It was covered with frescoes
representing
the battle of
Marathon, executed gratuitously by Polygnotus the Thasian and Mycon.
Marathon, executed gratuitously by Polygnotus the Thasian and Mycon.
Satires
, 70, "Their heart is as fat as brawn.
"
[1357] _Virtutem videant. _ This passage is beautifully paraphrased by
Wyat.
"None other payne pray I for them to be,
But, when the rage doth lead them from the right,
That, looking backward, Vertue they may see
E'en as she is, so goodly faire and bright!
And while they claspe their lustes in arms acrosse,
Graunt them, good Lord, as thou maist of thy might,
To fret inwarde for losing such a losse! " Ep. to Poynes.
"Virtue," says Plato, "is so beautiful, that if men could but be
blessed with a vision of its loveliness, they would fall down and
worship. " ὄψις γὰρ ὑμῖν ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος ἔρχεται αἰσθήσεων,
ᾗ φρόνησις οὐχ ὁρᾶται δεινοὺς γὰρ ἂν παρεῖχεν ἔρωτας εἴ τι τοιρῦτον
ἑαυτῆς ἐναργὲς εἴδωλον παρείχετο εἰς ὄψιν ἰόν καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα ἐραστά.
Phædr. , c. 65, fin. The sentiment has been frequently repeated.
Cic. , de Fin. , ii. , 16, "Quam illa ardentes amores excitaret sui si
videretur. " De Off. , i. , 5, "Si oculis cerneretur mirabiles amores,
ut ait Plato, excitaret sui. " Senec. , Epist. 59, 1, "Profecto
omnes mortales in admirationem sui raperet, relictis his quæ nunc
magna, magnorum ignorantia credimus. " So Epist. 115. Shaftesbury's
Characteristics. The Moralists. Part iii. , § 2.
[1358] _Intabescant. _ Hor. , Epod. v. , 40. Ov. , Met. , ii. , 780; iii. ,
Od. xxiv. , 31, "Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatam ex oculis quærimus
invidi. " Pers. , Sat. v. , 61, "Et sibi jam seri vitam ingemuero
relictam. "
[1359] _Siculi. _ Alluding to the bull of Phalaris, made for him by
Perillus. Cf. ad Juv. , viii. , 81, "Admoto dictet perjuria tauro. "
Plin. , xxxiv. , 8. Cic. , Off. , ii. , 7. Ov. , Ib. , 439, "Ære Perillæo
veros imitere juvencos, ad formam tauri conveniente sono. " A. Am. , i. ,
653, "Et Phalaris tauro violenti membra Perilli Torruit infelix imbuit
auctor opus. " Ov. , Trist. , III. , xi. , 40-52. Claud. , B. Gild. , 186.
Phalaris and Perillus were both burnt in it themselves.
[1360] _Ensis_ refers to the entertainment of Damocles by Dionysius
of Syracuse. Vid. Cic. , Tusc. Qu. , v. , 21. Plat, de Rep. , iii. , p.
404. Hor. , iii. , Od. i. , 17, "Destrictus ensis cui super impia Cervice
pendet non Siculæ dapes Dulcem elaborabunt vaporem. "
[1361] _Tangebam. _ Cf. Ov. , A. Am. , i. , 662, "Put oil on my eyes to
make my master believe they were sore. "
[1362] _Catonis. _ Either some high-flown speech put into Cato's mouth,
like that of Addison, or a declamation on the subject written by the
boy himself. Cf. Juv. , i. , 16; vii. , 151.
[1363] _Damnosa Canicula. _ Cf. Propert. , IV. , viii. , 45, "Me quoque per
talos Venerem quærente secundos, semper _damnosi_ subsiluere _Canes_. "
Juv. , xiv. , 4, "_Damnosa_ senem juvat alea," The talus had four flat
sides, the two ends being rounded. The numbers marked on the sides
were the ace, "canis" or "unio" (Isid. , Or. xviii. , 65, only in later
writers), the trey, "ternio," the quater, "quaternio," and the sice,
"senio," opposite the ace. They played with four _tali_, and the best
throw was when each die presented a different face (μηδενὸς ἀστραγάλου
πεσόντος ἴσῳ σχήματι, Lucian, Am. Mart. , xiv. , Ep. 14, "Cum steterit
nullus tibi vultu talus eôdem"), i. e. , when one was canis, another
ternio, another quaternio, and the fourth senio. This throw was called
Venus, or jactus Venereus, because Venus was supposed to preside over
it. The worst throw was when all came out aces; and there appears
to have been something in the make of the dice to render this the
most common throw. This was called Canis, or Canicula; as Voss says,
because "like a dog it ate up the unfortunate gambler who threw it. "
Ovid, A. Am. , ii. , 205, "Seu jacies talos, victam ne pœna sequatur,
Damnosi facito stent tibi sæpe Canes. " One way of playing is described
(in Suet. , Vit. August, c. 71) is letter of Augustus to Tiberius.
Each player put a denarius into the pool for every single ace or sice
he threw, and he who threw Venus swept away the whole. There were
probably many other modes of playing. Cf. Cic. , de Div. , i. , 13. The
_tesseræ_ were like our dice with six sides, numbered from one to six,
so that the numbers on the two opposite sides always equaled seven. Cf.
Bekker's Gallus, p. 499. Lucil. , i. , fr. 27.
[1364] _Orcæ. _ This refers to a game played by Roman boys, which
consisted in throwing nuts into a narrow-necked jar. This game was
called τρόπα by the Greeks; who used dates, acorns, and dibs for the
same purpose. Poll. , Onom. , IX. , vii. , 203. Ovid refers to it in his
"Nux. " "Vas quoque sæpe cavum, spatio distante, locatur In quod missa
levi nux cadat una manu. " Orca (the Greek ὕρχα Arist. , Vesp. , 676) was
an earthen vessel used for holding wine, figs, and salted fish. Cf.
1. 73, "Mænaque quod primâ nondum defecerit orcâ. " Hor. , ii. , Sat.
iv. , 66, "Quod pingui miscere mero muriâque decebit non alià quam quâ
Byzantia putruit orca. " Colum. , xii. , 15. Plin. , xv. , 19. Varro, R.
R. , i. , 13. The dibs used for playing were called taxilli, Pompon. in
Prisc. , iii. , 615.
[1365] _Buxum. _ "Volubile buxum. " Cf. Virg. , Æn. , vii. , 378-384.
Tibull. , I. , v. 3.
[1366] _Porticus. _ ἡ ποικίλη Στοά. The Pœcile, or "Painted Hall,"
at Athens.
It was covered with frescoes representing the battle of
Marathon, executed gratuitously by Polygnotus the Thasian and Mycon.
Plin. , xxxv. , 9. Corn. Nep. , Milt. , vi. This "porch" was the favorite
resort of Zeno and his disciples, who were hence called Stoics. Diog.
Laert. , VII. , i. , 6.
[1367] _Samios diduxit litera ramos. _ The letter Y was taken by
Pythagoras as the symbol of human life. The stem of the letter
symbolizes the early part of life, when the character is unformed, and
the choice of good or evil as yet undetermined. The right-hand branch,
which is the narrower one, represents the "steep and thorny path"
of virtue. The left-hand branch is the broad and easy road to vice.
Compare the beautiful Episode of Prodicus in Xenophon's Memorabilia.
Servius ad Virg. , Æn. , vi. , 540, "Huic literæ dicebat Pythagoras
humanæ vitæ cursum esse similem, quia unusquisque hominum, cum primum
adolescentiæ limen attigerit, et in eum locum venerit 'partes ubi se
via findit in ambas,' hæreat nutabandus, et nesciat in quam se partem
potius inclinet. " Auson. , Idyll. , xii. , 9, "Pythagoræ bivium ramis
pateo ambiguis Y. " Shakspeare, Hamlet, Act i. , sc. 3. Cic. , de Off. ,
i. , 32. Hesiod, Op. et Di. , 288, μακρὸς δὲ καὶ ὄρθιος οἶμος. Pers. ,
Sat. , v. , 35.
[1368] _Cratero_, a famous physician in Cicero's time. Cic. ad Att. ,
xii. , 13, 14. He is also mentioned by Horace, Sat. , II. , iii. , 161,
"Non est cardiacus, Craterum dixisse putato. "
[1369] _Flexus. _ "There are many periods of life as critical as the
end of the stadium in the chariot-race, where the nicest judgment
is required in turning the corner. " Adrian Turnebe. The reading of
D'Achaintre is followed.
[1370] _Asper Numus. _ Cf. ad Juv. , xiv. , 62.
[1371] _Defensis pinguibus Umbris. _ For the presents which lawyers
received from their clients, cf. Juv. , vii. , 119, "Vas pelamidum. "
[1372] _Orca. _ Cf. sup. , 1. 50. The _Mœna_ was a common coarse kind of
fish (Cic. , Fin. , ii. , 28), commonly used for salting.
[1373] _Arcesilas_ was a native of Pitane, in Æolis. After studying
at Sardis under Autolycus, the mathematician, he came to Athens, and
became a disciple of Theophrastus, and afterward of Crantor. He was the
founder of the Middle Academy. Diog. Laert. , Proœm. , x. , 14. Liv. , iv. ,
c. vi. He maintained that "nothing can be known," and is hence called
"Ignorantiæ Magister. " Lactant. , III. , v. , 6. His doctrine is stated,
Cic. , de Orat. , iii, 18. Acad. , i, 12.
[1374] _Obstipo capite_ implies "the head rigidly fixed in one
position. " Sometimes in an erect one, as in an arrogant and haughty
person. (Suet. , Tib. , 68, "Cervix rigida et obstipa. ") Sometimes bent
forward, which is the characteristic of a slavish and cringing person.
(δουλοπρέπες. Cf. Orell. ad Hor. , ii. , Sat. v. , 92, "Davus sis Comicus
atque Stes capite obstipo multum similis metuenti. ") Sometimes in the
attitude of a meditative person in deep reflection, "with leaden eye
that loves the ground. "
[1375] _Torosa. _ Applied properly to the broad muscles in the breast of
a bull. Ov. , Met. , vii. , 428, "Feriuntque secures Colla torosa boüm. "
[1376] _Surrentina. _ Surrentum, now "Sorrento," on the coast of
Campania, was famous for its wines. Ov. , Met. , xv. , 710, "Et Surrentino
generosos palmite colles. " Pliny assigns it the third place in wines,
ranking it immediately after the Setine and Falernian. He says it was
peculiarly adapted to persons recovering from sickness. XIV. , vi. , 8;
XXIII. , i. , 20. Surrentum was also famous for its drinking-cups of
pottery-ware. XIV. , ii, 4. Mart. , xiv. , Ep. 102; xiii. , 110.
[1377] _Tremor. _ So Hor. , i, Epist. xvi. , 22, "Occultam febrem sub
tempus edendi dissimules, donec manibus tremor incidat unctis. "
[1378] _Trientem_, or _triental_, a cup containing the third part of
the sextarius (which is within a fraction of a pint), equal to four
cyathi Cf. Mart. , vi. , Ep. 86, "Setinum, dominæque nives, densique
trientes, Quando ego vos medico non prohibente bibam? "
[1379] _Amomis. _ Juv. , iv. , 108, "Et matutino sudans Crispinus _amomo_,
Quantum vix redolent duo funera. " The _amomum_ was an Assyrian shrub
with a white flower, from which a very costly perfume was made. Plin. ,
xiii. , 1.
[1380] _Rigidos calces. _ Vid. Plin. , vii. , 8. The dead body was always
carried out with the feet foremost.
[1381] _Hesterni Quirites. _ Slaves, when manumitted, shaved their
heads, to show that, like shipwrecked mariners (Juv. , xii. , 81), they
had escaped the storms of slavery, and then received a pileus (v. , 82)
in the temple of Feronia. Cf. Plaut. , Amph. , I. , i. , 306. The temple,
according to one legend, was founded by some Lacedæmonians who quitted
Sparta to escape from the severity of Lycurgus' laws. Many persons
freed all their slaves at their death, out of vanity, that they might
have a numerous body of freedmen to attend their funeral.
[1382] _Visa est. _ So iv. , 47, "Viso si palles improbe numo. "
[1383] _Cribro. _ The coarse sieve of the common people would let
through much of the bran. The Romans were very particular about the
quality of their bread. Cf. Juv. , v. , 67, _seq. _
[1384] _Beta. _ Martial calls them _fatuæ_, from their insipid flavor
without some condiment, and "fabrorum prandia. " xiii. , Ep. xiii.
[1385] _Orestes. _ Cf. Juv. , xiv. , 285.
SATIRE IV.
ARGUMENT.
Had Persius lived _after_ instead of before Juvenal we might have
imagined that he had taken for the theme the noble lines in his
eighth Satire,
"Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet quanto Major qui peccat habetur. " viii. , 140.
"For still more public scandal Vice extends,
As he is great and noble who offends.
[1357] _Virtutem videant. _ This passage is beautifully paraphrased by
Wyat.
"None other payne pray I for them to be,
But, when the rage doth lead them from the right,
That, looking backward, Vertue they may see
E'en as she is, so goodly faire and bright!
And while they claspe their lustes in arms acrosse,
Graunt them, good Lord, as thou maist of thy might,
To fret inwarde for losing such a losse! " Ep. to Poynes.
"Virtue," says Plato, "is so beautiful, that if men could but be
blessed with a vision of its loveliness, they would fall down and
worship. " ὄψις γὰρ ὑμῖν ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος ἔρχεται αἰσθήσεων,
ᾗ φρόνησις οὐχ ὁρᾶται δεινοὺς γὰρ ἂν παρεῖχεν ἔρωτας εἴ τι τοιρῦτον
ἑαυτῆς ἐναργὲς εἴδωλον παρείχετο εἰς ὄψιν ἰόν καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα ἐραστά.
Phædr. , c. 65, fin. The sentiment has been frequently repeated.
Cic. , de Fin. , ii. , 16, "Quam illa ardentes amores excitaret sui si
videretur. " De Off. , i. , 5, "Si oculis cerneretur mirabiles amores,
ut ait Plato, excitaret sui. " Senec. , Epist. 59, 1, "Profecto
omnes mortales in admirationem sui raperet, relictis his quæ nunc
magna, magnorum ignorantia credimus. " So Epist. 115. Shaftesbury's
Characteristics. The Moralists. Part iii. , § 2.
[1358] _Intabescant. _ Hor. , Epod. v. , 40. Ov. , Met. , ii. , 780; iii. ,
Od. xxiv. , 31, "Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatam ex oculis quærimus
invidi. " Pers. , Sat. v. , 61, "Et sibi jam seri vitam ingemuero
relictam. "
[1359] _Siculi. _ Alluding to the bull of Phalaris, made for him by
Perillus. Cf. ad Juv. , viii. , 81, "Admoto dictet perjuria tauro. "
Plin. , xxxiv. , 8. Cic. , Off. , ii. , 7. Ov. , Ib. , 439, "Ære Perillæo
veros imitere juvencos, ad formam tauri conveniente sono. " A. Am. , i. ,
653, "Et Phalaris tauro violenti membra Perilli Torruit infelix imbuit
auctor opus. " Ov. , Trist. , III. , xi. , 40-52. Claud. , B. Gild. , 186.
Phalaris and Perillus were both burnt in it themselves.
[1360] _Ensis_ refers to the entertainment of Damocles by Dionysius
of Syracuse. Vid. Cic. , Tusc. Qu. , v. , 21. Plat, de Rep. , iii. , p.
404. Hor. , iii. , Od. i. , 17, "Destrictus ensis cui super impia Cervice
pendet non Siculæ dapes Dulcem elaborabunt vaporem. "
[1361] _Tangebam. _ Cf. Ov. , A. Am. , i. , 662, "Put oil on my eyes to
make my master believe they were sore. "
[1362] _Catonis. _ Either some high-flown speech put into Cato's mouth,
like that of Addison, or a declamation on the subject written by the
boy himself. Cf. Juv. , i. , 16; vii. , 151.
[1363] _Damnosa Canicula. _ Cf. Propert. , IV. , viii. , 45, "Me quoque per
talos Venerem quærente secundos, semper _damnosi_ subsiluere _Canes_. "
Juv. , xiv. , 4, "_Damnosa_ senem juvat alea," The talus had four flat
sides, the two ends being rounded. The numbers marked on the sides
were the ace, "canis" or "unio" (Isid. , Or. xviii. , 65, only in later
writers), the trey, "ternio," the quater, "quaternio," and the sice,
"senio," opposite the ace. They played with four _tali_, and the best
throw was when each die presented a different face (μηδενὸς ἀστραγάλου
πεσόντος ἴσῳ σχήματι, Lucian, Am. Mart. , xiv. , Ep. 14, "Cum steterit
nullus tibi vultu talus eôdem"), i. e. , when one was canis, another
ternio, another quaternio, and the fourth senio. This throw was called
Venus, or jactus Venereus, because Venus was supposed to preside over
it. The worst throw was when all came out aces; and there appears
to have been something in the make of the dice to render this the
most common throw. This was called Canis, or Canicula; as Voss says,
because "like a dog it ate up the unfortunate gambler who threw it. "
Ovid, A. Am. , ii. , 205, "Seu jacies talos, victam ne pœna sequatur,
Damnosi facito stent tibi sæpe Canes. " One way of playing is described
(in Suet. , Vit. August, c. 71) is letter of Augustus to Tiberius.
Each player put a denarius into the pool for every single ace or sice
he threw, and he who threw Venus swept away the whole. There were
probably many other modes of playing. Cf. Cic. , de Div. , i. , 13. The
_tesseræ_ were like our dice with six sides, numbered from one to six,
so that the numbers on the two opposite sides always equaled seven. Cf.
Bekker's Gallus, p. 499. Lucil. , i. , fr. 27.
[1364] _Orcæ. _ This refers to a game played by Roman boys, which
consisted in throwing nuts into a narrow-necked jar. This game was
called τρόπα by the Greeks; who used dates, acorns, and dibs for the
same purpose. Poll. , Onom. , IX. , vii. , 203. Ovid refers to it in his
"Nux. " "Vas quoque sæpe cavum, spatio distante, locatur In quod missa
levi nux cadat una manu. " Orca (the Greek ὕρχα Arist. , Vesp. , 676) was
an earthen vessel used for holding wine, figs, and salted fish. Cf.
1. 73, "Mænaque quod primâ nondum defecerit orcâ. " Hor. , ii. , Sat.
iv. , 66, "Quod pingui miscere mero muriâque decebit non alià quam quâ
Byzantia putruit orca. " Colum. , xii. , 15. Plin. , xv. , 19. Varro, R.
R. , i. , 13. The dibs used for playing were called taxilli, Pompon. in
Prisc. , iii. , 615.
[1365] _Buxum. _ "Volubile buxum. " Cf. Virg. , Æn. , vii. , 378-384.
Tibull. , I. , v. 3.
[1366] _Porticus. _ ἡ ποικίλη Στοά. The Pœcile, or "Painted Hall,"
at Athens.
It was covered with frescoes representing the battle of
Marathon, executed gratuitously by Polygnotus the Thasian and Mycon.
Plin. , xxxv. , 9. Corn. Nep. , Milt. , vi. This "porch" was the favorite
resort of Zeno and his disciples, who were hence called Stoics. Diog.
Laert. , VII. , i. , 6.
[1367] _Samios diduxit litera ramos. _ The letter Y was taken by
Pythagoras as the symbol of human life. The stem of the letter
symbolizes the early part of life, when the character is unformed, and
the choice of good or evil as yet undetermined. The right-hand branch,
which is the narrower one, represents the "steep and thorny path"
of virtue. The left-hand branch is the broad and easy road to vice.
Compare the beautiful Episode of Prodicus in Xenophon's Memorabilia.
Servius ad Virg. , Æn. , vi. , 540, "Huic literæ dicebat Pythagoras
humanæ vitæ cursum esse similem, quia unusquisque hominum, cum primum
adolescentiæ limen attigerit, et in eum locum venerit 'partes ubi se
via findit in ambas,' hæreat nutabandus, et nesciat in quam se partem
potius inclinet. " Auson. , Idyll. , xii. , 9, "Pythagoræ bivium ramis
pateo ambiguis Y. " Shakspeare, Hamlet, Act i. , sc. 3. Cic. , de Off. ,
i. , 32. Hesiod, Op. et Di. , 288, μακρὸς δὲ καὶ ὄρθιος οἶμος. Pers. ,
Sat. , v. , 35.
[1368] _Cratero_, a famous physician in Cicero's time. Cic. ad Att. ,
xii. , 13, 14. He is also mentioned by Horace, Sat. , II. , iii. , 161,
"Non est cardiacus, Craterum dixisse putato. "
[1369] _Flexus. _ "There are many periods of life as critical as the
end of the stadium in the chariot-race, where the nicest judgment
is required in turning the corner. " Adrian Turnebe. The reading of
D'Achaintre is followed.
[1370] _Asper Numus. _ Cf. ad Juv. , xiv. , 62.
[1371] _Defensis pinguibus Umbris. _ For the presents which lawyers
received from their clients, cf. Juv. , vii. , 119, "Vas pelamidum. "
[1372] _Orca. _ Cf. sup. , 1. 50. The _Mœna_ was a common coarse kind of
fish (Cic. , Fin. , ii. , 28), commonly used for salting.
[1373] _Arcesilas_ was a native of Pitane, in Æolis. After studying
at Sardis under Autolycus, the mathematician, he came to Athens, and
became a disciple of Theophrastus, and afterward of Crantor. He was the
founder of the Middle Academy. Diog. Laert. , Proœm. , x. , 14. Liv. , iv. ,
c. vi. He maintained that "nothing can be known," and is hence called
"Ignorantiæ Magister. " Lactant. , III. , v. , 6. His doctrine is stated,
Cic. , de Orat. , iii, 18. Acad. , i, 12.
[1374] _Obstipo capite_ implies "the head rigidly fixed in one
position. " Sometimes in an erect one, as in an arrogant and haughty
person. (Suet. , Tib. , 68, "Cervix rigida et obstipa. ") Sometimes bent
forward, which is the characteristic of a slavish and cringing person.
(δουλοπρέπες. Cf. Orell. ad Hor. , ii. , Sat. v. , 92, "Davus sis Comicus
atque Stes capite obstipo multum similis metuenti. ") Sometimes in the
attitude of a meditative person in deep reflection, "with leaden eye
that loves the ground. "
[1375] _Torosa. _ Applied properly to the broad muscles in the breast of
a bull. Ov. , Met. , vii. , 428, "Feriuntque secures Colla torosa boüm. "
[1376] _Surrentina. _ Surrentum, now "Sorrento," on the coast of
Campania, was famous for its wines. Ov. , Met. , xv. , 710, "Et Surrentino
generosos palmite colles. " Pliny assigns it the third place in wines,
ranking it immediately after the Setine and Falernian. He says it was
peculiarly adapted to persons recovering from sickness. XIV. , vi. , 8;
XXIII. , i. , 20. Surrentum was also famous for its drinking-cups of
pottery-ware. XIV. , ii, 4. Mart. , xiv. , Ep. 102; xiii. , 110.
[1377] _Tremor. _ So Hor. , i, Epist. xvi. , 22, "Occultam febrem sub
tempus edendi dissimules, donec manibus tremor incidat unctis. "
[1378] _Trientem_, or _triental_, a cup containing the third part of
the sextarius (which is within a fraction of a pint), equal to four
cyathi Cf. Mart. , vi. , Ep. 86, "Setinum, dominæque nives, densique
trientes, Quando ego vos medico non prohibente bibam? "
[1379] _Amomis. _ Juv. , iv. , 108, "Et matutino sudans Crispinus _amomo_,
Quantum vix redolent duo funera. " The _amomum_ was an Assyrian shrub
with a white flower, from which a very costly perfume was made. Plin. ,
xiii. , 1.
[1380] _Rigidos calces. _ Vid. Plin. , vii. , 8. The dead body was always
carried out with the feet foremost.
[1381] _Hesterni Quirites. _ Slaves, when manumitted, shaved their
heads, to show that, like shipwrecked mariners (Juv. , xii. , 81), they
had escaped the storms of slavery, and then received a pileus (v. , 82)
in the temple of Feronia. Cf. Plaut. , Amph. , I. , i. , 306. The temple,
according to one legend, was founded by some Lacedæmonians who quitted
Sparta to escape from the severity of Lycurgus' laws. Many persons
freed all their slaves at their death, out of vanity, that they might
have a numerous body of freedmen to attend their funeral.
[1382] _Visa est. _ So iv. , 47, "Viso si palles improbe numo. "
[1383] _Cribro. _ The coarse sieve of the common people would let
through much of the bran. The Romans were very particular about the
quality of their bread. Cf. Juv. , v. , 67, _seq. _
[1384] _Beta. _ Martial calls them _fatuæ_, from their insipid flavor
without some condiment, and "fabrorum prandia. " xiii. , Ep. xiii.
[1385] _Orestes. _ Cf. Juv. , xiv. , 285.
SATIRE IV.
ARGUMENT.
Had Persius lived _after_ instead of before Juvenal we might have
imagined that he had taken for the theme the noble lines in his
eighth Satire,
"Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet quanto Major qui peccat habetur. " viii. , 140.
"For still more public scandal Vice extends,
As he is great and noble who offends.
