Cf. ix. 601-4 (where apotheosis is assigned him).
(3) Cato (the hero of Book ix.) and Brutus; ii. 234,
‘At non magnanimi percussit pectora Bruti
terror’;
ix. 554,
‘Nam cui crediderim superos arcana daturos
dicturosque magis quam sancto vera Catoni?’
Cf. ix. 186-9.
(4) Caesar; ii. 439,
‘Caesar in arma furens nullas nisi sanguine fuso
gaudet habere vias’;
v. 242,
‘perdere successus scelerum’;