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A Question of Vacuity: Valerius Flaccus I 398-401

A Question of Vacuity: Valerius Flaccus I 398-401 134 the same level as the heroes Tydeus and Eryx: this suits the characteriza- tion of great orators as cf. [Longin.] 4, 4; 14, 2; 36, 26). Interpreted in this way Catal. 9, 6 illustrates the subtlety of prooemial devices 7). GRONINGEN, Klassiek Instituut, Pleiadenlaan 10-26 H.SCHOONHOVEN 1) Cf. H. Schoonhoven, The 'Panegyricus Messallae': Date and Relation with Catalep- ton 9, in: ANRW II 30, 3 (ed. W. Haase, Berlin-New York 1983), 1705. 2) Cf. Quint. Inst. 2, 8, 7: sic discernet haec dicendi magister, quomodo palaestricus ille cursorem faciet aut pugilem aut luctatorem aluidue quid ex iis, quae sunt sacrorum certaminum ; RE 18, 2 s.v. Col. 2494, 8 sqq.; 29 sqq. 3) Cf. [Lucian.] Epigr. 20 and 21 (vid. C. Jacobitz, Luciani Opera, III, Leipzig 1913, 463 sq.); see also my next note. 4) Cf. RE 2 s.v. Athletai, Col. 2050, 5 sqq.; 50 sqq.; Plautus, Bacch. 2, 3, 14 (Ni.) benene usque ualuit? (Ch.) pancratice atque athletice; id. Epid. 1, 1, 20: ualet pugilice atque athletice. 5) Vid. n. 1 (Polybius uses boxing-metaphors in his descriptions of war; pugilistic contests were part of the ludi Romani; for Roman boxing cf. also RE Suppl. IX s.v. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

A Question of Vacuity: Valerius Flaccus I 398-401

Mnemosyne , Volume 39 (1-2): 134 – Jan 1, 1986

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134 the same level as the heroes Tydeus and Eryx: this suits the characteriza- tion of great orators as cf. [Longin.] 4, 4; 14, 2; 36, 26). Interpreted in this way Catal. 9, 6 illustrates the subtlety of prooemial devices 7). GRONINGEN, Klassiek Instituut, Pleiadenlaan 10-26 H.SCHOONHOVEN 1) Cf. H. Schoonhoven, The 'Panegyricus Messallae': Date and Relation with Catalep- ton 9, in: ANRW II 30, 3 (ed. W. Haase, Berlin-New York 1983), 1705. 2) Cf. Quint. Inst. 2, 8, 7: sic discernet haec dicendi magister, quomodo palaestricus ille cursorem faciet aut pugilem aut luctatorem aluidue quid ex iis, quae sunt sacrorum certaminum ; RE 18, 2 s.v. Col. 2494, 8 sqq.; 29 sqq. 3) Cf. [Lucian.] Epigr. 20 and 21 (vid. C. Jacobitz, Luciani Opera, III, Leipzig 1913, 463 sq.); see also my next note. 4) Cf. RE 2 s.v. Athletai, Col. 2050, 5 sqq.; 50 sqq.; Plautus, Bacch. 2, 3, 14 (Ni.) benene usque ualuit? (Ch.) pancratice atque athletice; id. Epid. 1, 1, 20: ualet pugilice atque athletice. 5) Vid. n. 1 (Polybius uses boxing-metaphors in his descriptions of war; pugilistic contests were part of the ludi Romani; for Roman boxing cf. also RE Suppl. IX s.v.

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