hinc stomacho vires; nam pes argenteus illis, anulus in digito quod ferreus. ergo superbum convivam caveo, qui me sibi comparat et res 130 despicit exiguas. adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris nec tessellae nec calculus ex hac materia, quin ipsa manubria cultellorum ossea. non tamen his ulla umquam obsonia fiunt rancidula, aut ideo peior gallina secatur. 135 140 sed nec structor erit, cui cedere debeat omnis pergula, dicipulus Trypheri doctoris, aput quem. sumine cum magno lepus atque aper et pygargus et Scythicae volucres et phoenicopterus ingens et Gaetulus oryx hebeti lautissima ferro caeditur et tota sonat ulmea cena Subura. nec frustum capreae subducere nec latus Afrae novit avis noster, tirunculus ac rudis omni tempore et exiguae furtis inbutus ofellae. plebeios calices et paucis assibus emptos porriget incultus puer atque a frigore tutus; non Phryx aut Lycius. [non a mangone petitus quisquam erit et magno.] cum posces, posce latine. idem habitus cunctis, tonsi rectique capilli atque hodie tantum propter convivia pexi. pastoris duri hic est filius, ille bubulci. suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem, 145 150 128 vires PS: bilis | 130 comparet PS: comparat w | 132 cauculus P | 133 materia pw: materiam P❘ 136 cedere pw credere P 138 sumine pw: sumne P| 141 tota om. P| 142 caprae P| 146 a om. P| 147 non-magno del. Guiet, uncis incl. Jahn, Herm. | 148 in magno PS: et magno w Oudend. | pasce P 155 et casulam et notos tristis desiderat haedos, ingenui vultus puer ingenuique pudoris, quales esse decet, quos ardens purpura vestit. hic tibi vina dabit diffusa in montibus illis, a quibus ipse venit, quorum sub vertice lusit; 160 [namque una atque eadem est vini patria atque ministri.] forsitan expectes, ut Gaditana canoro 159 165 incipiant prurire choro plausuque probatae ad terram tremulo descendant clune puellae, [spectant hoc nuptae iuxta recubante marito, quod pudeat narrare aliquem praesentibus ipsis.] non capit has nugas humilis domus. audiat ille 171 testarum crepitus cum verbis, nudum olido stans fornice mancipium quibus abstinet, ille fruatur vocibus obscenis omnique libidinis arte, qui Lacedaemonium pytismate lubricat orbem; 175 namque ibi fortunae veniam damus. alea turpis, turpe et adulterium mediocribus; haec eadem illi omnia cum faciunt, hilares nitidique vocantur. nostra dabunt alios hodie convivia ludos: conditor Iliados cantabitur atque Maronis altisoni dubiam facientia carmina palmam. quid refert, tales versus qua voce legantur? Sed nunc dilatis averte negotia curis et gratam requiem dona tibi, quando licebit. per totum cessare diem. non fenoris ulla 180 185 159 hic pw: hinc PS | 161 spurium censet Heinr. | 165 166 post 159 ponunt 5 post 160 5 post 162 S post 171 S post 200 5 om. S 165 exspectant P| 171 audeat PS | 178 faciunt ciant PS 180 condi*tur P: conducitur S 184 licebat P : fa mentio nec, prima si luce egressa reverti nocte solet, tacito bilem tibi contrahat uxor, umida suspectis referens multicia rugis vexatasque comas et vultum auremque calentem. protinus ante meum quidquid dolet exue limen, 190 pone domum et servos et quidquid frangitur illis aut perit, ingratos ante omnia pone sodales. interea Megalesiacae spectacula mappae Idaeum sollemne colunt, similisque triumpho praeda caballorum praetor sedet ac, mihi pace 195 immensae nimiaeque licet si dicere plebis, totam hodie Romam circus capit et fragor aurem percutit, eventum viridis quo colligo panni. nam si deficeret, maestam attonitamque videres hanc urbem, veluti Cannarum in pulvere victis 200 consulibus. spectent iuvenes, quos clamor et audax sponsio, quos cultae decet adsedisse puellae; nostra bibat vernum contracta cuticula solem effugiatque togam. iam nunc in balnea salva fronte licet vadas, quamquam solida hora supersit 205 ad sextam. facere hoc non possis quinque diebus continuis, quia sunt talis quoque taedia vitae magna; voluptates commendat rarior usus. 187 *acito P | vilem PS | 197 *urem P| 199 defecerit P| 202 acsedisse P 203 vivat P 205 quamque P| 208 *arior P: parior S NOTES X MEN pray for eloquence, strength, wealth, and thus invite their own ruin upon themselves (1-27). Well might Democritus and Heraclitus in this vanity of human wishes find matter, the one for laughter, the other for tears (28-53). For what may we pray (54-5)? Vaulting ambition o'erleaps itself: witness Seianus, Crassus, Pompeius, Caesar (56—113). The schoolboy envies the eloquence of Demosthenes and Cicero; yet it had been well for Cicero, if he had only been known as the meanest of poets: for Demosthenes, if he had never left his father's smithy (114-132). How passing is military glory, and how uncertain military power, appears in Hannibal and Xerxes; Alexander, for whom the world was all too strait, found rest at last in an urn (133-187). Length of days does but bring decay of body and mind. Peleus and Nestor, had they died early, would not have mourned the loss of Achilles and of Antilochus. Priam, Hecuba, Croesus, Mithridates, Marius, Pompeius were spared to their own hurt (188-288). Beauty is dangerous even to the chaste; example of Silius (289—345). Leave to the gods, who know what is best for you, to order your lot as they will: pray only for health of mind and body, that you may bravely bear the worst (346—365). Cf. [Plat.] Alcib. II. Pers. II. VM. VII 2 §§ 4-5. 32 §§ 4-5. 60 § 1. 118 §§ 4-9. seq. id. Icaromen. 25. Max. Tyr. 11-30. flor. 1 85. E§ 1. Sen. ep. 10 1-11 In every land, from furthest west to furthest east, few only can discern true blessings from their counterfeits, clear from all mist of error. For what do we with reason fear, covet with reason? what do you undertake with foot so right, with a start so lucky, but you rue your attempt and the success of your desire? Whole houses have fallen on their own petition, when indulgent gods have taken them at their word. In peace, in war, men crave what will only harm them; his flood of speech is often the orator's death-warrant; rash trust in his thews, the wonder of the world, made Milo a prey of wolves. VM. VII 2 E§ (a passage which, as also Plat. Alc. II and Pers. II, Iuv. had before him) 'mind of mortals, wrapt in thickest darkness [Iuv. 4 nebula], over how wide a field of error dost thou throw thy prayers broadcast: thou seekest wealth, which has been the destruction of many [12-27]: thou lustest after honours, which have ruined not a few [133-187]; thou broodest over dreams of sovereignty, whose issue is often seen to be pitiable [56—113]: thou graspest at splendid marriages [350-3]; but they, though sometimes they add glory to families, yet not seldom overthrow them utterly' [funditus domos evertunt. cf. 7]. 1 GADIBUS XI 162. Cadiz, beyond the pillars of Hercules (Herodot. IV 8 § 1), was the western boundary of the world, the ne plus ultra, to the ancients Pind. Nem. iv 69 Tadelpwv TO πрos jódov où Teрaτóv. Anacreontic. XIII Bergk=XXXII 25-6 καὶ τοὺς Γαδείρων ἐκτὸς | τοὺς Βακτρίων τε κινδῶν [cf. here 2 Gan gen]. Strabo p. 38. Sil. I 141 hominum finem Gades. Stat. S. III I 183 solisque cubilia Gades. Sen. n. q. 1 pr. § 13 quantum enim est, quod ab ultimis litoribus Hispaniae usque ad Indos iacet? paucissimorum dierum spatium, si navem suus ferat ventus, implebit. Plin. 11 § 242 pars nostra terrarum ...longissime ab ortu ad occasum patet, hoc est ab India ad Herculis columnas Gadibus sacratas. §§ 243-4 two measurements are given, each starting from the Ganges. He gives many other measurements always reckoning from Gades to the west, Ganges to the east (Sillig's ind.) and places Gades v § 76 extra orbem. Claud. names Gades as the furthest west IV cons. Hon. 43. bell. Gild. 159. in Eutr. I 353. Ambr. de Abraham II § 40 ab Indiae quoque litoribus ad Herculis, ut aiunt, columnas. USQUE without ad before the names of towns usually, before other nouns in Plin. Stat. Iust. 2 AURORAM Ov. m. 161 Eurus ad Auroram Nabataeaque regna recessit. GANGEN ib. IV 20-1 oriens tibi victus ad usque | decolor extremo.qua tinguitur India Gange. PAUCI 19. 112. 337. II 53 'only few.' XVI 24 duo. To limit pauci, unus, Cic. either uses modo (sometimes solus) or has no particle; Liv. and the writers of the silver age (e.g. Quintil. I 12 § 2) often add tantum. Caes. b. c. II 43 § 3 horum fuga navium onerariarum magistros incitabat: pauci lenunculi ad officium imperiumque conveniebant. DINOSCERE in other compounds the initial g of the second member is preserved, ignosto, cognosco etc. Pers. V 105, 107 veri speciem dinoscere calles ...quaeque sequenda forent, quaeque evitanda vicissim. Sen. ep. 45 §§ 6. 7 res fallunt: illas dis cerne. pro bonis mala amplectimur: optamus contra id, quod optavimus. pugnant vota nostra cum votis...adulatio quam similis |