Lucan — Roman Poet

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, in the Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets... (wikipedia)

Great fear is concealed under daring.
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.