person
Veianius
A retired gladiator who, having hung up his arms at the temple of Hercules, withdrew to the country; Horace's image for his own retirement from verse.
Reading notes
- The Epistles §1.1 Veianius
A retired gladiator who, having hung up his arms at the temple of Hercules, withdrew to the country; Horace's image for his own retirement from verse.