person
Balbinus
also: Balbinus
A lover so smitten with Hagna that even her disfiguring nasal polyp delights him; Horace's emblem of love's flattering blindness.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.3 Balbinus is by Hagna's polyp
Balbinus dotes on Hagna so completely that even her nasal polyp (a disfiguring growth) charms him — love's flattering blindness, which Horace wishes we extended to friends.