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Page xxiii
... Augustus , but when that happened is uncertain . In A.U.C. 717 Maecenas was deputed by Augustus to meet M. Antonius at Brundi- sium , and he took Horace with him on that journey , of which an amusing account is given in the fifth Satire ...
... Augustus , but when that happened is uncertain . In A.U.C. 717 Maecenas was deputed by Augustus to meet M. Antonius at Brundi- sium , and he took Horace with him on that journey , of which an amusing account is given in the fifth Satire ...
Page xxiv
... Augustus returned from Asia , in A.U.C. 725 , and closed the gates of Janus , being the acknowledged head of the republic , Horace appeared amongst his most hearty adherents . He wrote on this occasion one of his best Odes ( i . 2 ) ...
... Augustus returned from Asia , in A.U.C. 725 , and closed the gates of Janus , being the acknowledged head of the republic , Horace appeared amongst his most hearty adherents . He wrote on this occasion one of his best Odes ( i . 2 ) ...
Page xxv
... Augustus celebrated the Ludi Saeculares , and Horace was required to write an Ode for the occasion , which he did , and it has been preserved . This circumstance , and the credit it brought him , may have given his mind another leaning ...
... Augustus celebrated the Ludi Saeculares , and Horace was required to write an Ode for the occasion , which he did , and it has been preserved . This circumstance , and the credit it brought him , may have given his mind another leaning ...
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... Augustus rallies him on his stature , in a letter of which part is given in Suetonius ' life of Horace . The life of Horace was written by Porphyrion , the Scholiast fre- quently referred to in these notes . He mentions that memoir ...
... Augustus rallies him on his stature , in a letter of which part is given in Suetonius ' life of Horace . The life of Horace was written by Porphyrion , the Scholiast fre- quently referred to in these notes . He mentions that memoir ...
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... Augustus ( v . 49 ) , and the proposal that he should assume supreme authority , would in that case have been out of date and unnecessary . One of the chief purposes professed by Augustus was the avenging of his adoptive father's death ...
... Augustus ( v . 49 ) , and the proposal that he should assume supreme authority , would in that case have been out of date and unnecessary . One of the chief purposes professed by Augustus was the avenging of his adoptive father's death ...
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Page 305 - The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
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