Horace, Satires 2.3.187-223
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nequis humasse velit Aiacem , Atrida , vetas cur ?
' rex sum . ' nil ultra quaero plebeius . ' et aequam
rem imperito , ac sicui videor non iustus , inulto
dicere quod sentit permitto . ' maxime regum ,
Di tibi dent capta classem redducere Troia .
ergo consulere et mox respondere licebit ?
' consule . ' cur Aiax , heros ab Achille secundus ,
putescit , totiens servatis clarus achivis ,
gaudeat ut populus Priami Priamusque inhumato ,
per quem tot iuvenes patrio caruere sepulcro ?
' mille ovium insanus morti dedit , inclitum Ulixen
et Menelaum una mecum se occidere clamans . '
tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam
ante aras spargisque mola caput , inprobe , salsa ,
rectum animi servas ? ' quorsum ? ' insanus quid enim Aiax
fecit ? cum stravit ferro pecus , abstinuit vim
uxore et gnato ; mala multa precatus atridis
non ille aut Teucrum aut ipsum violavit Ulixen .
' verum ego , ut haerentis adverso litore navis
eriperem , prudens placavi sanguine Divos . '
nempe tuo , furiose ? ' meo , sed non furiosus . '
qui species alias veris scelerisque tumultu
permixtas capiet , commotus habebitur atque
stultitiane erret nihilum distabit an ira .
Aiax inmeritos cum occidit desipit agnos :
cum prudens scelus ob titulos admittis inanis ,
stas animo et purum est vitio tibi cum tumidum est cor ?
siquis lectica nitidam gestare amet agnam ,
huic vestem ut gnatae , paret ancillas , paret aurum ,
Pusam aut Pusillam appellet fortique marito
destinet uxorem : interdicto huic omne adimat ius
praetor et ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos .
quid , siquis gnatam pro muta devovet agna ,
integer est animi ? ne dixeris . ergo ubi prava
stultitia , hic summa est insania ; qui sceleratus ,
et furiosus erit ; quem cepit vitrea fama ,
hunc circumtonuit gaudens Bellona cruentis .
' rex sum . ' nil ultra quaero plebeius . ' et aequam
rem imperito , ac sicui videor non iustus , inulto
dicere quod sentit permitto . ' maxime regum ,
Di tibi dent capta classem redducere Troia .
ergo consulere et mox respondere licebit ?
' consule . ' cur Aiax , heros ab Achille secundus ,
putescit , totiens servatis clarus achivis ,
gaudeat ut populus Priami Priamusque inhumato ,
per quem tot iuvenes patrio caruere sepulcro ?
' mille ovium insanus morti dedit , inclitum Ulixen
et Menelaum una mecum se occidere clamans . '
tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam
ante aras spargisque mola caput , inprobe , salsa ,
rectum animi servas ? ' quorsum ? ' insanus quid enim Aiax
fecit ? cum stravit ferro pecus , abstinuit vim
uxore et gnato ; mala multa precatus atridis
non ille aut Teucrum aut ipsum violavit Ulixen .
' verum ego , ut haerentis adverso litore navis
eriperem , prudens placavi sanguine Divos . '
nempe tuo , furiose ? ' meo , sed non furiosus . '
qui species alias veris scelerisque tumultu
permixtas capiet , commotus habebitur atque
stultitiane erret nihilum distabit an ira .
Aiax inmeritos cum occidit desipit agnos :
cum prudens scelus ob titulos admittis inanis ,
stas animo et purum est vitio tibi cum tumidum est cor ?
siquis lectica nitidam gestare amet agnam ,
huic vestem ut gnatae , paret ancillas , paret aurum ,
Pusam aut Pusillam appellet fortique marito
destinet uxorem : interdicto huic omne adimat ius
praetor et ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos .
quid , siquis gnatam pro muta devovet agna ,
integer est animi ? ne dixeris . ergo ubi prava
stultitia , hic summa est insania ; qui sceleratus ,
et furiosus erit ; quem cepit vitrea fama ,
hunc circumtonuit gaudens Bellona cruentis .
Son
of
Atreus
,
why
do
you
deny
anyone
who
wishes
to
bury
Ajax
?
"
I
am
the
king
.
"
Nothing
further
I
,
a
plebeian
,
inquire
.
"
And
I
command
an
evenhanded
thing
,
and
if
to
anyone
I
do
not
seem
just
,
I
permit
that
he
speak
unpunished
what
he
thinks
.
"
Greatest
of
kings
,
may
the
gods
grant
to
you
that
the
fleet
return
with
Troy
having
been
captured
.
Therefore
will
it
not
be
permitted
to
consult
and
soon
to
respond
?
"
Ask
.
"
Why
does
Ajax
,
a
hero
second
to
Achilles
,
rot
,
famous
with
so
many
times
the
Acheans
having
been
saved
,
such
that
the
people
of
Priam
and
Priam
may
rejoice
with
the
man
unburied
,
through
whom
so
many
young
men
have
been
deprived
of
their
fatherland’s
burial
rite
?
"
The
insane
man
gave
a
thousand
of
sheep
to
death
,
shouting
that
he
kills
illustrious
Ulysses
and
Menelaus
as
one
with
me
.
"
When
you
hold
up
your
sweet
daughter
in
place
of
a
heifer
before
the
altar
at
Aulus
and
sprinkle
the
head
,
wicked
one
,
with
salty
ground
meal
,
do
you
protect
the
right
thing
?
"
To
what
end
?
"
Truly
what
thing
did
insane
Ajax
do
?
When
he
demolished
the
flock
with
iron
,
he
held
back
violence
from
his
wife
and
child
;
having
beseeched
many
bad
things
to
the
Atreids
,
that
man
did
not
violate
either
Teucer
or
Ulysses
himself
.
"
Truly
I
,
in
order
that
I
might
break
out
the
ships
clinging
onto
an
adverse
shore
,
being
prudent
placated
the
Gods
with
blood
.
"
No
doubt
by
yours
,
madman
?
"
With
mine
,
but
not
maddened
.
"
One
who
takes
appearances
other
than
true
ones
and
mixed
through
with
turmoil
will
be
held
disturbed
,
and
nothing
will
stand
apart
whether
he
errs
because
of
folly
or
because
of
wrath
.
Ajax
when
he
kills
the
undeserving
sheep
is
foolish
:
when
you
being
prudent
confess
a
crime
on
account
of
empty
titles
,
do
you
stand
in
mind
and
is
the
heart
to
you
pure
when
it
is
swollen
with
vice
?
If
anyone
should
love
to
carry
a
plump
lamb
on
a
sedan
,
should
prepare
for
it
clothing
as
for
a
daughter
,
prepare
handmaidens
,
prepare
gold
,
call
it
Pusa
or
Pusilla
and
secure
it
as
wife
to
a
brave
husband
:
for
this
forbidden
thing
the
praetor
would
remove
every
right
and
would
pass
guardianship
toward
the
sane
relatives
.
What
,
if
anyone
dedicates
a
daughter
in
place
of
a
dumb
lamb
,
is
he
sound
of
mind
?
Do
not
say
.
Therefore
where
there
is
crooked
foolishness
,
here
insanity
is
highest
;
who
is
wicked
,
also
will
be
maddened
;
he
whom
glassy
fame
has
taken
,
this
man
Bellona
thundered
around
rejoicing
due
to
the
gore
.