Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.6 Agrippa

  M. Vipsanius Agrippa, Octavian's great general and admiral; addressee of this recusatio.

• The Epistles §1.6 Agrippa

  Octavian's great general and minister, who won genuine popular applause; the ambitious spendthrift who buys cheap votes is a 'fox aping' such a lion.

• The Satires §2.3 that Agrippa wins

  Marcus Agrippa, Octavian's great commander, who earned real popular acclaim; the vote-buying spendthrift courting the same applause is 'a fox aping a lion.'