Described within the poem Horace shares or “sings” to Pompeius, his friend, a welcoming. This poem entails the friendship shared between the two during their enlistment in the war on the side of Brutus as well as during the breaks between of the Battle of Philippi. Horace initially explains how the poor leadership of Brutus led to the demise of the army, its people and the battle. He continues to explain how he had fled early in the war while Pompeius had decided to remain behind, continuing to resist Octavian, but had finally been returned to his friends and family. He urges Pompeius continually to indulge in wine and forget the peril of the past and remember the exciting memories of drunken happiness they had partaken in.
Within the first stanza of the poem, Horace recounts of the time of which they had both shared in Brutus’s army, and speaks of how it was at the fault of Brutus that they had been led into peril and defeat; it states “O saepe mecum tempus in ultimum deducte Bruto militiae duce”(having been led often with me into extreme peril with Brutus as leader of the military). It can be infered that Horace sees Brutus as an inadequate leader of the military, and blames him for their defeate during the battle of phillippi. In fact Brutus was widely regarded as an …show more content…
He reflects on the moments of which they had spent in a drunken stupor during the elections and how they had been enjoyed each other's company before the tension of the war had encompassed the roman empire; hoping that they may return to this joyous recklessness. Horace tell Pompeius to remove his past “ongaque fessum militia latus depone sub lauru mea” (put down your side tired from long military service under my laurel) and forget of the promises spoken of by Brutus and the resistance led by him, and continue under the regime of
Within the first stanza of the poem, Horace recounts of the time of which they had both shared in Brutus’s army, and speaks of how it was at the fault of Brutus that they had been led into peril and defeat; it states “O saepe mecum tempus in ultimum deducte Bruto militiae duce”(having been led often with me into extreme peril with Brutus as leader of the military). It can be infered that Horace sees Brutus as an inadequate leader of the military, and blames him for their defeate during the battle of phillippi. In fact Brutus was widely regarded as an …show more content…
He reflects on the moments of which they had spent in a drunken stupor during the elections and how they had been enjoyed each other's company before the tension of the war had encompassed the roman empire; hoping that they may return to this joyous recklessness. Horace tell Pompeius to remove his past “ongaque fessum militia latus depone sub lauru mea” (put down your side tired from long military service under my laurel) and forget of the promises spoken of by Brutus and the resistance led by him, and continue under the regime of