A weathered round shield rests against folded cloth with a white feather along its rim in warm dawn light.

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Odes

Horace

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A famous name is not the beginning of bravery. The short reminder places celebrated heroes within a longer human history, much of which may be less remembered. Courage existed before the figures through whom it is often described, so renown and worth should not be confused.

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