The Timid Veteran
Calpurnius, our favorite miles gloriosus,
Strayed into an art gallery, and there
Ran into a mural of the Trojan War.
He goggled, swooned, crying I yield
O comrade Trojans, belov'd of the War-God!
We brought him to.
He asked where he was wounded,
And insisted on paying ransom to the wall.
—Lucilius
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