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regnavit populorum: Pind. O.6.34, ἀνδρῶν Ἀρκάδων ἄνασσε. Greek gen.; cf. G. L. 383. 1.3; H. 458. 3.--ex humili potens: cf. Soph. O. T. 454, τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος, and Milton's 'speakable of mute.' Horace always anticipates the sneers at his humble origin. Cf. 2.20.5; Epist. 1.20.20. --potens: with the subject of dicar, i.e. Horace himself; cf. 4.8.26, potentium vatum.


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