Daily Archives: Saturday: February 22, 2014

Persius, Prologus 10-11: a Bit of Nachleben

Posted on Saturday: February 22, 2014 by Michael Hendry

An amusing bit of Nachleben seems worth mentioning here. In his Südelbucher, G. C. Lichtenberg wrote (L 315): Ein Stoß auf den Magen beraubt alles Bewußtseins nicht den Magen sondern den Kopf selbst. Überhaupt wird immer von Kopf und Herz … Continue reading →

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Persius, Prologus 6: semipaganus

Posted on Saturday: February 22, 2014 by Michael Hendry

I suspect that more pages have been written on semipaganus than on any other single word in Persius. Not only is the meaning of paganus obscure – fellow-townsman? rustic? civilian? – it is far from obvious what the implied other … Continue reading →

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