None enjoyed greater glory, or honours more august, first with the gods, whose answers they published, and at whose feasts they were present, as was commonly said, and then with the offspring of the gods and with sacred kings, among whom, so we have understood, was not a single pleader of causes, but an Orpheus, a Linus, and, if you care to dive into a remoter age, an Apollo himself.
post quae rarus in tribunali Caesaris Piso, et si quando adsideret, atrox ac dissentire manifestus.latin-ancient latin-ancient