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I was myself once one of those; and if I heard talk of dead folks walking, of prophecies, enchantments, witchcrafts, or any other story I had no mind to believe: "Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala," Horace. I presently pitied the poor people that were abused by these follies.
Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala rides? HOR., Ep. ii. 2, 208. Visions and magic spells, can you despise, And laugh at witches, ghosts, and prodigies? Going yesterday to dine with an old acquaintance, I had the misfortune to find his whole family very much dejected.
So was I formerly minded; and if I heard anybody speak either of ghosts coming back, or of the prophecy of coming things, of spells, of witchcraft, or of any other tale I could not digest Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala I felt a kind of compassion for the poor people who were made the victims of such follies.
In a letter to Atticus he speaks of "miros terrores Cæsarianos" "dreadful reports as to outrages by Cæsar;" that he would by no means dismiss his army; that he had with him the Prætors elect, one of the Tribunes, and even one of the Consuls; and that Pompey had resolved to leave the city. Such were the first tidings presaging Pharsalia. Then he adds a word about his triumph.