The Satire of Seneca On the Apotheosis of Claudius Commonly Called the Apocolocy

Lucius Seneca

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The phrase has been objected to (by G. D. Koeler, t. Ruh- kopf), but it easily justifies itself by the comic effect which it doubtless had to a Roman ear, somewhat as "strong man" has occasionally in our vernacular.
oblitus nugarum : recalling desine fatuari and ne . . . Alo- gias excutiam. Note the same popular expression, quite as we say "forgetting his nonsense, " inPetron. 71 and 136. Cf. Jul. Cues. 4, Travorat, etTTCv, A^ypcoi/, 6 AttoXAcdv.
gallum in suo sterquilino plurimum posse : evide...ntly a popu- lar saw, recalling our proverbial "cock of the walk. " The play on Claudius's Gallic origin is obvious. The same pun appeared also at the time of the Gallic insurrection under Nero, Gallos eum cantando excitasse. Cf. Quod Gallum facere oportebat, c. 6.
fortissime deorum : Cf. V aide for tis licet tibi videaris, infr.
adfuturum : used particularly of advocates and witnesses. Cf. Pliny, Ep. Iv. 17.
notorem: a late word for the more exact cognitor. It is practically defined by Seneca {Ep.

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