2010. 11.27
Today is the 2017th anniversary of Horace’s death. Trebatius had warned him: O puer, ut sis / Vitalis metuo, et maiorum nequis amicus / Frigore te feriat. (Sat. 2. 1. 60-62). ‘‘Lad, / I fear for your life, lest one of your powerful / Friends freeze you dead.’’ (transl. A. S. Kline). His prophecy, alas, turned out to be true : http://www.espace-horace.org/etud/maleuvre1.htm