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I. That the family of the Octavii was of the first distinction in Velitrae

elegantly adopted the same strain of compliment.

Te multa prece, te prosequitur mero
Defuso pateris; et Laribus tuum
Miscet numen, uti Graecia Castoris
Et magni memor Herculis. *Carm. IV. 5.*

> To thee he chants the sacred song,
> To thee the rich libation pours;
> Thee placed his household gods among,
> With solemn daily prayer adores
> So Castor and great Hercules of old,
> Were with her gods by grateful Greece enrolled.

(155) The panegyric bestowed upon Augustus by the great

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