 The fragmented nature of the Greek world had enabled his literary heroes to express themselves freely and his semi-retirement from the Treasury in Rome to his own estate in the Sabine hills perhaps empowered him to some extent also yet even when his lyrics touched on public affairs they reinforced the importance of private life.Nevertheless, his work in the period 30–27 BC began to show his closeness to the regime and his sensitivity to its developing ideology.In "Odes" 1.2, for example, he eulogized Octavian in hyperboles that echo Hellenistic court poetry.