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Category Archives: Curculio: Latin
Lucaneum (not a Sausage) for Lucan’s birthday
For Lucan’s 1980th birthday – already over in the Eastern Hemisphere – I have written up a note on the text of 1.20: link to PDF.
Claudian’s Orrery – 3-column display of critical texts
It has been obvious for many years that an on-line text with an apparatus criticus should put it to the right of the text, since the bottom of the page may be hundreds of lines away, and a line-by-line apparatus … Continue reading
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A Missing Joke in Ovid?
Unable to communicate her plight to her father and sisters in any other way, boviform Io writes a message in the dust with her hoof (Met. 1.649-50): littera pro uerbis, quam pes in puluere duxit, corporis indicium mutati triste peregit. … Continue reading
Is Plural Salamis Correct? Horace, C. 1.7.21
I have now posted a note or short paper every day of August, two on the 7th, for a total of thirty-two. I will be doing fewer, but longer, ones in September. This last contains a conjecture on one of … Continue reading
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Another Tiny Subtlety in Horace, I. 1.1
Here’s a note on the first three words of Horace’s Iambi (Epodes), or rather on two of the three. The PDF is here.
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To Form a More Perfect Ring-Composition: Horace, I. 16.9
Even with eight hours on the road, and the first day of school tomorrow, I still managed to put together a note on one of Horace’s Iambi or (if you like) Epodes. Then again, three of those hours of driving … Continue reading
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Non Omnia Possumus Omnes: Martial 2.86.8
Tonight’s note is half-textual, half-exegetical, on Martial. The PDF is here.
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Time to Change Seats? Horace C. 3.3.34
Here’s a tiny note on a minor point in the text of Horace’s Roman Odes. (I’m away from home where most of my books are, which is complicating my August web-publish-a-textual-or-exegetical-note-every-day plan.) The PDF is here.
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Seek and Ye Shall Find: Martial 4.59.6
Here’s a conjecture on Martial that has been in my on-line text for ten years. It’s about time I gave the argument for it. There is a sordid confession in footnote 2. The PDF is here.
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It’s Always in the Last Place You Look: Martial 7.17.2
I don’t have much time to write tonight – syllabuses and first-week homework assignments are due right about now – but I don’t want to miss a day, so it’s back to Martial for another tiny bit of Orthographica. The … Continue reading
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Someone is Missing the Pointing Here: Pliny, Ep. 1.11.1
Back to Pliny, with a tiny bit of Orthographica. The PDF is here.
Is a Half-Letter Conjecture Possible? Martial 3.46.4
Back to Martial, with an interesting theoretical question, stated in the title. The PDF is here.
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Interpretatio Foedior Potior: Lucilius 543 Marx
Here is my first paper on Lucilius – the Roman satirist, not the double-elled Greek epigrammatist or the poetical friend of the Younger Seneca. No translation of the Latin is provided, since it’s rather obscene, especially after I’m done with … Continue reading
What Kind of Rope Makes the Best Gift? Martial 4.70.1
Turning back to Martial, here is a textual-exegetical note on one of Martial’s best epigrams. The PDF is here.
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Two of These Words Need More Os: Juvenal 9.109
Turning back to Juvenal 9, here are two conjectures on a single line, one more plausible than the other. The PDF is here.
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Is This Conjecture Too Bold or Not Bold Enough? Juvenal 8.165
Turning to the other satire in Book III of Juvenal, here’s a note on Juvenal 8, yet another novelty for the 2nd edition of my web-text of Juvenal. The PDF is here.
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Not Often, but I’m Hedging My Bets Here: Juvenal 9.74
Still working on Book III of Juvenal, today’s paper is a conjecture on Juvenal 9, attempting to improve on one of Housman’s. This will be another novelty in the 2nd edition of my web-text of Juvenal. The PDF is here.
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Squeezing Two Lemons: Juvenal 7.41 and 7.43
Today’s paper is again on Juvenal 7, with two notes on tiny details of exegesis. The PDF is here.
Sex and Money: Juvenal 7.123
Today’s paper is again on Juvenal 7, but a new idea, not yet in my web-edition of Juvenal (here). If anyone can refute it, it never will be. The PDF is here.
Put Your Relatives in their Place: Juvenal 7.27-29
Today’s paper explains a transposition I first published in 2005 in my web-edition of Juvenal (here). The PDF is here.
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