Three of these are especially beautiful,-the dedication of his yacht to Castor and pollux,-the lines written immediately before quitting Bithynia,- Iam ver egelidos refert tepores,- and the famous lines on Sirmio.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Simonides, the lyric poet, sang an ode to his patron, Scopas, at a feast; and as he had introduced into it the praises of Castor and pollux, Scopas declared that he would only pay his own half-share of the ode, and the Demi-gods might pay the remainder.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr