Selected Letters of Pliny
Selected Letters of Pliny
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Corinthia : sc. Aera^ dishes and bowls as well as statues made by a special process the secret of which was lost. Hence Corinthia were valuable. Pliny had none of them at his own house, but presented a Corinthium signum to a temple ; cf. Iii. 6. I.
comoedis: cf. I. 15. 2.
distinguitur : i. E. Between the courses.
ut voluptates, etc. : cf. I. 15. 3 Quantum nos lusissemus^ risis- semus, sttiduissemus.
convivium : the after-dinner sitting over the wine.
§ II. Ratio aetatis : cf. Ii. 14. 14.
recept...ui canere ; the metaphor is military ; cf. Caes. B. G. Passim.
mille: cf. I. 15. 2 note.
officia, * offices'; cf. Iii. 5. 7, e. G. The prefecture of the fleet (iii. 5. 9), but not those of the senatorial cursus, which were called magistratus.
provincias; e. G. Lower Germany.
I 12. Igitur : very rarely the first word of the sentence in the Augustan period, but commonly in Pliny (ii. 6. 7) and other silver^ age writers, e. G. Tac. Agr. Vii. 3.
cum inertiae crimen, etc. : cf. Ii. 14. 14.
III. 5. The Works and Life of Pliny the Elder.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Corinthia : sc. Aera^ dishes and bowls as well as statues made by a special process the secret of which was lost. Hence Corinthia were valuable. Pliny had none of them at his own house, but presented a Corinthium signum to a temple ; cf. Iii. 6. I.
comoedis: cf. I. 15. 2.
distinguitur : i. E. Between the courses.
ut voluptates, etc. : cf. I. 15. 3 Quantum nos lusissemus^ risis- semus, sttiduissemus.
convivium : the after-dinner sitting over the wine.
§ II. Ratio aetatis : cf. Ii. 14. 14.
recept...ui canere ; the metaphor is military ; cf. Caes. B. G. Passim.
mille: cf. I. 15. 2 note.
officia, * offices'; cf. Iii. 5. 7, e. G. The prefecture of the fleet (iii. 5. 9), but not those of the senatorial cursus, which were called magistratus.
provincias; e. G. Lower Germany.
I 12. Igitur : very rarely the first word of the sentence in the Augustan period, but commonly in Pliny (ii. 6. 7) and other silver^ age writers, e. G. Tac. Agr. Vii. 3.
cum inertiae crimen, etc. : cf. Ii. 14. 14.
III. 5. The Works and Life of Pliny the Elder.
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