Book VII, Epigram 45 (Ker)

The powerful friend of the eloquent Seneca, counted next to his dear Serenus, or dearer still, that Maximus is here, whom in many a page the happy letter greets. This is he whom you — no tongue, Ovidius, but should speak your name! — followed over Sicilian waters, spurning the wrath of an infuriate despot. Let hoary time admire its Pylades, who as comrade clung to one whom his parent banished. Who could compare the perils of the two? You, as comrade, clung to one banished by Nero!