Then he
went out into a colonnade, where he was found by the qustor, joyful
rather than otherwise, as he had learnt that Helvidius, his son-in-law, was
merely excluded from Italy. When he heard the
Senate's decision, he led Helvidius and Demetrius into a chamber, and having
laid bare the arteries of each arm, he let the blood flow freely, and, as he
sprinkled it on the ground, he called the qustor to his side and
said, "We pour out a libation to Jupiter the Deliverer. Behold, young man,
and may the gods avert the omen, but you have been born into times in which
it is well to fortify the spirit with examples of courage." Then as the
slowness of his end brought with it grievous anguish, turning his eyes on
Demetrius. . . .
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