Absumet heres Caecuba dignior
servata centum clavibus et mero
tinguet pavimentum superbo,
pontificum potiore cenis.
The worthier heir will quaff the Caecuba [1]The rest of the Horace poem (2.14) was about death and it was not particularly interesting [3]. The last stanza amused me, so I thought I would post it.
protected by one hundred keys and glorious
unmixed [wine] dyes the floor [2],
more potent than the dinner of the priests.
Some holiday wines. |
Endnotes
- Caecuba is a type of Roman wine.
- I cannot decide whether the wine dies the floors from spillage or vomit. Either way, it shows the excess of the heir.
- I mentioned to Propertius II that "anyone can write 28 lines about death" and he quipped "but can anyone write 28 lines about death in Alcaeic strophs?"
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