L  51.  iaaltoe,  *  anrhaitisfd  *  A«^;«stas  is  to  aTen^e  the  disgrace
«U^  the  Fomant  had  wBered  ia  Bu  C  53.  when  the  Parthian  king
dcfcaled  Craana  at  Charrae,  and  took  some  standards.  These  were
vcitaffediBB.C  M.
1.  5  a.  Oaaaar.  Notice  the  way  in  which  this  vocative  case,  which
has  been  wanted  evo  since  L  41,  is  reserved  to  be  the  last  word.  The
Ode  opened  with  fears  and  troables.  The  whole  purport  of  the  Ode  is
that  the  remedy  for  all  ia  to  be  foond  in  the  rule,  just  now  accepted  by
the  Roman  world,  of  Angostos.  His  work  has  been  described  in
i^;atca  ia  the  preceding  stanias  His  name  has  been  kept  from  us  to
COOK  wkh  greater  force  now,  and  to  be  the  last  word  left  on  onr  ears.
9.  (Odes  t.  3.)

U.  I  -8.  '  O  ship  in  which  Virgil  is  sailing  to  Greece,  carry  thy  precious
harden  aaMy.  11. 9-30.  It  ia  a  dreadful  risk,  the  sea.  He  was  a  hard
bold  oma  a4io  fint  vcatnred  npon  it.  11.  31-36.  The  gods  meant  it  to  be
a  banicr  impaieabte,  bat  aian  delights  in  disobedience.  11.  37-33.  I>ro*
metbeas  farooi^  fire  on  earth,  and  with  it  dckneas  of  all  kinds.  11.34-35.
Daedalas  tried  to  fly.  1.  36.  Adiertm  was  no  barrier  to  Hercnles.
IL  37-40.  \MM>e  shall  we  stc^?  and  when  will  Jove  be  able  to  lay
aside  his  bolu  of  wrath  ?'

Virgil  the  poet,  one  of  Horace's  intimate  friends,  is  setting  out  on  a
voyage  to  Athena.  Horace  prays  for  bis  safe  arrival,  and  ^partly  in
play)  protests  against  sea-travelling  aa  a  tisk^whidi  Providence  never
n>cant  mea  to  nm.
