309:102,000[' ]| 309:102,000[' ]| < tr. Lewis Evans, London, Bell, 1852/1918, pp. 102-22> 309:102,000[' ]| 309:102,001[A ]| In$4$ all the regions which$6#1$ extend from Gades even to$4$ the 309:102,002[A ]| farthest east and Ganges, there are but few that$6#1$ can discriminate 309:102,003[A ]| between real blessings and those that$6#1$ are widely different, 309:102,004[A ]| all the mist of error being removed. For$3$ what is there that$6#1$ 309:102,005[A ]| we either fear or wish for$4$, as reason would direct? What is 309:102,006[A ]| there that$6#1$ you enter on$5$ under such favourable auspices, that$3$ 309:102,007[A ]| you do not repent of your undertaking, and the accomplishment 309:103,001[A ]| of your wish? The too easy gods have overthrown 309:103,002[A ]| whole families by$4$ granting their owners' prayers. Our prayers 309:103,003[A ]| are put up$5$ for$4$ what will$1$ injure us in$4$ peace, and injure us in$4$ 309:103,004[A ]| war. To$4$ many the copious fluency of speech, and their very 309:103,005[A ]| eloquence, is fatal. It was owing to$4$ his strength and wondrous 309:103,006[A ]| muscle, in$4$ which$6#1$ he placed his trust, that$3$ the Athlete 309:103,007[A ]| met his death. But money heaped up$5$ with overwhelming 309:103,008[A ]| care, and a revenue surpassing all common patrimonies as 309:103,009[A ]| much as the whale of Britain exceeds dolphins, causes more 309:103,010[A ]| to$9$ be strangled. Therefore it was, that$3$ in$4$ that$6#2$ reign of Terror, 309:103,011[A ]| and at Nero's bidding, a whole cohort blockaded Longinus 309:103,012[A ]| and the spacious gardens of the over-wealthy Seneca, 309:103,013[A ]| and laid siege to$4$ the splendid mansion of the Laterani. It 309:104,001[A ]| is but rarely that$3$ the soldier pays his visit to$4$ a garret. Though 309:104,002[A ]| you are conveying ever so$5#1$ few vessels of unembossed silver, 309:104,003[A ]| entering on$4$ your journey by$4$ night, you will$1$ dread the bandit's 309:104,004[A ]| knife and bludgeon, and tremble at the shadow of a reed 309:104,005[A ]| as it quivers in$4$ the moonshine. The traveller with empty 309:104,006[A ]| pockets will$1$ sing even in$4$ the robber's face. 309:104,007[A ]| The prayers that$6#1$ are generally the first put up$5$ and best 309:104,008[A ]| known in$4$ all the temples are, that$3$ riches, that$3$ wealth may increase; 309:104,009[A ]| that$3$ our chest may be the largest in$4$ the whole forum. 309:104,010[A ]| But no$2$ aconite is drunk from earthenware. It is time to$9$ 309:104,011[A ]| dread it when you quaff jewelled cups, and the ruddy Setine 309:104,012[A ]| blazes in$4$ the broad gold. And do you not, then, now commend 309:104,013[A ]| the fact, that$3$ of the two sages, one used to$9$ laugh whenever 309:104,014[A ]| he had to$9$ venture a single step from his threshold; the 309:104,015[A ]| other, with sentiments directly contrary, used to$9$ weep. But 309:104,016[A ]| easy enough to$4$ anyone is the stern censure of a sneering 309:104,017[A ]| laugh: the wonder is how the other's eyes could ever have a 309:104,018[A ]| sufficient supply of tears. Democritus used to$9$ shake his sides 309:105,001[A ]| with perpetual laughter, though in$4$ the cities of those regions 309:105,002[A ]| there were no$2$ praetextae, no$2$ trabeae, no$2$ fasces, no$2$ litter, no$2$ 309:105,003[A ]| tribunal! What, had he seen the praetor standing pre-eminent 309:105,004[A ]| in$4$ his lofty car, and raised on$4$ high in$4$ the mid dust of the circus, 309:105,005[A ]| dressed in$4$ the tunic of Jove, and wearing on$4$ his shoulders 309:105,006[A ]| the Tyrian hangings of the embroidered toga; and the circlet 309:105,007[A ]| of a ponderous crown, so$5#1$ heavy that$3$ no$2$ single neck could endure 309:105,008[A ]| the weight: since the official, all in$4$ a sweat, supports it, 309:105,009[A ]| and, that$3$ the consul may not be too elated, the slave rides in$4$ 309:105,010[A ]| the same car. Then, add the bird that$6#1$ rises from his ivory 309:105,011[A ]| sceptre: on$4$ one side the trumpeters; on$4$ the other, the long 309:105,012[A ]| train of attendant clients, that$6#1$ march before him, and the 309:105,013[A ]| Quirites, all in$4$ white togas, walking by$4$ his horse's heads; 309:105,014[A ]| men whose friendship he has won by$4$ the sportula buried deep 309:105,015[A ]| in$4$ his chest.Even in$4$ those days \he\ found subject for$4$ ridicule 309:105,016[A ]| in$4$ every place where human beings meet, whose wisdom 309:105,017[A ]| proves that$3$ men of the highest intellect, men that$6#1$ will$1$ furnish 309:105,018[A ]| noble examples, may be born in$4$ the country of wether-sheep, 309:105,019[A ]| and in$4$ a foggy atmosphere. He used to$9$ laugh at the cares 309:105,020[A ]| and also the joys of the common herd; sometimes even at 309:106,001[A ]| their tears: while he himself would bid fortune, when she 309:106,002[A ]| frowned, "Go hang!" and point at her his finger in$4$ scorn! 309:106,003[A ]| Superfluous therefore, or else destructive, are all those objects 309:106,004[A ]| of our prayers, for$4$ which$6#1$ we think it right to$9$ cover the knees 309:106,005[A ]| of the gods with waxen tablets. 309:106,006[A ]| Power, exposed to$4$ great envy, hurls some headlong down 309:106,007[A ]| to$4$ ruin. The long and splendid list of their titles and 309:106,008[A ]| honours sinks into the dust. Down come their statues, and 309:106,009[A ]| are dragged along with ropes: then the very wheels of the 309:106,010[A ]| chariot are smashed by$4$ the vigorous stroke of the axe, and 309:106,011[A ]| the legs of the innocent horses are demolished. Now the 309:106,012[A ]| fires roar! Now that$6#2$ head, once worshipped by$4$ the mob, 309:106,013[A ]| glows with the bellows and the furnace! Great Sejanus 309:106,014[A ]| crackles! Then from that$6#2$ head, second only in$4$ the whole 309:106,015[A ]| wide world, are made pitchers, basons, frying-pans, and platters! 309:106,016@x | "Crown your doors with bays! Lead to$4$ Jove's Capitol 309:106,017@x | a huge and milk-white ox! Sejanus is being dragged 309:106,018@x | along by$4$ the hook! a glorious sight!" 309:106,018[A ]| Everybody is delighted. 309:106,019@x | "What lips he had! and what a face! If you 309:106,020@x | believe me, I never could endure this man!" "But what 309:107,001@x | was the charge under which$6#1$ he fell? Who$6#2$ was the accuser? 309:107,002@x | what the information laid? By$4$ whose witness did he prove 309:107,003@x | it?" "Nothing of the sort! a wordy and lengthy epistle 309:107,004@x | came from Capreae." "That$6#2$ is enough! I ask no$2$ further. 309:107,005@x | But how does the mob of Remus behave?" "Why, follow Fortune, 309:107,006@x | as mobs always do, and hate him that$6#1$ is condemned!" 309:107,007[A ]| That$6#2$ self-same people, had Tuscan Nurscia smiled propitious 309:107,008[A ]| on$4$ her countryman, ~~ had the old age of the emperor been 309:107,009[A ]| crushed while he thought all secure, ~~ would in$4$ that$6#2$ very hour 309:107,010[A ]| have saluted Sejanus as Augustus. Long ago they have 309:107,011[A ]| thrown overboard all anxiety. For$3$ that$6#2$ sovereign people 309:107,012[A ]| that$6#1$ once gave away military command, consulships, legions, 309:107,013[A ]| and everything, now bridles its desires, and limits its anxious 309:107,014[A ]| longings to$4$ two things only, ~~ bread, and the games of the circus! 309:107,015@x | "I hear that$3$ many are involved in$4$ his fall." "No$2$ doubt: 309:107,016@x | the little furnace is a capacious one; I met my friend Brutidius 309:107,017@x | at the altar of Mars looking a little pale!" "But I 309:107,018@x | greatly fear that$3$ Ajax, being baffled, will$1$ wreak fearful vengeance, 309:107,019@x | as having been inadequately defended. Let us rush 309:107,020@x | headlong; and, while he still lies on$4$ the river-bank, trample 309:107,021@x | on$4$ Caesar's foe! But take care that$3$ our slaves witness the 309:107,022@x | act! lest any of them should deny it, and drag his master to$4$ 309:107,023@x | trial with a halter round his neck!" 309:107,023[A ]| Such were the conversations 309:108,001[A ]| then about Sejanus; such the smothered whispers of 309:108,002[A ]| the populace! Would \you\ then have the same court paid to$4$ 309:108,003[A ]| you that$6#1$ Sejanus had? possess as much, bestow on$4$ one the 309:108,004[A ]| highest curule honours, give another the command of armies, 309:108,005[A ]| be esteemed the lawful guardian of the prince that$6#1$ lounged 309:108,006[A ]| away his days with his herd of Chaldaean astrologers, in$4$ the 309:108,007[A ]| rock of Capreae that$6#1$ he made his palace? Would you have 309:108,008[A ]| centuries and cohorts, and a picked body of cavalry, and praetorian 309:108,009[A ]| bands at your beck? Why should you not covet these? 309:108,010[A ]| Even those who$6#1$ have not the \will$0$\ to$9$ kill a man, would gladly 309:108,011[A ]| have the \power\. But what brilliant or prosperous fortune is of 309:108,012[A ]| sufficient worth that$3$ your measure of evils should balance your 309:108,013[A ]| good luck? Would you rather put on$5$ the praetexta of him 309:108,014[A ]| that$6#1$ is being dragged along, or be the magistrate of Fidenae 309:108,015[A ]| or Gabii, and give sentence about false weights, and break up$5$ 309:108,016[A ]| scanty measures as the ragged aedile of the deserted Ulubrae? 309:109,001[A ]| You acknowledge, therefore, that$3$ Sejanus did not know what 309:109,002[A ]| ought to$9$ have been the object of his wishes. For$3$ he that$6#1$ 309:109,003[A ]| coveted excessive honours, and prayed for$4$ excessive wealth, 309:109,004[A ]| was but rearing up$5$ the multiplied stories of a tower raised on$4$ 309:109,005[A ]| high, only that$3$ the fall might be the deeper, and horrible the 309:109,006[A ]| headlong descent of his ruin once accelerated! 309:109,007[A ]| What overthrew the Crassi? and Pompey and his sons? 309:109,008[A ]| and him that$6#1$ brought Rome's haughty citizens quailing beneath 309:109,009[A ]| his lash? Surely it was the post of highest advancement, 309:109,010[A ]| reached by$4$ every possible device, and prayers for$4$ greatness 309:109,011[A ]| heard by$4$ gods who$6#1$ showed their malignity in$4$ granting 309:109,012[A ]| them! Few kings go down without slaughter and wounds 309:109,013[A ]| to$4$ Ceres' son-in-law. Few tyrants die a bloodless death! 309:109,014[A ]| He that$6#1$ as yet pays court to$4$ Minerva, purchased by$4$ a 309:109,015[A ]| single \as\, that$6#1$ is followed by$4$ his little slave to$9$ take charge of 309:109,016[A ]| his diminutive satchel, begins to$9$ long, and longs through all 309:109,017[A ]| his quinquatrian holidays, for$4$ the eloquence and the renown 309:110,001[A ]| of Demosthenes or Cicero. But it was through their eloquence 309:110,002[A ]| that$3$ both of these orators perished: the copious and 309:110,003[A ]| overflowing fount of talent gave over each to$4$ destruction; by$4$ 309:110,004[A ]| talent, was his hand and head cut off! Nor did the Rostra 309:110,005[A ]| ever reek with the blood of a contemptible pleader. 309:110,006@w | "O fortunate Rome, whose natal day may date from me 309:110,007@w | as consul!" 309:110,007[A ]| He might have scorned the swords of Antony, 309:110,008[A ]| had all he uttered been such trash as this. I had rather 309:110,009[A ]| write poems that$6#1$ excite only ridicule, than thee, divine Philippic 309:110,010[A ]| of distinguished fame! that$6#1$ art unrolled next to$4$ the 309:110,011[A ]| first! Cruel was the end that$6#1$ carried him off also whom 309:110,012[A ]| Athens used to$9$ admire as his words flowed from his lips in$4$ a 309:110,013[A ]| torrent of eloquence, and he swayed at will$0$ the passions of 309:110,014[A ]| the crowded theatre. With adverse gods and inauspicious 309:110,015[A ]| fate was he born, whom his father, blear-eyed with the grime 309:110,016[A ]| of the glowing mass, sent from the coal, and pincers, and the 309:110,017[A ]| sword-forging anvil, and sooty Vulcan, to$4$ the rhetorician's 309:110,018[A ]| school! 309:111,001[A ]| The spoils of war, the cuirass fastened to$4$ the truncated 309:111,002[A ]| trophy, the cheek-piece hanging from the battered helm, the 309:111,003[A ]| car shorn of its pole, the streamer of the captured galley, and 309:111,004[A ]| the sad captive on$4$ the triumphal arch-top, are held to$9$ be 309:111,005[A ]| goods exceeding all human blessings. For$4$ these each general, 309:111,006[A ]| Roman, or Greek, or Barbarian, strains as his prize! Full 309:111,007[A ]| compensation for$4$ his dangers and his toils he sees in$4$ these! 309:111,008[A ]| So$5#1$ much greater is the thirst after fame than virtue. For$3$ 309:111,009[A ]| who$6#2$ would embrace virtue herself, if you took away the rewards 309:111,010[A ]| of virtue? And yet, before now, the glory of a few has 309:111,011[A ]| been the ruin of their native land; that$6#2$ longing for$4$ renown, 309:111,012[A ]| and those inscriptions that$6#1$ are to$9$ live on$4$ the marble that$6#1$ 309:111,013[A ]| guards their ashes; and yet to$9$ burst asunder this, the mischievous 309:111,014[A ]| strength of the barren fig-tree has power enough. 309:111,015[A ]| Since even to$4$ sepulchres themselves are fates assigned. 309:111,016[A ]| Weigh the remains of Hannibal! How many pounds will$1$ 309:111,017[A ]| you find in$4$ that$6#2$ consummate general? This is the man 309:111,018[A ]| whom note even Africa, lashed by$4$ the Mauritanian ocean, and 309:111,019[A ]| stretching even to$4$ the steaming Nile, and then again to$4$ the 309:111,020[A ]| races of the Aethiopes and their tall elephants, can contain! 309:112,001[A ]| Spain is annexed to$4$ Carthage's domain. He bounds across 309:112,002[A ]| the Pyrenees. Nature opposed in$4$ vain the Alps with all 309:112,003[A ]| their snows; he cleaves the rocks and rives the mountains 309:112,004[A ]| with vinegar. Now he is lord of Italy! Yet still he presses 309:112,005[A ]| on$5$. 309:112,005@w | "Nought is achieved," 309:112,005[A ]| he says, 309:112,005@w | "unless we burst 309:112,006@w | through the gates of Rome with the soldiery of Carthage, and 309:112,007@w | I plant my standard in$4$ the heart of the Suburra!" 309:112,007[A ]| Oh what 309:112,008[A ]| a face! and worthy what a picture! when the huge Gaetulian 309:112,009[A ]| beast bore on$4$ his back the one-eyed general! What 309:112,010[A ]| then was the issue? Oh glory! This self-same man is conquered, 309:112,011[A ]| and flees with headlong haste to$4$ exile, and there, a 309:112,012[A ]| great and much-to-be-admired client, sits at the palace of the 309:112,013[A ]| king, until his Bithynian majesty be pleased to$9$ wake! To$4$ 309:112,014[A ]| that$6#2$ soul, that$6#1$ once shook the very world's base, it is not 309:112,015[A ]| sword, nor stone, nor javelin, that$6#1$ shall give the final stroke; 309:112,016[A ]| but that$6#2$, which$6#1$ atoned for$4$ Cannae, and avenged such mighty 309:112,017[A ]| carnage, a ring! Go then, madman, and hurry over the 309:112,018[A ]| rugged Alps, that$3$ you may be the delight of boys, and furnish 309:112,019[A ]| subjects for$4$ declamations! 309:113,001[A ]| One world is not enough for$4$ the youth of Pella! He 309:113,002[A ]| chafes within the narrow limit of the universe, poor soul, as 309:113,003[A ]| though confined in$4$ Gyarus' small rock, or scanty Seriphos. 309:113,004[A ]| Yet when he shall have entered the city that$6#1$ the brick-makers 309:113,005[A ]| fortified, he will$1$ be content with a Sarcophagus! Death 309:113,006[A ]| alone discloses how very small are the puny bodies of men! 309:113,007[A ]| Men do believe that$3$ Athos was sailed through of yore; and 309:113,008[A ]| all the bold assertions that$6#1$ lying Greece hazards in$4$ history ~~ 309:113,009[A ]| that$3$ the sea was bridged over by$4$ the same fleets, and formed 309:113,010[A ]| into a solid pavement for$4$ the transit of wheels. We believe 309:113,011[A ]| that$3$ deep rivers failed, and streams were drunk dry when the 309:114,001[A ]| Persian dined; and all the flights of Sostratus' song, when 309:114,002[A ]| his wings are moistened by$4$ the god of wine. And yet, in$4$ 309:114,003[A ]| what guise did \he\ return after quitting Salamis, who$6#1$, like$4$ a 309:114,004[A ]| true barbarian as he was, used to$9$ vent his rage in$4$ scourges on$4$ 309:114,005[A ]| Corus and Eurus, that$6#1$ had never suffered in$4$ this sort in$4$ 309:114,006[A ]| Aeolus' prison; and bound in$4$ gyves Ennosigaeus himself. It 309:114,007[A ]| was, in$4$ faith, an act of clemency that$6#1$ he did not think he deserved 309:114,008[A ]| branding also. Would any of the gods choose to$9$ 309:114,009[A ]| serve such a man as this? But how did he return? Why, 309:114,010[A ]| in$4$ a single ship; through waves dyed with blood, and with 309:114,011[A ]| his galley retarded by$4$ the shoals of corpses. Such was the 309:114,012[A ]| penalty that$3$ glory, for$4$ which$6#1$ he had so$5#1$ often prayed, exacted. 309:114,013@x | "Grant length of life, great Jove, and many years!" 309:114,013[A ]| This 309:114,014[A ]| is your only prayer in$4$ health and sickness. But with what 309:114,015[A ]| unremitting and grievous ills is old age crowded! First of 309:114,016[A ]| all, its face is hideous, loathsome, and altered from its former 309:114,017[A ]| self; instead of skin a hideous hide and flaccid cheeks; and 309:114,018[A ]| see! such wrinkles, as, where Tabraca extends her shady 309:114,019[A ]| dells, the antiquated ape scratches on$4$ her wizened jowl! 309:114,020[A ]| There are many points of difference in$4$ the young: this youth 309:114,021[A ]| is handsomer than that$6#2$; he again from a third: one is far 309:114,022[A ]| sturdier than another. Old men's faces are all alike ~~ limbs 309:115,001[A ]| tottering and voice feeble, a smooth bald pate, and the second 309:115,002[A ]| childhood of a drivelling nose; the poor wretch must mumble 309:115,003[A ]| his bread with toothless gums; so$5#1$ loathsome to$4$ his wife, his 309:115,004[A ]| children, and even to$4$ himself, that$3$ he would excite the disgust 309:115,005[A ]| even of the legacy-hunter Cossus! His palate is grown dull; 309:115,006[A ]| his relish for$4$ his food and wine no$2$ more the same; the joys 309:115,007[A ]| of love are long ago forgotten; and in$4$ spite of all his efforts to$9$ 309:115,008[A ]| reinvigorate them, all manly energies are hopelessly extinct. 309:115,009[A ]| Do we not look with just suspicion on$4$ the lust that$6#1$ covets the 309:115,010[A ]| sin but lacks the power? 309:115,011[A ]| Now turn your eyes to$4$ the loss of another sense. For$3$ 309:115,012[A ]| what pleasure has he in$4$ a singer, however eminent a harper 309:115,013[A ]| it may be; nay, even Seleucus himself; or those whose habit 309:115,014[A ]| it is to$9$ glitter in$4$ a cloak of gold? What matters it in$4$ what 309:115,015[A ]| part of the wide theatre he sits, who$6#1$ can scarcely hear the 309:115,016[A ]| horn-blowers, and the general clang of trumpets? You must 309:115,017[A ]| bawl out loud, before his ear can distinguish who$6#1$ it is his slave 309:115,018[A ]| says has called, or tell him what o'clock it is. Besides, the 309:116,001[A ]| scanty blood that$6#1$ flows in$4$ his chill body is warmed by$4$ fever 309:116,002[A ]| only. Diseases of every kind dance round him in$4$ full choir. 309:116,003[A ]| If you were to$9$ ask their names, I could sooner tell you how 309:116,004[A ]| many lovers Hippia had; how many patients Themison killed 309:116,005[A ]| in$4$ one autumn; how many allies Basilus plundered; how 309:116,006[A ]| many wards Hirrus defrauded; how many lovers long Maura 309:116,007[A ]| received in$4$ the day; how many pupils Hamillus corrupts. I 309:116,008[A ]| could sooner run through the list of villas owned by$4$ him now, 309:116,009[A ]| beneath whose razor my stiff beard resounded when I was 309:116,010[A ]| in$4$ my prime. One is weak in$4$ the shoulder; another in$4$ the 309:116,011[A ]| loins; another in$4$ the hip. Another has lost both eyes, and 309:116,012[A ]| envies the one-eyed. Another's bloodless lips receive their 309:116,013[A ]| food from others' fingers. He that$6#1$ was wont to$9$ relax his features 309:116,014[A ]| to$4$ a smile at the sight of his dinner, now only gapes 309:116,015[A ]| like$4$ the young swallow, to$4$ whom the parent bird, herself fasting, 309:116,016[A ]| flies with full beak. But worse than all debility of limb 309:116,017[A ]| is that$6#2$ idiocy which$6#1$ recollects neither the names of his slaves, 309:116,018[A ]| nor the face of the friend with whom he supped the evening 309:116,019[A ]| before; not even those whom he begot and brought up$5$! For$3$ 309:116,020[A ]| by$4$ a heartless will$0$ he disinherits them; and all his property 309:116,021[A ]| is made over to$4$ Phiale: ~~ such power has the breath of her 309:116,022[A ]| artificial mouth, that$6#1$ stood for$4$ hire so$5#1$ many years in$4$ the 309:116,023[A ]| brothel's dungeon. 309:116,024[A ]| Even though the powers of intellect retain their vigour, yet 309:116,025[A ]| he must lead forth the funerals of his children; must gaze 309:116,026[A ]| upon$4$ the pyre of a beloved wife, and the urns filled with all 309:117,001[A ]| that$6#1$ remains of his brother and sisters. This is the penalty 309:117,002[A ]| imposed on$4$ the long-lived, that$3$ they must grow old with the 309:117,003[A ]| death-blow in$4$ their house forever falling fresh ~~ in$4$ oft-recurring 309:117,004[A ]| sorrow ~~ in$4$ unremitting mourning, and a suit of black. 309:117,005[A ]| The king of Pylos, if you put any faith in$4$ great Homer, was 309:117,006[A ]| an instance of life inferior in$4$ duration only to$4$ the crow's. 309:117,007[A ]| Happy, no$2$ doubt! was he who$6#1$ for$4$ so$5#1$ many years put off his 309:117,008[A ]| hour of death; and now begins to$9$ count his years on$4$ his 309:117,009[A ]| right hand, and has drunk so$5#1$ often of the new-made wine 309:117,010[A ]| I pray you, lend me your ear a little space; and hear how 309:117,011[A ]| sadly he himself complains of the decrees of fate, and too 309:117,012[A ]| great powers of life, when he watches the blazing beard of 309:117,013[A ]| Antilochus in$4$ his bloom, and asks of every friend that$6#1$ stands 309:117,014[A ]| near, why it is he lingers on$5$ to$4$ this day; what crime he has 309:117,015[A ]| committed to$9$ deserve so$5#1$ long a life! Such, too, is Peleus' 309:117,016[A ]| strain, when he mourns for$4$ Achilles prematurely snatched 309:117,017[A ]| from him: and that$6#2$ other, whose lot it was to$9$ grieve for$4$ the 309:117,018[A ]| shipwrecked Ithacensian. 309:117,019[A ]| Priam would have joined the shade of Assaracus with Troy 309:117,020[A ]| still standing, with high solemnities, with Hector and his 309:117,021[A ]| brothers supporting his bier on$4$ their shoulders, amid the weeping 309:117,022[A ]| Troades, so$3$ that$3$ Cassandra would lead off the wail, and 309:117,023[A ]| Polyxena, with mantle rent, had he but died at any time 309:117,024[A ]| but that$6#2$, after that$6#1$ Paris had begun to$9$ build his audacious 309:117,025[A ]| ships. What then did length of days confer on$4$ him? He 309:117,026[A ]| saw his all overthrown: Asia laid low by$4$ flame and sword. 309:118,001[A ]| Then the poor tottering warrior laid down his diadem and 309:118,002[A ]| donned his arms, and fell before the altar of supreme Jove; 309:118,003[A ]| like$4$ some old ox that$6#1$ yields his attenuated and miserable 309:118,004[A ]| neck to$4$ his owner's knife, long ago scorned by$4$ the ungrateful 309:118,005[A ]| plough. 309:118,006[A ]| That$6#2$ was at all events the death of a human being: but his 309:118,007[A ]| wife who$6#1$ survived him barked fiercely from the jaws of a 309:118,008[A ]| bitch. 309:118,009[A ]| I hasten on$5$ to$4$ our own countrymen, and pass by$5$ the king 309:118,010[A ]| of Pontus, and Croesus, whom the eloquent voice of the right-judging 309:118,011[A ]| Solon bade look at the closing scene of a life however 309:118,012[A ]| long. Banishment, and the gaol, and the marshes of 309:118,013[A ]| Minturnae, and his bread begged in$4$ conquered Carthage, took 309:118,014[A ]| their rise from this. What could all nature, what could 309:118,015[A ]| Rome, have produced more blessed in$4$ the wide world than that$6#2$ 309:118,016[A ]| citizen, had he breathed forth his soul glutted with spoils, 309:118,017[A ]| while the captive train followed around his chariot, in$4$ all the 309:118,018[A ]| pomp and circumstance of war, when he was about to$9$ alight 309:118,019[A ]| from his Teutonic car! Campania, in$4$ her foresight for$4$ 309:119,001[A ]| Pompey, had given him a fever he should have prayed for$4$. 309:119,002[A ]| But the many cities and their public prayers prevailed. 309:119,003[A ]| Therefore his own malignant fortune and that$6#2$ of Rome preserved 309:119,004[A ]| him only that$3$ conquered he should lose his head. 309:119,005[A ]| Lentulus escaped this torment; Cethegus paid not this penalty, 309:119,006[A ]| but fell unmutilated; and Catiline lay with corpse 309:119,007[A ]| entire. The anxious mother, when she visits Venus' temple, 309:119,008[A ]| prays for$4$ beauty for$4$ her boys with subdued whisper; with 309:119,009[A ]| louder voice for$4$ her girls, carrying her fond wishes even to$4$ 309:119,010[A ]| the verge of trifling. 309:119,010@v | "But why should you chide me?" 309:119,010[A ]| she 309:119,011[A ]| says; 309:119,011@v | "Latona delights in$4$ the beauty of Diana." 309:119,011[A ]| But, Lucretia 309:119,012[A ]| forbids a face like$4$ hers to$9$ be the subject of your prayers: 309:119,013[A ]| Virginia would gladly give hers to$4$ Rutila, and receive her 309:119,014[A ]| wen in$4$ exchange. But, a son possessed of exquisite person 309:119,015[A ]| keeps his parents in$4$ a constant state of misery and alarm. 309:119,016[A ]| So$5#1$ rare is the union of beauty with chastity. Though the 309:119,017[A ]| house, austere in$4$ virtue, and emulating the Sabines of old, 309:119,018[A ]| may have handed down, like$4$ an inheritance, purity of morals, 309:119,019[A ]| and bounteous Nature with benignant hand may give, besides, 309:119,020[A ]| a chaste mind and a face glowing with modest blood, (for$3$ 309:119,021[A ]| what greater boon can Nature bestow on$4$ a youth? Nature, 309:119,022[A ]| more powerful than any guardian, or any watchful care!) 309:119,023[A ]| still they are not allowed to$9$ attain to$4$ manhood. For$3$ the 309:119,024[A ]| villainy of the corrupter, prodigal in$4$ its guilt, dares to$9$ assail 309:120,001[A ]| with tempting offers the parents themselves. So$5#1$ great is 309:120,002[A ]| their confidence in$4$ the success of bribes! No$2$ tyrant in$4$ his 309:120,003[A ]| cruel palace ever castrated a youth that$6#1$ was deformed; nor 309:120,004[A ]| did even Nero carry off a stripling if club-footed, or disfigured 309:120,005[A ]| by$4$ wens, pot-bellied, or hump-backed! Go then, and exult 309:120,006[A ]| in$4$ the beauty of your darling boy! Yet for$4$ whom are there 309:120,007[A ]| greater perils in$4$ store? He will$1$ become the adulterer of the 309:120,008[A ]| city, and dread all the punishments that$6#1$ angry husbands 309:120,009[A ]| inflict. Nor will$1$ he be more lucky than the star of Mars, 309:120,010[A ]| even though he never fall like$4$ Mars into the net. But sometimes 309:120,011[A ]| that$6#2$ bitter wrath exacts even more than any law permits, 309:120,012[A ]| to$9$ satisfy the husband's rage. One despatches the 309:120,013[A ]| adulterer with the sword; another cuts him in$4$ two with 309:120,014[A ]| bloody lashes; some have the punishment of the mullet. But 309:120,015[A ]| your Endymion, forsooth, will$1$ of course become the lover of 309:120,016[A ]| some lady of his affections! But soon, when Servilia has 309:120,017[A ]| bribed him, he will$1$ serve her whom he loves not, and will$1$ 309:120,018[A ]| despoil her of all her ornaments. For$3$ what will$1$ any woman 309:120,019[A ]| refuse, to$9$ get her passions gratified? whether she be an Oppia, 309:120,020[A ]| or a Catulla. A depraved woman has all her morality concentered 309:120,021[A ]| there. 309:120,021@x | "But what harm does beauty do one that$6#2$ is 309:120,022@x | chaste?" 309:120,022[A ]| Nay, what did his virtuous resolve avail Hippolytus, 309:120,023[A ]| or what Bellerophon? Surely she fired at the rejection 309:120,024[A ]| of her suit, as though treated with indignity. Nor did 309:120,025[A ]| Sthenobaea burn less fiercely than the Cretan; and both lashed 309:120,026[A ]| themselves into fury. A woman is then most ruthless, when 309:120,027[A ]| shame sets sharper spurs to$4$ her hate. Choose what course 309:121,001[A ]| you think should be recommended him to$4$ whom Caesar's 309:121,002[A ]| wife purposes to$9$ marry herself. This most noble and most 309:121,003[A ]| beautiful of the patrician race is hurried off, poor wretched 309:121,004[A ]| man, a sacrifice to$4$ the lewd eyes of Messalina. She is long 309:121,005[A ]| since seated with her bridal veil all ready: the nuptial bed 309:121,006[A ]| with Tyrian hangings is openly prepared in$4$ the gardens, and, 309:121,007[A ]| according to$4$ the antique rites, a dowry of a million sesterces 309:121,008[A ]| will$1$ be given; the soothsayer and the witnesses to$4$ the settlement 309:121,009[A ]| will$1$ be there! Do you suppose these acts are kept 309:121,010[A ]| secret; intrusted only to$4$ a few? She will$1$ not be married 309:121,011[A ]| otherwise than with all legal forms. Tell me which$6#1$ alternative 309:121,012[A ]| you choose. If you refuse to$9$ comply, you must die before 309:121,013[A ]| night-fall. If you \do\ commit the crime, some brief 309:121,014[A ]| delay will$1$ be afforded you, until the thing, known to$4$ the city 309:121,015[A ]| and the people, shall reach the prince's ears. He will$1$ be the 309:121,016[A ]| last to$9$ learn the disgrace of his house! Do you meanwhile 309:121,017[A ]| obey her behests, if you set so$5#1$ high a value on$4$ a few days' 309:121,018[A ]| existence. Whichever you hold the better and the safer 309:121,019[A ]| course, that$6#2$ white and beauteous neck must be presented to$4$ 309:121,020[A ]| the sword! 309:121,021[A ]| Is there then nothing for$4$ which$6#1$ men shall pray? If you 309:121,022[A ]| will$1$ take advice, you will$1$ allow the deities themselves to$9$ determine 309:121,023[A ]| what may be expedient for$4$ us, and suitable to$4$ our 309:122,001[A ]| condition. For$3$ instead of pleasant things, the gods will$1$ give 309:122,002[A ]| us all that$6#1$ is most fitting. Man is dearer to$4$ them than to$4$ 309:122,003[A ]| himself. We, led on$5$ by$4$ the impulse of our minds, by$4$ blind 309:122,004[A ]| and headstrong passions, pray for$4$ wedlock, and issue by$4$ our 309:122,005[A ]| wives; but it is known to$4$ them what our children will$1$ prove; 309:122,006[A ]| of what character our wife will$1$ be! Still, that$3$ you may have 309:122,007[A ]| somewhat to$9$ pray for$4$, and vow to$4$ their shrines the entrails 309:122,008[A ]| and consecrated mincemeat of the white porker, your prayer 309:122,009[A ]| must be that$3$ you may have a sound mind in$4$ a sound body. 309:122,010[A ]| Pray for$4$ a bold spirit, free from all dread of death; that$6#1$ 309:122,011[A ]| reckons the closing scene of life among Nature's kindly boons; 309:122,012[A ]| that$6#1$ can endure labour, whatever it be; that$6#1$ knows not the 309:122,013[A ]| passion of anger; that$6#1$ covets nothing; that$6#1$ deems the gnawing 309:122,014[A ]| cares of Hercules, and all his cruel toils, far preferable to$4$ 309:122,015[A ]| the joys of Venus, rich banquets, and the downy couch of 309:122,016[A ]| Sardanapalus. I show thee what thou canst confer upon$4$ thyself. 309:122,017[A ]| The only path that$6#1$ surely leads to$4$ a life of peace lies 309:122,018[A ]| through virtue. If \we\ have wise foresight, \thou\, Fortune, 309:122,019[A ]| hast no$2$ divinity. It is we that$6#1$ make thee a deity, and place 309:122,020[A ]| thy throne in$4$ heaven.