Albius

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.33 Albi

  Albius (the poet Tibullus), counseled not to grieve over the cruel Glycera.

• The Epistles §1.4 Albius

  A man dazzled by collecting bronzes; his ruined son serves Horace's father as a warning against squandering a patrimony.

• The Satires §1.4 Albius is stunned by bronzes

  A collector obsessed with bronze statuary; later in the poem his ruined son is a warning against squandering one's inheritance.