Monthly Archives: October 2016

A Tactful Cue (and Non-Q) in Horace (Ep. 1.13.17)

Posted on Sunday: October 2, 2016 by Michael Hendry

    The last four lines of the epistle to Vinnius, on his way to deliver a copy of Horace’s Carmina to Augustus, are clear enough, but one of the conjunctions seems dubious (16-19): neu uolgo narres te sudauisse ferendo carmina quae … Continue reading →

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Vigils and Strigils: Juvenal 3.262

Posted on Saturday: October 1, 2016 by Michael Hendry

    The man crushed by a collapsing stone-wagon never comes home, and his household, though still unaware of his death, finally gives up waiting for him (260-63):         obtritum uulgo perit omne cadauer more animae. domus interea secura patellas iam lauat et … Continue reading →

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