.

{thane) who have exhibited tragedies, or who comedies.
Nec Latium foret potentius virtute

Nor would Latium be more powerful by its valor and
clarisve armis, quam lingua, si labor et

illustrious arms, than by its eloquence, if the labor and
mora limœ nonoffenderet

delay of the file (of polishing their writings) did not offend
unumquemque poetarum. Vos, о sanguis

everyone of our poets. Той, the blood (descendants)
Pompilius, reprehendite carmen, quod multa dies et

of Pompilius, reject the verse which much time and
multa litura non coercuit, atque

much correction (many an erasure) has not pruned, and
non castigavit decies ad prsesectum unguem.

has a ot corrected (polished) te ntimes to the pared пай
Quia Democritus credit

(to most perfect accuracy.) Because Democritus believes
i ngen in m fortunatius misera arte, et

native gift (talent) more successful than wretched art, and
excludit sanos poetas Helicone, bona pars

excludes sane poets from Helicon, a good part (of them)
non curat ponere ungues, non barbam :
do not care to cut their nails, nor their beard :
petit secreta loca, vitat balnea. Enim

seek (frequent) retired places, shun the baths. For (he imagines
nanciscetur pretium nomenque
that) he shall acquire the recompense and the name
poetse, si nunquam commiserit tonsori

of a poet, if he shall never have committed to the barber
Licinio caput insanabile tribus Anticyris. О

Licinus his head incurable by the three Anticyras. 0
lœvus ego qui purgor bilem

stupid fellow that lam, who am purged as to my bile
sub horam verni temporis ! non alius

in the season of the vernal springtime! no other
face ret meliora poemata. Verum nil est

could make better poems. But nothing is worth
tanti. Ergo fungar vice
such expense. Therefore 1 will discharge the office
cotis, quse valet reddere ferrum

of a whetstone, which is able (serves) to make the steel
I will
acutum, ipsa exsors secandi ; docebo munus
sharp, itself incapable of cutting ; teach the duty
et officium, ipse scribens nil ; unde

and office (of an author, ) myself writing nothing ; whence
opes parentur ; quid alat formetque poetam ;

riches may be obtained ; what nourishes and moulds a poet ;
quid deceat, quid non; quo virtus,

what may become him, what not ; whither virtue,
quo error ferat. Sapere

whither error leads. To be wise (to have sound judgment)
est et principium et fons scribendi recte.

is both the beginning and the source of writing weU
OX THE ART OF POETEY. 46'
Socraticse chartœ poterunt ostendere tibi

The Soeratic papers will be able to shou (direct) you (in
rem ; verbaque baud invita sequentur
choosing) a subject ; and words not unwilling will accompany
rem provisam. Qui didicit quid

the subject provided (conceived.) He who has learned what
debeat patriœ, et quid amicis;

he owes to his native country, and what to ;
his friends
quo amore parens, quo frater et

with what affection a parent, with what a brother and
bospes sit amandus ; quod sit officium conscripti,

a stranger is to be loved ; what is the duty of a senator,
quod judicis; quse partes ducis missi

what of a judge; what the duties of a general sent out
in bellum ; ille proferto sсit reddere convenientia

to war ; he truly - knows how to render suitable
Jubebo doctum
(attributes)
cuique
to each
persons.
character. I will advise the learned
imitatorem respice re exemplar moremque vitœ,

imitator to look back to the model and manner of life,
et hinc ducere voces vivas. Interdnm
and hence to draw language faithful to life. Sometimes
fabula speciosa locis, recteque

a play (if it is) vivid in (dealing with) characters, and rightly
morata, nullius veneris, sine pondere

paints them (e'en though) of no grace, without weight
et arte, valdius oblertat populum, meliusque

and art, more highly delights the people, and better
moratur, quam versus inopes re rum,

keeps their attention, than lines void of substance,
canorseque nugœ. Musa dedit Graiis

and melodious trifles. The Muse granted to the Greeks
ingenium Graiis avaris nullius prœter

genius, to the Greeks covetous of nothing except
¡andem, loqui rotundo ore. Romani

praise, to speak in well-rounded phrase (style.) The Roman
pueri discunt diducere assem in centum

y ouths learn to sub-divide a pound into a hundred
partes longis rationibus.

fractional parts by long нмм (computations.)
" Filius Albini dicat si
: Quid superet,
"Let the son of AWinus tell (me :) What remains, if
uncia est remota quincunce? Poterat
an ounce is substracted from five ounces t Той might have
dixisse." " Triens." " Eu !
toldme(Jby this time. )" "A third of a pound. " "Well done !
poteris servare tuam rem.

you will be able to take care of your own affairs.
Uncia redit, quid fit?" "Semis."
"
If an ounce is added, what is the amount t "Half a pound."
An s pe ram us carmina posse fingi
Do we expect that verses - can be composed
linenda cedro, et servanda

worthy to be rubbed over with cedar oil, and to be preserved
levi cupresso, quum semel hsec œrugo

in polished cypress (boxes,) when once this rust (canker)
et cura peculi imbuerit animum? Poetœ volunt
and care of wealth has tainted the mind t Poets wish
aut prodesse aut delectare ; aut simul dicere et
either to profit or to please ; or at once to say things both
jucunda et idonea vitœ. Quidquid p rœd pies,

agreeable and useful to life. Whatever you shall command,
esto brevis : ut animi cito percipiânt, dociles,
be brief: that minds may quickly perceive, with docility,
fidelesque teneant dicta. Omne supervicuum

and faithfully retain the sayings. Everything superfluous
manat de pectore pleno sibi. Ficta
flows from a mind too full for itself. Let what is imagined
causa voluptatis sint proxima veris ; ne
for the sake of pleasure be very near to truth ; W not
fabula poscat credi, quodcun-lue
your play demand that it be believed, as to whatever
volit : neu extrahat puerum

(absurdities) it pleases (to exhibit :) nor take a child
vivum alvo Lamiœ prausaj.
alive out of the stomach of Lamia having dined (upon it.)
Centurise seniorum agitant expertia frugis,
The centuries of elders attack (pieces) void of edification,
celsi Khamnes prœtereunt austera poemata.
the haughty Rhamnes disregard austere poems.
Tulit omne punctum, qui miscuit utile

He has gained every vote who has mixed the instructive
dulci, delectando pariterque

with the agreeable, by delighting and at the same sime
monendo lectorem. Hic liber meret sera Sosiis,

admonishing the reader. This book earns money for the Sosii,
et hic transit mare, et prorogat longum œvum

and this crosses the sea, and extends long life
note scriptori. Tamen sunt delicta, quibus
for its celebrated writer. Yel there are faults which
velimus ignovisse : nam neque chorda
we would (wish to) forgive : for neither does the string
reddit sonum, quem manus ac mens

give back (yield) the sound, which the hand and mind
vult; persœpeque remittit acutum poscenti
wish ; and very often returns sharp sound to one requiring
gravem : пес arcus semper feriet quodcuuque
a fiat sound : nor will the bow always hit whatever
minabitur. Verum ubi phi ra

mark it threatens (it shall aim at.) But where more
nitent in non offendâr

(beauties) shine in
carmine,
a poem, I
ego
will not be offended
paucis maculis quas aut incuria

with a few blemishes, which either carelessness
fudit, aut humana natura parum

has spattered (over it,) or human nature has not sufficiently
cavit. Quid ergo est? Ut scriptor
provided against. What is the conclusion t As a copying
32
librarius, si usque peccat idem, quamvts

clerk if he always commits the same fault, however much
est mon ¡tus, caret venia ; ut eitharœdus ridetur,

he is admonished, forfeits pardon ; as a harper is laughed at,
-
qui semper oberrat eadem chorda sic qui
who always blunders on the same string : so he who
multum cessat fit mihi,

often neglects his duty becomes in my estimation
ille Choerilua, quem bis terque

that well-known Chatrilus, whom twice and (even) thrice
bonum miror cum risu et idem
I wonder
;
good at with laughter ; and I, the same person,
indignor, quandoque bonus Homerus dormitat ;

am displeased, whenever the good Homer nods ;
verum est fas somnum obrepere
yet it is allowable that sleep should steal (as it were) upon
'
longo operi. Poesis ut pictura ; erit
a long work. Poetry is like a picture ; there will be some
quse capiat te magis, si stes

(pieces) which will strike (attract) you more, if you stand
propius, et qusedam si abstes longius.

nearer, and some if you stand at a greater distance.
Hœc amat obscurum ; hsec volet videri sub

This loves the dark ; this will wish to be viewed under
luce, quse non formidat argutum acumen

(in) (A«light, which dreads not the subtle judgment
judicis ; bœс placuit semel ; hsec placebit

of a critic; this has pleassd once; this will please
decies repetita. О major juvenum
ten times repeated. Oye elder of my young (friends),
quamvis et fingeris ad rectum
although you are both moulded to a right judgment
terna voce, et sapis per te, tolle
a father's voice, and are wise of yourself, take
hoc dictum tibi memor, medium ac

this saying to you (and) remember it, that a medium and
ON THE ART OF POETBY. 496
tolerabile recte concedi certis

tolerable degree (of eminence) is rightly admitted in certain
rebus. Consultns juris, et actor causarum
things A lawyer and pleader causee of
mediocris abest virtute diserti
moderate tálente is far removed from the excellence of eloquent
Messalse nec sсit quantum Cascellius Aulus,

Messala, neither knotes he so much as Cascellius Aulus,
sed tamen est in pretio : non homines, non

but yet he is held in esteem : neither men, nor
di, non columnœ concessere poetis

gods, nor columns (booksellers' shops) have allowed topoets
esse mediocribus. Ut discors symphonia inter gratas

tobe indifferent. As inharmonious music at jovial
mensas, et crassum unguentum, et papa vor
tables (banquets.) and thick perfume, and poppy
cum Sardo melle offendunt ; quia cœna

mixed with Sardinian honey giveoffense; became thesuppsr
poterat duci sine istis: sic poema
might have been prolonged without them : so a poem
natum inventumque juvandis animis, si

designed and invented to delight our minds, if
paulum decessit summo, vergit
it ever so little has fallen mort of the highest (summit, ) verges
ad imum. Qui nescit ludere,

(sinks) to the bottom. He who knows not how to play
abstinet armis campestribus,
(the games) abstains from the weapons of the Campus Martius,
indoctusque pilœ, discive, trocliive,

andtheunskilful in playing with the ball, or quoit, or hoop,
quiescit ne spissœ coronse tollant

remains quiet (sits still,) lest the crowded rings raise
risum impune: tamen qui

a laugh without blame (at his expense :) yet he who
nescit audet fingere versus.

knows not how dares to comonse ««-««s.
Qu id ni? Liber et ingenuus prœsertim census

Why not t Heis free and free-born, above all he is rated
equestrem summam nummorum, remotusque

at an equestrian sum of sesterces, and clear
ab omni vitio.
from every vice.
Tu facies dicesve nihil Minerva invita :

Тоu will do or say nothing, Minerva being unwilling
id judicium est tibi, ea
(in defiance of Minerva:) such judgment is toyou, such
mens. Tamen si scripseris quid

understanding. Yet if you shall write anything
olim, descendat in aures Metii
at any time, let it descend into the ears of Me tius,
judicis, et patris et nostras;

who is a critic, as well as your father' в and ours (mine ;)
prematurque in nonum annum, membranis

and let it be surpressed till the ninth year, the parchments
positis intus. Quod non

being laid up - in your study. What you have not
edideris, licebit delere:
published, it will be allowed you to (you may) blot out :
vox missa nescit reverti. Orpheus,

a word sent abroad knows not how to return. Orpheus,
sacer interpresque deorum, deterruit homines

the priest and interpreter of the gods, deterred men
sylvestres cœdibus âс fœdo

of the woods (savage men) from slaughters and inhuman
/ictn, ob hoc dictns lenire tigres que
food, for that reason said to tame the tigers and
rabidos leones ; et Amphion, conditor Thebanœ
furious lions; and Amphion, the founder of the Theban
arcis, dictus movere saxa sono
citadel, was said to move the stones with the music
testudinis, et blanda prece ducere
of his lyre, and by persuasive prayer to lead them
-
quo vellet. Hiec fuit sapientia

whithersoever he would. This was philosophy
quondam, secernere publica privatis,

of old, to distinguish public from private things,
sacra profanis, prohibere vago
sacred from profane, to prohibit a.promiscuous
concubitu ; dare jura mantis ;
commerce between the sexes ; to give laws to married persons ;
moliri oppida ; incidere leges ligno. Sic honor et
to build cities ; to engrave laws on wood. So honor and
nomen venit divinis vatibus atque carminibus. Post
name came to divine poets and their verses. After
hos Homerus insignis, Tyrtseusque exacuit
this Homer, gaining fame, and Tyrtaus, stimulated
mares ânimos in martia bella versibus. Sortes
manly spirits to martial wars with their verses. Oracles
dictœ per carmina, et via vitœ est

were delivered by (in) verses, and the conduct of life was
monstrata ; gratia regnm tentata et

pointed out; the favor of kings was also tried (solicited)
Pieriis modis; ludusque repertus et finis

by Pierian strains; and festivals were introduced and the end
longorum operum : ne forte Musa

of long labors: (this I say) lest possibly the Muse
sollers lyrae, et cantor Apollo sit

skilful of (on) the lyre, and the singer Apollo, should be
tibi pudori. Est

to you for a shame (make you ashamed.) It has been
quœsitum laudabile
sought (made a subject of inquiry) whether a praiseworthy
carmen fieret natura an arte : ego video nec

poem was produced by nature or art : I
see neither
quid Studium sine divite vena, nec quid

what study (can do) without a rich (natural) vein, nor what
rude ingenium prosit: sic
an uncultivated genius can profit (of itself :) to such a degree
altera res poscit opem alterius et

does the one thing require the aid of the other and
amice conjurat Qui studet

so amicably conspires (bands with it.) He who strives (is
conti ngere optatam metam cursu,

eager) to reach the tcistud-for turning-post in the race,
tulit fecitque multa puer;

has suffered and done many things when a boy ;
sudavit et alsit: abstinuit

he has sweated and shivered with cold ; he has abstained
Venere et Baccho : tibicen qui cantat

from love and wine : the musician who sings (plays)
Pytliia, prius didicit, extimuitque

at the Pythian games, first was a learner, and was in awe of
magistrum. Nunc est satis dixisse :

a master. In these days is it enough to have said :
"Ego pango mira poemata ; scabies

"/ compose extraordinary poems; (let the) plague
occupet extremum ; est .turpe mihi
take the hindmost ; it is disgraceful for me
reliuqui, et fateri sane nescire
to be left behind, and to confess that actually I don't know
quod non didici." Ut qui cogit

what I have not learned." Like
prseco,
a crier, who collects
turbam ad emendas merces ; poeta dives agris,

the crowd to buy his wares, a poet rieh in lands,
dives nummis positis in foenore, jubet
rich in money put out at interest, invites
assentatores ire ad lucrum. Vero

his flatterers to come (and praise his works) for gain. But
si est qui possit ponere unctum
if heis one who is able to sense up a savory banquet
recte, et spondere pro

as it should be served, and to become security for
levi paupere, et eripere implicitum
л poor man of little credit, and to rescue him involved
atris litibus, mirabor, si beatus

in gloomy ¿aw-suiu, 1 shall wonder, if the blessed man
seiet iuternoscere mendacem verumque

shall know how to distinguish a false and a true
amicum. Sen tu donaris, seu voles

friend. If either you have given, or shall wish
donare quid cui, nolito

to give anything to any one, be unwilling to (do nos)
ducere plenum lœtitiœ ad versus factos
bring him full of joy to {hear) the verses composed
tibi enim clamabit,

" Pulchre, bene,
;
by you; for he will exclaim, "Charming, excellent,
recte 1
" Pallescet super his,
judicious!" He will turn pale over these (verses,)
stillabit etiam rorem ex

he will cause even the dew to fall drop by drop from
amicis oculis, saliet, tundet
his friendly eyes, he will leap about, he will beat
terra m pede Ut qui conduct i
the ground with his foot. As those who being hired
plorant in Amere dicunt et faciunt prope plura

lament at a funeral say and do almost more
dolentibus ex animo, sie derisor

than those grieving from the heart, so the flatterer
movetur plus vero laudatore. Reges

is (apparently) moved more than a true praiser. Kings
dicuntur urgere multis culullis, ac torquere
are said to ply with many cups, and torture
mero, quem laborant perspexisse,

и it h wine, (the man) whom they are anxious to see through
an sit dignus amicitia ! Si

(prove,) whether he be worthy of their friendship! If
condes carmina, nunquam animi latentes
you shall compose verses, never let minds lying hid
sub vulpe fallant te.

under thefox (a cunning exterior) take you in (deceive you.)
Si recitares quid Quintilio,

(/ am sure) if you read anything to Quintilius,
" hoc
aiebat, Corrige, sodes, et hoc."
he would say, "Correct, I pray, this and this."
Negares te posse melius,
If you denied that you could do it better, liasing
expertum bis terque frustra, jubebat
tried it twice and (even) thrice in vain, he would order you
delere, et reddere male formatos versus iucudi.

to blot out, and return your badly turned verses to the aivil.
Si malles defendere quam vertere delictum,
If you chose rather to defend than alter a fault,
insumebat nullum verbum ultra, aut inanem operam ;
he wasted not a word more, or fruitless labor,
quin solus amares teque

to hinder you from alone delighting in both yourself
et tua sine rivali. Bonus ac prudens

and your pieces without a rival. An honest and sensible
vir reprendet inertes versus, culpabit
(sagacious) man will censure weak verses, will condemn
duros, adlinet atrum si gnu m incomptis

the harsh, will mark a black stroke over the inelegant
transverso câlamo, recidet

will prune
it,
(parts) by drawing his pen across

ambitiosa ornamenta coget dare luoem
;
the pretentious ornaments will compel him to throw light

;
paru m claris, arguet

on (the parts) not sufficiently perspicuous, he will convict
ambigue dictum notabit mutanda,

;
the ambiguously expressed he will mark what should be altered

;
;
fiet Aristarchus non dicet " Cur

:
;
(in short) he will be an Aristarchus he will not say: "Why

;
ego offen dam am icu m in nugis?" "

Hœ
should a friend about trifling aults These
I
offend
f
t
mi£se ducent semel derisum exceptumque

trifles will lead one that has once been fooled and treated
sinistre, in seria mala. Qui sapiuut

uncandidly into serious evils. Those who are wise
timent. tetigisse, fugiuntque vesanum poetaiu, ut
are afraid to touch, and avoid amad poet, as they do
quem mala scabies aut regius morbus,

one whom an evil itch or the kingly distemper (jaundice,)
aut fanaticus error, et iracunda Diana urget :
or inspired frenzy and enraged Diana (lunacy) attacks :
pueri agitant, incautique sequuntur. Dum

the boys tease him, and the incautious pursue him. While
hic snblimis ructatur versus, et
he, head-in-air, belches forth verses, and
errat, si veluti auceps intentus

roams wildly to and fro, if like a fowler intent
merulis decidit in puteum foveamve, licet
upon blackbirds he falls into a well or ditch, though
clamet longum,
" Io cives, succurrite ! "
he cry out for a long <s»ie(ever so loud,) "Io citizens, help me!'
non sit qui curet tollere.

there would not be one who would care to pull him up.
Si quis curet ferre opem, et demittere

If any one does care to bring him help, and to let down
funem, dicam, "Qui an

I will ask him,
scis,
trope, "How do you know, whethe?
prudens projecerit se huc, atque

or not he purposely threw himself in hither, and
nolit servari?" narraboque interitum
does not wish to be saved t
" and Iwill relate the death
Siculi poetœ. Empedocles dum cupit

of a Sicilian poet. Empedocles, while desirous to be (of being)
haberi immortalis deus, frigidus insiluit ardentem
deemed an immortal god, in cold blood leaped into burning
JEtnam. Sit jus, liceatque poetis
¿Etna. Let there be a privilege, and let it be allowed to poets
perire : qui servat invitum,

to perish (as they please:) whoever saves (я man)against his wul,
ДОЗ ON THE ART OF POETRY.
facit idem occidenti.

does the same thing as the man killing him (against his will.)
Nee fecit hoc semel,
Neither has he done this once only, (is it the first time that
neque, si erit retractus,

he has acted thus?) nor, if he shall be drawn out again,
jam fiet homo,

will he then and there become a man (an ordinary human
et pon et amorem famosœ mortis,
being,) and lay aside the desire of a notorious death.
Nec satis apparet, cur factitet versus,

Nor does it sufficiently appear, why he keeps making verses,
ntrum minxerit in patrios cineres,
whether he has urinated upon (defiled) his father's ashes,
an ineestus moverit triste bidental :
or sacrilegiously has removed (disturbed) a sad bidental : he is
certe furit, ac velut ursus, si valuit frangere
certainly mad, and like a bear, if he could burst
clathros objectos câvese, acerbus recitator
the grates placed before his den, this unmerciful rehearser
fugat doctum indoctumque. "Vero quem

puts to flight the learned and unlearned.But whomsoever
arripuit, tenet, occiditque Iegendo,

he has (once) laid hold of, he holds, and kills by reading,
hirudo non missura cutem, nisi plena

(like) a leech that will not let go the skin till full
cruoris.
*f blood.
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Maecenas, dite atavis regibus, О

et meum prœsidium et dulce decus:

Olympicum pulverem curriculo ; que

meta, evitata fervidis rotis,

nobilisque palma evehit ad deos — dominos

terrarum. Hunc, si turba mobilium

Quiritium certat tollere tergeminis honoribus ;

ilium, si condidit proprio

agros nunquam dimoveas conditionibus

Attalicis pavidus nauta ut secet

rates, indocilis pati pauperiem. Est

qui spernit nec pocula veteris Maseici,

manet sub frigido, Jove, immemor tenerse

conjugis; seu cerva est visa fidelibus

catulis, seu Marsus aper rupit teretes

plagas. Ederœ, prsemia doctarum frontium,

miscent me dis superis ; gelidum nemus,

levesque chori Nympharum cum Satyris

secernunt me populo ; si neque Euterpe

Jam Pater misit terris satis

Pyrrhse, questœ nova monstra, rediret ;

summa nlmo, quse fnerat nota sedes

columbis : et pavidœ damœ natarunt

superjecto sequore. Vidimus flavum

Tiberim, undis violenter retortis Etrusco

littore, ire dejectum monumenta regis

tampluque Vest« : dum uxonus

amnifl jantat se nimium ultorem

querenti Iiis, et vagus,

quo graves Persœ melius

populus vocet rebus ruentis

imperi ? Qua prece sanctœ virgines fatigent

juvat que lœves galeœ et vultus

Marsi peditis acer in cruentum

imitaris juvenem in terris figura mu tata,

patiens vocari ultor Csesaris : serus

redeas in cœlum, diuque

hic potius ames magnos triumphos,

Sic diva potens Cypri, sic

fratres Helense, lucida sidera, PateT

ventorumque, aliis obstrictis prseter Iapyga,

regat te, navis, quœ debes fínibus Atticia

Aquilonibus, nec tristes Hyades, nec rabiem

arbiter Adrise, vult tollere seu ponere

siccis oculis, vidit natantia monstra; qui

turgidum mare, et Acroceraunia, in-

Humana gens audax perpeti omnia,

fraude intulit ignem gentibus. Post ignem

subductum œtheria domo, macies et nova

cohors febrium incubuit terris, tardaque

vacuum œra. Labor Herculeus perrupit Acheronta.