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Two Remarks On Roman Poets

Two Remarks On Roman Poets TWO REMARKS ON ROMAN POETS BY J. H. WASZINK I. In the proem of his third book Lucretius qualifies Epicurus' words as aurea, perpetua semper dignissima vita (vs. 13) and im- mediately adds a justification of this eulogy (vss. 14-16): Nam simti,l ac ratio tua coepit vociferari Naturam rerum divina mente coortam, Diffugiunt animi terrores, etc. In vs. 15 most editors abandon the reading given by the MSS (coortam 0, coartam Q) and follow Orelli in writing coorta, thus connecting the participle with ratio tua. The lectio tradita is main- tained by Bergson 1) only, who interprets the words naturam rerum as a translation of IIEQI. the title of Epicurus' principal work. Giussani, though admitting coorta into hi.s text, acknowledges the possibility of coortam being right: "la natura sorta davanti, cioe rivelatasi, alia (per virtu della) mente divinatrice di Epicuro". Moreover, he points out that coortam is undoubtedly the lectio dif ficilior, since .at the end of a line a scribe i.s much more likely to omit a letter than to add one. In his newly-appeared commentary, for which no praise can be too high, Dr. Bailey 2) rightly observes that Bergson's interpreta- tion is much too artificial, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Two Remarks On Roman Poets

Waszink, J.H.
Mnemosyne , Volume 2 (1): 4 – Jan 1, 1949
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TWO REMARKS ON ROMAN POETS BY J. H. WASZINK I. In the proem of his third book Lucretius qualifies Epicurus' words as aurea, perpetua semper dignissima vita (vs. 13) and im- mediately adds a justification of this eulogy (vss. 14-16): Nam simti,l ac ratio tua coepit vociferari Naturam rerum divina mente coortam, Diffugiunt animi terrores, etc. In vs. 15 most editors abandon the reading given by the MSS (coortam 0, coartam Q) and follow Orelli in writing coorta, thus connecting the participle with ratio tua. The lectio tradita is main- tained by Bergson 1) only, who interprets the words naturam rerum as a translation of IIEQI. the title of Epicurus' principal work. Giussani, though admitting coorta into hi.s text, acknowledges the possibility of coortam being right: "la natura sorta davanti, cioe rivelatasi, alia (per virtu della) mente divinatrice di Epicuro". Moreover, he points out that coortam is undoubtedly the lectio dif ficilior, since .at the end of a line a scribe i.s much more likely to omit a letter than to add one. In his newly-appeared commentary, for which no praise can be too high, Dr. Bailey 2) rightly observes that Bergson's interpreta- tion is much too artificial, and

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Published: Jan 1, 1949

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