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 SELECTED FRAGMENTS 
 
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 FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES OF THE REPUBLIC 
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 PREFACE 
 
 This little volume is an attempt to meet a difficulty 
 •n which is often felt by young students of Roman poetry, 
 — the want of a convenient handbook, containing 1 a 
 sufficiently representative selection from the fragments 
 which have been preserved of the epic, dramatic, and 
 satiric poets of Rome, from the earliest times of the 
 Republic to the Augustan age. 
 •^> From the Comedies of Plautus and Terence we can 
 
 learn all that we require of the Fabulae Palliatae, as 
 exhibited on the stage. But to form any idea of 
 Roman Tragedy, or of the peculiarly national Prae- 
 textae and Togatae (or Tabernariae), we must make the 
 best use we can of the remains of Pacuvius and Aceius, 
 of Atta, Titinius, and Afranius. Nor shall we ap- 
 preciate the growth of the Epic, which culminates in 
 .\1 Virgil, nor of the Satire as presented to us by Horace 
 v>) and Juvenal, without some study of the fragments of 
 Livius, Naevius, and Ennius, of Lucilius and Varro. 
 
 But this implies access to a good many books, which 
 are not always easily procurable ; and, even then, unless 
 we have some clue to their connection, the scattered 
 fragments are often unintelligible. The object of this 
 volume is to supply such a clue. No doubt there is a 
 constant danger of suggesting a fanciful explanation;
 
 vi PREFACE. 
 
 and the endeavour to work isolated lines into the plot of 
 a play or the subject of a satire may be, here and there, 
 nothing 1 better than a piece of misplaced ingenuity. 
 But so much has been done for the interpretation of 
 Ennius by Vahlen and L. Miiller, and for the remains 
 of Roman Tragedy and Comedy by O. Ribbeck, that, 
 with such experienced guides, one may hope to have 
 gone not very far astray. Besides the collections of 
 fragments edited by Ribbeck (which are indispensable to 
 every student of the Roman drama), there are two other 
 books by the same scholar — Die romische Tragodie, and 
 Geschichte der romischen Dlchtung — which are very help- 
 ful. For the Saturae of Lucilius, the notes in Words- 
 worth's Fragments and Specimens of Early Lathi are 
 most valuable, as far as they go. The Saturae Menip- 
 peae of Varro have been adapted from Riese's edition, 
 with some aid from Biicheler. For the remains of other 
 poets, constant use has been made of E. Biihrens' Frag- 
 ments Foetarum Romanorum. But no attempt has been 
 made in the present volume to present a critical text, 
 or to settle cpiestions of metrical arrangement. The 
 editor has endeavoured to avail himself of the best 
 sources ; and he will be amply satisfied if he shall have 
 succeeded in making the study of these Fragments more 
 easy and more interesting. 
 
 W. W. M. 
 
 Oxford, September, 1891. 
 
 The Second Edition has been carefully revised, and 
 some necessary corrections made. 
 
 W. W. M. 
 
 Oxford. August, 1898.
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Carmen Saliare .... i 
 
 Carmen Fratrum Arva- 
 
 lium 2 
 
 Vaticinia,Sententiae,Prae- 
 
 cepta 2 
 
 Scipionum Elogia ... 4 
 
 Livius Andronicus : 
 
 Odisia 7 
 
 Tragoediae 10 
 
 Ex incertis fabulis . . 12 
 
 Cp. Naevius : 
 
 Tragoediae 14 
 
 Praetextae 19 
 
 Naevii et Metellorum 
 
 altercatio .... 20 
 
 Palliatae 21 
 
 Ex incertis fabulis . . 24 
 
 Bellum Punicum . . 25 
 
 Q. Ennius : 
 
 Annales 31 
 
 Tragoediae 48 
 
 Saturae 64 
 
 Ambracia ..... 65 
 
 Epicharmus .... 65 
 
 Hedyphagetica ... 66 
 
 Epigrammata .... 67 
 
 M. Pacuvius : 
 
 Tragoediae 68 
 
 Praetexta 90 
 
 Caecilius Statius : 
 
 Palliatae 92 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Aquilius : 
 
 Boeotia 102 
 
 Lieinius Imbrex : 
 
 Neaera 103 
 
 Titinius: 
 
 Togatae 104 
 
 Sextus Turpilius : 
 
 Palliatae 108 
 
 L. Accius : 
 
 Tragoediae . . . .112 
 
 Praetextae 139 
 
 Fragmenta 143 
 
 C. Lucilius : 
 
 Saturae 146 
 
 T. Quinetius Atta : 
 
 Togatae 159 
 
 L. Afranius : 
 
 Togatae 161 
 
 Pompilius : 
 
 Epigrarnma . . . .171 
 Valerius Aedituus : 
 
 Epigrammata. . . . 172 
 Q. Lutatius Catulus : 
 
 Epigrammata . . . .173 
 Porcius Licinus . . . .174 
 Volcatius Sedigitus : 
 
 Poetarum comicorum 
 aestimatio . . . .176 
 
 In Terentium . . . . 176 
 
 Hostius 178 
 
 A. Furius Antias . . . .179
 
 Vlll 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Cn. Matius : 
 
 Hias x 8o 
 
 Mimiambi 180 
 
 Laevius : 
 
 Erotopaegnia, &c. . . 182 
 
 Sueius : 
 
 Moretum, &c. ... 186 
 
 Novius : 
 
 Atellanae 187 
 
 Pomponius : 
 
 Atellanae 190 
 
 M. Terentius Varro : 
 
 Saturae Menippeae . . 196 
 Ex libro imaginum . . 223 
 
 M. T. Cicero : 
 
 Marius 225 
 
 Limon 226 
 
 De consulatu suo . . 226 
 Ex Graecis conversa . 230 
 Epigramma, &c. . . . 236 
 Decimus Laberius : 
 
 Mimus 237 
 
 M. Furius Bibamilus : 
 
 Ludicra 242 
 
 Annales 243 
 
 PACE 
 
 C. Iulius Caesar : 
 
 Iudicium de Terentio . 245 
 P. Terentius Varro Ataci- 
 nus : 
 Argonautae .... 246 
 Chorograpbia . . . . 248 
 
 Ephemeris 248 
 
 Publilius Syrus : 
 
 Mimus 250 
 
 Sententiae 251 
 
 C. Helvius Cinna : 
 
 Ludicra 253 
 
 Propempticon Pollionis 253 
 
 Zmyrna 254 
 
 Epigramma .... 254 
 Populares Versus . . . 255 
 C. Lieinius Maeer Calvus : 
 
 Epitbalamia .... 257 
 
 Io 257 
 
 Ludicra 258 
 
 L. Varius Kufus : 
 
 De Morte 259 
 
 M. Tullius Laurea : 
 
 Epigramma .... 26c.
 
 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 AXAMENTA, 
 
 OR 
 
 CHANTS USED IN RITUAL. 
 
 CARMEN SALIARE. 
 
 These fragments may, perhaps, be arranged into rude Saturnians ; 
 but the language is hardly intelligible, in spite of ingenious con- 
 jectures. In Horace's time (Ep. 2. 1. 85) the ' Saliare carmen 
 Numae ' was a puzzle; and Quintilian (Inst. Or. 1. 6. 40), acknow- 
 ledges that the priests themselves did not understand the words. 
 
 I. 
 
 Divum em pa cante, divum deo supplicate. 
 
 [Varro, L. L., 7. 26, 27.] 
 By em pa Havet understands eum patrem. Others read empta for 
 which Bergk proposes templet and Bahrens parentem ; cante = canite ; 
 divum deo, i. e. Ianus (Maciob. Sat. 1. 9). 
 
 II. 
 
 In Terent. Scaur. (2661 P.) two lines of a Salian hymn are given 
 thus : 
 
 dime ponas Leucesiae praetexere monti 
 quot ibet etinei (?eunei) de is cum tonarem. 
 
 This is unintelligible. Bergk ingeniously refers the end of the 
 first line, praetexere monti, to a gloss in Festus (p. 205) prae tet 
 
 B
 
 2 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 tremonti = praetremunt te. The lines may, perhaps, with a few 
 slight alterations be printed 
 
 Cume tonas Leucetie prae tet tremonti 
 Quot ibi te viri audei'sunt tonare. 
 
 Cume = cum ; Leucetie = lord of light (Macrob. Sat. i. 15) ; audtXsunt 
 = audierunt. Bergk daringly gives the second line as 'quoin tibi 
 cunei decstumum tonaront,' ' when thy bolts thunder on the 
 right.' 
 
 'o 1 
 
 CARMEN FRATKUM ARVALIUM. 
 
 An inscription from the Acts of the Arval Brotherhood, found 
 in Rome in a. d. 1778. The actual copy of the old Latin, more or 
 less correct, apparently belongs to the time of Elagabalus. 
 
 1. Enos Lases iuvate (ter) 
 
 Neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleores (ter). 
 
 Satiir fu fere Mars linien sali sta berber (ter) 
 
 Semunis alternei advocapit conctos (ter). 
 5. Enos Marmor iuvato (ter) 
 
 Triumpe (giiinquics). 
 
 1. 1. enos =nos; with the form cp. E-castor ; lases = Lares. 1. 2. 
 lue = luem ; rue = ruem, i. e. ruinam ; sins = sines, ' tbou must 
 not suffer ' ; as advocapit (I. 4 = advocabitis. 1. 3. fu = esto, ' be 
 
 satiate, fierce Mars ! ' limen sali = ' leap over, or cross (tby temple's) 
 threshold'; sta berber (verbera?; 'stop thy scourging'; or (ad- 
 dressed to each dancing priest) ' leap on the threshold I halt ! smite 
 (the ground).' L 4. semunis (se-homo, homones) = ' super- 
 
 human powers.' 
 
 The form of the chant printed here, as adopted by Mommsen, 
 may be taken as giving its general sense and character. But it is 
 impossible to recover the original words with any certainty. The 
 inscription itself is defaced, and carelessly cut, the spelling of the 
 same words varying in different lines. 
 
 In the second line Havet would read 'ne veluere ( = volueris) 
 Marmars incurrere,' taking sins as a mistaken product of the final s 
 of Marmars, and the initial syllable of incurrere. For limen sali 
 he prints nive ( = neve) ensalli (=insili), i. e. 'and leap not upon us.'
 
 VATIC INI A. 3 
 
 VATICINIA, ETC. 
 
 INCERTI AITCTORIS VATICINIUM. 
 
 During the siege of Veii (b. c. 395), commissioners came from 
 Delphi 'sortem oraculi adferentes congruentem responso captivi 
 vatis ' (Liv. 5. 16 . The utterance of the oracle, as given in Livy, 
 may possibly be arranged, with some alteration, in Saturnian 
 measure, which Bahrens thus gives ; referring the legend about 
 the prophecy to the age of Naevius and Livius Andronicus: 
 
 Komane, aquani Albanam | cave lacu teneri, 
 
 cave in mare rnanare | flumine sinas suo. 
 
 emissa agros rigabis | dissipatam rivis 
 
 exstingues : tiini tu insi'ste | aiidax hostium muris. 
 
 memdr quam pel* tot annos | obsides urbem, 
 
 ex ea tibi his fatis | nunc datam victoriam, 
 
 duello perfecto dunum | pdrtato amplum victor 
 
 ad mea templa, sacraque | patria quorum cura est 
 
 omissa, ut adsolet, | enddstaurata facito. 
 
 APPII CLAUDI SENTENTIAE. 
 
 Arpius Claudius Caecus, censor b. c. 312, consul 307, 296, was 
 the ' great patrician . . . with whom begins the first attempt at 
 Latin prose-composition and at art-poetry,' Teuffel, R. L., § 90. 
 
 I. 
 
 ' qui, animi | compotem esse, 
 
 ne quid fraudis pariat | ferocia stuprique. 
 
 [Festus, stuprum pro turpitudine.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Amicum cum vides | obliscere 2 miserias, 
 inimicis si es commentus, |,nec libens aeque. 
 
 [Priscian, s.v. commentus = oeao(pi<THtvos, i. e. 'if deceived by foes.'] 
 
 1 Bahrens suggests that the gap may be thus filled up [?] Iudicis 
 ae|qui, 'it belongs to a just judge.' 
 
 2 obliscere, Fleokeiscii. obliviscere, codd. 
 
 B 2
 
 4 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 III. 
 
 Est unus quisque faber | ipse suae fortunae. 
 
 [Pseudo Sallust, De Ord. Rep. i. i. a.] 
 
 MARCH VATIS PRAECEPTA. 
 
 1 Maroius the prophet ' lived some time before the second Punic 
 War (Cic De Div. i. 50. 115 ; Liv. 25. 12, &c). 
 
 -^v7. 
 
 I. 
 
 Postremus di'cas, primus | taceas 
 
 [Isidor. 6. 8. 12.] 
 II. 
 
 Ne ningulus niederi | queat \~>—^—td. 
 
 [Paulus, 176, ningulus = nullus ] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quamvis noventium ' | duonum negumate. 
 
 [Fkstus, 165, negumate = negate.] 
 
 INCERTI SENTENTIAE. 
 
 I. 
 
 Religentem esse oportet | religiosus ne seis. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 4. 9. 1.] 
 II. 
 
 Est pessimura malum [ consilium consultori. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 4. 5. 5.] 
 
 EPITAPHIA. 
 
 SCIPIONTTM ELOG-IA. 
 
 From the monument of the Scipios, near the Appian Way. 
 
 I. 
 
 Epitaph on L. Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, consul 98, censor 
 
 290 B. 0. 
 
 1 noventium = rmnt\um for MSS. moventium. BuchL.
 
 EPITAPHIA. 5 
 
 i. Cornelius Lncfus Scipio Barbatus, 
 
 Gnaivod patre progndtus furtis vi'r sapiensque. 
 quoius forma virtutef parisuma fiiit, 
 consol censor aidilis quei fuft apud vos, 
 
 5. Taurasia Cisauna Samnio cepit 
 
 subigit omne Loucdnam opsidesque abdoucit. 
 
 1. 2. Qnaivod = Gnaeo. 1. 3. parisuma = par iasima. 1. 5. 
 
 Taurasiajn], Cisauna' L m~], Samnio = ' in Samniuru.' 
 
 II. 
 
 L. Cornelius L. f. Scipio, consul 259, censor 258 b. c. 
 (The Italic letters show where the stone has been broken away.) 
 i. Hone oino ploirume cosentiont Homdne 
 duonoro opturno fuise viro virdro 
 Lucfom Scfpione. Filios Barbati 
 consol censor aidilis hie fuet api'td vos. 
 5. hec cepit Corsica Aleridque urbe pugnandod 
 dedet Tempestdtebus aide meretod votam. 
 
 1.x. oino — umim ; ploirume = plurimi (as in Romane). 1.2. 
 
 duonoro (as in 11. 3, 5, 6) with final m dropped. 1. 4. fuet (as 
 
 dedet) perf. indie. 1. 6. aide = &edem ; meretod =merito. 
 
 III. 
 
 P. Cornelius P. f. Scipio, son of Scipio Africanus maior, b. c. 
 204-164. 
 
 I. Quei apice insigne DiaHs jtfaminis gesistei 
 mors perfect tua ut essent omnia brevia, 
 honos fama virtiisque gloria atque ingenium ; 
 quibiis sei in longa licuiset tibe utier vita, 
 
 5. facile facteis superdses gloriam maiorum. 
 
 quare lubens te in gremiu, Scipio, recipit 
 
 terra, Publi, progndtum Piiblio, Corneli. 
 
 1. 1. apice, insigne, with final m dropped. 1. 3. fama, nom., as 
 
 tend. 1. 7. Publi, Corneli, vocatives, while prognatum takes up te.
 
 6 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 IV. 
 
 L. Cornelius Scipio Cn. f. Cn. n. This Scipio, a son and a 
 grandson of a Gluteus, is not otherwise known. 
 
 i. Magna sapientia multasque virtu tes 
 
 aetate quom parva posidet hoc saxsum, 
 
 quoiei vita defecit non honos honore. 
 
 is hie situs quei nunquam victus est virtutei. 
 5. annos gnatus viginti is Diteist mandktxis, 
 
 ne quai'ratis honore quei minus sit manddtus. 
 
 1. 1. magna, accus. 1.2. quom, prep. = cum. 1. 3. honos, 
 
 honore(m), in double sense, 'worth ' and ' preferment.' 1. 4. vir- 
 
 tutei, abl. ' in goodness.' 1. 5. Ditei est (Diti, Dis) ; al. leto est ; or 
 
 loceis^' resting-place.' 1. 6. honore{m), ' ask not about his office, 
 
 seeing that none was assigned him.' He died too young. 
 
 V. 
 
 Cn. Cornelius Cn. f. Scipio Hispallus, second cousin of Scipio 
 Africanus major ; praetor in b. c. 139. With the exception of a few 
 verses of Ennius, these are the earliest elegiacs preserved. 
 
 1. Virtu tes generis mieis moribus accumulavi, 
 progenie mi genui, facta patris petiei. 
 
 3. Maiorum optenui laudem ut sibei me esse creatum 
 laetentur, stirpem nobilitavit honos. 
 
 1. 1. mieis = meis, monosyllable. 1. 2. progenie (m) mi: if this 
 
 reading be right, progenie must be pronounced as three syllables ; 
 al. progeniem genui, ib. petiei, 'have sought to attain/ 'have ensued.' 
 1. 4. honos, ' office.'
 
 LIVIUS ANDRONICUS. 
 
 (Circ. 284-204 a.c). 
 
 ODISIA. 
 
 1. Viriim mihi, Camena | insece versutum. 
 
 [Od. 1. 1.] 
 
 2. Pater noster, Saturni | fi'lie, rex summe. 
 
 [Od. 1. 45, 85.] 
 
 3. Mea puer, quid verbi | ex tuo 6re siipera 
 
 fugit? 
 
 [Od. 1. 64.] 
 
 4. <^— neque eni'm te oblitus, | Lerti6, sum, noster. 
 
 [Od. 1. 65.] 
 
 5. Argenteo polubro | aureo eclutro. 
 
 [Od. 1. 136.] 
 
 6. Tuque milii narrato | omnia disertim. 
 
 [Od. 1. 169.] 
 
 7. Quae haec daps est ? qui festus | dies — ^ — D . 
 
 [CW. 1. 225.] 
 
 8. Medm niatrem procitum [ pliirimi ven§runt. 
 
 [Od. 1. 248.] 
 
 9. J.m£ fn Pylum adveniens | aut ibf ommentans. 
 
 [Od. 2. 317. 
 
 1. r. insece = tvvcne. L 5. polubro, ' basin ' ; ib. eclutro = iKKovrpu, 
 ' bath.' 1. 8. procitum (procieo), ' to woo ' : Paul. 225. 1. 9. om- 
 mentans, fr. mento, frequent, of maneo.
 
 8 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 10 tumque remos 
 
 iussit religare striippis . . . 
 
 [Od, 2. 422.] 
 
 11. Ibidemque vir siimmus | adprimus Patroclus. 
 
 [CM. 3. no.] 
 
 12. Quando dies adveniet, | quern profata Morta est. 
 
 [CM. 2. 99 ; 3. 227.] 
 
 13. Atque escas habeamus | riisus mentionem. 
 
 [CM. 4- 213-] 
 
 14. Partini errant, nequeinont | Graeciam redlre. 
 
 [Od. 4. 495.] 
 
 15. Sancta puer Saturni [ maxima regina. 
 
 \0d. 4. 513.] 
 
 16. Apud nimpham Atlantis [ filiam Calipsonem. 
 
 [Od. 4. 557.] 
 
 17. Igitiir demum Ulixi | fn'xit pra6 pavore 
 cor. 
 
 [Od, 5. 297.] 
 
 18. Celsos ocrfs arvaque | Neptuni et mare magnum. 
 
 [Od. 5. 411.] 
 
 19. Utrum genua amploetens | virginem oraret. 
 
 [Od. 6. 142.] 
 
 20. Ibi manens sedeto, | doniciim videbis 
 
 me carpento vehentem | en domum venfsse. 
 
 [Od. 6. 295.] 
 
 21. Simul ac dacrimas de ore | noege6 detersit. 
 
 [Od. 8. 88.] 
 
 22. Nam que nihi'lum peius | macerat homonem 
 
 quamde mare saevom : | vires et cui sunt magnae, 
 
 topper virum confringent inportunae | undae. 
 
 [Od. 8. 138.] 
 
 1. 10. struppis = TponoTs. 1. 12. Morta. one of the Pavcae, goddess 
 of death (Aul. Gell. 3. 16. n). 1. 13. escas, genitive : rusus ^ rursus. 
 1. 18. Neptuni. So Bahr. for cod. putiia. I.21. noegeo, Fest. 174'aniiculi 
 genus praetextum purpura.' 1. 22. topper ^toto opeve, 'thoroughly.'
 
 LI VI US ANDRONICUS. 9 
 
 23. Vcnit Mercurius cumque eo | filiiis Latonas. 
 
 [Of/. 8. 322.] 
 
 24. Nexabant rmilta inter se | flexu nodorum 
 
 dubio. 
 
 [Od. 8. 378.] 
 
 25. Nam divina Monetas | filia docuit. 
 
 [Od. 8. 480.] 
 
 26. ... infernus 
 
 an superus tibi fert dius | funera, Ulixes? 
 
 [Od. 10. 64.] 
 
 27. Topper facit bomones | lit prius fuerunt. 
 
 [Od. 10. 395.] 
 
 28. Topper citi ad aedis | venimus Circae ; 
 < biona edrnm servae | portant ad naves, 
 milia alia vina I isdem inseriniintur. 
 
 29. . . . parcentes | praemodum — 
 
 30. . . . sic quoque fitum est. 
 
 31. ... affatira edi, 
 bibf, lusi. 
 
 32. Quom rem earn audivi | paucis gavisi. 
 
 33. ... vecorde 
 et malefica vacerra. 
 
 34. Vestis pulla purpurea | ampla . . 
 
 35. . . . dusmoso in loco. 
 
 [Od. 12. 17.] 
 
 [Od. 12. 321.] 
 
 [Od. 13. 40.] 
 
 [Od. 15. 373.] 
 [Od. 16. 92.] 
 
 [Od. 17. 248.] 
 
 [Od. 19. 225.] 
 [Od. 19. 439.] 
 
 1. 23. Latonas, genitive. 1. 25. Monetas = Mvr]/.wavur]s. 1. 30. fitum 
 est — fit ; so fitur, potestur. 1. 32. gavisi = gavisus sum. 1. 33. va- 
 cerra, ' log,' ' block.' Cod. vecordia. 1. 35. dusmoso = dumoso.
 
 IO FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 36. Cum socios nostros Ciclops j impiiis mandisset. 
 
 [Od. 20. 19.] 
 
 37. Inque manum suremit [ hastam . . . 
 
 [Od. ax. 433.] 
 
 38. ... at celeris 
 
 hasta volans perriimpit | pectora ferro. 
 
 [Od. 22. 91.I 
 
 39. Carnis vinumque quod | libabant, anclabatur. 
 
 [Qd. 23. 304.] 
 
 40. DequS manibus dextrabus | . . . 
 
 [Od. 24. 534.] 
 
 1. 37. sureniit. Paul, in Fest. 299. suremit = sumpsit. 1. 39. anclabatur 
 (anculus. ancilla) = ministraLatur. 
 
 TRAGOEDIAE. 
 
 ACHILLES. 
 
 The words in this fragment may be supposed to be uttered by 
 Achilles, after the offer of reparation described in Horn. B. 9. 
 
 Si malos imitabo, turn tu p retium pro noxa dabis. 
 
 [Nokius, s. v. pretium : imitat.] 
 
 AEGISTHUS. 
 
 The play opens with the preparations of the Greek host for 
 their return from Troy (I). On the smooth seas of their home- 
 ward voyage, they watch the dolphins playing round the ships 
 (II) ; and a chorus of thanksgiving is raised to the gods (III).
 
 LIVIUS ANDRONICUS. l I 
 
 Agamemnon is seen taking his seat at the banquet (IV) ; and then 
 being stabbed and falling to the ground (V). Electra speaks bitterly 
 to her mother over her father's corpse (VI) ; and Aegisthus orders 
 her for, perhaps, Cassandra) to be dragged away from the altar at 
 which she had taken refuge (VII). 
 
 I. 
 
 nam ut Pergama 
 
 acceiisa et praeda per participes aequiter 
 
 partita est. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aequiter.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Turn autein lascivum Nerei simum pecus 
 
 ludens ad cantum classem lustratiir. . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lustrare : pecus.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Sol£mnitusque deo litat laudem lubens. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. solemnitus.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 .^t in sedes conlocat se regias : 
 
 /^Ti.V. Clut emestra iuxtini, tertias natae occupant. 
 
 uy^"^ [Nonius, s. v. iuxtim.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Ipsus se in terrain saucius fligit cadens. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fligi.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Ianme <5culos specie laetavisti optabili? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. laetare : species.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Quin quod parere mini vos maiestas mea 
 
 procat toleratis temploque hanc deducitis? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. procare = poscere.]
 
 12 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 AIAX MASTIGOPHORUS. 
 
 The lament of Teucer oVer man's ingratitude. 
 Praestatur laus virtuti, sed multo ocius 
 
 verno gelu tabescit. x 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. gelu, neutr.) 
 
 ANDROMEDA. 
 
 A flood is sent by Neptune upon the land of Cepheus because 
 of Cassiopea's reckless boast about her daughter's beauty, to the 
 disparagement of the Nereids. 
 
 Confluges ubi conventu canipum totum inuniigant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. confluges.] 
 
 EQUUS TROIANUS. 
 
 This play probably follows the same lines as the Sinon of 
 Sophocles. The scene may be the appearance of Cassandra, fire- 
 brand and axe in hand, to destroy the Wooden Horse, while she 
 prays Apollo that her prophetic words may find credence. 
 
 Da mihi hasce opes 
 
 quas peto, quas precor : 
 
 porrige ! opitula ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. opitula,] 
 
 INO. 
 
 See inf. under Laevius, page 183, 
 
 EX INCERTIS FABULIS. 
 I. 
 Florem anculabant Liberi ex carchesiis. 
 
 [Pauli Fest. s.v. anclare - haurire. See note on 1. 39, p. 10, inf.] 
 
 1 Cp. Soph. Ai. 1266 3>e0 - tov davuvros us ra^eia. 7\s fipoTOis \ X<*P' S 
 Siappu, Kal TrpoSova' dxiaiarai.
 
 LI VI US ANDRONICUS. 13 
 
 II. 
 
 The next fragment may possibly be referred to the Aegisthvs, 
 sup. ; in which case ' the toothless infant whom the mother reared 
 with the support of her milk. ' will be Orestes. 
 
 Quem ego nef'rendem alui lacteam immulgens ' opem. 
 
 I Pauli Fest. s. v. nefrendes. 
 
 1 Cp. Aesch. Choeph. 897 n-po? <v <7v iroAAd Srj fip'tfav apa | ovkoiotv 
 t£Tifj.t\£as tvTpa<ph ya\a.
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 
 
 (Circ. 264-194 a.c.;. 
 
 TRAGOEDIAE. 
 
 AESIOWA. 
 
 Aesiona (tetter known to us in the Greek form, Hesione), 
 the daughter of Laomedon, was rescued from a sea-monster by 
 Hercules and Telamon, who were to claim the maiden on their 
 return from Colchis. 
 
 But Laomedon, with his usual bad faith, broke his promise, and 
 this fragment may contain the threat of Hercules or Telamon, that 
 the father shall be chastened not with mere words {lingua), but with 
 the sword-blade (lingula). 
 
 N6 mihi gerere morem videar lingua verum lingula. 
 
 [Auii. Gell. 10. 25.] 
 
 ANDEOMACHA. 
 The advice of a mother to her son. 
 
 Quod tii, mi gnate, quaeso ut in pectus tuum 
 
 deniittas, tanquam in fiscinam vindemitor. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Georg. 1. 266.] 
 
 DANAE. 
 
 Acristus immures his daughter Danae in a brazen tower, but 
 Iupiter finds means to enter the stronghold. He may be supposed 
 to be speaking confidentially to Mercury, before the maiden 
 is imprisoned (I), extolling her beauty, and acknowledging
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 15 
 
 the mastery of Love (II). Acrisius accuses Danae, and all other 
 women, of incontinence (III, IV) ; and justifies her punishment 
 (V). Danae is banished from her home by her angry father YJ ; 
 and all that ' shower of gold ' has profited her nothing (VII). In 
 her distress she prays Iupiter to give her a sign from heaven (VIII, : 
 and her prayer is granted (IX). 
 
 I. 
 
 Contempla placide fonnaru et faciem Virginia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. contempla.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Omnes formidant homines eius valentiam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. valentia.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Desiibito farnam tollunt si cmani solam videre in via. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. desubito. ] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Earn ctfmpotem scis nunc esse inventam probri. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. compotem, in mala parte.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Quin ut quisque est meritus praesens pr^tiuni pro facti's 
 
 ferat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pretium.] 
 VI. 
 
 . . . indigne exigor patria innocens. 
 
 [Nonius, ,s. v. exigoi - .] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Male parta male dilabuntur. 
 
 [Cic. Phil. 2. 27.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Manubias 1 suppetiat prone . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. manubiae.] 
 
 1 manubiae, in the technical language of the augurs, meant 
 'flashes of lightning.' Serv. in Verg. Am. 2. 259.
 
 1 6 FRAGMENTA SELECT A, 
 
 IX. 
 
 Suo sonitu claro fiilgorivit Iuppiter. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fulgorivit.] 
 
 HECTOR PROFICISCENS. 
 
 The main subject of this play was the setting out of Hector 
 to battle. Proud of his father's praise (I), he designs to burn the 
 Greek fleet, and leave not one man alive (II). See Horn. 11. 8. 132, 
 
 173 ; is- 73. 
 
 I. 
 
 Laetus sum laudari me abs te, pater, a laudato viro. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 4. 31 ; 5. 12 ; Ad Fam. 15. 6.] 
 II. 
 
 Tunc ipsos adoriant, ne qui hinc Spartam referat nuntium. 
 
 [Pkiscian, 8. p. 801 P. s. v. adorio.] 
 
 IPHIGENIA. 
 
 Tms fragment is apparently taken from an Iphigenia in Tauris. 
 The prayer, ' that the North Wind may spread his wings and 
 waft me home,' may be uttered by Orestes or by his sister, or by 
 one of her home-sick maidens, weary of their life in Scythia. 
 
 Passo velo vicinum, Aquilo, med in portum fer foras. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. passum = extensurn.] 
 
 LYCTJFvGUS. 
 
 We are told by Sophocles (Antig. 955 foil.) how Lycurgus, 
 son of Dryas, the haughty king of the Edoni, sought to stop the 
 revels of the Bacchanals ; and how Dionysus punished him for his 
 insolence. The play of Naevius follows the general outline of the 
 Bacchae of Euripides ; and the fate of Lycurgus corresponds with 
 that of Pentheus, as there described. The king's watchmen report 
 the appearance of the Wine-god's Maenads, trampling down the 
 crops, and chanting wild songs (T-III). He orders his guards to draw
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 17 
 
 them into the deep forest; to trap them there like hirds in a snare, 
 and to put them to death (IV-VI). But they suspect the king's 
 intention: 'he means to hunt them down, and to conduct the 
 revellers from his groves, with savage vengeance as their guerdon ' 
 (VII). But the king's behest shall not stop them ! (VIII). Then 
 the guards bring the Wine-god before the king, who questions them 
 as to the capture (IX). He threatens his prisoner ; but is warned 
 not to try conclusions with him (X, XI). Lycurgus and Liber 
 proceed to altercation (XII, XIII) ; meanwhile the guards return 
 and report in amaze the sportive fearlessness of the Bacchae (XIV 
 XVI). Then Liber calls down fire from heaven, and all the king's 
 palace bursts into flame, brilliant as a flower (XVII, XVIII) ; while 
 a loud voice is heard, summoning Lycurgus forth (XIX). 
 
 Alte iubatos angues inlaesae ferunt. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. angues.] 
 II. 
 
 Liberi sunt ; quaque incedunt omnes arvas opterunt. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. arvas, femin.~] 
 
 III. 
 
 suavisonum melos. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. melos.] 
 IV. 
 
 Vos quf regalis corporis custodias 
 
 agitatis, ite actutum in frundiferos locos, 
 
 ingenio arbusta ubi nata sunt, non obsita. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ingenio = sua sponte.] 
 
 V. 
 
 ducite 
 
 e6 cum argutis linguis mutas quadrupedes. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mutus.] 
 VI. 
 
 Sublime in altos saltus inlicite invios 
 ubi bipedes volucres lino linquant lumina. 
 
 [Nonius, s. 0. inlioere.]
 
 18 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Ut in venatu vitulantes ex suis 
 
 lucis nos mittat poenis decoratas feris. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vitulantes = gaudentes.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 pergite 
 
 thyrsigerae Baccliae Bacchico cum schemate. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. schema.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Die qu6 pacto eum potiti, pugnan an dolis ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. potior cum accus.~\ 
 
 X. 
 
 Ne ille mei feri ingeni [iram] atque animi acrem acri- 
 
 moniam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. acrimonia.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Cave sis tuam contendas iram contra cum ira Liberi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. contendere = comparare.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 'Oderunt di homines iniuros.' 'Egone an ille iniurie 
 
 facimus ? ' 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. iniurie = iniuriose.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Sic quasi anmis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. amnis, femin.~\ 
 
 XIV. 
 
 lam fbi nos duplicat advenientis maximus timos pavos. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. timos = timor.]
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 19 
 
 XV. 
 
 Nam que ludere lit laetantes inter sese vidimus 
 
 propter amnem, aquam creterris sumere ex fonte . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. creterra.] 
 
 XVI. 
 
 sine terrore pecua ut ad mortem meant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pecua.] 
 
 XVII. 
 
 . . . ut videam Volcani opera haec flammis fieri flora. 
 
 [See Aul. Gell. 3. 9. 3.J 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Longe lateque transtros nostros fervere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fervere.] 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Proinde hiic Dryante regem prognatum patre 
 
 Lyciirgum cette ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cette = cedite, date.] 
 
 PRAETEXTAE. 
 
 ALIMONIUM EEMI ET EOMULI, 
 SIVE ROMULUS, SFVE LUPUS. 
 
 The title of the play is uncertain and the scanty remains leave 
 the subject hopelessly obscure. Perhaps the Veientine king Viba 
 visits Amulius, but is coldly received. He is questioned, somewhat 
 contemptuously, as to the troubles in the state of Veii (I, II). 
 
 C 2
 
 lo FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 I. 
 
 Rex Veiens regem salutat Viba Albanum Amulium 
 
 comiter senem sapientem. 'Contra redhostis?' 'Mm 
 
 salust ? ' 
 
 [Festus, s. v. redhostire = referre gratiamJ 
 
 II. 
 
 • Cedo qui rem vestram piiblicam tantam amisistia tarn 
 
 cito ? ' 
 
 • proveniebant oratores novei, stulti adulescentirii. ' 
 
 [Cic. Cat. Mai. 7. 20.] 
 
 CLASTIDITJM. 
 
 This play recounts the victory of Marcellus over the Gallic 
 chieftain, Virdumarus, -whom he attacked while besieging the 
 Roman dependency, Clastidium, and stripped him of the ' spolia 
 opima.' 
 
 Vita insepulta la£tus in patriam redux. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 9. 78.] 
 
 The Clastidium may have been acted on the occasion of Marcellus' 
 triumph, or at the funeral games after his death ; or, perhaps 
 when Claud. Marcellus dedicated the temple to Virtus, which his 
 father had vowed seventeen years before. 
 
 NAEVII JET METELLORUM 
 ALTERCATIO. 
 
 Naevius maintained that the consulships of the Metelli had 
 fallen to them by luck, and not by merit ; with a possible further 
 meaning of ' to our misfortune.'
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 21 
 
 ' Antiquum Naevii est : 
 
 Fato Metelli Ronnie consules fiunt. 
 
 Cui tunc, Metellus consul iratus versu responderat senario 
 hypercatalecto, qui et Saturnius dicitur : 
 
 Dabiint malum Metelli Naevio poetae.' 
 
 [Pseudascon. in Cic. Verr. Act. i. 10. 
 
 There is a particular force in the word malum, which has a 
 special reference to a flogging, such as might be administered to 
 slaves. Cp. Plaut. Rudens, 4. 4. 81 ; Terknt. Adelph. 4. 45; Livv. 
 4- 49) 5°- 
 
 PALLIATAE. 
 
 ARIOLUS. 
 
 According to Aul. Gellius (3. 3.), the ' Ariolus ' and ' Leo ' were 
 the titles of two plays written by Naevius while in the prison, to 
 which he had been brought by his superbia Campana. He is said 
 by means of these plays to have made the amende honorable to the 
 powerful personages whom he had offended ; and so 'a tribunis plebis 
 exemptus est.' But if the first fragment has any meaning to us, 
 it would seem that the ' hungry lion, in whose jaws you would 
 put the curb — at your peril,' was none other than Naevius himself, 
 in anything but a submissive mood. The second fragment con- 
 tains a joke at the favourite viands of some of the Italian towns — 
 a stew of the inside of a sow after farrowing, for the Lanuvini ; 
 and ' Praenestinae nuces' (Cato, R. R. 8), for the guests from 
 Praeneste. 
 
 I. 
 
 Deprandi item leoni si oLdas oreas. 
 
 [Festus, 182 M, oreae, freni quod ori inferuntur.l
 
 22 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 II. 
 ' Quis heri apud te ? ' ' Praenestini et Lanuvini hospites.' 
 • suopte utrosque decuit acceptos cibo ; 
 altri's inanern vulvulam rnadidam dari, 
 altiis nuces in proclivi prof undier. ' 
 
 COLAX. 
 
 In the prologue to the Eunuchus, Terence alludes to the Colax 
 of Naevius and of Plautus, as introducing the characters of the 
 parasite and the swashbuckler. But Menander was the original 
 inventor of these characters ; and it is from Menander, and not 
 from his own Latin predecessors, that Terence has borrowed them, 
 as he warmly insists. 
 
 We have here the parasite and the swashbuckler on the stage 
 together. The soldier in his conceit claims to be Hercules, and 
 demands his usual tithe : the parasite jokingly retorts that he has 
 practically given it already, as he has appropriated to his own use 
 the dainties provided for someone else's table ; and this may be 
 looked upon as the public feast which was regularly offered to 
 Hercules as his tithe. 
 
 Qui decumas partis ? quantum mi alieni fuit 
 
 polluxi tibi iani publicando epulo Herculis 
 
 decumas. 
 
 [Priscian, s. v. pollucere.] 
 
 TARENTILLA. 
 
 In the play of the ' Girl of Tarentum ' we have a prologue, the 
 single remnant of which is thus interpreted by Mommsen (27. E., 
 B. 3, cap. 14) : ' the position of the poet under the sceptre of the 
 Lagidae and Seleucidae is enviable as compared with his position in 
 free Rome ' (I). The plot describes the adventures of two young 
 men who are paying a visit to Tarentum, where they are feasting 
 II), and flirting, with at least one very facile damsel (III). 
 Suddenly their fathers appear on the scene (IV). The young men 
 pay them the best welcome they can (V) ; but they meet with a 
 rude rebuff (VI), and a stern lecture ; after which they are straight- 
 way sent home (VII).
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 23 
 
 I. 
 
 Quae ego in theatro meis probavi plaiisibus 
 ea non audere quemquam regem riimpere ! 
 quanto libertatern hanc hie superat sei-vitus. 
 
 [Charis. 2. p. 192 P, s. v. quanto.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Uterubi cenaturi estis ? hicine an in triclinio ? 
 
 [Chaeis. 2. p. 198 P, s. v. utrubi.] 
 
 III. 
 
 quasi pila 
 
 in chore- ludens datatim dat se et communem facit. 
 
 alii adnutat, alii adnictat, aliuru amat, aliiim tenet. 
 
 alibi manus est occupata, alii pereellit pedem, 
 
 anulum dat alii spectandum, a labris alium invocat, 
 
 cum alio cantat, at tamen alii suo dat digito litteras. 
 
 [Isidor. Orig. 1. 25, Ennio locum adscribens.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 . . . ubi isti duo adulescentes habent, 
 
 qui hie anteparta patria peregre prodigunt ? 
 
 [Charis. 2. p. 189 P, s. v. peregre.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Salvi et fortunati sitis duo duum nostrum patres ! 
 
 [Charis. i. y>- i° 2 P> s - v - duum.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Ei ei ! etiam aiident me coram apparere . . . ? 
 
 [Charis. 2. p. 213 P, s. v. ei, ei.]
 
 24 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Pri'mum ad virtutem tit redeatis, abeatis ab ignavia, 
 domo patres patriam ut colatis potius quam peregrf 
 
 P«>bra. rn 
 
 [Charis. ut sup. IV.] 
 
 TUNICULARIA. 
 
 It is not easy to understand the picture here given, but it would 
 seem that Theodotus, who is engaged on some trumpery decoration 
 for the altars at the Compitalia— a sketch of the Lares dancing, 
 roughly washed in with a 'bull's-tail' for a brush — is so pro- 
 foundly impressed with the importance of his work that he shuts 
 himself up in his studio, and keeps out the prying public by a 
 screen of mats. The reading 'oppeilans . . . aras ' = ' blocking up 
 the altars,' is a conject. of Bucheler. The MSS. give 'compellas,' 
 for which Ribbeck substitutes ' compiles ' = 'you may pilfer from.' 
 
 Theodotum 
 
 Compiles nujper qui aris Compitalibus 
 
 sedens in cella ci'rcumtectus tegetibus 
 
 Lares ludentes peni pinxit biibulo. 
 
 [Festus, p. 230 M, penem = caudam.] 
 
 EX INCERTIS FABULIS. 
 I. 
 
 See Aul. Gell. 7. 8. 5 : ' Scipionem istum, verone an falso in- 
 certum, fama tamen, cum esset adulescens, haud sincera fuisse, et 
 propemodum constitisse hosce versus, a Cn. Naevio poeta in euir. 
 scriptos esse.' 
 
 Etiam qui res magnas manu saepe gessit gloriose, 
 cuius facta viva nunc vigent, qui apud gentes solus 
 
 praestat, 
 eum suus pater cum pallio uno ab arnica abduxit. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c]
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 25 
 
 II. 
 
 See Fronto (Epist. 2. 10. p. 33) : ' Ilaec enim olim incommoda 
 [sc. subsentatorum doli] regibus solis fieri solebant ; at enim nunc 
 adfatim sunt qui et 
 
 regum ffliis 
 
 linguis faveant atque adnutent, limit animis subserviant.' 
 
 III. 
 
 Libera lingua loquemur liidis Liberalibus. 
 
 [Festus, s. v. Liberalia = Liberi festa.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Perhaps this fragment gives a description of the actual prison 
 into which Naevius was thrown ; but it is more likely the picture 
 of an ergastulum. 
 
 Tantum ibi molae crepitum faciebant, ti'ntinnabant com- 
 
 pedes. 
 
 [Paulus, s. v. tintinnire, -are.] 
 
 BELLUM PUNICUM. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 {The invocation.) 
 
 Novem Iovi's Concordes ffliae sorores, 
 
 Musas 1 quos memorant Grai quasque nos Casmenas. 
 
 1 This line has also been referred to Ennius, in the hexametrical 
 form, ' Musas quas Grai memorant, nos Casmenarum. . . .'
 
 26 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 (Anehises learns from the auspices the impending fate of Troy.) 
 Postquam aves aspexit in templo Anchisa 
 sacra in mensa Penatium ordine poniintur. 
 turn victimam immolabat aiiream piilchram. 
 
 [Prob. Ad Verg. Eel. 6. 31.] 
 {Aeneas and Anehises leave Troy with their wives,) 
 
 arabonim uxores 
 noctu Troiad exi'bant capitibus opertis, 
 flentes ambae abeuntes lacrimis cum multis. 
 
 [Servius Dan. Ad Verg. Aen. 3. 10.] 
 
 eoriim sectani sequiintur multi mortales. 
 
 [Id. Ad Verg. Aen. 2. 797.] 
 
 (carrying treasures from the city. Cp. Aen. 2. 763 foil.) 
 
 Feriint pulchras creterras 1 aureas lepistas 2 ; 
 
 [_Caes. Bass., &c] 
 
 pulchraque ex auro texta vestemque citrosam 3 . 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 3. 19. 5.] 
 
 (Before sailing Anehises addresses the God of the Sea.) 
 
 Senex fretus pietatei turn adlocutus sunimi 
 
 deiim regis fratrem Neptunum regnatorem. 
 
 mariim *. 
 
 [Prisc. 770, s.v. marum.] 
 
 (Venus appeals to Iupiter on behalf of the storm-tost Trojans.) 
 
 Patrem suiim supremum optumum adpellat : 
 summe deiim regnator, quianam me genuisti ? 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 51 ; Fest. 237.] 
 
 1 creterras = crateras. 
 
 '-' lepistas = (KtTiacnas) 'goblets.' 
 
 3 citrosam, ace. to Macrob. I. c. = the Homeric OvwSea e'luara. 
 
 4 marum = marium, Prisc. 770.
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. i; 
 
 (Visit to the Sibyl, and (possibly) description of the Cumaean Temple.) 
 Inerant signa expressa, quomodo Titanes 
 bicorpores Gigantes magnique Atlantes, 
 Eunciis atque Poi'poreus filii Terras ' . 
 
 [Pkisc. 679, s. v. Terras. ' 
 
 Book II. 
 
 (Aeneas is questioned oy Dido, or (more likely) by Latinus, about his 
 
 departure from Troy.) 
 
 Blande et docte perconctat Aenea quo pacto 
 
 Troiam urbem liquisset. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. perconctu.l 
 
 (Amulins discovers the parentage of the rescued twins.) 
 
 Manusque susum ad caelum sustulit suds rex 
 
 Amulius divisque gratulabatur. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. gratulari = gratias agere.] 
 
 (Appearance of gods, perhaps to protect the Capitol.) 
 
 o — ^1 prima incedit Cereris puer 2 Proserpna. 
 
 [Pkisc. 697, s. v. puer.] 
 
 deinde pollens sagittis fnclutus arquitenens, 
 sanctiis Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 5. 8 ; cp. Verg. Aen. 3. 75.] 
 
 Book III. 
 (Sacred ceremonies of the Fetials in proclaiming war.) 
 Scopas atque verbenas ' sagmina sumpserunt. 
 
 [Paul. 320, s. v. sagmina.] 
 
 1 Terras, gen. 2 puer, fern. 
 
 3 verbenas, prob. genitive with sagmina, or accus. pi. in appos. with 
 
 scopas = ' twigs. '
 
 28 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 Simul atrocia proicerent exta ministratores. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. atrox.] 
 
 (Exploits of the Consul Marcus (aZ. Manius) Valerius in Sicily, 
 
 B.C. 263.) 
 
 Marcus Valerius consul 
 
 partem exerciti ' in expeditionem 
 
 ducit. 
 
 [Chaeis. 103, s. v. exerciti.] 
 
 Book IV. 
 
 (Formation of Romun fleet and naval drill.') 
 
 Ratem aeratam conferre qui queant perite 
 per liquidum mare sedentes atque soedantes 2 . 
 
 [Vareo, L. L. 7. 23.] 
 
 (Exploits 0/ A iilius Fegulus in Malta, B.C. 257.) 
 transit Melitam 
 exercitus Eomanus, fnsulam integram 
 urit populatur vastat, rem hostium concinnat s . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. conciimare.] 
 
 (The next passages may refer to the disastrous defeat of Itegulus near 
 Clypea (b. C. 255), and the discussions in the Seriate upon the relief 
 of the garrison or the ransom of the prisoners. Others find in them 
 an allusion to Atilius Calatinus, entrapped with his army into an 
 ambush near Camarina, from ichich he was delivered by the gallantry 
 of the tribune Calpurnius Flamma, b. c. 25S.) 
 
 Seseque vei 4 perire mavohmt ibidem 
 
 1 exerciti, gen. as from the declension. 
 
 2 soedantes = sudantes (the passage is almost hopelessly corrupt). 
 
 3 concinnat, a sort of grim irony = ' arranges the foemen's affairs ' ; 
 or, perhaps, ' secures the foemen's property.' 
 
 4 tei = vi, Biihrens, for ei or t.
 
 CN. NAEVIUS. 29 
 
 quam ciim stuprd ] redire ad suos populates. 
 
 Sin illos deserant fortfssimos virorum, 
 magnum stupriim populo fieri per gentis. 
 
 [Fest. 317, s.v. stuprum. ] 
 
 ■ Book V. 
 
 (Vahlen suggests that the following words mag refer to the contemptuous 
 action of P ablins Claudius icho, to defg the senate, named his own 
 clerk Claudius Glicia as dictator. -Glicia, though his appointment 
 teas immediately cancelled, appeared at the Great Games in hi* 
 praetexta.) 
 
 dictator ubi ciirrum inseclit 
 
 pervehitur usque ad oppidum *. 
 
 [Vaero, L. L. 5. 153.] 
 
 Book VI. 
 
 (Commemorates the seventeenth year of the War, sc. 248 B.C. The 
 Eomans are supposed to be wearied by its length.) 
 
 lam septimiim decimum annum ilico 3 sedentes 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. ilico.] 
 
 (Aurelius Cott.a and, P. Servilius Geminus, the consuls, carry on war in 
 
 Sic ill/.) 
 
 Censet eo ventiirum obviam Poenum. 
 
 [Nonixts, s. v. censere.] 
 
 Book VII. 
 
 (Hanno's fleet having teen (b.c. 241) crushed near JMyhaeum, Hamilcar 
 makes terms with C. Lutatius Catulus.) 
 
 1 stupro= 'dishonour,' Fest. 317. 
 
 2 oppidum. ' In circo undo mittuntur equi, nunc dieuntur car- 
 ceres, Naevius oppidum appellat.' Varro, L. L. 5. 153. 
 
 3 ilico ' in eo loco,' Non. 325. 5.
 
 30 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 Id quoque paciscunt, moenia 1 ut smt quae concilient 
 Lutatium : capti'vos pliirimos idem 
 Sicilienses paciscit obsides ut reddant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. paciscunt.] 
 
 1 moenia, perhaps = munia, ; duties,' i.e. ' terms' or ' conditions.' 
 If moenia be taken in its ordinary sense, we must with Bahrens 
 suppose a lacuna. 
 
 S
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 
 
 (239-169 A.C.) 
 
 ANNALES. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 Invocation of the Greek Muses. 
 
 Musae quae pedibus magnum pulsatis Olympum. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 20.] 
 
 (The poem "begins with the fall of Troy,) 
 
 Cum voter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo. 
 
 [Prisc. 607, s. v. veter.] 
 
 (and the landing of Aeneas in Italy :) 
 
 Est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant : 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. n.] 
 quam prisci easci populi tenuere Latini. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 28.] 
 
 (The prophetic dream of Ilia the Vestal, daughter of Aeneas.) 
 
 Excita cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, 
 talia commemorat lacrimans, exterrita somno : 
 ' Euridica prognata, pater quam noster amavit, 
 vires vitaque corpus meum nunc deserit omne. 
 nam me visus homo pulcher per amoeua salicta 
 et ripas raptare locosque novos : ita sola
 
 32 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 postilla, germana soror, errare videbar 
 tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, neque posse 
 corde capessere, semita nulla pedem stabilibat. 
 Exin compellare pater me voce videtur 
 his verbis : ' o gnata, tibi sunt ante ferendae 
 aerumnae, post ex fluvio fortuna resistet 1 .' 
 haec ecfatus pater, germana, repente recessit 
 nee sese dedit in conspectum corde cupitus, 
 quamquam multa manus ad caeli caerula templa 
 tendebam lacrimans et blanda voce vocabam. 
 vix aegro turn corde meo me somnus reliquit. 
 
 [Cic. Be Div. i. 20. 40.] 
 
 Ilia, condemned to be thrown with her hcin boys into the Tiber, in- 
 vokes the aid of Venus and the River-god.) 
 
 Te venerata precor Venus tu genetrix patris nostri ; 
 ut me de caelo visas rogitata parumper. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. parumper.] 
 
 tuque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto ! 
 
 [Mackob. Sat. 6. 1. 12.] 
 
 (The Tiber stays his current, and the babes are left, on dry land.) 
 
 Postquam consistit fluvius qui est omnibus princeps 
 
 qui sunt Italia. 
 
 [Fronto, Ep. ad M. Anton. : Cic. Oral 48.] 
 
 (Romulus and Remus, before founding their city, observe the auspices.) 
 Cum cura magna curantes, turn cupientes 
 regni, dant operam simul auspicio augurioque. 
 
 Jiinc Remus auspicio se devovet, atque secundam 
 solus avem servat ; at Romulus pulcher in alto 
 
 1 resistet = restituetur. Cp. Cic. Pro Mur. 39. 84.
 
 - Q. ENNIUS. 33 
 
 quaerit Aventino, servat genus altivolantum : 
 omnibus cura viris uter esset induperator : 
 certabant urbem Eomam Kemoramne vocarent. 
 exspectant veluti consul cum mittere signum 
 volt, omnes avidi spectant ad carceris oras, 
 quam mox emittat pictis e faucibus currus : 
 sic exspectabat populus atque ora tenebai^ 
 rebus, utri magni victoria sit data regni. 
 interea sol albus ' recessit in infera noctis, 
 exin Candida se radiis dedit icta foras lux, 
 et simul ex alto longe pulcberrima praepes 
 laeva volavit avis ; simul aureus exoritur sol. 
 cedunt de caelo ter quatuor corpora sancta 
 avium, praepetibus sese pulchrisque locis dant. 
 conspicit hide sibi data Romulus esse priora, 
 auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. r. 48.] 
 (liemus laughs at his brothers caution in building a well.) 
 
 Iuppiter ut muro fretus magis quamde manus vi! 
 
 [Festus, 261, s. v. quamde.] 
 
 (He leaps over it, and is slain by Eomulus.) 
 Non pol bomo quisquam faciet impune animatus 2 
 boc quod tu : nam mi calido dabis sanguine poenas ! 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 15.] 
 
 (The Rape of the Salines.) 
 
 Virgnes 3 nam sibi quisquo domi Romanus habet sas 4 . 
 
 [Fest. 325, Paulus 324, s. r. sas. 
 
 1 sol albus is generally taken of the 'moon' : but cp. albica 
 Phoebus (inf. Matii Mimiambi, page 1, 181). 
 
 2 animatus = anima praeditus. 
 
 ' irgnes : so Miiller for virgines, comparing the form Proserpna 
 (Naov. Bell. Pun. lib. 2). * sas = eas. 
 
 D
 
 34 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 (Reconciliation of Romidus and Titus Tatius, perhaps by the pleading 
 of Hersilia (Liv. i. n.) ivho says :) 
 
 Aeternara seritote diem concorditer ambo. 
 
 [Charts. 177.] 
 
 Accipe daque fidem foedusque feri bene firmum. 
 
 [Maceob. Sat. 6. 1. 13.] 
 
 (Titus Tatius was slain by some Laurentines, one of whom may June 
 - complained of his arrogance.) 
 
 O Tite tute Tati tibi tanta, tyranne, tulisti ! 
 
 [Prisc. 947, s. v. tute.] 
 (The Assumption of Romulus.) 
 
 Komulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum 
 
 degit. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Aen. 6. 764.] 
 
 Book II. 
 
 (The Lament for Romulus.) 
 
 Pectora dia tenet desiderium : simul inter 
 sese sic memorant, ' o Koinule, Romule die, 
 qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt ! 
 o pater, o genitor, o sanguen dis oriundum, 
 tu produxisti nos intra luminis oras.' 
 
 [Cic. Be Rep. 1. 41.I 
 
 (Accession of Numa ; his meetings with the nymph.) 
 
 Olli respondit suavis sonus Egeriai. 
 
 [Varro, l. L. 7. 42.] 
 
 (War between Rome and Alba : the victory to be decided by the combat 
 of Horatii and Curiatii.) 
 
 quianam legiones caedimus ferro ? 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Aen. 10. 6.]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 35 
 
 (The victorious Eoratius excuses himself to his sister for the slaughter 
 
 of her betrothed.) 
 
 Adnuit sese mecum decernere ferro. 
 
 [Prisc. 882, s. v. adnuo.] 
 
 (Treachery 0/ Mettus Fuffetius, the Alban general, and his punishment 
 
 by Tullus.) 
 
 tractatus per aequora campi. 
 
 [Macrob. Be Verb. 4. 651.] 
 (II is body is devoured by birds of prey.) 
 
 Vulturus in spinis miserum mandebat liomonem. 
 heu, quain crudeli condebat membra sepulcro ! 
 
 [Prisc. 683, s. v. vulturus.] 
 
 (Accession of Ancus Marcius,) 
 
 Isque dies postcpuam Ancus Marcius regna recepit 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Aen. 3. 333.] 
 
 (alio founds the Port of Ostia.) 
 . . . ut Tiberis flumen vomit in mare salsum, 
 Ostia munita est. idem loca navibus celsis 
 munda ] facit, nautisque mari quaesentibus vitam 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 4. 3 : Fest. 258.] 
 
 Book III. 
 
 (Descent of the eagle on Tarquin. [Li v. 1. 34.]) 
 
 Olim de caelo laevum dedit inclutus signum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. laevum.] 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 et densis aquila pennis obnixa volabat 
 
 vento. 
 
 [Probus in Verg. Eel. 6. 31. ] 
 
 1 munda, i. e. instructa. 
 D 2
 
 36 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 {After the death of Ancus the people made Tarquin Hng.) 
 
 Postquain lumina sis 1 oculis bonus Ancus reliquit, 
 Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni. 
 
 [Festus, 30 r, s. v. si 3.] 
 
 (Wars of Tarquin, and critical position of Etrtii ia, perhaps before the 
 battle of Ere turn [Dion. 3. 59 ; 4. 3].) 
 
 Hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 1. 4. 18.] 
 
 (The remaining fragments may refer to the outrage on Lucretia, her 
 appeal to hearen, and her suicide.) 
 
 Caelum suspexit stellis fulgentibus aptu'm. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 9.] 
 
 Vosque Lares tectum nomen qui funditus curant. 
 
 [Charis. 238, 9.] 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 Inde sibi memorat unum superesse laborem. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 1. 22. 16.] 
 
 Book IV. 
 
 (Storming of Amur [Livy 4. 59].) 
 Volsculus perdidit Anxur. 
 
 [Paulus, 22.] 
 
 Eomani scalis summa nituntur opum vi. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 17 ; Verg. Aen. 12. 552.] 
 
 (Attack on the Capitol by the Gauls [others refer this to Book viij.) 
 Qua Galli furtim noctu summa arcis adorti 
 moenia^ concubia, vigilesque repente cruentant. 
 
 [Macrob Sat. r. 4. 17.] 
 
 1 sis = suis.
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 37 
 
 Book V. 
 
 Period of tin Samnite Wars. 
 (Civitas sine suffragio [Livy 8. 14] given to the Catnpani.) 
 
 Gives Komani tunc facti sunt Campani. 
 
 [Censorin. Be Metr. 2725.] 
 (Minucia the Vestal [Livy 8. 15] buried alive for inicha.stiti/.) 
 
 Cum nihil horridius unquam lex ulla iuberet. 
 
 [Orgs. 3. 9. 5.] 
 
 {Fierce contents between Romans and Samnites [Livy 7. 33].) 
 
 Bellum aequis manibus nox intempesta diremit. 
 
 [Acko ad Hor. l'p. 2. 2. 97 ] 
 
 Book VI. 
 
 (War with Pyrrhus : importance of subject!) 
 
 Quis potis ingentes oras evolvere belli ? 
 
 [Sery. in Verg, Am. 9. 528.] 
 
 {The Tarentines defy Home, and find a champion in Pyrrhus,) 
 
 Navus repertus homo Graio patre Graius domo rex, 
 nomine Burrus, uti memorant de stirpe supremo. 
 
 [Fest. 169 : Nonius, s. v. stiipe, masc] 
 
 (who undertakes the tear, encouraged by an ambiguous oracle.) 
 
 Aio te Aeacida Romanos vincere posse. 
 
 [Cic. Be Biv. 2. 56. 116.] 
 
 (The Romans enlist the lowest of their citizens.) 
 
 > r 
 
 Proletarius publieitus seutisque feroque 
 
 ornatur ferro, muros urbemque forumque 
 
 excubiis curant. 
 
 [Aul. Gelt. 16 10.] 
 
 4 9 13
 
 38 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 {After the battle of Heraclea, Pyrrhus generously builds a pyre to 
 burn the bodies of the fallen foe, as well an those of his own soldiers.) 
 
 Incedunt arbusta per alta, securibus caedunt : 
 percellunt magnas querents, exciditur ilex, 
 fraxinus frangitur atque-abies consternitur alta, 
 pinus proceras pervortunt : omne sonabat 
 arbustum fremitu silvai frondosai. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 27 ; Hom. II. 23. 114.] 
 (But, in spite of his elephants,) 
 
 tetros elephantos, 
 
 [Isidok. Or. 10. 270.] 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 It nigrum campis agmen. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Aen. 4. 404.] 
 
 [he fought with doubtful success, as he acknowledged by his inscription 
 in the Temple of Tarentine Jove.) 
 
 Qui antehac invicti fuerunt, pater optime Olympi, 
 Hos et ego in pugna vici, victusque suni ab isdem. 
 
 [Oros. 4. 1. 14.] 
 
 (When Fabricius proposes to ransom the prisoners, Pyrrhus sends them 
 back to Home, as a free gift.) 
 
 Nee mi aurum posco nee mi pretium dederitis : 
 nee cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes 
 ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus utrique. 
 vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors 
 virtute experiamur. et hoc simul accipe dictum : 
 quorum virtuti belli fortuna pepercit 
 eorundem libertati me parcere certumst. 
 dono ducite doque volentibus cum magnis dis. 
 
 [Cic. Be Off. 1. 12. 38.] 
 
 (fiineas is sent by Pyrrhus to Borne to negotiate a peace. The blind 
 old Appius fiercely protests.) v 
 
 Quo vobis mentes, rectae quae stare solebant
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 39 
 
 antehac, dementes sese flexere viai? 
 
 [Cic. Cat. Mai. 6. 16.] 
 
 • .••••• 
 
 Orator sine pace redit regique refert rem. 
 
 [Varro, l. l. 7. 41."] 
 
 (To this book belongs the Devotion of the youngest Decius, in the battle 
 at Asculum [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 37]-) 
 
 . . . divi hoc audite parumper, 
 
 ut pro Romano populo prognariter armis . 
 
 certando prudens animam de corpore mitto. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. praegnaviter.] 
 
 (Battle of Benerentum, 274 B.C., and victory of the famous consul, M '. 
 Curius [Cic. Be Eep. 3. 3].) 
 
 Quern nemo ferro potuit superare nee auro. 
 
 [Cic. I. c] 
 
 Book VII. 
 
 (First Punic War. The subject had been already treated of by Naeirius : 
 but his rude ' Siitanu'n us' are uncultured in comparison with the 
 Greek metre of Eunius.~] 
 
 scripsere alii rem 
 
 versibus, quos olim Fauni vatcsque canebant, 
 
 cum neque Musarum scopulos quisquam superarat, 
 
 nee dicti studiosus erat. 
 
 [Cic. Brut 19. 76 ; 18. 71 ; Orator, § 171.] 
 
 (Entiius was the first to attain to real philosophy.) 
 
 Nee quisquam Sophiam, sapientia quae perhibetur, 
 in sounds vidit prius quam sam discere coepit. 
 
 [Fest. 325, s.v. sum = earn. 1 
 
 (He introduces the Carthaginians, a barbarous folk,) 
 
 Poenos Didone oriundos. 
 
 [Piusc. 685.I
 
 40 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 • ••... 
 
 Poeni suos soliti dis sacrificare puellos. 
 
 [Fest. 249, e **-] 
 
 (against whom Rome declares war.) 
 
 Appius indixit Karthaginiensibus bellum. 
 
 [Crc. Be Inv. i. 19. 27.] 
 
 (A stranded Carthaginian galley becomes a model for the hastily built 
 
 Roman fleet.) 
 
 Mulserat hue navim compulsam fluctibus pontus. 
 
 [Prisc. 870, s. v. mulceo.] 
 
 • • • • • • 
 
 et melior navis quam quae stlataria portat. 
 
 [Prob. ap. Vallam in Iuv. Sat. 7. 134.] 
 
 (The Roman legionaries are put to naval drill.) 
 
 . . . tousamque tenentes 
 
 parerent, observarent portisculus siguum 
 
 cum dare coepisset. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. portisculus.] 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 poste recumbite, vestraque pectora pellite tonsis. 
 
 [Fest. 356, s. v. tonsa.] 
 
 (The temple of Janus, which was closzd in B. c. 235 for the second time 
 since its foundation, was soon opened anew, when a quarrel broke 
 out between Rome and the Ligurians.) 
 
 post quam Discordia tetra 
 
 Belli ferratos postes portasque ref regit. 
 
 [Hok. Sat. 1. 4. 60.] 
 
 (Tfar with Ulyria, and triumph of M. Livius B c. 219.) 
 
 lllyrii restant sicis sibunisque fodentes. 
 
 [Paulus, 336, s. v. sibuna. Vid. ad VIII. p. 87 inf. J 
 
 Livius inde redit magno mactatus triumpho. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Aen. 9. 641, s. v. uipctus.]
 
 ry 
 
 Q. ENNJUS. 4 1 
 
 Book VIII. 
 
 [Second Punic War to battle of Cannae. Formidable character of 
 
 Hannibal.) 
 
 ... at non sic dubius fuit hostis 
 
 Aeacida Burrus. 
 
 [Oitos. 4. 14. 3.] 
 (Slate of Sociitj/ in time of war.) 
 
 ... si sunt proelia promulgata, 
 pellitur e medio sapie'ntia, vi geritur res, 
 spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur : 
 baud doctis dictis certantes, sed maledictis 
 miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes. 
 non ex iure manum consertum, sed magis ferro 
 rem repetunt, regnumque petunt, vadunt solida vi. 
 
 [Cic. Pro Mm: 14. 30 ; Aul. Gell. 20. 10.] 
 
 (Q. Fabius Maximus appointed dictator B.C. 217. 
 
 Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem ; 
 noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem ; 
 ergo postque magisque viri nunc gloria claret. 
 
 [Cic. Cat. Mai. 4. 10.] 
 
 (Cautious advice of L. Aemi/ius Patilus against the rashness of C. 
 Terentius Varro, his colleague.) 
 
 praecoca pugnast : 
 
 certare abnueo : metuo legionibus laLem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. praecoca.] 
 
 . . . multa dies in bello conficit unus : 
 
 et multae rursus fortunae forte recumbunt ; 
 
 baudquaquam quemquani semper fortuna secutast. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 16.] 
 
 (Description of the confidential friend of Servilitis Goninns. Under 
 this character, Ennius was said (testi Aelio Stilone apud Aul. Gell. 
 12. 4) to have portrayed himself.) 
 
 aece locutus vocat, quo cum bene saepe libenter
 
 42 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 mensam sermonesque suos rerumque suarum 
 
 materiem partit, raagnam cum lassus diei 
 
 partem fuisset de summis rebus regundis 
 
 consilio indu foro lato sanctoque senatu ; 
 
 cui res audacter magnas parvasque iocumque 
 
 eloqueretur, cuncta simul malaque et bona dictu 
 
 evomeret, si qui vellet, tutoque locaret, 
 
 prudenter quod dicta loquive tacereve posset ; 
 
 quo cum multa volup ac gaudia clamque palamque ; 
 
 ingenium cui nulla malum sententia suadet 
 
 ut faceret facinus levis aut malus ; doctus, fidelis, 
 
 suavis homo, facundus, suo contentus, beatus, 
 
 seitus, secunda loquens in tempore, commodus, veibuni 
 
 paucum, multa tenens antiqua sepulta, vetustas 
 
 maiorum veterum leges divomque hominumque, 
 
 quae faciunt mores veteresque novosque tenentem. 
 
 hunc inter pugnas compellat Servilius sic : 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 12. 4. I.] 
 
 (Some details from the battle of Cannae, e.g. the thick dust, the blind- 
 ing sun, the hamstringing of the wounded [Liv. 22. 46 f.].) 
 
 iamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pulvis, fern.'] 
 
 amplius exaugere obstipo lumine solis. 
 
 [Fest. 193, s. v. obstipum.] 
 
 bis pernas succidit iniqua superbia Poeni. 
 
 [Fest. 305, Paul. 304.] 
 
 (But the Romans obstinately hold out, saying,) 
 
 Qui vicit non est victor nisi victus fatetur. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Aen. 11. 307.]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 43 
 
 Book IX. 
 (Consulship of Cornelius Cethegus and P. Semp. Tudi/anus B.C. 204.' 
 Additur orator Cornelius suaviloquenti 
 ore Cetegus Marcus Tuditano conlega 
 Marci filius . . . 
 
 ... is dictust ollis popularibus olim, 
 qui turn vivebant homines atque aevom agitabant, 
 flos delibatus populi suadaeque medulla. 
 
 [Cic. Brut. 15. 58, etc.] 
 
 Book X. 
 
 (Macedonian War io the battle of Cynoseephalae.) 
 
 Insece, Musa, manu Bomanorurn induperator 
 
 quod quisque in bello gessit cum rege Philippo. 
 
 [Aul. Cell. 18. 9. 2.] 
 
 (Consulship of Sext. Aelius Paetus and T. Quintius Flaminimis, 
 
 B.C. 198.) 
 
 Egregie cordatus homo catus Aelius Sextus. 
 
 [Cic. Be Rep. 1. 18. 30 ; Be Or. 1. 45. 198.] 
 
 (The Soman army, entrapped in a defile in Chaonia, is guided into 
 safety by an F.pirot shepherd, who thus addresses Flaminimis :) 
 
 Sollicitari te Tite, sic noctesque diesque ! 
 
 O Tite, si quid ego adiuero curamve levasso, 
 
 quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, 
 
 ecquid erit praemi? 
 
 [Cic. Cat. Mai. init. ] 
 
 (The general tcatches his troops during the fight at Cynoscephalai 
 Aspectabat virtutem legionis suai, 
 exspectans si mussaret, quae denique });uisa 
 pugnandi fieret aut duri meta laboris. 
 
 [Philakgyr. in Verg. Georg. 4. 188.]
 
 44 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 (The remaining fragments of the booh perhaps refer to a scene between 
 Sopihonisba and Masinissa.) 
 
 Erubuit mulier ceu lacte et purpura mixta. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. lacte.] 
 
 • ••••-• 
 
 ^ aegro 
 
 eorde, cornis palmis late passis 'pater' . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. passu m.] 
 
 Book XI. 
 
 (The exploits of Flamtninw, and the submission of the haughty 
 
 Phi tip.) 
 
 Quippe solent reges omnes in rebus secundis — 
 
 [Fest. 257.] 
 
 Flamin'nus [Livy 33. 32] proclaims at the Isthmian games the liberty 
 of the Greek cities ; and dwells upon the connection of Rome with 
 Troy :) 
 
 Contendunt Graios, Graecos rnemorare solent sos. 
 
 [Fest. 286, s. v. sos] 
 
 Quae neque Dardaniis campis potuere perire, 
 nee cum eapta capi, nee cum combusta cremari. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 60.] 
 
 (The scene changes to Rome, and the violent protest of Cato against the 
 abrogation of Lex Oppia de cultu onulierum [Livy 34 ad init.].) 
 
 malo cruce fatur uti des 
 
 Iuppiter ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. crux, jwasc] 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 Pendent peniculamenta unum ad quodque pedule. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. peniculamentum.]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 45 
 
 Book XII. 
 
 [Perhaps alluding to the carousal of the IJistri, after they had taken 
 the Roman camp [Livy 41. 3].) 
 
 Omnes mortales victores cordibus irnis 
 
 laetantes, vino jpuratos, somnus repente 
 
 in campo passim mollissimus perculit acris. 
 
 [Peisc. 647. s. v. acer et acris.] 
 
 Book XIII. 
 
 (The fear of the impending war with Antiochus, who appeared In he 
 [Florus 1. 24. 43] a second Xerxes or Darius.) 
 
 Isque Hellesponto pontem contendit in alto. 
 
 [Varko. L. L. 7. 21] 
 
 (Difference of opinion between Antiochus and- Hannibal, who had ori- 
 ginally urged the Icing to tear.) 
 
 Hannibal audaci cum pectore de me horitatur 
 ne bellum faciam ? quern credidit esse meum cor 
 suasorem summum et studiosum robore belli. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 6. 2. 3. J 
 
 Book XIV. 
 
 (Battle of Mgonnesns, in which M. Aemilius Eec/illus, B.C. 190, con- 
 quers Polyxenides, the commander of the fleet of Antiochus [Liv. 37. 
 28, etc.].) 
 
 Verrunt extemplo placidum mare marmore flavo, 
 
 caeruleum spumat sale conferta rate pulsum. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 2. 26. 31.] 
 
 • •■••• 
 
 Labitur uncta carina ; volat super impetus undas. 
 
 [Mackob. Sat. 6. 1. 51.] 
 
 • ••••* 
 
 Cum procul aspiciunt hostes accedere ventis 
 
 navibus velivolis. 
 
 [lb. 6. 5. 10.]
 
 46 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 {Exhortation of Antiochus to his soldiers.) 
 
 Nunc est ille dies cum gloria maxima sese 
 nobis ostentat, si vivimus sive morimur. 
 
 [Pkisc. 880, s. v. rnoriri.] 
 
 {His dismay at being defeated.) 
 
 Infit 'o eives, quae me fortuna ferocem 
 contudit indigne, bello confecit acerbo ! ' 
 
 [PKiftC. 891, s. v. contudit.] 
 
 Book XV. 
 
 'Exploits of M. Fulm'us Nobilior, who defeated the Aetolians, and 
 dormed Ambracia.) 
 
 Malos diffindunt, fiunt tabulata falaeque. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. falae.] 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 Occumbunt multi letum ferroque lapique 
 aut intra muros aut extra praecipe casu. 
 
 [Pkisc. 725, s.v. praecipis.] 
 
 Book XVI. 
 
 {The poet approaches more recent times;) 
 
 Quippe vetusta virum non est satis bella moveri. 
 
 [Fest. 257.] 
 
 {Philip has grown too old to renew the war.) 
 
 . . . post aetate pigret sufferre laborem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pigret.] 
 
 Postremo longinqua dies confecerat aetas. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 9. 14. 5.]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 47 
 
 (He dies, and receives a splendid burial.) 
 
 Reges per regnuin statuasque sepulcraque quaerunt. 
 
 aedificant nomen, summa nituntur opum vi. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 17.] 
 
 (Histrian War carried on liy C. Claudius Pulcher against King TSpulo, 
 and taking of Nesactium [Livy 41. 11].) 
 
 Quos ubi rex Epulo spexit cle cotibus celsis. 
 
 [Fest. 330, s. r. spexit.] 
 
 (Fight of the tribune Caelius, or, more UJcely, C. Aclius. Livy 41. 4.) 
 
 Undique conveniunt velut imber tela tribuno : 
 configunt parmam, tinnit hastilibus umbo, 
 aerato sonitu galeae. Sed nee pote quisquam 
 undique nitendo corpus discerpere ferro : 
 semper adundantes hastas frangitque quatitque. 
 totum sudor habet corpus multumque laborat, 
 nee respirandi fit copia praepete ferro : 
 Histri tela manu iacientes sollicitabant. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 3. 2 : cp. IIom. II. 16. 102 foil.] 
 
 Book XVII. 
 
 (Perhaps a reference to the exploits of Fulcius Flaccus in Celtiberia.) 
 
 It eques, et plausu cava concutit ungula terrain. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 22.] 
 
 Concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus austri 
 imbricitor aquiloque suo cum flamine contra 
 indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 28.]
 
 48 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 Book XVIII. 
 
 (To this book may be referred these general and personal sayings.) 
 
 I 
 
 Audire est operae pretium procedere recte 
 
 qui rem Romanam Latiumque augescere vultis. 
 
 [Porphyr. ad Hor. Sat. i. 2. 37.] 
 • ••••• 
 
 Noenu decet mussare bonos qui facta labore 
 nixi militiae peperere perennia multo. 
 
 [Philarg. in Verg. Georg. 4. 188.] 
 
 (The poet recalls the fact of his own citizenship, and weary with his 
 task is glad to seek repose.) 
 
 Nos sumus Romani qui fuimus ante Eudini. 
 
 [Cic. De Or-xt. 3. 42.] 
 
 Sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo 
 vicit Olympia, nunc senio confectus quiescit. 
 
 [Cic. Cat. Mai. 5. 14.] 
 
 TBAGOEDIAE. 
 
 ALCUMAEO. 
 
 Alcmaeon, after murdering his mother Eriphyle, for her treachery 
 to her husband Amphiaraus, is pursued from land to land by the 
 Furies, till he reaches the city of Psophis in Arcadia, where he 
 finds purification at the hands of Phegeus the king. He marries 
 the king's daughter ArsinoS ; and here he is represented as appeal- 
 ing to her in his terror at the avenging deities (I. II).
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 49 
 
 I. 
 
 Multimodis sum circumventus morbo exilio atque inopia : 
 turn pavor sapientiam omnem mi exanimato expectorat. 
 mater terribilem minatur vitae cruciatum et necem, 
 quae nemost tam firmo ingenio et tanta confidentia 
 quin refugiat tfmido sanguen atque exalbescat metu. 
 
 [Cic. De Oral 3. 58.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Unde haec flamma oritur? 
 
 in caedem meam, in caedem adsunt, adsunt, me i'X- 
 
 petunt ! 
 
 fer mi aiixilium, pestem abige a me, 
 
 flammiferam hanc vim, quae me excruciat. 
 
 caerulea incinctae angui incedunt 
 
 circumstant cum ardentibus taedis. 
 
 in me intendit crinitus Apollo 
 
 arcum auratum, buna innixus, 
 
 Diana facem iacit a laeva. 
 
 [Cic. Acad. Pr. 2. 28.] 
 
 ALEXANDER. 
 
 Hecuba, wife of Priam, having dreamed that she had brouuht 
 forth a firebrand, her husband ordered that the son she bore 
 should be put to death. But the servants spared his life, and 
 certain shepherds having found him when he was exposed, he was 
 rescued, and brought up under the name of Paris (I) ; which was 
 afterwards changed to Alexander, because of his prowess in the 
 games (II, III). He is received into the king's palace, and 
 Cassandra, terrified at the sight of him, prophesies the downfall 
 of Troy (IV). She foretells the fatal 'Iudicium Paridis' V ; 
 the death of Hector (VI); and the stratagem of the 'Wooden 
 Horse' (VII). 
 
 E
 
 50 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 I. 
 
 . . . mater gravida parere se ardentem facem 
 
 visast in somnis Hecuba : quo fato pater 
 
 rex ipse Priamus somnio mentis metu 
 
 perculsus, euris saucius superantibus, 
 
 sic sacrificabat hostiis balantibus. 
 
 turn coniecturam postulat, pacem petens, 
 
 ut se edoceret obsecrans Apollinem, 
 
 quo sese vertant tantae sortes somnium. 
 
 ibi ex oraclo voce divina edidit 
 
 Apollo, puerum primus Priamo qui foret 
 
 post ilia natus, temperaret tollere : : 
 
 eum esse exitium Troiae, pestem Pergamo, 
 
 [Cic. De Div. i. 21. 42.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Is habet coronam vitulans victoria. 
 
 [Paulus, s. v. vitulans.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quapropter Parim pastores nunc Alexandrum vocant. 
 
 [Varko, L. L. 7. 82.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Hec. Sed quid oculis rabere visa es derepente arden- 
 tibus ? 
 libi ilia tua paulo ante sapiens virginalis modestia? 
 
 Cass. Mater, optumarum multo mulier melior mulierum, 
 missa sum superstitiosis ariolationil^us. 
 namque Apollo fatis 2 fandis dementem invitam ciet. 
 virgines aequales vereor : patris mei, meum 3 factum pudet, 
 
 1 tollere, 'to acknowledge.' 
 
 2 fatis, dative. 
 
 3 meum, gen. plur.
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 51 
 
 optumi virf *. mea mater, tui me miseret, mei piget. 
 optumam progeniem Priamo peperisti extra me. h6c 
 
 dolet ! 
 men obesse, illos prodesse, me obstare, illos obsequi ! 
 adest adest fax obvoluta sanguine atque ineendio. 
 multos annos latuit : cives, ferte opem et restinguite. 
 iamque mari magno classis cita 
 texitur, exitium examen rapit : 
 adveniet, fera velivolantibus 
 navibus complebit manus litora. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. 1. 31.] 
 
 V. 
 
 eheii ! videte 
 iiidicabit inclutum iudfcium inter deas tris aliquis : 
 quo iudicio Lacedaemonia mulier, Furiarum una. ad- 
 veniet. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. 1. 50.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 O lux Troiae, germane Hector ! 
 quid te ita . . . contuo lacerato corpore, 
 miser, avit qui te sic tractavere nobis respectantibus ? 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 18.] 
 VII. 
 
 Nam maximo saltu superabit gravidus armatis equus, 
 suo qui partu . . . perdat Pergama ardua. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 25.] 
 
 ANDROMACHA AECHMALOTIS. 
 
 Andromache laments the loss of Hector and Astyanax (I) ; and 
 mourns over her city burned to the ground (II). 
 
 1 viri, gen. sing, with patris ; or voc. plur. 
 E 2
 
 52 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 I. 
 
 Vidi videre quod me passa aegerrume, 
 
 Hectorem ' curru quadriiugo raptarier, 
 
 Hectoris natum de muro iactarier. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. i. 44.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Quid petam praesidi suit exsequar ? quove nunc 
 aiixilio exili aut fugae freta sim ? 
 arce et urbe orba sum. quo accidam ? quo fipplicem ? 
 cui nee arae patriae domi stant, fractae et disiectae iacent, 
 fana flamma deflagrata, tosti alti stant parietes 
 deformati atque abiete crispa. 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 O pater, o patria, o Priami domus, 
 
 saeptum altisono eardfne templum ! 
 
 vidi ego te astante ope barbarica, 
 
 tecti's caelatis lacuatis, 
 
 auro, ebore instructam regifice. 
 
 haec omnia videi inflammari, 
 
 Priamo vi vitam evitari 2 , 
 
 Iovis aram sanguine turpari. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 3. 19. J 
 
 CRESPHONTES. 
 
 Cresphontes, king of Messenia, espoused the cause of the people 
 against the nobles, whose leader, Polyphontes, slew him, together 
 with his two sons, forcibly taking to wife Merope, the widow of the 
 murdered man. Merope's own father Cypselus was among the 
 adherents of Polyphontes. We hear the protest of the nobles 
 against the claims of the burghers (I) ; the altercation between 
 Cypselus and Merope (II) ; and her grief at being debarred from 
 paying funeral honours to her sons (III). 
 
 1 Hectorem. For the quantity cp. Varro, L. L. 10. 70. 
 
 2 evitari, with play on vitam ; ' unlifed of his life.'
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 53 
 
 I. 
 
 An inter sese sortiunt urbem atque agros? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sortiunt.] 
 II. 
 
 'Iniiiria abs te adficior indigna, pater. 
 
 nam si inprobum esse Cresphontem tu existirnas, 
 
 cur nie huius locabas nuptiis? sin est probus, 
 
 cur talem invitam invitum cogis linquere ? ' 
 
 ' nulla te indigna, o nata, adficio iniiiria, 
 
 si probus est, bene locavi ; sin est inprobus, 
 
 divortio te liberabo inconimodis.' 
 
 [Auct. Ad Herenn. 2. 24.] 
 III. 
 
 Neque terram inicere neque cruenta convestire corpora 
 mihi licuit miserae, neque lavere lacrima salsa sanguinem. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 1 : cp. Verg. Aen. 9. 486.] 
 
 HECTOEIS LUTRA. 
 
 This play includes the whole of the action in the Iliad from the 
 sally of Hector to the restoration of his corpse to his father, in- 
 cluding the death of Patroclus. Hector comes boldly forth from 
 the walls (I), and in the battle which ensues many are wounded, 
 among them Eurypylus, who comes back to Patroclus, seeking the 
 aid of a physician (II). Patroclus enquires eagerly about the for- 
 tune of the day (ib.). Achilles suffers Patroclus to take his place in 
 the field, and the young man commits himself to the protection of 
 heaven (III). News comes of the death of Patroclus, and Achilles 
 steps forth in terrible anxiety from his tent (IV). He calls on 
 each of the Mjrmidones to find him armour for the fray, but no one 
 is willing, as he bitterly acknowledges (V). When at last he rushes 
 forth to war, all nature is hushed in awful expectancy (VI , as he 
 drives his fiery steeds (VII), and checks their impetuous speed 
 (VIII). The special scene which gives its name to the play is not 
 preserved ; we only have Priam crying on the Myrmidones for 
 pity ; and urging his plea for that justice which is better than all 
 gallantry (IX, X).
 
 54 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 I. 
 
 Hector vi summa armatos educit foras, 
 eastrisque castra iara ultro conferre occupat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. occupare.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Euryp. O Patricoles, ad vos adveniens auxiliuni et 
 vestras nianus 
 peto, prius quam appeto malam pestem datam hostili 
 
 manu. 
 
 • •»••• 
 
 neque sanguis ullo potis est pacto profluens consistere. 
 
 • • • • • • 
 
 si qui sapientia magis vestra mors devitarf potest. 
 namque Aesculapi liberorum saucii opplent porticus : 
 non potis accedi. 
 
 Patric. Certe Eurypylus hie quidena. hominem 
 
 exercitum l ! 
 Euryp. Qui alteri exitium parat 
 eum scire oportet sibi paraturu pestem ut participet 
 parem. 
 Patric. Eloquere, eloquere, res Argivum praelio ut 
 
 se siistinet. 
 Euryp. Non potis ecfari tantum dictis, quantum 
 factis suppetit. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 16 : cp. Hour. B. ri. 804 foil.] 
 
 III. 
 
 ... at ego, omnipotens Iiippiter, 
 ted exposco ut hoc consilium Achivis auxili fuat ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fuam = sim.] 
 
 1 exercitum, sc. malis.
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 55 
 
 IV. 
 
 Quid hoc hie clamoris, quid tumulti est? nomen qui 
 
 usurpat meum ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. a. tumulti. ] 
 
 V. 
 
 Qui cupiant dare arma Achiili, cunctent pugnam obbitere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cunetant.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Constitit, credo, Scamander, arbores vento vacant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vagas (? ) .] 
 
 VII. 
 
 . . . sublimiter 
 quadrupedantes . . . flammam halitantes. 
 
 [Diomedes, s. v. halitare.] 
 VIII. 
 Addiicit quadrupedem invitam indomitam iniugem, 
 
 evalida quoius tenacia infrenast nimis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tenacia.] 
 IX. 
 
 per vos et vostrorum ducum 
 imperium et fidem, Myrmidonum vigiles, commiserescite. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. couimiserescere. ] 
 
 X. 
 
 Melius est virtiite ius : nam saepe virtutem mali 
 
 nanciscuntur : ius atque aequom se a nialis spernit 
 
 procul. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. spernere = segregare.] 
 
 HECUBA. 
 
 Hecuba, after the treacherous murder of her son Polydorus, 
 makes a passionate appeal to heaven (I). When she hears that
 
 $6 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 sentence has gone forth for the immolation of her daughter 
 Polyxena, she entreats Ulysses to use his all -persuasive powers to 
 prevent the sacrifice (II). But she feels that her supplication is 
 all in vain (,111). In her misery, she fain would take her own life, 
 or share her daughter's death (IV, V). And, over the corpse of her 
 murdered son, she beseeches Agamemnon to pity her, reminding 
 him of the claim that Cassandra's surrender of herself has upon 
 him (VI. 
 
 I. 
 
 O magna templa caelitum, commixta stellis splendidis ! 
 
 [Varko, L.L. 7. 6 M.l 
 II. 
 
 Haec tu etsi perverse dices, facile Achivos flexeris : 
 nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, 
 eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. II. 4.] 
 
 [Cp. Eur. Hec. 293-295 : 
 
 To 8' a£iwfta, kclv kclkws \tyrjs, to obv 
 ■ntiaer \6yos yap Ik t abofcovvrav luiv 
 
 KO.K TU1V SOKOWTOIV QVTOS OV TaVTUV oOiVtl. 
 
 Gellius, I. c, while generally approving -of the rendering, does not 
 consider ignobiles and opulenti as a satisfactory translation of the 
 Greek.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Heii, me miseram, interii ! pergunt lavere sanguen 
 
 sanguine. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sanguen.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 . . . miserete anuis 
 date ferrum qui me anima privem ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. miserete.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Extemplo acceptam me necato et filiam. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 13 M.]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 57 
 
 VI. 
 
 Vide mine meae in quern lacrumae guttatim cadunt. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. guttatim.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Quae tibi in concubio verecunde et modice moreni gerit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. modice = modeste.] 
 
 [Cp. Eur. Hec. 829 : 
 
 *H twv iv evvrj (piXrarwy danarr fxarwv 
 \aptv riv' 'i£u Ttais ipr), Kti.vr}% 6' iyu ;] 
 
 1PHIGENIA. 
 
 Agamemnon, in his tent, asks his old servant 'What of the 
 night ?' (I) [Cp. Eur. I. A. 6]. Instead of the Euripidean Chorus 
 of maidens we have a Chorus of Achaean soldiers, fretting at the 
 long delay (II). Then follows the altercation between Agamemnon 
 and Menelaus : the former condemning the flight of Helen, and 
 deprecating the sacrifice of Iphigenia (III, IV). [Cp. Eur. I. A. 
 328 foil.]. Agamemnon, realising that the sacrifice must proceed, 
 laments the hard law that forbids kings to weep (V). [Cp. Eur. I. 
 A. 446]. Achilles sneers at the pretended prescience of Calchas 
 (VI) [I. A. 956.] Iphigenia accepts her death, and surrenders 
 herself for her country's weal (VII) [7. A. 1375 foil.]. 
 
 I. 
 
 Agam. Quid noctis videtur in altisono 
 
 caeli clipeo ? 
 Senex. superat temo 1 
 
 stellas cogens etiam atque etiam 
 
 noctis sublime iter. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 73 M.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet 
 quam cum quis negotiosod utitur negotio. 
 
 1 temo, sc. the constellation of the 5/ja£a, or septentrio.
 
 58 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 nam cui quod agat institutumst, nullo quasi negotio 
 id agit, id studet, ibi nientem atque animum delectat 
 
 suum. 
 utioso in otio aninius nescit quid velit. 
 hoc idem hie est : enim neque domi nunc nos nee 
 
 militiae sumus : 
 imus hue, hinc illuc : cum illuc ventumst, ire illi'nc luhet : 
 incerte errat animus, praeter propter vitam vivitur. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 19. 10. praeterpropter = ' outside.'] 
 
 III. 
 Agam. Quis homo te exsuperavit usquam gentium 
 
 impudentia ? 
 Menel. Quis ted autem malitia ? 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 4. 36.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Agam. Egone plectar, tu delinques : tii pecces, ego 
 arguar ? 
 pro malefactis Helena redeat, vfrgo pereat innocens ? 
 tiia reconcilietur uxor, mea necetur fi'lia ? 
 
 [Rufinian, De Fig. Sent] 
 
 V. 
 
 Plebes in hoc regi antistat: large licet 
 
 lacrumare plebi, regi honeste non licet. 
 
 [Hieronym. Epitaph. Nepot.~] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Astrologorum si'gna in caelo quaesit, observat Iovis 
 
 cum capra aut nepa l aiit exoritur lumen aliquod beluae. 
 
 quod est ante pedes noenu spectant : caeli scrutantur 
 
 plagas. 
 
 [Cic. Be Rep. 1. 18.] 
 
 1 nepa, the constellation of the Scorpion.
 
 Q. ENN1US. 59 
 
 VII. 
 
 Acherontem obibo, ubi mortis thesauri obiacent, 
 ut hostium eliciatur sanguis sanguine. 
 
 [Fest. Be Praep. ob. : Cic. Tusc. Disj). i. 48.] 
 
 MEDEA EXUL. 
 
 Cicero (De Fin. 1. 2. 4) quotes the Medea of Ennius as among 
 those ' fabellas Latinas ad verbum e Graecis expressas.' This is 
 certainly overstated. 
 
 I. 
 
 Nutrix. Utinam ne in nemore Pelio seciiribus 
 caesa accidisset abiegna ad terrain trabes, 
 neve hide navis incphandae exordium 
 eoepisset, quae nunc nominatur nomine 
 Argo, quia Argivi in ea delecti viri 
 vecti petebant pellem inauratam arietis 
 Colchis, imperio regis Peliae, per dolum. 
 Nam numquam era errans mea domo ecferret pedem 
 Medea, animo aegra, amore saevo saucia. 
 
 [Cic. Be Inv. 1. 49, etc.] 
 [Cp. Eur. Med. 1-7 : 
 
 E'16' uitpeX.' 'Apyovs fir) StaTrrdaOai cncatpos 
 Ko\x a " / * s alav Kvaveas Sv/XTrXriyaSas, 
 ftTjb' iv vanaiffi XlrjXiov wtffeiv ttotc 
 TfMTjOtiaa nevKT], pLT]5' epfrpuirrai X e P as 
 dvb"pwv dpMJTewv, o\ to irayxpvaov 5epos 
 TleXia ixtTTfXOov ov yap dv S(0iroiv' i/xr) 
 M7j5eia irvpyovs yrjs (n\(vo~' 'IaiA/aay, 
 UpaiTi Ovjxuv tKTrXayuo' 'latroi'oy.] 
 
 II. 
 
 (The next passage does not express the meaning of the corres- 
 ponding words in Euripides. There. Medea excuses herself to the 
 Corinthian dames for coming forth from her house ; here Ennius
 
 60 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 seems to represent the Corinthians as taunting Medea with her 
 exile from her country, while she defends herself.) 
 
 Quae Corinthi arcem altam habetis, matronae opulentae 
 
 optimates ! 
 
 multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, 
 
 multi, qui domi aetatem agerent, propterea sunt in- 
 
 probati. 
 
 [Cic. Ad Fam. 7. 6.] 
 [Cp. Eur. Med. 214 foil. : 
 
 KopivOiat yvvaives, f£f)\6ov 86fj.a>v, 
 fxi) fio'i ri LitpxprjoB'' olSa yap voWoiis flporwv 
 otfxvovs ytyanas, tovs fj.iv oLiLidTwv diro, 
 Toiis 8' iv Ovpaiois' oi o' d(p' i)avx ov noSos 
 fivotcKtiav (KTr/cavTO teal pq9vLuav.~\ 
 
 III. 
 
 (From the same passage : Medea contrasts the life of a man with 
 that of a wife and mother.) 
 
 . . . nam ter sub armis malim vitam cernere 
 
 quam semel modo parere. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 6. 81.] 
 
 [Cp. Eur. Med. 250 foil. : 
 
 'fly rph av imp' aomtia 
 orfjvat 6(\oifi' av LtdWov rj rtKtiv drra^.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 (Creon bids Medea depart, granting her a respite of one day. 
 She sneers at his simplicity : this one day is enough for her 
 revenge.) 
 
 Nequaquam istuc istac ibit : magna adest certatio. 
 nam ut ego illi supplicarem tanta blandiloquentia — 
 
 [Cp. Eur. Med. 365 foil. : 
 
 'AW' ovri ravrri ravra, lit) 8oK(ire irai. 
 ?t' eta' dywi'fs . . . 
 SoKtis yap av pie rdvSe Ounevaa'i irore, 
 el lit) ti KepSaivovaav fj TexvaiLievrjv >]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 6 1 
 
 V. 
 
 (From the same passage.) 
 tile traversa mente mi hodie tradidit repagula, 
 quibus ego iram omnem recludam atque illi perniciem 
 
 dabo, 
 mibi maerores, illi luctum, exitium illi, exiliiim mihi. 
 
 [Cic. Be Nat. Deor. 3. 25.] 
 [Cp. Eur. Med. 371 foil. : 
 
 'O 8' «s ToaovTov /xcupias dcpiKero 
 ui(JT, i£ui> a\nw rdfi eAeff fiovKevnara 
 yfjs (K0a\6vTi, ttjv5' ((pfj/cev -quipav 
 fifivai /*', (V fj rpeis tcDc iyuuv i\6pwv veicpovs 
 
 6t)(TW 
 
 irtKpovs 5' eyuj o<piv ital \vypoiis O-qaw yapovs, 
 micpbv Be kt)5os ical (pvyas tfias x^ ov ^-\ 
 
 VI. 
 
 (The Chorus appeal to the Sun-god to stay the hand of Medea.) 
 Iiippiter tuque adeo summe Sol, qui res omnes spicis 
 quique maria terram caelum contines tuo liimine, 
 inspice hoc facimis ! prius quam fiat, prohibesseis 
 scelus. 
 
 [Probus in Verg. Eel. 6. 31.] 
 [Cp. Eur. Med. 1251 foil. : 
 
 'lw Td re ical Trafi(pafjS 
 dierh 'AeAiov, KariSer' i5(re rdv 
 bXofiivav yvvaiKa, irplv tyoiviav 
 riicvois irpocr0a\(iv \ift' o.vtokt6vov.~\ 
 
 PHOENIX. 
 
 Phoenix was falsely accused of incontinence by Phthia, the con- 
 cubine of his father Amyntor, who in his anger puts his son's eyes 
 out. Phoenix flies to the court of Peleus, where he recovers his 
 sight through the skill of Chiron, and is made king of the Dolopes. 
 He seems to rebuke the nurse, who tempts him by the revelation 
 of her mistress's passion (I, II) ; and he confronts his angry 
 father, and proclaims his own innocence (III).
 
 62 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 I. 
 
 . . . stultust qui cupita cupiens cupienter cupit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cupienter.] 
 
 II. 
 
 \ 
 Plus miser sim, si scelestum faxim quod dicam fore. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. faxim.] 
 III. 
 
 Sed virum virtute vera vfvere animatum addecet 
 fortiterque innoxium adstare adversum adversarios. 
 ea libertas est qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat ; 
 aliae res obn6xiosae 1 nocte in obscura latent. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 6. 17.] 
 
 TELAMO. 
 
 Texamon receives with fortitude the (false) tidings of the death 
 of both his sons (I) ; he resents the indifference of the gods, and 
 sneers at the pretensions of priests and seers (II). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ego cum genui turn morituros scfvi et ei re sustuli. 
 praeterea ad Troiam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, 
 scibam me in mortiferum bellum non in epulas mittere. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 3. 13.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Ego deum genus esse semper dixi et dicam caelitum, 
 sed eos non curare opinor quid agat humanum genus ; 
 nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis ; quod nunc 
 abest. 
 
 Sed superstitiosi vates inpudentesque arioli, 
 
 1 obnoxiosae, l in the thraldom of passion.'
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 63 
 
 aiit inertes aiit insani aut quibus egestas impend, 
 qui sibi semitam non sapiunt alteri monstrant viain, 
 quibus divitias pollicentur ab eis drachumam ipsi petunt. 
 de his divitiis sibi deducant drachumam, reddant cetera. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. I. 58 ; 2. 50.] 
 
 THYESTES. 
 
 Thyestes, in his old age, returns home, trusting to an oracle of 
 Apollo (I) ; and seeking reconciliation with his brother. But 
 Atreus treacherously sets before him the flesh of his own children 
 to eat ; and when Thyestes realises what he has done, he denounces 
 himself as a moral leper (II), and calls down terrible curses on 
 Atreus (III). 
 
 I. 
 
 Set me Apollo ipsus delectat atque ductat Delphicus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. i\ delectare.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Nolite, h6spites, ad me adire ! ilico istim, 
 ne contagio mea bonis umbrave obsit ! 
 meo tanta vis sceleris in corpore haeret. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Lisp. 3. 12.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Ipse summis saxis fixus asperis, eviscei\atus, 
 
 latere pendens, saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine 
 
 atro, 
 neque sepulchrum quod recipiat habeat, portum corporis, 
 ubi remissa humana vita corpus requiescat malis ! 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 44.]
 
 G'4 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 SATURAE. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 i. Nunquam poetor nisi sim podager. 
 
 [Prisc. 29.] 
 
 2. Malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. convivare.] 
 
 Book II. 
 
 Restitant, occursant, obstant, obstringillant, obagitant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. obstringillare.] 
 
 Book III, sive Scipio. 
 {The poet sounds his ou'n welcome.) 
 Ennf poeta salve qui mortalibus 
 versus propinas flammeos mediillitus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. propinare.] 
 
 (The terror of Scipio's name.) 
 
 Africa terribili tremit horrida terra tumultu. 
 
 [Cic. De Or at. 3. 42. J 
 
 (Voyage of Scipio to Africa, through calm seas [Livy 28. 17].) 
 . . . mundus caeli vastus constitit silentio, 
 et Neptunus saevus undis asperis pausam dedit ; 
 Sol equis iter repressit ungulis volantibus, 
 constitere amnes perennes, arbores vento vacant. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 26.]
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 65 
 
 {After the battle of Zama.) 
 
 Testes sunt campi magni . . . 
 
 lati campi, quos gerit Africa terra politos. 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 3. 42. 167 : Nonius, s.v. polition«s. ] 
 
 (Scipio's high services to Rome.) 
 
 Desine Roma tuos hostes horrere superbos : 
 namque tibi monimenta mei peperere labores. 
 
 [Cic. De Orat. 3. 42 ; Be Fin. 2. 32.] 
 
 (His contempt of the slanders brought againA hint.) 
 
 Meum non est, ac si me canis memorderit. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 6. 9. i.J 
 
 Nam is non bene volt tibi, qui me falso criminat 
 
 apiid te. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. criminat.] 
 
 AMBRACIA. 
 
 (Exploits of AT. Fulvius Nobilior ; depression of Anfiocluis.) 
 
 Per gentes Asiae cluebat omnium miserrimus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cluet.J 
 
 (After the taking of Ambracia.) 
 . . . agros 
 audaces populant servi domini dominorum. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. populat.] 
 
 EPICHARMUS. 
 
 {Enniue dreams that the philosopher Epicharmus appears to him in (he 
 world of shades, and expounds his system of physics.) 
 
 I. 
 
 Nam videbar somniare me lecto esse mortuum. 
 
 [Cic. Acad. l'r. 2. 16. 53.] 
 F
 
 66 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 II. 
 
 Animus cernit, animus audit, reliqua caeca et surda sunt \ 
 
 [Tertull. Be An. 18.] 
 1 v6os Spfj /cat vdos aicovec raWa icajcpa kcli rvcpXa. 
 
 Epicharmus ap. Plut. Mor. 98 B. 
 
 III. 
 
 agilis hie 
 
 est de sole sumptus ignis isque totus mentis est. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 5. 59.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Istic est is Iupiter quern di'co, quern Graecf vocant 
 
 aerem : qui ventus est et nubes, imber postea 
 
 atque ex imbre fri'gus, tenuis post fit aer denuo, 
 
 haece propter Iupiter sunt ista, quae dico tibi, 
 
 quando mortalis atque urbes beluasque omnes iuvant. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 5. 65.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Sole Luna luce lucet alba leni lactea. 
 
 [Martian. Cap. p. 170.] 
 
 HEDYPHAGETICA (after Archestratus). 
 
 {When the Punic Wars brought wealth and Greek civilisation to 
 Home, gastronomy became a science, and plain old-fashioned dinners 
 were despised.) 
 
 Omnibus ut Clipeae praestat mustela marina, 
 
 mures sunt Aeni, spissa ostrea plurima Abydi ; 
 
 Mytilenaest pecten charadrusque apud Ambraciai 
 
 1. 1. The passage is a free rendering from Archestratus, quoted 
 
 by Athenaeus, Deipn. 3. 92 d. 
 
 Toii? (j.vs AtVos lx €£ /xeya\ovs, darptia S" 'APvSos, 
 tovs apicTovs Tlctpiov, roiis Se wreVas 17 MvtiKtjvt], 
 TrXdcTTOvs 5' 'AftPpaKia -rrapex* 1 • • • 
 This fragment suggests a lacuna in the Latin after Abydi. The 
 
 mus is a sort of sea-crayfish. 1. 3. pecten = ' scallop ' ; charadrus ? ; 
 
 elops or helops is, perhaps, the ' sturgeon.'
 
 Q. ENNIUS. 67 
 
 finis. Brundisio sargust, hunc, magnus erit si, 
 sunie tibi : apriclum scito primum esse Tarenti ; 
 Surrenti fac emas elopem, glaucum prope Cumas. 
 quid scarus? praeterii cerebrum Iovis paene supreini. 
 Nestoris ad patriam liic capitur magnusque bonusque. 
 
 [Apcx. De Magiu, 39.] 
 
 EPIGRAMMATA. 
 
 The first of these Epigrammata purports to be written by the 
 poet as his own epitaph. The second and third refer to Scipio 
 Africanus. 
 
 I. 
 
 Nemo me lacrumis decoret nee funera fletu 
 faxit. cur? volito vivus per ora virum. 
 
 [Cio. Tusc. Disp. 1. 15. 34.] 
 II. 
 De Africano. 
 Hie est ille situs cui nemo civis neque hostis 
 
 quivit pro factis reddere o])is pretium. 
 
 [Cic. De Legg. 2. 22. 57.] 
 
 III. 
 
 V 
 
 A sole exoriente supra Maeotis paludes 
 
 nemost qui factis aequiperare queat. 
 si fas endo plagas caelestum ascendere cuiquamst, 
 
 mi soli caeli maxima porta patet. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 5. 17. 49.] 
 
 F 2
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 
 
 (22O-I32 A. C.) 
 
 TEAGOJEDIAE. 
 
 ANTIOPA. 
 
 Antiopa, daughter of the Boeotian King Nycteus, being with 
 child by Jupiter (I), is driven from her home by her father's 
 threats (II). She finds refuge with Epopeus, King of Sicyon, 
 who marries her. Nycteus on his death-bed commits the duty 
 of punishing Antiopa to his brother Lycus, who slays Epopeus 
 and carries Antiopa into captivity. On her way she bare two sons, 
 whom she is forced to leave exposed on Mount Cithaeron. A 
 herdsman finds them, and brings them up, giving them the names 
 of Amphion and Zethus, the former devoting himself to music and 
 philosophy, the latter to the rough life of herdsman and hunter 
 ( III). Antiopa, being cruelly treated in her captivity by Lycus' 
 wife, Dirce, finds means of escape. She comes to the young men's 
 homestead, and tells them the piteous story of her sufferings 
 (IV, V, VI). Amphion is touched by the sight of her misery (VII, 
 inc. fab. VI, Ribb.) ; but Zethus, thinking her to be a runaway 
 slave, and hating all womankind (VIII, inc. fab. LIV, Ribb.), 
 would not receive her. Meanwhile, a festival in honour of Bacchus 
 is celebrated, and Dirce, accompanied by her train of Maenads 
 with flying hair (IX), comes to the place where Antiopa is seeking 
 refuge. The young men bid them depart (X\ but Dirce claims the 
 surrender of her captive, and is about to slay her (XI, inc. fab. 
 IV, Ribb). But the herdsman having revealed to the brothers 
 that Antiopa is their mother, she joyfully greets them, and they 
 set her free (XII). Dirce is then tied by her hair to a wild bull 
 and dragged about till she is torn to pieces. Lycus would also have 
 been slain, but Hermes saves his life and bids him hand over his 
 kingdom to Amphion.
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 69 
 
 The highly-wrought description of Antiopa's sorrows is ridiculed 
 by Persius (1. 77) : ' Sunt quos Pacuviusque et verrucosa moretur 
 Antiopa aerumnis cor luctificabile fulta,' which last words may he 
 actually borrowed from Pacuvius. A strong point of interest in 
 the play is the contrast between the blunt, practical Zethus and 
 the artistic, contemplative Amphion. This is alluded to in Horace 
 (Ep. 1. 18. 39 foil.), and is worked out elaborately in the Antiope 
 of Euripides. Zethus is characteristic of the old Greek burgher, 
 hating philosophy (XIII, inc. fab. II, Ribb.) ; Amphion is the 
 Greek ' sophist.' We find him dealing with the necessity of change 
 and alternation in nature (XIV), and propounding a perplexing 
 riddle in involved language about his ' tortoisedyre,' which Hermes 
 gave him v XVj. 
 
 I. 
 
 Iovis ex Antiopa N/ctei nati [duo], 
 
 [Prob. in Verg. Ed. 2. 25.] 
 II. 
 
 Minitabiliterque increpare dictis saevis incipit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. 11. minitabiliter.] 
 III. 
 Tu cornifrontes pascere armentas soles. 
 
 [Sekv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 540.] 
 IV. 
 illuvie corporis 
 et coma prolixa irnpexa conglomerata atque horrida. 
 
 [Schol. ad Pcrs. 1. 77.] 
 V. 
 . . . perdita inluvie atque insomnia. 
 
 [Ciiaris. i. 78 P, insomnia, sing.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Frendere noctes misera quas perpessa sum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. frendere = gemere.] 
 
 VII. 
 Miseret me, lacrimis lingua debiliter stupet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. debiliter.]
 
 70 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Haud facile femina una invenietur bona. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. facul (?).] 
 
 IX. 
 
 cervicum 
 
 floros dispendite crfnes. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Am. 12. 605, floros = flavos.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Nonne hfnc vos propere a stabulis amolimini ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. amolimini = recedite.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Agite, rapite, volvite, ferte coma, 
 
 tractate per aspera saxa et humum, 
 
 scindite vestem ocius. 
 
 [Mar. Victoria, p. 2522 P.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Salvete gemini, mea propages sanguinis ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. propages.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Odi ego homines ignava opera et philosopha sententia. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 13. 8.] 
 
 XIY. 
 
 Sol si perpetuo siet, 
 flammeo vapore torrens terrae fetum exiisserit : 
 nocti n i interven iat, fructus per pruinam obriguerint. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 6. 6. M.] 
 
 XV. 
 
 Amphio. Quadrupes tardigrada agrestis humilis aspera, 
 brevi capite, cervice anguina, aspectu truci,
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 71 
 
 eviseerata ' inanima cum animali sono. 
 Astici. Ita saeptuosa dictione abs te datur, 
 quod coniectura sajjiens aegre contuit : 
 non intellegimus, nisi si aperte dixeris. 
 Amphio. Testudo. 
 
 [Cic. Be Biv. 2. 64.] 
 
 ARMORTJM IUDICIUM. 
 
 The play opens with the funeral games at the pyre of Achilles, 
 and the announcement by Agamemnon that the Arms of Achilles 
 will be the prize for the best warrior (I, II). The competition is 
 open to all who desire to contend (III) ; but Ajax, who considers 
 his own claims to be paramount, protests against this method of 
 decision (IV), and refuses to be pitted against Ulysses [cp. Ov. 
 Metam. 13. 5 foil, and 16 foil.]. He takes his stand on his signal 
 services to the Greek army (V) ; contemptuously comparing the 
 record of Ulysses with his own (VI). Agamemnon refers the dif- 
 ficulty to Nestor (VII) ; who advises that the question be committed 
 to the Trojan prisoners, who are bound by an oath to confess 
 which of the heroes had inflicted most suffering on the Trojans 
 (VIII). Agamemnon accepts his counsel (IX). In X and XI we 
 find an allusion to the greatness of Ajax before the evil spirit came 
 upon him : but Ulysses sneers at the misplaced wrath of the un- 
 happy man, which is directed against his innocent rival, rather 
 than against the Trojan prisoners who gave the decision. To 
 the monologue of Ajax before his suicide may be referred that 
 bitter complaint of the ingratitude of the Atridae (XII), which 
 was in later times chanted at the funeral games after the assas- 
 sination of Caesar, ' ad miserationem et invidiam caedis eius ' 
 (Suet. lid. 84). 
 
 I. 
 
 . . . seque ad ludos iam inde abhinc exerceant. 
 
 [Chakis. 2. p. 175 P.] 
 
 1 eviseerata. So Hermes, in the process of making a tortoise into 
 a lyre, aliuv' e^eruprjatv dpeotcajoio x e ^ VT l s } so as to leave only the 
 shell. Hymn. Merc. 43.
 
 V 
 
 7 a FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 II. 
 
 Qui viget vescatur armis ut percipiat praemium. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vesci = uti.] 
 
 III. 
 
 . . . qui sese adfines esse ad causandiim-volunt, 
 de virtute is ego cernundi do potestatem omnibus. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. causari = causam dicere : cernere^diniicare,.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 An quis est qui te esse dignum quicum certetur putet ? 
 
 [Nonius, certetur pro certet.] 
 
 1 
 V. 
 
 ... si non est ingratum reapse quod feci bene. 
 
 [Festus, reapse = re ipsa.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 tuque te 
 
 desidere [in lecto residem], nos hie esse [in miseriis 
 
 maluisti.] 
 
 [Festus, reses = ignavus.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 . . . die quid faciam : quod me monerjs, effectiim dabo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. moneris = monueris.] ^ 
 
 VIII. — ^>^^ v 
 
 Proloqui non paenitebunt liberi ingrato ex loco. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. paenitebunt.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 . . . et aequum et rectum est quod tu postulas : 
 
 iurati cernant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cernere = iudicare.]
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 73 
 
 X. 
 
 Ciim recordor eius ferocem et torvam confidentiam 
 . . . feroci ingenio, torvus, praegrandi gradu . . . 
 
 [Festus, s. v. torvitas. Nonius, s. v. confidentia.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Nam canis, quando est percussa lapide, nun tain ilium 
 
 adpetit, 
 
 qui sese icit, quam ilium eumpse lapidem, qui ipsa iota 
 
 est, petit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. icit. | 
 
 qtTH~~ -Mh^ ^A^xm **~^y /tU»* xn - 
 
 . . . men servasse, ut essent qui me perderent ! 
 
 [Suet. Iul. 84.] 
 
 CHRYSES. 
 
 In this play the story of Iphigenia in Tauris is produced in a 
 novel form. Orestes, Pylades, and Iphigenia, who had carried off 
 the image of Diana from her temple, encounter a storm on their 
 voyage ; and when the calm weather returns (I), they land on a 
 promontory of the island Sminthe (II), and survey the spot (III). 
 To this moment we may refer the reflections introduced on the 
 instability of Fortune (IV [inc. fab. XIV, Ribb.]). Here they find 
 the younger Chryses, son of the unfortunate Chryseis of the Iliad, 
 serving as priest of Apollo. Thoas pursues the fugitives (V [inc. 
 fab. LXXIII, Ribb.]), who, on being discovered, implore the pro- 
 tection of Chryses and the inhabitants of the isle (VI) ; and 
 Orestes reveals to the citizens the terrible deed of bloodguiltiness 
 to which he has been driven by the importunities of his country- 
 men, and the command of the gods I.VII). But Thoas calls on the 
 priest to exact expiation for the theft of the sacred image ; yet 
 only the actual perpetrator of the sacrilege is to be put to death, 
 that is to say, Orestes. But which is Orestes? and which is 
 Pylades? Each of the friends generously claims the name (VIII 
 [inc. fab. XIII, Ribb.]\ and when Thoas is baffled, they urge him 
 to put them both to death. However, Thoas thinks he has found
 
 74 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 the real culprit, and congratulates himself on the discovery (IX). 
 When Chryses finds that Orestes and Iphigenia are the children of 
 Agamemnon, all the bitter memories of the past come back upon 
 him, and a deep desire for revenge (X). Orestes' fate seems sealed, 
 and Thoas contemptuously laughs at the prayer of his captives 
 (XI). At this moment of danger, Chryseis intervenes, reveals to 
 her son the secret of his birth, an$l turns away his. wrath (XII). 
 Chryses is her son, not by Apollo but by Agamemnon, and so 
 Orestes is his brother. The priest at once espouses the cause of the 
 fugitives, and delivers them from the hands of Thoas, who falls in 
 the fray. 
 
 Two famous passages (XIII, XIV), conceived in the spirit of the 
 Anaxagorean philosophy, have been generally referred to this 
 play, though it is difficult to harmonise them with the general 
 plot. If they are put into the mouth of Chryses, the sentiments 
 seem inconsistent with the position of a priest of the gods. Al- 
 though the references in Cicero and Nonius seem to be to the 
 'Chryses,' the striking similarity between these passages and a 
 fragment (836) from the ' Chrysippos ' of Euripides suggests that 
 the word ' Chryses ' is given in error for ' Chrysippos ' ; and indeed 
 the variants in the MSS. of Cicero point in the same direction. 
 
 I. 
 
 interea loci 
 flucti flaccisciint, silescunt venti, niollitur mare. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. flucti.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Idae promuntiirium quoius lingua in altum proicit. 
 
 [Aul. Cell. 4. 17.] 
 
 III. 
 
 incipio saxum temptans scanclere 
 vorticem, summusque in omnes partes prospeetum aiicupo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aucupo.] 
 
 rv. 
 
 Fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent 
 philosophi,
 
 M. pacuvius. 75 
 
 saxoque instare in globoso praedicant volubilei. 
 
 quia quo id saxum impiilerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam 
 
 autumant, 
 insanam autem esse aiunt quia atrox incerta instabilis- 
 
 que sit : 
 caecam, ob earn rem esse iterant quia nil cernat quo 
 
 sese adplicet : 
 brutam, quia dignum atque indignum nequeat internos- 
 
 cere. 
 
 sunt autem alii philosopbi, qui contra Fortunam negant 
 
 esse ullam, sed temeritate res regi omnis autumant. 
 
 id magis veri simile esse usus reapse experiunclo edocet : 
 
 velut Orestes modo fuit rex, factust mendiciis modo 
 
 naiifragio : nempe ergo id fluctu, baud forte fortuna 
 
 optigit. 
 
 [Ehet. Ad Herenn. 2. 23. 36.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Tela, famuli, tela tela propere ! sequitur me Tboas. 
 
 [Censorin. frag. c. 14, p. 95.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 adiutamini et defendite ! 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. adiutamini.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Cives, antiqui amici maiorum meum, 
 consilium socii, augiirium atque extum interpretes, 
 postqiuim prodigium horriferum, portentiim pavor . . . 
 
 [Cic. Orat. 46. 155.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 P. Ego sum Orestes. O. immo enim vero ego sum, 
 inquam, Orestes.
 
 j6 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 Uterque. . . ambo ergo igitur simul una enicarier 
 
 conaprecamur. 
 
 [Cic. De Fin. 5. 22 ; De Amic. 7. 24.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Inveni, opino, Orestes uter esset tamen. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. opino.] 
 X. 
 
 Sed cesso inimicitiam integrare? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. integrare. J 
 XI. 
 
 pro merenda gratia 
 simul cum videam Graios nil mediocriter 
 redamptruare opibiisque summis persequi . . . 
 
 [Festus, Nonius, s. v. redantruare. ] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Di monerint meliora atque amentiam averruncassint 
 
 tuam ! 
 [Nonius, s.v. monerint = monuerint. Varro, L. L. 7. 102 M.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 . . . nam isti qui linguam avium intellegunt %*!*, ***K~ 
 
 plusque ex alieno iecore sapiunt quam ex suo, <n<\t***"^ 
 
 magis audiendum quam aiiscultandum censeo. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. 1. 57. Nonius, s. v. auscultare est obsequi.] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 IHoc vide circum supraque quod complexu continet 
 
 ' terrain, 
 solisque exortu capessit candorem, occasii nigret, 
 id quod nostri caelum rnemorant Grai perhibent aethera :
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 77 
 
 quidquid est hoc, omnia animat format alit auget creat 
 sepelit recipitque in sese omnia, omniumque idem est 
 
 pater, 
 indidemque eadem aeque oriuntur de integro at'isio 
 
 eodem occidunt. 
 
 • • « • • n 
 
 mater est terra : ea parit corpus, animam aether adiugat. ' 
 [Varro, L. L. 5. 17 M. Nonius, s. v. adiugare.] 
 
 DULORESTES. 
 
 Orestes appears on the stage disguised as a slave (SoOAos), driving 
 his flock from Delphi to Mycenae (I"i. At the palace a marriage is 
 about to be celebrated (II, III) ; for the unnatural Clytemnestra 
 has determined to give her daughter Electra to Oeax, one of the 
 sons of Nauplius (IV , who drew the Greek fleet to its destruction 
 on the Euboean coast by false fire-signals (V). Such an alliance 
 with the avowed enemies of her country would prevent the 
 daughter of Agamemnon from succeeding in any scheme of 
 vengeance ! Aegisthus, the swaggering tyrant (VI), tries by threats 
 to force her into compliance (VII) ; but, revolting from the shame 
 which would attend such a union (VIII), she defies her mother's 
 authority. She is strengthened in her resolve by a conviction that 
 
 1 Cp. Eur. Nauck, Frag. Trag. p. 633 f. ed. 1889: 
 Tata fxeytari] ical Aius AWrjp, 
 6 p.\v avOpunrcvv aal Gtwv yeverwp, 
 Tj 5' vypopuKovs orayova? votiovs 
 ■napafit^apii'-q t'iktu Bvarovs, 
 TiKTti fit popav (piiXa. rt Orjpu/v 
 uOtv ovk afittcais 
 p.rjT7]p iravjwv vtvupiarai. 
 ~)(wpti 5' umaaj 
 
 Ta p.iv (K yatas tpvvr' Is yaiav, 
 ra 5' aw' aWtpiuv PXaaruvra yofrjs 
 fh ovpaviov TraXiv y\0e ttu\ov 
 OvqaKfi 8' ovfilv twv yiyvoptvojv, 
 fiiaKpivupfvov 5' dAAo irpos aAAov 
 pLOpij>rjV irtpav ant5tt£iv.
 
 78 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 her brother is not far off (IX), and having found him she decides 
 at once upon vengeance (X\ and conspires with him against 
 Aegisthus, though the task is a hard one (XI), as all the sons of 
 Nauplius rally to his aid. Aegisthus seems, in his perplexity, to 
 have consulted some oracle, and to have received a dubious answer 
 (XII) ; but Oeax interprets the reply, and announces its meaning 
 to be that Clytemnestra must have no chance of recognising 
 Orestes (XIII). Pylades begins the struggle by slaying some of the 
 defenders of Aegisthus, and, after a long civil strife between the 
 partisans of Clytemnestra and of Agamemnon, the guilty tyrant 
 and his adulterous consort are put to death. 
 
 I. 
 
 Delphos venum pecus egi, inde ad stabula haec itiner 
 
 contuli. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. itiner.] 
 
 . . . hymenaeum fremunt 
 aequales, aula resonit crepitu nnisico. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sonit pro sonat.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Gnatam despondit, nuptiis hanc dat diem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. diem masc. et/em.] 
 IV. 
 
 Pater Achivos in Capharei saxis pleros perdidit. 
 
 [Pkiscian, 5, p. 668 P, s. v. pleros.] 
 
 V. 
 
 nisi me calvitur suspicio 
 h6c est illud quod fore occulte Oeax praedixit . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. calvitur =frustratur. J 
 
 VI. 
 
 Amplus rubicundo colore et spectu protervo ferox. 
 
 [Festus, s. v. spectu sine praepos.]
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 79 
 
 VII. 
 
 Nam te in tenebriea sepe lacerabo fame 
 
 clausam, et fatigans artus torto distraham. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. torto pro tormento.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Si quis hac me oratione incilet, quid respondeam ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. incilare— increpare.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Aut hie est aut hie adfore actutum aiitumo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. autumare = sperare.] 
 
 Utinam nunc matrescam ingenio, ut meiim patrem 
 uleisci queam ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. matrescam = rnatri similis fiam.J 
 
 XI. 
 
 . . . extemplo Aegisthi fidem 
 
 nuncupantes conciebunt populum . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. conciere.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Nil coniectura quivi interpretarier 
 
 quorsiim flexidica voce se contenderet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. contendit = proripuit.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Responsa explanat : mandat ne matri fuat 
 
 , cognoscendi unquam aut contuendi copia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fuat = sit.]
 
 8o FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 HERMIONA. 
 
 A story of love and rivalry. Neoptolemus comes to Delphi to 
 consult the god as to the childlessness of his wife Hermione, who, 
 with Menelaus and the old Tyndareus, accompanies him (I). At 
 the same moment arrives Orestes with his friend Pylades to obtain 
 deliverance from the haunting Furies (II). Orestes seeks refuge 
 from them in the temple of Apollo, but they lay wait for him at 
 the entrance, and pounce upon him as he departs. Then he espies 
 Hermione, once his betrothed, but stolen from him by Neoptolemus 
 with the connivance of Menelaus. He cannot believe his eyes, 
 except he may touch her (III) ! He determines to claim her. 
 Hermione is torn between love and duty : she recalls the shadow 
 thrown on her life by the guilt of Helen, her mother (IV). In 
 vain she invokes Eloquence, 'the queen that sways all hearts,' 
 to find some convincing plea (V) : she dreads to think of the 
 calamity she may be bringing upon her family (VI). Orestes 
 declares that Hermione had been irrevocably given to him (VII). 
 The rivals assert their respective claims : Neoptolemus recounts his 
 own achievements and those of his sire Achilles (VIII, IX) : to 
 him alone the Greeks owe their return from Troy (X). He taunts 
 Tyndareus with his old age (XI) ; and his ill-judged haste in be- 
 trothing his grand-daughter in the absence of her father Menelaus 
 (XII). Orestes retorts that Neoptolemus had only married Her- 
 mione in the hope of succeeding to the throne of Sparta (XIII). 
 He has powerful advocates in the fanatical priests of Apollo, for 
 Neoptolemus had offended the god ; and, at the moment of his 
 expiatory sacrifice, they fling themselves upon him. Orestes 
 espouses the cause of the god ; Neoptolemus is slain, and Orestes, 
 in recompense, is purified from his bloodguiltiness. Hermione 
 returns to her old lover, and peace is made between Argos and 
 Delphi (XIV). 
 
 I. 
 
 quo tandem ipsa orbitas 
 
 grandaevitasque Pelei penuriam 
 
 stirpis subauxit. 
 
 [Nonits, s. v. grandaevitas.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Tristitia atque animi intoleranda anxitiidine. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. anxitudo.]
 
 M. P AC U VI US. 8 1 
 
 III. 
 
 ... at non cernam nisi tagam. 
 
 [Festus, s. v. tagam.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Cum neque me aspicere aequales dignarent meae. 
 
 [Diomed. i, p. 395 P, s.v. digno.] 
 
 V. 
 
 flexanima atque omnium regi'na rerum oratio ! 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 2. 14." 
 
 VI. 
 
 Quantamque ex diseorditate cladem importem familiae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. discord itas.j 
 
 VII. 
 Prius data est quam tibi dari dicta, aut quam reditumst 
 
 Pergamo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dicere=promittere.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Quod ego in acie celebra obiectans vitam bellando aptus 
 
 sum . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aptus = adept us.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Quid benefacta mef patris cuius opera te esse ultum 
 
 aiitumant '? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. autumo.j 
 
 X. 
 
 Nam solus Damn's hie domum itionem dedit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. domutionem "? .] 
 
 G
 
 8a FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 XL 
 Habet hoc senectus in se, cum pigra ipsa sit 
 spisse ut videantur omnia ei confieri. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. spissum=tarde.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Paucis absolvit ne moraret diutius. 
 
 [Diomed. r, p. 395 P, s. v. moro.] 
 
 XIII. 
 regni alieni cvipiditas 
 
 pellexit. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 6. 94 M, s. v. pellexit.] 
 
 XIV. 
 Concorditatem hospitio adiunctam perpetem 
 
 probitate conservetis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. concorditas.] 
 
 ILIONA. 
 
 Polydorus. youngest son of Priam and Hecuba, was entrusted to 
 the care of his sister Iliona, wife of Polymestor the king of the 
 treacherous (I) Thracians. She, however, brought him up at her 
 breast (II), as her own child, letting her husband believe that the 
 child which she had born him was really Polydorus. While the 
 two children were still young, Troy fell, and the Achaeans, desiring 
 to destroy the whole house of Priam, bribed Polymestor by a gift of 
 gold and the promise of the possession of Electra (III), to slay 
 Polydorus. Through Iliona's device it was Polymestor's own son 
 that was slain. The bloodstained ghost of the supposed Polydorus 
 rises from the waves, and appears to his sleeping mother, awaking 
 her with the piteous tale of his murder (IV). This is the scene 
 about which Horace (Sat. 2. 3. 60 foil.) tells the amusing story of 
 the drunken Fufius, who played the part of Hiona, sleeping 
 through the passionate appeal of Catienus, who represented the 
 murdered boy. Iliona cries to the poor ghost to stay and repeat 
 the story (V), and she sends her servants to search the shore for
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 83 
 
 the corpse (VI, VII, inc. fab. XXXI, Ribb.). Polydorus, who had 
 visited the oracle of Apollo, learns with surprise at the shrine that 
 his ancestral city had been burned, his father slain, and his 
 mother carried away captive. When he returns to Thrace he finds 
 that none of these disasters had occurred (VIII) ; but Iliona then 
 tells him the secret of his birth (IX, X ex inc. inc. fab. XLII, Ribb.), 
 and the brother and sister conspire against Polymestor, whom 
 they first blind, and then slay (XI, XII). Fuller tidings come of 
 the fall of Troy (XIII) ; of the fate of Hecuba, and of Cassandra, 
 once beloved by Apollo (XIV). Polydorus remains as the hope of 
 the royal house ; but the chance of his restitution to the kingdom 
 is slight indeed (XV) ! 
 
 I. 
 
 Sed hi cluentur hospitum infidissimi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cluet.] 
 II. 
 
 ab Ilio 
 
 depulsum mamma paedogogandiun accipit 
 
 repotialis Liber. * 
 
 [Festus, s. r. repotia.] 
 
 III. 
 
 blandam hortatricem adiugat 
 
 voluptatem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. adiugat.] 
 IV. 
 
 Mater, te appello, tu quae curam somno suspensam levas 
 neque te mei miseret, surge et sepeli natum [tuum] 
 
 prius quam ferae 
 volucresque . . . 
 
 neu reliquias quaeso mias sieris denudatis ossibus 
 per terram sanie delibutas foede divexarier. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 44.] 
 
 1 The ' festive draught ' seems to mean ' mother's milk.' This is 
 the conjecture of 0. Muller. Scaliger would read ' repotidli lacte.'' 
 
 G 2
 
 84 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 V. 
 Age asta : mane, audi : fteradum eadem istaec mihi. 
 
 [Cic. Acad. Pr. 2. 27.] 
 VI. 
 aut stagnorum umidorum rimarem Ioca. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. rimari.] 
 VII. 
 
 t 
 
 Omnes latebraS, subluta 1 mole [omnes] abstrusos sinus. 
 
 [Suet. Ap. Isidor. Be Nat. Rer. 44.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Quos ego ita ut volui offendo incolumis . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. offendo = invenio.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Ne porro te error qui nunc lactat maceret. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lactare = decipere.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Qua tempestate Helenam Paris inmiptis iunxit niiptiis, 
 ego turn gravida expletis iam fere ad pariendum men- 
 
 sibus, 
 per idem tempus Polydorum Hecuba partu postremo 
 
 parit. 
 
 [Cic. De Orat. 3. 58.] 
 XI. 
 
 Fac lit coepisti, hanc dperam mihi des perpetem : 
 
 oculos transaxim. 
 
 [Festus, perpetem pro perpetuo.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Occidisti, ut miilta paucis verba unose obnuntiem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. unose = simul.] 
 
 1 Subluta mole : ' where the cliff is washed by the sea.'
 
 M. P AC U VI US. 85 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Profecto aut inibi est aiit iam potiuntur Frugum 1 . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. inibi pro sic et mox. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Paelici superstitiosae ciim vecordi coniuge. 
 
 [Festus, vecors, mali cordis.] 
 
 XV. 
 
 Usi honore credo Achivi hunc sceptrum patientur poti ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. poti pro potiri.] 
 
 NIPTRA. 
 
 This play probably follows the lines of the NiVrpa ^ 'Otivaoevs 
 aaavOoTrKrj^ of Sophocles. Telegonus, son of Ulysses by Circe, having 
 been wrecked one dark night on the shore of Ithaca, enters un- 
 wittingly his father's house, where the old hero was resting after 
 his many years of wandering. As in the Odyssey, the old nurse 
 (I) bathes her master's feet {TH'mTpa. = foot-bath), and recognises 
 him by his winning address and his fair, soft skin (II, III . 
 He talks with her as if he had only just returned from Troy, and 
 not from that later wandering to the land of the Thesprotians, 
 whither, after the Slaying of the Suitors, he journeyed in accord- 
 ance with the command laid on him by Teiresias in the N«/ma. 
 He speaks of the rude boat he built (IV), and of his visit to the 
 Cyclops of Aetna (V, VI). Warned by an oracle that danger 
 awaited him at the hands of his son, Ulysses repels from Lis doors 
 this new intruder, who calls him ' father.' Telegonus resists ; and 
 in the fray which follows he wounds Ulysses with his spear, tipped 
 with the bone of a poisonous sea-fish. Ulysses is brought to the 
 stage on a litter (VII), tortured with pain from his wound. And 
 now the mystery is cleared up. The stranger is indeed his son, 
 and the fatal weapon has been put in his hand by the jealous Circe 
 (VIII). Ulysses recognises the fulfilment of the warning, and 
 resigns himself to death (IX). 
 
 1 Frugum -Thvygxxm.
 
 86 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 I. 
 
 Gedo tuum pedem mi, lyniphis flavis flavum ut pul- 
 
 verem 
 manibus isdem, quibus Ulixi saepe permulsi, abluam 
 lassitudinemque minuam manuum mollitiidine. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 2. 26.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Lenitudo orationis, mollitv^dp corporis. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 5. 16.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Pariter te esse erga flluni video, ut ilium ted erga scio. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pariter.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Nee villa subscus l cohibet compagem alvei, 
 sed siita limo et sparteis serilibus 2 . . . 
 
 [Festus, s. vv. subscudes : serilia.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Inde A6tnam montem advenio in scruposam specum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. specus,/em.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 aetate Integra 
 feroei ingenio, facie proterva virurn . . . 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 13. 30 (29). 3.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Ulixes. Pedetemptim ac sedato nisu, 
 ne siiccussu arripiat maior 
 dolor. 
 
 1 Subscus = ' tenon ' or ' dovetail.' 
 
 2 Serilia (sero-ui) = 'ropes/ made from sjyartum, a sort of broom.
 
 M. PACUVIUS. «S; 
 
 Chorus. Tu quoque, Ulixes, quamquam graviter 
 
 cerni'nius ictum, nimis paene animo es 
 
 molli, qui consuetus in armis 
 
 aevom agere . . . 
 Ulixes. Ketinete, tenete ! opprfmit ulcus : 
 
 nudate ! heu miserum me, excrucior ! 
 
 operite ; abscedite iam iam ! 
 
 mittite : nam attrectatu et quassu 
 
 saevom amplincatis dolorem. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 21.] 
 VIII. 
 Barbaricam pestem subinis nostris optulit 1 , 
 
 nova figura factam, commissam infabre. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. infabre — foede.] 
 IX. 
 Conqueri fortunam adversam non lamentari decet: ) 
 id viri est officium, fletus miiliebri ingenio additus. | 
 
 [Cic. I.e. supr.] 
 1 Subinis, see sup. p. 40. The word, which has various forms 
 'sybinis ' and ' sibunis ' is described (Fest. 336 M) as ' telum venabuli 
 simile.' 
 
 TEUCER. 
 
 The opening of the play sets before us the aged Telamon ex- 
 hausted by fruitless wanderings in search of tidings about Ajax 
 and Teucer (I), and the Salaminian matrons in mourning for 
 their lost sons (II). When Teucer appears on the scene without 
 his brother or the young Eurysaces, he is received by his father 
 with the most furious denunciation (III) : the effect of the words 
 being studiously heightened by the frequent recurrence of the 
 sibilant s (sigmatismus), and the homoeoteleuta. Teucer in his reply 
 describes the despatch of the fleet from Troy by the reluctant 
 Agamemnon (,1V, ex inc. inc. frag. XLVI, Ribb.). The ships set 
 sail : Teucer commands the Thessalian contingent, as well as his 
 own vessels (V). The voyage begins in the sunlight, among the 
 sporting dolphins (VI, VII, inc. tab. XLIV, XLV, Ribb.) : but at
 
 88 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 sundown the storm bursts on them (VIII, IX) ; and in the con- 
 fusion Eurysaces is lost to sight. Yet Telamon admits no excuse, 
 and refuses to listen to Teucer till his grandson is restored to him. 
 The old man is described as plunged in grief, and brooding on 
 Teucer's guilt (XI), who, however, is not wanting in friends to 
 speak for him (XII), and to be hopeful of a reconciliation (XIII). 
 But all is in vain ! How Teucer quits bis country to found a new 
 home in the Cyprian Salamis is told by Horace (Od. i. 7. 21 foil.) : 
 but the only reference to this among the fragments of Pacuvius 
 is the famous line, the original of which appears in Aristoph. 
 Pint. 1 151 varph ^ap ion iraa IV au irpaTiri tis tv (XIV, ex inc. inc. 
 fab. XLIX, Ribb.). 
 
 I. 
 
 Postquam defessus perrogitandod advenas 
 [fuit] de gnatis, neque quemquam invenit sciura . . . 
 
 [Priscian, 4. 634 P, s. v. scius.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Quae desiderio alumnum, paenitudine, 
 squale scabreque, inciilta vastitudine . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. paenitudinem.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Segregare abs te ausu's aut sine fllo Salaminam ingredi, 
 neque paternum aspectum es veritus, quom aetate exacta 
 
 ^^ indigem duJf^A *\ U*M^ j^ 
 
 liberum lacerasti orbasti exti'nxti, neque fratris necis iC^ 
 neque eiu^jiatijjaryi qui tibi in tutelam est traditus— T 9 * 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 2. 46.] ^ 
 
 iv. v^**^^ 
 
 . . . inter se strepere aperteque artem obterere extispi- v/VV ^u- 
 cum : ^^ 
 
 solvere imperat secundo rumore aversaque avi. 
 
 [Cic. Be Div. 1. 16.]
 
 M. PACUVIUS. 89 
 
 V. 
 
 mihi classem imperat 
 Thessalam nostramque in altum ut properiter dediicerem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. properiter = celeriter.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 t Nerei rejpandir^strjim inciirvicervicum pecus. 
 
 [Quintil. Inst. Orat. i. 5. 67.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Sic profectione laeti pfscium lasciviam 
 
 intuentur, nee tuendi capere satietas potest. 
 
 interea prope iam occidente sole inhorrescit mare, 
 
 tenebrae conduplicantur, noctisque et ninibum obcaecat 
 
 nigror, 
 
 flamma inter nubes eoruscat, caelum tonitru contremit, 
 
 grando mixta imbri largifico subita praecipitans cadit, 
 
 undique omnes venti erumpunt, saevi existunt turbines, 
 
 fervit aestu pelagus. 
 
 [Cic. De Biv. 1. 14.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Kapide retro citroque percito aestu praecipitem ratem 
 reciprocare, undaeque e gremiis subiectare adfligere . . . 
 
 [Festus, s. v. reciprocare.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 . . . armamentum stridor, flictus navium, 
 strepitus fremitus clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus. . . 
 
 [Serv. in Very. Am. 1. 87.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Haud sinam quidquam profari prius quam acccpso quod 
 
 peto. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. accepso = accipio.]
 
 90 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 XL 
 
 Profiisus gemitu, murmure ' occisti ' antruat. 
 
 [Festus, s. v. profusus.] 
 XII. 
 
 Nds ilium interea proliciendo propitiaturos facul 
 
 remur. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. facul = faciliter.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Nam Teucrum regi sapsa res restibiliet. 
 
 [Festus, s. v. sapsa = ipsa.] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 . . . patria est ubicunque est bene. 
 
 [Cio. Tusc. Disp. 5. 37.] 
 
 FABULA PRAETEXTA. 
 
 PAULUS. 
 
 The play deals with the exploits of the consul, L. Aemilius 
 Paulus, the conqueror of the Macedonian king Perseus at Pydna, 
 b. c. 168. Another notable character is introduced, the young 
 Scipio Nasica, who fought on the heights of Mount Olympus with 
 Milon, one of the generals of Perseus, and forced his way over the 
 dizzy pass (I). We see Paulus on the morning of the battle sacri- 
 ficing to Jupiter, from whom, through Ascanius, the gens Aemilia 
 traced its descent (II). We see the Koman and Macedonian 
 armies in the thick of the fight (III). An episode in the battle is 
 the exploit of young Marcus, son of the old Cato, who was Censor 
 in b. c. 184. Marcus lost his sword in the struggle, and fearing the
 
 M. P AC U VI US. 91 
 
 disgrace which would fall on his honoured father if his son was 
 found without a sword, ho prays to Jupiter for instant aid ,1V , 
 and after strenuous efforts recovers his lost weapon. 
 
 I. 
 
 Qua vix caprigeno generi gradilis gressio est. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat 6. 5. 14.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Pater supreme, nostra progenii patris. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 9. 14, progenii a progenies.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Nivi't sagittis, pliinibo et saxis grandinat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. nivit pro ninguit.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Nunc te obtestor, celere sancto siibveni censorio ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. celere pro celeriter.]
 
 CAECILIUS STATIUS. 
 
 (219-166 A.C.) 
 
 FABULAE PALLIATAE. 
 
 ASOTUS. 
 
 A young profligate tells the story, how he had surreptitiously- 
 introduced his mistress into his father's house (I). The father 
 seems to have announced to some friend his intention of cutting 
 oft 7 his son's allowance. ' Then he will borrow,' says the friend. 
 ' Let him, for aught I care ! ' replies the father (II). The 
 familiar character of the parasite is next introduced, as a regular 
 • barathrum macelli' (Hor. Ep. 1. 15. 31) (III). He has been kicked 
 out of the club of boon-companions (IV) ; and reproaches his 
 patron with his cruel indifference. 
 
 namque ego 
 duabus vigilifs transactis diico desubito dornum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. desubito.] 
 
 II. 
 
 £ Ad amicos curret mutuatum.' 'Mutuet 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mutuet.] 
 
 mea causa ! ' 
 
 III. 
 lam dudum depopulat macellum . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. populat. ]
 
 CAECILIUS STATIUS. 93 
 
 IV. 
 
 Meritfssimo hie me eiecit ex hac decuria. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. meritissimo.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Nihilne, nil tibi" esse quod edim ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. edim pro edam.] 
 
 HYMNIS. 
 
 An angry father purchased a Milesian slave-girl, and made 
 her over to one of his own friends, in order to ' block the pass 
 in the way of his son,' who is in love with her (I). The youth 
 evidently tries to stop the bargain that is being made with the 
 leno ; however, he is plainly told that to succeed in love one must be 
 supplied with ' the sinews of war ' (II). He seeks the advice of a 
 confidential slave, whose counsel to him is, not to attempt a 
 Quixotic combat, 'with a sword against a brass caldron' (III). 
 But the young man is not convinced : his motto is ' a short life and 
 a merry one.' Leave the old man to drag out his years ' drop by 
 drop ' to the very end ! (IV, V). 
 
 I. 
 
 habes 
 
 Miletidam : ego illam huic despondebo, et gnato saltum 
 
 obsipiam. 
 
 [Diomed. p. 387 P. s. v. obsipio = obsaepio.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Desi'ne blanditiae. 1 nugas blateras, nihil agit 
 
 in amore inermus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. blaterare.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Machaera quin licitari adversum ahenum coepisti sciens ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. licitari = pugnare.] 
 
 1 gen. sing., as ' desine querelarum' Hor. Od. 2. 9. 17.
 
 94 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 IV. 
 Mihi sex menses satis sunt vitae, septimum Oreo spondeo. 
 
 [Cic. Be Fin. 2. 7.] 
 V. 
 
 Sine suam senectutem ducat risque ad senium sorbilo. 
 
 [Festus, p. 339 M. s. v. senium.] 
 
 PLOCIUM. 
 
 A special interest attaches to this comedy, because Aul. Gellius 
 (2. 23) takes occasion, by comparing it with the original play 
 of Menander, to show the great inferiority of the Latin poet. 
 The title is obscure : some have suggested that it is the actual 
 name of the heroine ; others, with better reason, render it 'Ring- 
 let,' or ' Necklace ' — something, at any rate, which serves as a 
 material piece of evidence in the denouement of the play. The 
 plot is probably somewhat as follows : Two families live near 
 together on friendly terms. The head of one of these is an elderly 
 husband, smarting under the tyranny and jealous suspicion of his 
 ugly but richly-dowered wife, Crobyle, who has compelled him to 
 part with his dangerously attractive waiting-maid, and coarsely 
 boasts of her success. In the bitterness of his soul he tells the 
 story to his crony ; and they pass very uncomplimentary remarks 
 on the haughty and repulsive dame (I-III). Crobyle's son was 
 betrothed to a daughter of the other family ; and the marriage was 
 about to take place, when the startling news is brought that the 
 girl has given birth to a child. The marriage is hastily postponed 
 (IV) ; and we gather from the corresponding play of Menander 
 that Crobyle urges her son to forget his old love, and to marry a 
 rich relation. But the unfortunate girl, who has been repudiated, 
 has a faithful friend in her slave Parmeno. He gains the con- 
 fidence of the young man, and they discuss various views of life — 
 how it is money which covers ' the multitude of sins ' (V) ; how 
 old age brings with it many things one would rather not see (VI) ; 
 how one must make the best of bad bargains (VII, VIII). Then 
 Parmeno begins to calculate back the months before the birth of 
 this child ; and he reminds the young man of a certain night, 
 when he had been in the company of a fair young stranger, whom
 
 CAECILIUS STATIUS. 95 
 
 he had not recognised (IX-XI). And we may suppose that the 
 ' Necklace ' somehow turns out to be the proof of his own father- 
 hood of the child, whose birth seemed to have ruined his hopes. 
 Evidently all difficulties were surmounted, and Parmeno gained 
 his freedom for his success (XII). 
 
 I. 
 
 ... Is demum miser est qui suam aerumnam nequit 
 occultare foris : ita uxor mea forma et facti's facit, 
 etsi taceam, tamen indicium meae quae, nisi dotem, 
 
 omnia 
 quae nolis habet. qui sapit de me di'scet, 
 qui quasi ad hostis captus liber servio salva urbe atque 
 
 arce. 
 dum eius mortem inhio, egomet inter vivos vivo mortuus. 
 quae mihi quidquid placet eo privatum it me ser- 
 
 vatam velim ? 
 ea me clam se cum mea ancilla ait consuetum. id me 
 
 arguit : 
 ita plorando orando instando atque obiurgando me 6p- 
 
 tudit, 
 earn uti venclerem. nunc credo inter suas 
 aequalis, cognatas, sermonem serit : 
 ' quis vostrarum fuit Integra aetatula 
 quae hoc idem a viro 
 impetrarit suo, qiiod ego anus modo 
 effeci, paelice tit meum privarem virum ? ' 
 haec erunt concilia hocedie : differor sermone misere. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 II. 
 
 ' Sed tua morosane uxor quaeso est ? ' ' Quam, rogas ? ' 
 ' Qui tandem '? ' ' Taedet mentionis, quae mihi
 
 96 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 ubi domum adveni ac sedi, extemplo savium 
 dat iehma anima. ' ' Nil peccat de savio : 
 ut devomas volt quod foris potaveris.' 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 III. 
 
 Placere occepit graviter postquam emortuast ! 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. graviter = multum.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Abi intro atque istaec aufer. si tamen hodie extoll.it 
 
 nuptias. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. extollere = differre.] 
 
 V. 
 
 ... is demum mfortunatust homo, 
 pauper qui educit in egestatem liberos : 
 cui fortuna et res niida est, continuo patet. 
 nam opulento famam facile occultat factio. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Edepol, senectus, si nil quicquam aliud viti 
 adportes tecum, cum advenis, unum id sat est, 
 quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt videt. 
 
 [Cic. Cat, Mai. 8. 25.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Potire quod dant, quando optata non danunt. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. danunt = dant.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Vivas ut possis, quando non quis lit velis. 
 
 [Donat. in Ter. Andr. 4. 5. 10.]
 
 C A EC I LI US ST AT I US. 97 
 
 IX. 
 
 ' Soletne mulier decimo mense parere ? ' ' pol 110116 
 quoque, 
 
 etiam septimo atque octavo.' 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 3. 16.] 
 
 Pudebat credo commemoramentiim stupri. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. commemorameiitiim.] 
 
 XL 
 
 Properatim in tenebris istuc confectum est opus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. properatim.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 ' Liberne es?' ' non sum, verum inibi est . . .'* 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. inibi = mox.] 
 
 The comments made by Gell ins (2. 231 are as follows: ' Caecili 
 Plocium legebamus; haudquaquam mihi et qui aderant displicebat. 
 Libit urns t Mcnandri quoque Plocium legere, a quo istam comoediam 
 verterat. Sed enim postquam in minus Menander venit, a principio 
 slatim, di boni, quantum stupere atque frigere quantumque mutare a 
 Menandro visus est! Diomedis hercle anna et Glauci non dispari 
 magis pretio exhtimata sunt. Accesserat dehinc lectio ad eum locum 
 in, quo maritus seuex super uxore dioite atque dejormi querebatur, 
 quod ancillam suam, non inscito puellam ministerio et facie hunt 
 inliberali, coactus erat venundare, suspectanl uxori quasi pelicem. 
 Nihil dicam ego quantum differed : versus utrimque eximi iussi et aliia 
 ad indicium faciundum exponi. Menander sic : 
 
 in' a.jX(poTfpa vvv fj 'mn\r]pos fj KaX-fj 
 fiiKKu KaOivfirjotiv. KardpyaffTai (J-tya 
 ical vepi/3ijT)Tov tpyov (K rfjs olulas 
 i£{0akt rfjv Kvirovoav fjV t[3ovk(To, 
 tv a-nojSXtTTCuot iravris eis to Kpou(3v\T)s 
 irpoacoirov, rj t' tvyvoiaros ova' tfj.rj yvvrj 
 
 OtOTTOlVa, KOI TTjV olplV fjV (KTTjCraTO' 
 
 H
 
 98 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 uvos tv iri6r)Kois tori 877 to \eyoptvov. 
 rovro ol aianrav @ov\opiai tt)V vvKra ttjv 
 
 TTOWUIV KO.KWV apX^ydv. o'l'fXfll KpU0v\r/V 
 
 \a@iiv tp iKKaiTitKaraXavrov, w 6toi, 
 yvvaiov ovcsav ifq\(03i' fir' earl To 
 (ppvaypd vois iiiroaTcnov ; pa tov Am 
 tov 'OKvpmov Kal ttjv 'AOrjvdv, ovSapws, 
 TratStaicdpiov OepanevTiKov be ical Auyov 
 
 TOL\lOV. 
 
 [Then follows the quotation from Caecilius I) ' is demum miser 
 . . . misere ' : after which Gellius proceeds] ' Praeler venustatem 
 autem rerum atque verborum, in daobus libris nequaquam parent, in 
 hoc eqnidem soJco animum attender.e, quod quae Menander praeclare el 
 apposite et facet e scripsit, ea Caecilius ne qua potuit quidem conatus est 
 enarrare, sed quasi minime probanda praetermisit et alia nescio quae 
 ii/imica inculcarit ; et Mud Menandri de vita hominum media sump- 
 turn, simplex et verum et delectabile, nescio quo pacto omisit. Idem 
 enim Hie maritus senex cum altera sene ricino colloquens et uxoris 
 locupletis superbiam deprecans haec ait, 
 
 (\<n 8' (ir'iK\r]pov Adpiav ovk e'ip-rjKa ffot 
 tovt ; dr' dp' oi>xi ; nvptav tt)% o'tKtas 
 nal twv dypaiv Kal rwv irarpwaiv dvriKpvs 
 
 tXoptv, " ArroWov, ws x a ^ i7T <* 11 ' X a ^ €7^ ''' Ta7C, '• 
 avaai b" dpya\ta 'driv, ovk epol pdvw, 
 villi, TtoXv pdWov OvyaTpi. 
 
 trpayp.' dpaxov \tyus. 
 
 Caecilius vero hoc in loco ridiculus magis qitam personae isti quam 
 tractabat aptusatqut conveniens videri maluit. Sic enim haec corrupiC : 
 [Then follows frag. II ' Sed tua morosane . . . potaveris '] ' Quid de 
 illo quoque loco in utraque comoedia posito existimari debcat mani- 
 festum est, cuius loci haec ferine sententia : ftlia hominis pauperis in 
 pervigilio vitiata est. Ea res clam patrem fuit, et habelatur pro 
 virgine. Ex eo ritio gravida mensibus ejoctis paiturit. Serous bonae 
 frugi cum pro for ib us domus staret et propinquare partum erilifiliue 
 atque omiiino vitium esse oblaium ignoraret, gemitum et ploratum 
 audit puellae in puerpcrio enitentis : timet, irascitur, suspicatur, 
 miseretur, dolet. Hi omnes motus eius affectionisque animi in Graeca 
 quidem comoedia mirabiliter acres et illustres, apud Caecilium autem, 
 pigra istaec omnia et a rerum dignitate atque gratia vucua sunt. Post
 
 CAECILIUS STATIUS. 99 
 
 vbi idem servus percontando quod acciderat repperit, has aput Menan- 
 drum versus facit : 
 
 di TptOKaKoSaipajf, ootis wv Wei'?;? yapiei 
 
 Kai TraiSonoitffl . ws dXoyiaTos tor' avqp. 
 
 os fX7]Te (pvXaKfiv rwv dvayicaiwv <X 6 ') 
 
 (itjt' av drv\rjaas eis tcl xoiva tov 0iov 
 
 twapupMadat rovro Swarat xp-qpaaiv, 
 
 a\\' iv d.Ka\viTTai ical TaXaivwpcv (3ia> 
 
 Xftpui^ofifvos £?7, t&v pttv dvtapwv t^wy 
 
 to pLtpoi airavTwv, rwv 5' ayaOu/v ov dvvapLtvos. 
 
 ii-ntp yap tvds dXyuiv, anavras vovBirw. 
 
 Ad horum autem sinceritatem veritatemque verhorum an adspiraverit 
 Caecilius consideremus. Versus sunt hi Caecili, trunca quuedam ex 
 Menandro dlceutis et consarcientis verba tragici tumoris : [Then 
 follows frag. V 'is demum . . . factio.'] Itaque, ut supra dixi, cum 
 kaec Caecili seorsum lego neutiquam videntur ingrata ignavaque, cum 
 autem Gracca compare- et contendo, non puto Caecilium sequi debuisse 
 quod assequi ntquiret. 
 
 SYNEPHEBI. 
 
 In place of the ordinary lover, complaining of the severity or 
 stinginess of his father, we have, as an amusing surprise, a young 
 man sorely vexed at the embarrassing indulgence and generosity 
 of his parent, and envying the lot of those happy sons who can 
 enjoy to the full the delight of over-reaching a father's niggardli- 
 ness (I). His comrade has an equally strange story to tell, for 
 he announces as a prodigy demanding instant expiation, the 
 discovery of a courtesan who refused to take money from her lover 
 (II). Another touch of unselfishness is given in Frag. III. 
 
 In amore suave est summo summaque inopia 
 parentem habere avarum, inlepidum, in lfberos 
 difficilem, qui te nee amet nee studeat tui. 
 aut tu ilium furto fallas aut per litter. -i s 
 avertas aliquod nomen aut per servolum 
 
 H 2
 
 100 FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 perciitias pavidum, postremo a pared patre 
 quod sumas quanto di'ssipes libentius ! 
 
 • *•••• 
 
 Quern neque quo pacto fallam nee quid inde aiiferam 
 nee quern dolum ad eum aut machinam commoliar 
 scio quicquam : ita omnis meos dolos fallacias 
 praestigias praestrinxit commoditas patris. 
 
 [Cic. Be Nat. Beor. 3. 29.] 
 II. 
 
 Pro deum, popularium omnium, omnium adulescentium 
 clamo, postulo, obsecro, oro, ploro, atque imploro fidem ! 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 ... in civitate fiunt facinora capitalia ; 
 
 nam ab amico amante argentum accipere meretrix noenu 
 
 volt. 
 
 [Cic. De Nat. Beor. 1. 6.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Serit arbores quae alteri saeclo prosint. 
 
 [Cic. Cat. Mai. 7. 24.] 
 
 EX INCERTIS FABULIS. 
 I. 
 
 ' Trust me not at all, or all in all.' 
 
 Si confidentiam adhibes, confide omnia. 
 
 [Isidok. Orig. 10. 40. s. v. confidens.] 
 
 II. 
 
 ' Love is still the Lord of all.' 
 deum qui non summum putet, 
 aut stiilturn aut rerum esse inperitum existumem :
 
 CAECILIUS ST ATI US. 101 
 
 cui in manu sit, quern esse dementem velit, 
 quern sapere, quern sanari, quern in niorbum inici, 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 quern contra amari, quern expeti, quern arcessier. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 4. 32.] 
 
 III. 
 
 ' The path of duty was the way to glory.' 
 
 Homo homini deus est si suum officium sciat. 
 
 [Symmachus, Ep. 9. 1 1 4. J 
 
 IV. 
 
 Wisdom under a ragged coat. 
 
 Saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 3. 23.]
 
 AQUILIUS. 
 
 (Fl. 174-154 A.C.) 
 
 BOEOTIA. 
 
 (Aulus Gellius (3. 3. 4) informs us that Varro assigned the 
 'Boeotia' to Plautus, hasing his judgment on the passage here 
 quoted as unmistakably in the Plautine style. But the allusion 
 to the introduction of sun-dials (Pliny, N. H. 7. 60) seems to make 
 the date between e. c. 174 and 154. It is evident from the passage 
 in Pliny that Varro himself knew the date of their introduction, 
 although he ascribes the passage to Plautus. The parasite found 
 his own belly the best time-keeper !) 
 
 Ut ilium di perdant primus qui horas repperit, 
 
 quique adeo primus statuit hie solarium : 
 
 qui mihi comminuit misero articulatim diem. 
 
 Nam unum me puero venter erat solarium 
 
 multo omnium istorum optimum et verissimum : 
 
 ubi is non monebat esse, nisi cum nil erat? 
 
 nunc etiam cum est, non estur, nisi soli lubet. 
 
 itaque adeo iam oppletum oppidumst solariis, 
 
 maior pars populi ut aridi reptent fame. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 7. c] 

 
 LICINIUS IMBREX. 
 
 (Fl. 200 A c.) 
 
 NEAERA. 
 
 (The identity in meaning of Imbrex and Tegula suggests that 
 the author of the ' Neaera ' is the P. Lieinius Tegula, the writer of 
 a sacred hymn ordered by the decemvirs, b. c. 200, to be sung in 
 the streets of Rome by a chorus of nine maidens, so as to expiate 
 certain prodigies [Livy 31. 12]. The fragment quoted of the 
 ' Neaera ' is the complaint of some dashing officer that his wife is 
 not sufficiently distinguished by her name Neaera, which he pro- 
 poses should be altered to Neriene, or Nerio, the spouse of tli<- 
 War-god.) 
 
 Nolo ego Neaeram te vocent, sed Nerienem, 
 
 cum quidem MavoHi es in coiiubium. data. 
 
 [Aul. (4ell. 13. 23."]
 
 TITINIUS. 
 
 Ccirc. 190-150 a.c.) 
 
 TOGATAE. 
 
 BARBATUS. 
 
 This title is said to have been a colloquial name for a sort of 
 dumpy bucket; but the fragments throw no light on the title. 
 An embroiderer [Phrygio] has done well for himself, and is leaving 
 his employers (I). A cowardly bully is introduced, who runs up 
 to his foe like a skirmisher (veles), and then — runs back (II). A 
 joke is made upon the mincing pronunciation of young men of 
 fashion, who are not strong enough to say the simplest word in 
 full. ' Edepol,' ' medius fidius,' or even ' medi,' entail too much 
 exertion. ' Edi ' is the utmost they can do. 
 
 I. 
 
 . . frygio fui primo beneque id opus scivi ; 
 reliqui acus aciasque ero atque erae nostrae . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. frygio.] 
 
 II. 
 
 ita spurcus 
 nnimatur ira in proelium : veles eques recipi't se 
 neque ferit quemquam hostem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. veles.]
 
 TITINIUS. io- 
 
 III. 
 
 id necessest ? 
 Edi! 
 
 [ClIARIS. 2. p. I78 P.] 
 
 FULLONIA. 
 
 Fullonia : sc. fabula, i. e. ' The play about the Fullers ' ; a set of 
 men whose occupation afforded endless amusement to the Latin 
 comic poets. Here the merriment seems to turn partly on the 
 quarrelling between the Fullers and the Weaving- women, and 
 partly on the bickering between a husband and wife. Probably a 
 Fuller had married a Weaver with a bit of money of her own, and 
 she chafes at his extravagance (I). Her husband taunts her with 
 the days of his courtship, and the change since then (II) ; to 
 which she retorts with much self-satisfaction (III). Then there 
 is quarrelling between the employer and his workmen (IV) ; and 
 between the Fullers, ' who never get a holiday ' (V), and the lazy 
 women ' who take ten years over one gown ' (VI). But the Weavers 
 think themselves indispensable (VII j, and laugh at the Fullers for 
 their amphibious life (VIII). But both sides agree in despising 
 the work of the delving rustic (IX). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ego me mandatam meo viro male arbitror, 
 qui rem disperdit et meam dotem comest. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. comest = comedit.] 
 
 II. 
 
 vfderam ego te virginem 
 formosam, forma ferocem, mihi esse sponso tuo superbam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ferox.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Aspecta formam atque 6s contemplato raeum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. contempla.]
 
 Jo6 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 IV. 
 Da pensam lanam, qui non reddit temperi 
 putatam recte, facito ut multetur malo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. putare.] 
 V. 
 
 Nee noctu nee diu licet fullonibus quiescant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. diu = die] 
 VI. 
 quae intra decern 
 
 annos nequisti togulam unam detexere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. toga.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Ni nos texamus, nil siet, fullones, vobis quaesti. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. quaesti.] 
 VIII. 
 Terra istaec est, non aqua, ubi tu solitu's argutarier 
 pedibus, cretam diim compescis, vestimenta qui lavas. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. argutari = subsilire.] 
 
 IX. 
 Homo formicae pol persimil est rusticus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. simile (?).] 
 
 SETINA. 
 
 'The lady of Setia' — a dull, secluded town overlooking the Pomp- 
 tine Marshes. The good citizen, who does not like this swamp, 
 would gladly have the water led from the Tiber to his town (I). 
 It may be the same provincial wit who sees how far a little wisdom 
 goes (II). But he is so cautious that he is afraid to marry (III) ; 
 and his friend Caeso has to try and raise his pluck (IV). The 
 young lady is so grand! (V) and* such a paragon of perfection, 
 that, in praising her, one must add ' without offence ! ' to avert the 
 'fascinatio' which waits on boasting (VI). For frag. VII see sup. 
 Barbatus III.
 
 TITIN1US. 107 
 
 I. 
 
 Vidistin Tiberim ? Vi'di : qui illam derivet, beaverit 
 agriim Setinum. 
 
 [Serv. in Verg. Aen. 11. 457. 1 
 II. 
 
 Sapientia gubernator navem torquet, haut valentia ; 
 cocus magnum ahenum, quando fervit, paula confutat 
 
 trua. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. trua, &c.J 
 
 III. 
 
 Ipsiis quidem hercle ducere earn sane nevult. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. nevult. ] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Accede ad sponsam audacter, virgo nulla est talis Setiae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tale (?). | 
 
 V. 
 
 sed iam metuo hercle, Caeso, ne nimis stulte fecerim. 
 
 qui ex tanta factione atque opibus puellam sum ausus 
 
 adf?redi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. factio = nobilitas.] 
 
 "C5* 
 
 VI. 
 
 Paula mea. amabo, pol tuam ad laudem addito 
 
 ' praenscini.' 
 
 [Charis. 2. p. 189 P.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 An quia ' pol edepol ' fabulare, ' edi ' ' medi ' memim'sti ? 
 
 [Charis. 2. p. 178 V. j
 
 SEXTUS TURPILIUS. 
 
 (180-IO3 A.C.) 
 
 PALLIA TAB. 
 
 EPICLEROS. 
 
 The Epicleros (Heiress) of Menander opened with a monologue. 
 Turpilius Las changed this to a dialogue between the slave Ste- 
 phanio, and his uneasy young master, who rouses him from his 
 bed to roam about with him at night (I). Stephanio protests 
 against this caprice ill). The young man is pressed by his parents 
 to many the heiress : they assure him she is the best of wives for 
 him (III) ; and the father hopes that their advice will not make a 
 breach between them and their son (IV). It is difficult to fit in 
 the remaining fragments. Perhaps the young man, wishing to 
 wash his hands of the affair, appeals to the 'cognatus,' who by 
 rights ought to many the orphan heiress himself (V). The man is 
 touched by the youth's sorrow (VI), and he acknowledges that the 
 father's importunity has made his son 'rich in excuses' (VII). 
 Finally, the relative seems to accept his duty (VIII), and the young 
 man is relieved. 
 
 L 
 St. Quaeso edepol quo ante lueem te subito rapis, 
 Ere, cum uno puero ? Ph. Nequeo esse intus, Stephanio, 
 St. Quid ita ? Ph. ut solent, me curae somno segregant 
 forasque noctis excitant silentio. 
 
 [Priscian, Be Metris Com. p. 1326 P.]
 
 SEXTUS TURPILIUS. 109 
 
 II. 
 
 Currendum sic est, sic datur, nimiuin ubi sopori servias 
 
 potiiis quam domino. 
 
 [Priscian, l. c] 
 
 III. 
 
 Cum legere te optimum esset atque aequissimum 
 qua cum aetas degenda et vivendum esset tibi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. legere.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 . . . sperabam consilia nostra dividiae tibi, 
 
 cum aetas accesset, non fore. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dividia.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Ni Callifonis mine te miseret liberum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. liberum, gen. plvr.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Sed nequeo ferre hunc diutius sic lamentari et conqueri, 
 nee esse suae parum obsequellae . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. obsequela.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Te quidem omnium pater iam copem causarum facit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. copem = copiosum. ] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Sed volo ut familia nostra officia fungatur sua. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fungi cum accus.] 
 
 LEUCADIA. 
 
 'The Lady of Leucas ' is a parody on the story of Sappho. The 
 Phaon of the play is a hideous Lesbian boatman, who once ferried
 
 no FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 over the water Venus, disguised as an old woman, so evidently 
 poor that Phaon excused her the fare. In recompense, she made 
 him, in spite of his ugliness, the idol of all the women. One of 
 the Lesbian damsels is so smitten that she turns from her ol<* 
 lover, and gives all her heart to Phaon. Her lover is amazed at 
 her choice and at Phaon's grand airs I-IV). He attempts his 
 former familiarities ; hut the girl repulses him (V), and makes 
 desperate love to Phaon (VI), confessing her jealousy of some other 
 woman (VII). Phaon being obdurate, the girl wanders to the 
 desolate cliff (VIII), and, calling the gods and the winds to her 
 aid, takes the Lovers' Leap (IX). Phaon orders out a boat (X), 
 and the poor girl is rescued, very wet and cold (XI). But the 
 charm is broken. Dorcium is reconciled to her old lover (XII), 
 and holiday clothes are donned for the marriage (XIII). 
 
 I. 
 Quern olim dderat, seetatur ultro et detinet : 
 ille insolens autem ut fastidit carnifex ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. insolens.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Viden tu Frygis incessum ? quam est confidens ! di 
 
 istunc perduint. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. confidential 
 
 III. 
 
 . . . viden ut fastidit mei? 
 
 [Nonius. 496. 18, genit. pro accus.~\ 
 
 IV. 
 
 Ei perii ! viden ut osculatur cariem ? num liilum ilia 
 
 haec pudet? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. caries.] 
 
 V 
 
 ... ' ne me attigas, atque aufer 
 manum ! ' ' Heia, queni feiocula est ! '
 
 SEXTUS TURPI LI US. m 
 
 VI. 
 
 Intercapedine fnterficior, desiderio differor : 
 
 tu es mihi cupiditas, suavitudo et mei animi expectatio. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. suavitudo. | 
 
 VII. 
 
 Verita sum, ne amoris causa cum ilia limassis caput. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. limare = coniungere.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 me miseram terrent omnia, 
 maris scopuli, sonitus, solitudo, sanctitudo Apollinis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sanctitudo. | 
 
 IX. 
 
 Te, Apollo sancte, fer opem, teque, omnipotens Nep- 
 tune, invoco 
 vosque adeo venti ! . . . nam quid ego te appellem, 
 
 Venus ? 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 4. 34.] 
 X. 
 
 hortari coepi nostros ilico 
 
 ut celerent lembum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lemhus.] 
 XI. 
 
 6 utinam nunc apud ignem aliquem magnum adsidam ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. apud = iuxta.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Ante facta ignosco : mitte tristitatem, Dorcium. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tristitas.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Etiam amplius illam apparare condecet, 
 quandd^quidem voti condemnata est . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. damnare (voti).]
 
 XN L. ACCIUS. 
 
 (170-86 A.C.) 
 
 TRAGOEDIAE. 
 
 ANDROMEDA. 
 
 The first fragment (I) of the Andromeda suggests that the sea- 
 monster, to whom the princess was to be surrendered, came up from 
 the depths month after month to devour his prey (I). Perhaps 
 the Prologue introduced Cepheus or Cassiopea lamenting over the 
 terrible floods and snow-storms which the angry Neptune had sent 
 upon the land (II). The wrath of the gods can only be appeased 
 by the sacrifice of Andromeda to the monster ; and already Perseus 
 has promised to be her champion (III) ; but he is baffled by the 
 hopelessness of the task and ashamed at his own weakness (IV). 
 Andromeda is chained in a narrow, circumscribed spot [templuni], 
 heaped up with dead men's bones (V), as she herself describes it 
 (VI, VII). When Cepheus promises the hand of Andromeda to her 
 rescuer, Perseus assures him this gracious act will not be wasted 
 (VIII). By-and-by, Cepheus repents his promise (IX, ex inc. inc. 
 fab. CHI, Ribb.) : he professes that he cannot bear to part with the 
 darling of his old age (X). But Perseus will not give up his love ; 
 and if her father seeks to part them, he may as well slay them 
 both (XI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Qua Luna circlos annuo in cursu fnstitit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. circulus.]
 
 L. ACCIUS. 113 
 
 IT. 
 
 Cum ninxerit caelestium molem mihi. 
 
 [Pkiscian, 10. p. 882 P. ninguo.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Nisi quid tua facultas nobis tulat opem, peream ! 
 
 [Macrob. Be Biff. Gr. et Lat. verbi.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Nec qui te adiutem invenio : hortari piget, non pro 
 
 desse id pudet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. piget, pudet.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Immane te habet templum obvallatum ussibus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. immane.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Misera obvalla saxo sento, paedore alguque et fame. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. algu = algore.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Qui neque terraest datus, nec cineris causa unquam 
 
 evasit vapos. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. vapor et vapos.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Quod beneficium haut sterili in segete, rex, te obsesse 
 
 intelleges. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. seges = terra. ] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Meministin te spondere mihi gnatam tuam ? 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 6. 72.] 
 X. 
 
 Alui educavi : id facite gratum ut sit seni. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. alere et educare.] 
 
 I
 
 114 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 XL 
 
 Nosque lit sevorsum dividos leto offeres. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dividos = separatos.] 
 
 ARMORUM IUDICIUM. 
 
 In this drama Accius omits the motive which Pacuvius intro- 
 duces from the Cyclics : that the decision is referred to the Trojan 
 captives. But in their main outlines the two plays are similar. 
 Though the heroes are eager, one and all, to succeed to the in- 
 heritance of the Arms of Achilles (I), Ajax will not take part in 
 the tournament, nor be pitted against Ulysses (II, III). The de- 
 cision is to turn, he says, on the ruling (dictio), which had been 
 laid down by Thetis (or, perhaps, by Calchas , that the Arms may 
 be given only to a man like Achilles. And Ajax puts his claim on 
 two grounds : i, relationship — for Ajax and Achilles had both the 
 same grandsire ; and, 2, his own deeds of valour (IV, ex inc. inc. 
 fab. XXX Ribb.). He recounts the feigned madness of Ulysses at 
 the beginning of the war ; the consequences of which were averted 
 only by the sagacity of Palamedes (V, ex inc. inc. fab. XXXI Ribb.). 
 Ironically, he pretends to credit Ulysses with his own great achieve- 
 ments (VI, ex inc. inc. fab. XXXII Ribb. ). After his fit of frenzy 
 has passed, Ajax thinks with grief of the sorrow which will fall 
 upon Telamon (VII) : he demands a sight of Eurysaces, whom 
 Tecmessa had removed, with a caution which was at least excusable 
 VIII) ; and he questions his wife as to all that took place during 
 his fit of madness ; though she can scarcely dare to answer freely 
 (IX). Then comes the famous prayer of Ajax for his son (X, Soph. 
 Aj. 550). The Chorus is in great anxiety about the fate of the mighty 
 champion of Greece (XI), whose loss of Minerva's friendship is 
 deplored (XII). The play ends with the reconciliation between 
 Teucer and the Atridae, by the intervention of Ulysses (XIII). 
 ' Let all old feuds be buried in a general amnesty ! ' (XIV). 
 
 I. 
 
 Sed ita Achilli armis inclutis vesci studet 
 ut cuncta opima levia iam prae illis putet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vesci.]
 
 L. AC CI US. j 15 
 
 II. 
 
 . . . quid est cvir componere aiisis mihi te aut me tibi ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. componere.] 
 III. 
 . . . nam tropaeum ferre me a forti viro 
 pulchi-um est: si autem vincar, vinci a tali nullum mi 
 
 est problem. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 56. 1 
 IV. 
 
 Aperte fatur dictio, si intellegas ; 
 
 tali dari arma, qualis qui gessit fuit, 
 
 iubet, potiri si studeamus Pergamum. 
 
 quern ego me profiteor esse, mest aequum frui 
 
 fraternis armis mihique adiudicarier, 
 
 vel quod propinquus, vel quod virtuti aemulus. 
 
 [Rhkt. Ad Herenn. 2. 26.] 
 V. 
 
 Cuius ipse princeps iiiris iurandi fuit, 
 quod omnes scitis, solus neglexi't fidem : 
 furere adsimulare, ne coiret, institit. 
 quod ni Palamedi j>erspicax prudentia 
 istius perspexit malitiosam audaciam, 
 fide sacratae ius perpetuo falleret. 
 
 [Cic. De Off. 3. 26.] 
 VI. 
 Vidi te, Ulixes, saxo sternentem Hectora, 
 vidi tegentem clipeo classem Dorieam : 
 ego tunc pudendam trepidus hortabar fugam. 
 
 [Charis. 4. p. C52 P.] 
 VII. 
 
 Maior erit luctus, cum me damnatum aiidiet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. damnare.] 
 I 2
 
 Ii6 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Ubi cura est, ibi anxitudo acerbast, ibi cunctatio, 
 consiliorum erratio et fortiinaest. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. anxitudo.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Hem, vereor plus quam fas est captivam hiscere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. hiscere = loqui.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Virtuti sis par, di'spar fortunis patris. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. i. 58.] 
 
 XL 
 
 In quo salutis spes supremas sibi habet summa exerciti. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. exerciti.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Nam non facile sine deum opera humana propria sunt 
 
 bona. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. proprium = perpetuum.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Cur Vetera tarn ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. altum = vetus. ] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 noxitudo . . . 
 obh'tteretur Pelopidarum, ac per nos sanctescat genus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. noxitudo.] 
 
 ATREUS. 
 
 It is probable that the prologue to this play recounted the vic- 
 tory of Pelops over Oenomaus, the marriage of Hippodamia, and 
 the birth of Atreus (I). Atreus, who is the true type of a despot 
 (^11), is bitterly incensed at the return of his brother Thyestes
 
 L. ACCIUS. I 17 
 
 from exile, uninvited. Some signal punishment he must devise 
 (III) for the man who had seduced his wife Aerope (IV, V , and 
 had stolen the Golden Lamb, on which depended the prosperity of 
 the kingdom (VI). Perhaps Atreus welcomed his brother with a 
 suspicious cordiality, jwhich would account for the warning against 
 treachery, which Thyestes conveys to his sons who had accom- 
 panied him (VII, VIII). Thyestes is bidden, as a special honour, 
 to a royal banquet at which no other guest might be present (IX). 
 Some eye-witness describes the preparation of the horrid meal (X) 
 by the hands of the inhuman Atreus, whose crime had thrown all 
 his brother's misdeeds in the shade (XI). The Sun turns back his 
 car, and the thunder rolls angrily, and terrifies the Chorus of 
 Mycenean citizens (XII). After the meal, Thyestes enquires of his 
 sons' welfare ; and, when Atreus shows him their hands and feet, 
 he prays that he may be allowed to bury them. 'The sons are 
 entombed in the sire ' is the awful enigma that is hurled at him 
 by Atreus (XIII). The unhappy father denounces his brother's 
 broken faith, which Atreus denies he ever plighted (XIV) ; and 
 aghast at the horrors in which he had taken an unconscious part 
 (XV), Thyestes feels that all his hopes of advancement are ruined, 
 and it only remains to him to hide himself in exile (XVI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Simul et Pisaea praemia arrepta a socru possedit suo. 
 
 [Priscian, 6. p. 698 P. socrus masc.~] 
 
 II. 
 
 oderint 
 
 dum metuant. 
 
 [Seneca, Be Ira 1. 20. 4 ; Cic. De Off. 1. 28.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Iteriim Thyestes Atreum adtrectatum advenit, 
 iteriim iam adgreditur me et quietum exsiiscitat : 
 major mihi moles, maius miscendumst malumf 
 qui illius acerbum cor contundam et comprimam. 
 
 [Cic. De Oral. 3. 58.]
 
 Il8 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 IV 
 
 Qui non sat liabuit coniugern illexe in stuprum. 
 
 [Cic. Be Nat. Dew. 3. 26.] 
 V. 
 
 . . . quod re in siinima summum esse arbitror 
 periclum, matres conquinari regias. 
 contaminari stirpem ac misceri genus. 
 
 [Cic. I. c] 
 VI. 
 
 Adde hue quod milii portento caelestum pater 
 prodi'gium misit regni stabilimen mei, 
 agnuni inter pecudes aurea clarum coma 
 quondam Thyestem clepere ausum esse e regiu, 
 qua in re adiutricem coniugern cepit sibi. 
 
 [Cic. I. c] 
 VII. 
 
 . . . vigilandumst semper : miiltae insidiae sunt bonis. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Id quod multi invideant multique expetant inscitiast 
 postulare, nisi laborem summa cum cura ecferas. 
 
 [Cic. Pro Sest. 48 ; Pro Plane. 24.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 ne cum tyranno quisquam epulandi gratia 
 acciimbat mensam aut eandem vescatur dapem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vesci.] 
 X. 
 
 concoquit 
 
 partem vapore flammae. veribus in foco 
 
 lacerta tribuit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lacerta neutr. gen.']
 
 l. Acer US. 119 
 
 XI. 
 
 Epularum fictor, scelerum fratris delitor. 
 
 [Pkiscian, 9. p. 873 P. delitor a delinere.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Sed quid tonitru turbfda torvo 
 concussa repente aequora caeli 
 
 sensiraus sonere ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sonere.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Atreus. natis sepulchro ipse est parens. 
 
 [Cic. De Off. i. 28.] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Thyest. fregisti fidem. 
 
 Atkeus. Neque dedi neque do infideli cuiquam . . . 
 
 [Cic. De Off. 3. 28.] 
 XV. 
 
 Jpsus hortatur me frater lit meos malis miser 
 
 manderem natos. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 4 36.] 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Egone Argivum imperium attingam aut Pelopia digner 
 
 domo ? 
 quo me ostendam ? quod templum adeam ? quern ore 
 
 funesto alloquar? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dignatus.] 
 
 EPIGONI— ERIPHYLA. 
 
 When Eriphyle, bribed by the gift of a necklace, had sent her 
 husband Amphiai - aus forth to certain death, in the war of the 
 Seven against Thebes, the duty of punishing the treacherous wife
 
 120 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 devolved upon her sons Alcmaeon and Amphiloehus. When, ten 
 years later, the Epigoni gathered their avenging army again at 
 Thebes, the oracle promised them victory if Alcmaeon should be 
 chosen leader. His stern duty bade him remain at home, but 
 Eriphyle, bribed by Thersander and Polynices, sends her son to 
 the battle. Thebes is taken, and the heroes return. In obedience 
 to his father's mandate, and in compliance with the oracle, Alc- 
 maeon slays his mother ; and, like Orestes, he becomes at once 
 the victim of the avenging Furies. The play opens with an alter- 
 cation between Alcmaeon and Thersander, who urges the young 
 hero, on whom so many eyes are fixed, to undertake the command 
 (I) : his own Argives are impatient for the fray (II). Alcmaeon 
 commends coolness and deliberation (III) : Thersander appears to 
 philosophise upon the temperament of the brave man (IV). Am- 
 philoehus is now seen on the stage (V). He seems to have inherited 
 something of his father's gift of divination. Alcmaeon, who burns 
 to avenge his father, speaks, apparently, of some importunate 
 apparition, which urges him on (VI) : he cannot understand his 
 brother's plea of delay (VII). The ghost of Amphiaraus recounts 
 the treachery of his wife (VIII, ex inc. inc. fab. LXXVII Ribb.) ; at 
 whose bidding he went forth, with death full in view (IX, ex inc. 
 inc. fab. LXXVIII). Before the final catastrophe, Demonassa, Eri- 
 phyle's daughter, has a foreboding of her mother's danger, and 
 Eriphyle seeks to understand her anxiety (X, XI). Alcmaeon 
 braces himself to the terrible deed. There is his mother, still 
 wearing the fatal necklace (XII ) ! He approaches her : she de- 
 nounces his impiety (XIII, XIV) ; but the deed is done. Alcmaeon 
 must seek expiation by burnt-offerings (XV), or by cleansing flood 
 (XVI). But the curse of bloodguiltiness is upon him, and he must 
 fly from the land. 
 
 I. 
 
 quibus oculis quisquam nostrum poterit illorum optui 
 
 vultus, quos iam ab armis anni porcent . . . ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. porcet = prohibet.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Et nonne Argivos fremere bellum et velle vim vulgiim 
 
 vides ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vulgus, masc. gen.~\
 
 L. AC CI US. 12 J 
 
 III. 
 
 Ita fnperitus stiipiditate erumpit se, inpos consili. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. stupiditas 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sapimus animo, fruimur anima : sine animo anima est 
 
 debilis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. animus et anima. ] 
 
 V. 
 Sed iam Amfilocum hue vadere cerno, et 
 nobis datur bona pausa loquendi 
 tempuscpue in castra revorti. 
 
 [Charis. Be Vers. Saturn.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Qui, nisi genitorem ulso, nullum meis dat finem miseriis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ulso = ultus fuero.] 
 
 VII. 
 Fateor ; sed cur propter te haec pigrem aut huius <lu- 
 
 bitem parcere . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pigrare = retinere.] 
 
 VIII 
 . . . avarum est mulierum genus 
 
 . . . auro vendidit vitam viri. 
 
 [Cic. De Inv. i. 50.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 prudens et sciens 
 
 ad pestem ante oculos positam . . . 
 
 [Cic. Ad Fam. 6. 6. 6.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Quid istiic. gnata unica, est, Demonassa, obsecro, 
 quod me tanto expetens timidam e tecto excies? 
 
 [Charis. De Vers. Saturn.]
 
 122 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 XL 
 
 Eloquere propere ac meum hunc pavorem expectora. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. expectorare.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Sed quid cesso ire ad earn ? em praesto est : camo vide 
 
 colliim gravem ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. collus, masc. gen.~\ 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Viden lit te inpietas stimulat nee moderat metus? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. modero, active.] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Age age amolire, amitte, cave vestem attigas ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. attigas = contigas"j 
 
 XV. 
 Nunc pergam ut suppliciis placans caelitum aras ex- 
 
 pleam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. supplicium=supplicatio.] 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Apud abundantem antiquam amnem et rapidas undas 
 
 Inachi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. amnis, femin. gen.'] 
 
 EPINAUSIMACHE. 
 
 This title represents the /J-dxV W Ta '" s vavai of Horn. II. 13 ; but, in 
 the drama of Accius, the death of Patroclus seems to precede the 
 fighting at the ships. Patroclus has fallen, and Achilles burns for 
 revenge. He is reminded that he has no armour in which to fight ; 
 to which he replies that his courageous spirit is Armour enough for 
 him (I). His friends seek to dissuade him from his rash venture 
 (II) : he has to remember that his very reputation is at stake fill .
 
 L. AC CI US. 123 
 
 But Achilles cares only, he says, for the approval of the good (IV) : 
 he will shake off this paralysing sorrow, which is no better than 
 the helpless grief of (say) Patroclus' horse over his master (V). 
 When Thetis comes with her Nereids and warns her son of his 
 approaching doom, his mind can take in no other thought excepl 
 that of vengeance (VI) : his friend's corpse is more in his eyes than 
 whole heaps of slain (VII). When he is armed for the fray, the 
 battle that begins at the ships spreads to the Scamander, and from 
 thence to the town ; and none can resist this terrible warrior (VIII, 
 IX), who is like a devouring flame in the pine forest (X, cp. 77. 20. 
 490 foil.). He returns from the field proud of his achievement 
 (XI). His meeting with Hector was like that of two war-gods 
 contending (XII) : nor can Achilles conceal his satisfaction in 
 thinking that, though he has restored to Priam his son's corpse, 
 there is no more a Hector in the Trojan host (XIII, inc. fab. XIII 
 Ribb.). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ut nunc cum animatus iero satis armatus sum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. anima=ira.] 
 
 II. 
 
 At contra, quantum obfueris si victus sies 
 considera, et quo revoces summam exerciti. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. exerciti, gen. sing.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quod si procedit neque te neque quemquam arbitror 
 tuae paeniturum laudis, quam ut serves vide. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. paeniturum.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Probis probatum potius quam multi's fore. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pauci boni.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Item ac maestitiam mutam infantum quadrupedum . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mutus. j
 
 124 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 VI. 
 Mors amici siibigit, quod mi est senium multo acer- 
 
 rimum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. senium = mala aetas.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Nee perdoliscit fligi socios, morte campos contegi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fligi = adfligi.] 
 
 VIII. 
 Ab classe ad urbem tendunt, nee quisquam potest 
 f'ulgenthun annum armatus ardorem optui. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. annum, gen. plur.~] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Incursio ita erat acris. 
 
 [Charis. i. p. 93 P.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Lucifera lamp&de abietem exurat Iovis . . . 
 
 [Priscian, 6. p. 695 P. Iovis, casu nominativo.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Nam Scamandriam undam salso sanctam obtexi sanguine, 
 atque acervos alta in amni corpore explevi hostico. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. amnis, gen. fern.'] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Mavortes armis duo congressos crederes. 
 
 [Charis. 1. p. 101 P. s. v. duo.] 
 
 XIII. 
 Tmmo eriim vero corpus Priamo reddidi, Heetorem 
 abstuli. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 44.]
 
 L. ACCIUS. 125 
 
 MEDEA SIVE ARGONAUTAE. 
 
 Jason has carried off Medea and the golden fleece from Cob-In-. 
 and Aeetes is in hot pursuit of the fugitives. When the herdsmen 
 on the banks of the Hister see the large bulk of the Argo — the first 
 ship that has ever appeared there — they take it to be a huge sea- 
 monster (I). As the vessel comes nearer they espy the youni; 
 sailors aboard, and hear their melodious songs (II) ; and absorb* <| 
 in wonder they leave their herds untended (III). 
 
 Jason and Medea explain to this simple folk how ships came to 
 be built : how, as men gradually left their savage ways (IV), they 
 felt the desire to see the world, and ships must be made to brave 
 the perils of the deep (V). The Scythian king looks with awe on 
 the famous sorceress (VI). Medea begins to be suspicious of Jason, 
 and there is a tone of bitterness in her allusion to all she has done 
 for him — taming the fire-breathing bulls (VII); and quelling tin- 
 dragon, and the warriors that rose from the furrow (VIII, ex inc. 
 inc. fab. XCIV) — without her aid Jason would have been a lost man 
 (IX). Aeetes then appears upon the stage, lamenting the death of 
 his sons (X) ; his sorrows being echoed by the Chorus in a Canticuni 
 (XI). The terrible murder by Medea of one of her brothers, to gain 
 time when she and Jason were being pursued, may belong to this 
 drama (XII, ex inc. inc. fab. XCIII). 
 
 I. 
 tanta moles labitur 
 fremibunda ex alto ingenti sonitu et spiritu, 
 prae se lindas volvit, vortices vi suscitat, 
 raft prolapsa, pelagus respargft reflat. 
 ita dum interruptum credas nimbum volvier, 
 dum quod sublime ventis expulsiim rapi . . . 
 saxum aiit procellis vel • globosos turbines 
 existere ictos undis concursantibus : 
 nisi qiias terrestris pontus strages conciet, 
 aut forte Triton fiiscina evertens specus 
 supter radices penitus undante in freto 
 molem ex profundo saxeam ad caelum erigit. 
 
 [Cic. Be Nat. Deor. 2. 35.]
 
 126 FRAGMENT A S ELECTA. 
 
 II. 
 Sicut inciti atque alacres rostris perfremunt 
 delphini, item alto mulcta Silvani melo 
 consimilem ad auris cantuni atque auditum refert. 
 
 [Cic. I. c] 
 
 III. 
 
 Vagant, pavore pecuda in tumulis deserunt. 
 
 A ! qui nos pascet postea ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pecuda.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Primum ex immani victum ad mansuetum applicans . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. immane.] 
 V. 
 ut tristis turbinum 
 
 toleraret hiemes, mare cum horreret fluctibus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. horridum.] 
 VI. 
 Tun dia Mede's. cuius aditum exspectans pervixi usque 
 
 adhuc ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aditus. ] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Perite in stabulo frenos immittens feris. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ferns.] 
 VIII. 
 Non commemoro qiiod draconis saevi sopivi impetum, 
 non quod domui vim taurorum et segetis armatae manus. 
 
 [Charis. 5. p. 252 P.] 
 IX. 
 
 Exul inter hostis, exspes expers desertiis vagus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. exspes.] 
 X. 
 
 Pernici orbificor liberorum leto et tabificabili. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. tabificabile.]
 
 L. ACCIUS. 127 
 
 XL 
 
 Fors dominatur, neque quiequam ulli 
 
 proprium in vitast. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. proprium = perpetuum. , 
 
 XII. 
 postquam pater 
 adpropinquat iamque paene ut comprehendatur parat, 
 puerum interea optriincat membraque articulatim dfvidit, 
 perque agros passim dispergit corpus : id ea gratia, 
 lit, dum nati dissipatos artus cap tare t parens, 
 ipsa interea effugeret, ilium ut maeror tardaret sequi, 
 sibi salutem ut familiari pareret parricidio. 
 
 [Cic. De Nat. Deor. 3. 26.] 
 
 MELEAGER. 
 
 Oeneus, father of Meleager, having neglected the due sacrifice to 
 Diana, the goddess sent a huge wild-boar to ravage the harvest- 
 fields of Calydon (I). Meleager had married Cleopatra, the type of 
 the quiet housewife, the complete contrast to Atalanta, a daring 
 huntress, who claims for women a full right to join in the chase 
 (II). Far better that, than to be a husband's drudge ! (Ill) 
 Spartan maidens know how to use their womanhood ! IV, ex inc. 
 inc. fab. CXI Ribb.) So when Meleager sallies forth to attack the 
 boar, Atalanta joins him and boldly confronts the savage beast (V) ; 
 her spear being the first to touch it. When Meleager has slain the 
 monster, the countiy folk joyfully greet him (VI) ; and he gives the 
 crown of victory and the skin of the boar to Atalanta (VII). But 
 the sons of Thestius, the brother of Althaea, Meleager's mother, rob 
 the maiden of her prize : and when she appeals to Meleager, he 
 slays some of the robbers, and declares that the prize is hers alone 
 (VIII), and that the men are but cowards (IX, ex inc. inc. fab. 
 CXIII Ribb.). This bloodshed wakes the Erinnys of the family, 
 and Althaea, half in terror for herself, and half in indignation at 
 the death of the Thestiadae (X, XI), brings from its concealment the
 
 128 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 brand, with the preservation of which the life of Meleager was 
 mysteriously bound up, and commits it to the flames (XII). 
 Meleager, as the brand consumes, feels the curse working in him 
 XIII), and Althaea, aghast at her doing, bids her servant use his 
 best speed (XIV, XV) to go and quench the brand. But it is too 
 late ! The mother feels the indelible shame she has brought on 
 herself (XVI) ; and Meleager resigns himself to death (XVII). 
 
 I. 
 
 . . . frugis prohibet pergrandescere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. grandire.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Vagent ruspantes silvas, sectantes feras. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ruspari = scrutari.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quam invita ancillans. dicto obediens viri. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ancillari.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Nihil horum siniilest apud Lacaenas virgines, 
 quibus niagis palaestra Eurota sol pulvis labor 
 militia studio est quam fertilitas barbara. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2 1 5. J 
 V. 
 
 Frigit aper saetds rubore ex oculis fulgens flammeo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. frigit.J 
 
 VI. 
 
 Gaiident currunt celebrant, herbam conferunt donant, 
 
 tenent, 
 pro se quisque cum corona clarum connectit caput. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. herbam = palmam.]
 
 L. AC CI US. 129 
 
 VII. 
 
 Cuius exuvias et coronam huic muneravit virgini. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. rnunerare, cum dat. \ 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Remanet gloria apud me ; exuvias dignavi Atalanta6 
 
 dare. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dignavi = dignurn duxi. J 
 
 IX. 
 
 Vos enim, iuvenes, aniraum geritis muliebrem, ilia 
 
 virgo viri. 
 
 [Cic. Be Off. 1. 18.] 
 
 X. 
 
 tirnida eliminor, 
 E clamore simul ac nota vox ad auris accidit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. eliminare.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Heii ! cor ira fervit caecum, amentia rapior ferorque. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fervit.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Eum suae vitae finem ac fatis Internecionem fore 
 Meleagro, ubi torris esset interfectus fiammeus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. torris.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Quae vastitudo haec aut unde invasit mihi ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vastitudo = horror.] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Cave lassitudo poi^litum cursum levet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. levare = minuere.] 
 K
 
 130 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 \ 
 XV. 
 
 Laborem aut minuat itiner ingressum viae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. itiner.] 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Qui en't qui non rue spernens, incllans probris, 
 sei-mone indecorans turpi fama differet ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. incilare.] 
 
 xvn. 
 
 Erat istuc virile, ferre advorsam fortunam facuL 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. facuL] 
 
 MYRMIDONES. 
 
 The play opens with the despatch of the embassy sent to attempt a 
 reconciliation between Ach illes and Agamemnon (Horn. II. 9). It also 
 includes the going forth of Patroclus to battle. Antilochus, Nestor's 
 son, the young friend of Achilles, seeks, even before the arrival of 
 the embassy, to turn him from his obstinate purpose. But Achilles 
 answers that his fixed resolve is not obstinacy but firmness (I). 
 The ancient Phoenix admonishes his pupil (II) ; but Achilles de- 
 fends himself (III), and expresses his readiness to leave Troy and 
 return home (IV, cp. II. 9. 356 foil.) ; and he upbraids Ajax for no 
 longer espousing his cause or standing at his side (V). Antilochus 
 and Patroclus seem to be pleading on behalf of some one — possibly 
 Phoenix — whose freedom had given Achilles offence (VI) : and the 
 words of his rebuke are certainly severe (VII). As the news from 
 the field grows more alarming, and the Myrmidons are impatient 
 to take part in the fight, Patroclus tells Achilles the plain truth, 
 that he will be looked upon as responsible for any disaster that 
 may befall the Achaean host (VIII). It is doubtful whether this 
 last fragment is to be referred to the ' Myrmidones ' or to the 
 'Achilles ' ; if they are two distinct plays. 
 
 I. 
 
 Tu pertinaciani esse, Antilocbe, banc praedicas, 
 ego pervicaciam aio et ea me uti volo :
 
 L. AC CI US. 131 
 
 haec fortis sequitur, fllam indocti possident. 
 tu addfs quod vitio est, demis quod laudi datur : 
 nam pervicacem dfci me esse et vincere 
 perfacile patior, pertinacem nil moror. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pervicacia, pertinacia.] 
 
 II. 
 
 tram infrenes, obstes animis, reprimas confidentiam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. oonfidentia=temeritas.] 
 
 III. 
 Ego me non peccasse plane ostendam aut poenas suf- 
 feram. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sufferre. J 
 IV. 
 
 Classis trahere in salum me et vela ventorum animae 
 
 immittere . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. anima=ventus.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Quodsi, ut decuit, stares mecum aut meus te maestaret 
 
 dolor, 
 iam diu inflammari Atridae navis vidissent s'uas. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. maestare.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Nolo equidem : sed tu huie quern scis quali in te siet 
 
 fidelitate, ob ffdam naturam viri 
 
 ignosce. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fidelitas.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Tua honestitudo Danaos decepit diu. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. honestitudo.] 
 
 K 2
 
 132 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Qua re alia ex crimine fnimicorum effiigere possis, 
 
 delica. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. delicare = explanare.] 
 
 OENOMAUS. 
 
 Oenomaus, King of Pisa, father of the beautiful Hippodamia, 
 having been warned that death would come to him from his son- 
 in-law, kept at bay all his daughter's suitors by the condition that 
 they should race against his famous team, and, if conquered, be 
 beheaded. Pelops came to the ordeal, and at once won the heart 
 of Hippodamia by his kingly beauty. The lovers bribe Myrtilus, 
 the royal charioteer, to draw the linch-pin from the wheel, so that 
 the car of Oenomaus was overthrown. Pelops wins Hippodamia, 
 and puts his accomplice Myrtilus to death. Pelops, in the play, 
 announces his intention of entering the lists (I) ; though he sees 
 with horror the heads of the unsuccessful suitors at the palace 
 gates (II). He assures Oenomaus that he need have no fear from 
 the warning of the oracle (III), which seems to have been revealed 
 to the king in the early hours of the morning, ' when dreams are 
 true' (IV . But Oenomaus felt that some malign influence was 
 sapping his jiower, like the undermining waters that fret the base 
 of the cliff (V). Great preparations are made for the contest, and 
 a solemn sacrifice to the gods perfonned (VI). Then the race 
 begins, and as Oenomaus gallops forward, we may imagine that 
 Pelops sends after him the warning cry that his hours are num- 
 bered (VII). 
 
 I. 
 
 Coniugium Pisis petere, ad te itiner tenclere .... 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. itiner.] 
 
 II. 
 
 HoiTidahonestitudo Europae prineipum prima ex loco . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. honestitudo.l
 
 /.. ACC1US. 133 
 
 III. 
 
 Ego ut essera adfinis tibi, non ut te extfnguerem, 
 tuam petii gnatam : niimero to expugnat timor. 
 
 [Festus, etc.. numero = nimium. ' 
 
 IV. 
 
 Forte ante auroram, radiorum ardentum fndicem, 
 cuni e somno in segetem agivstes cornutos cient, 
 ut rorulentas terras ferro fuirridas 
 prosci'ndant glebasque arvo ex molli exsuseitent . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. segetem.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Saxum id facit angustitatem, et siib eo saxo exuberant) 
 scatebra iiuviae nidit rupem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. c. angustitatem.] 
 VI. 
 
 Vos ite actutum atque opere magno edi'cite 
 ]>er urbem, ut omnes qui arcem Alfeumque accolunt 
 cives ominibus faustis augustam adhibeant 
 faventiam, ore obscena dictu segregent. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. faventia : obscenum.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Atque hanc postremam solis usuram cape ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. usura.] 
 
 PHILOCTETES. 
 
 In this play Aceius seems to have borrowed freely from Aeschylus. 
 while he follows the general outline of the Sophoclean drama, and 
 introduces details from Euripides : as, for example, in the opening 
 scene, where the canticum is sung by a chorus of sailors who have
 
 134 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 accompanied Ulysses and Diomede to Lemnos (I). Ulysses replies 
 by describing, in similar verse, the island scenery, as he knew it 
 long ago (II). A Lemnian comes on the stage, and Ulysses ques- 
 tions him about the abode of Philoctetes (III), and learns how he 
 clothes and feeds himself (IV), and how wild and dangerous is his 
 temper (V, VI). Philoctetes describes, either in monologue or to 
 some friend, his painful sufferings (VII), his lonely home that 
 rings with his cries (VIII), and his trust to his arrows for his 
 daily food (IX) ; a use of weapons which, as a warrior, he despises 
 (X). He espies and accosts Ulysses, whom he does not recognise, 
 and whose arrival surprises him (XI) ; and, though he is ashamed 
 to be found in his condition of savagdy and squalor (XII), he con- 
 ducts him to his cavern (XIII), and is drawn on to tell him the 
 adventures of his companions in arms. He enquires about the 
 Arms of Achilles, and bitterly regrets the award (XIV). The wily 
 Ulysses seeks to win his confidence, and to gain possession of the 
 coveted arrows. The arrival at this crisis of a Trojan embassy 
 with tempting proposals, intending to conciliate Philoctetes and to 
 rob him of his arrows, has half persuaded the hero (XV) ; but he 
 remembers that it is a Phrygian Trojan who has been the source of 
 all his woes (XVI). After a long struggle with conflicting feelings, 
 the patriotism and self-respect of Philoctetes carry the day ; and 
 he turns aside from the temptations offered by the Trojans, and, in 
 spite of his suffering (XVII) he accompanies the Greeks on board 
 their ship. 
 
 I. 
 
 Inclute, parva prodfte patria, 
 nomine celebri claroque potens 
 pectore, Achivis classibus ductor, 
 gravis Dardaniis gentibus ultor, 
 Laertiade ! 
 
 [Apuleius, De Deo Socr. 24 : Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 10.] 
 II. 
 
 Lemnia praesto 
 litora rara, et celsa Cabirum 
 delubra tenes, misteria quae
 
 L. ACCIUS. 135 
 
 pristina castis concepta sacris . . . 
 Volcania iam templa sub ipsis 
 collibus in quos delatus locos 
 dicitur alto ab limine caeli . . . 
 nemus expirante vapore vides, 
 unde ignis cluet mortalibus clam 
 divisus : eum dictiis Prometbeus 
 clepsisse dolo poenasque Iovi 
 fato expendisse supremo. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 11 M. : Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 10.] 
 
 III. 
 
 . . . ubi habet? urbe agrone? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. habere = habita re. j 
 
 IV. 
 
 Configit tardus celeris stans volatilis. 
 
 pro veste pinnis membra textis contegit. 
 
 [Cic. Be Fin. 5. 11.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Quem neque tueri contra neque fan' queas. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 55.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 . . . eui potestas si detur, tua 
 cupienter malis membra discerpat suis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cupienter.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 E viperino morsu venae viscerum 
 veneno inbutae taetros cruciatiis cient. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 14.] 
 
 VIII. 
 . . . iaceo in tecto limido 
 
 -
 
 136 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 quod eiulatu questu gemitu fremitibus 
 resonando mutum flebilis voces refert. 
 
 [Cic. I. c.J 
 
 IX. 
 
 Beciproca tendens nervo equino concita 
 
 tela. 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 80 M.] 
 X. 
 
 . . . pinnigero, non armigero in corpore 
 tela exercentur haec abiecta gloria. 
 
 [Cic. Ad Fam. 7. 33.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Quis tu es mortalis, qui in deserta et tesqua te adportas 
 
 loca? 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. n.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 quod te obsecro aspernabilem 
 ne haec taetritudo mea me inculta faxsit . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. taetritudo.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Contempla banc sedem, in qua ego novem hiemes saxo 
 
 stratus pertuli. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. contempla. J 
 
 XIV. 
 
 heu Mulciber ! 
 anna ergo ignavo invi'cta es fabricates manu. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat 6. 5. 2.] 
 
 XV. 
 
 Ipsam Frygiam mitiorem esse aio immani Graecia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. immanis.]
 
 L. ACCIUS. 137 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Pari dyspari, si inpar esses tibi, ego nunc non essoin 
 miser. 
 
 [QUINTIL. 5. IO. 84. J 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Agite, ac vulnus ne succusset gressus caute ingredimini. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. succussare.J 
 
 PHOE^ISSAE. 
 
 The prologue opens like that in the Phoenissae of Euripides I). 
 Accius adopts the form of the story which represents Oedipus as 
 making over the sovereignty to his sons, to be enjoyed by each in 
 alternate years (II). He has pronounced no curse upon them ; tin- 
 arrangement he proposes is to secure concord (III), and to give each 
 son a share of his father's power (IV). After his year on the throne. 
 Eteocles refuses to make way for Polynices. Polyniees protests ; he 
 has not enjoyed the privileges which his father designed for him 
 (V). Eteocles replies by a brutal dismissal of his brother (VI ^ ; 
 who, in quitting the city, bids farewell to all its holy places (VII). 
 Thebes must be saved (so the seers say) by the sacrifice of one of 
 Creon's sons — not Haemon the elder (VIII), who is betrothed to 
 Antigone, but Menoeceus. Thebes is besieged, and we see some 
 one of the royal house, perhaps Haemon, superintending the de- 
 fences, and looking to the wounded (IX). The drama ends with 
 Creon's command to Oedipus to quit the city (X) ; and the bitter 
 complaint of the old man at this crowning hardship, which robs 
 him of all he has (XI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Sol qui micantem candido curru atque equis 
 flammam citatis fervido ardore explicas, 
 quianam tarn adverse- augurio et inimieo online 
 Thebis radiatum lumen ostentas tuum ? 
 
 [Priscjan, Be Metr. Terent. p. 1325 P.]
 
 138 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 II. 
 
 Vicissitatemque imperitandi tradidit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vicissitas.] 
 
 III. 
 
 ne horum di'vidiae discordiae 
 dissipent disturbent tantas et tarn opimas civium 
 
 divitias. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dividiae = dissensiones.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Natus uti tute sceptrum poteretur patris 
 
 [uterque]. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. potiri cum accim.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Num pariter videor patriis vesci praemiis? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vesci.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Egredere, exi, ecfer to, elimina urbe . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. eliminare = exire.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 delubra ' caelitum, arae, sanctitudinos ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sanctitudo.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Ab dracontis stfrpe armata exortus genere antiquior. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. antiquior.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Obit nunc vestra moenia, omnis saucios 
 
 convisit, ut curentur diligentius. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. saucii.] 
 
 1 Cp. Eur. Phoen. 631.
 
 L. ACCIUS. 139 
 
 X. 
 
 Iussft proficisci exilium quovis gentium. 
 ne scelere tuo Thebani vastescant agri. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vastescant.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 . . . quae ego cuncta esse fluxa in mea re crepera 
 
 comperi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. crepera =dubia.] 
 
 PRAETEXTAE. 
 
 BRUTUS. 
 
 The scene opens in the camp at Ardea, changing to the house of 
 Lucretia. The last scene is the Roman Forum. King Tarquin, while 
 besieging Ardea, has a dream, which he recounts to his Seer (I). Tar- 
 quin had put to death the elder brother of L. Junius Brutus, and the 
 younger brother only saved his own life by playing the part of a fool, 
 and so divertingthe king's suspicion. The Seerinterprets thedream 
 (II). Then must follow in order the drinking-bout in the tent of 
 Sextus ; the challenge about the best wife ; the visit to Collatia ; the 
 proof of Lucretia's modest worth ; the guilty passion of Sextus ; the 
 outrage on Lucretia ; the terrible confession of the innocent wife 
 (III), and her suicide ; the oath of Brutus, and his speech in the 
 Forum, in which he recalls the loyalty of Servius Tullius (IV). [This 
 line Cicero (Pro Sest. 58) declares to have been applied to him, amid 
 thunders of applause in the theatre, where the play was being 
 acted : ' nominatim sum appellatus in Bruto.'] The last fragment 
 gives the establishment of consuls, and the intention of the office 
 (V).
 
 140 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 I. 
 
 Quom iam quieti corpus nocturno inipetu 
 
 dedi sopore placans artus languidos, 
 
 visum est in somnis pastorem ad me adpellere 
 
 pecus lanigerum eximia pulchritudine, 
 
 duos consanguineos arietes hide eligi 
 
 praeclarioremque alterum immolare me. 
 
 deinde eius germanum c(3rnibus com'tier 
 
 in me arietare, eoque ictu me ad casum dari : 
 
 exini prostratum terra, graviter saiicium, 
 
 resupinum in caelo contueri maximum 
 
 mirificum facinus : dextrorsum orbem flammeum 
 
 radiatum solis liquier cursu novo. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. i. 22.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Eex, quae in vita usurpant homines, cogitant curant 
 
 vident, 
 <piaeque agunt vigilantes agitantque, ea si eui in" somno 
 
 accidunt, 
 minus mirum est, sed di rem tantam haut temere im- 
 
 proviso offerunt. 
 proin vide, ne quern tu esse hebetem deputes aequo ac 
 
 pecus, 
 is sapientia munitum pectus egregie gerat 
 teque regno expellat : nam id quod de sole ostensum 
 
 est tibi 
 populo commutationem rerum portendit fore 
 perpropinquam. haec bene verruncent populo ! nam 
 
 quod dexterum 
 cepit cursum a laeva signum praepotens, pulcherrhne 
 auguratum est rem Eomanam publicam summam fore. 
 
 " [Cic. I. c]
 
 L. AC CI US. 141 
 
 III. 
 
 Nocte intempesta nostram devenit doraum. 
 
 [Varko, L. L. 6. 7.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Tullius qui libertatem civibus stabiliverat. 
 
 [Cic. Pro Sest. 58.] 
 
 V. 
 
 . qui recte consulat, consul cluat. 
 
 [Varko, L. L. 5. 80 M.] 
 
 DECIUS. 
 
 Tins play records the victoi-y of the two consuls, Q. Fabius Maxi- 
 mus Rullianus and P. Decius Mus over the joint armies of the 
 Samnites and Gauls, at Sentinum, b. c. 295. It contrasts the cool, 
 deliberate temper of Fabius with the impetuosity orDecius, ' fero- 
 cior et aetate et vigore animi ' (Liv. 10. 28) ; and describes the 
 solemn act by which Decius, following the example of his father in 
 the Latin War (b. c. 340), devotes himself for the salvation of the 
 Roman army. The scene opens with the camp at night : ' All 
 well' is reported (I). A scout comes in from Clusium, and Fabius 
 questions him as to the disposition of the hostile troops (II). In 
 forming the line of battle, Decius is posted opposite the Gauls 
 (III). A hind pursued by a wolf runs between the lines ; the 
 hind approaches the Gauls and is slain ; the wolf comes to the 
 Romans. The pontiff Livius offers sacrifice, and prays for a happy 
 fulfilment of the portent (IV). But the offerings seem less pro- 
 pitious for Decius (V). Fabius seeks to calm the ardour of Decius 
 (VI) ; but he answers impatiently (VII). The Gauls march forward 
 with their wild war-cries (VIII) ; and with their scythe-armed 
 chariots throw the Roman squadrons into confusion. Decius takes 
 his stern resolve (IX) : he bids the pontiff dictate to him the for- 
 mula of devotion, as his father used it (X) ; and dashing into the 
 hosts of the enemy, he falls. But the day is won for Rome ; and 
 Fabius makes over the Gallic camp to the troops of Decius, who 
 had done such signal service (XI).
 
 142 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. , 
 
 I. 
 
 Nil neque pericli neque tumulti est, quod sciam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. tumulti.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Dice, summa ubi perduellum est ? quorsum aut quibus 
 a partibus 
 
 gliscunt ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. gliscere.] 
 III. 
 
 Vim Gallicam obduc contra in acie exercituni : 
 lue patriurn hostili fiisum sanguen sanguine. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sanguen.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Te sancte venerans precibus, invicte, invoco 
 portenta ut populo patriae verruncent bene. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. verruncent = vertant.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Et nunc quo deorum segnitas? ardet focus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. segnitas.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Quod periti siimus in vita atque risu callemus niagis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. callet = scit.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Fateor : sed saepe ignavavit fortem in spe expectatio. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ignavavit = ignavuni fecit.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 . . . Caleti voce canora 
 
 fremiti! peragrant minitabiliter. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. minitabiliter.]
 
 L. ACCIUS. 143 
 
 IX. 
 
 Patrio exemplo et me dicabo atque animara devoro hos- 
 
 tibus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. devoro (?) = devovero. ] 
 
 X. 
 
 Quibus rem summam et patriam nostram quondam 
 
 adauctavit pater. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. adauctavit.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Castra baec vestrum est : optime essis meritus a nobis . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. castra femin. gen.] 
 
 FRAGMENT A. 
 
 DIDASCALICA. 
 
 (A History of Greek and Roman poetry, with special attention 
 to dramatic art, and treating also of the poet's own times. The 
 majority of the fragments seem to be in Sotadean metre.) 
 
 Book I. 
 
 The honour paid by Achilles to Nestor (I) ; a rationalistic 
 interpretation of the vulture of Prometheus (,11). 
 
 I. 
 
 sapientiaeque invictae 
 gratia atque honoris patera Nestorem mactavit 
 
 aurea. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mactare = honorare.]
 
 3 44 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 II. 
 
 Num ergo aquila, ita ut hice praedicant, sciciderat pectus ? 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 6. 9. 16.] 
 
 Book II. 
 
 Certain faults common in dramatic performances (I) ; objections 
 to the Euripidean chorus (II). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ut dum brevitatem velint consequi verborum/ 
 alitor ac sit rellatum redhostiant responsum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. redhostit = reddit.] 
 
 II. 
 
 sed Euripidis qui choros temerius 
 in fabulis . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. temerius.] 
 
 Book VIII. 
 A description of the equipment of actors in tragedy. 
 
 Actoribus manuleos et baltea et machaeras. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. balteum, neut.~\ 
 
 Book IX. 
 A fragment from some general sketch of poetry. 
 
 Nam quae varia haec genera poematorum, Baebi, 
 quamque longe distincta alia ab aliis sint, nosce. 
 
 [Ghaeis. s. v. poematorum.]
 
 L. AC CI US. 145 
 
 EX LIBRIS INCERTIS. 
 
 Aceius was the first to examine into the question of the authen 
 ticity of the plays currently assigned to Plautus. He rejects 
 several that were commonly received : 
 
 Nam nee 'Gemini lenones,' nee 'Condalium,' nee 
 'Plaiiti anus,' nee 'Bis compressa,' nee 'Boeotia ' linquam 
 fiiit, neque adeo ' Agroecus ' neque ' Commorientes ' 
 
 Macci Titi. 
 
 [Acl. Gell. 3. 3. 9. 
 
 1 Boeotia. "Vid. sup. sub Aquilio, p. 102.
 
 C. LUCILIUS. 
 
 (Circ. 180-103 a.c). 
 
 SATURAE. 
 
 Book I. 
 I. - 
 
 {Atheism and immorality?) 
 Tubulus si Lucius unquam, 
 si Lupus aut Carbo, Neptuni films (?) putasset 
 esse deos, tarn periurus, tarn irupurus fuisset ? 
 
 [Cic. Be Nat. Bear. 1. 23. J 
 
 Lucius Hostilius Tubulus, praetor b.c. 142, 'cum quaestionem 
 inter sicarios exercuisset, ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem iudi- 
 candam ut anno proximo P. Scaevola, tribunus plebis, ferret ad 
 plebem, vellentne de ea re quaeri,' Cic. Be Fin. 2. 16. Tubulus 
 went into exile, and, being brought back to trial, poisoned himself. 
 Cp. ' Cui Tubuli nomen non odio est ? ' Cic. Be Fin. 5. 22. 
 
 Lupus, perhaps L. Cornelius Lentulus Lupus, consul b. c. 157. 
 afterwards convicted, ' repetundarum reus.' Cf. Hor. Sat. 2. 1. 68 
 ' famosisque Lupo cooperto versibus' : Pers. Sat. 1. 115. 
 
 Carbo. There were three bad brothers, C, Cn., and M. Carbo. 
 The allusion here seems to be to C. Papirius Carbo, the friend of 
 Tib. Gracchus, suspected of being concerned in the murder of 
 Scipio Africanus. Carbo (tribune b.c. 131, consul 120) was charged 
 with some crime by the young orator L. Licinius Crassus, and with- 
 out awaiting a trial, poisoned himself.
 
 C. LUC I LI US. 147 
 
 Neptuni fllius. Cp. Aul. Gell. 15. 21 ' ferocissirnos et immanes et 
 alienos ab omni humanitate, tamquam e mari genitos, Neptuni 
 nlios dixerunt.' If the reading filius putasset is right, films must lie 
 scanned as a disyllabic 
 
 II. 
 
 {A day in Rome in the time of Z/Ucilius!) 
 
 Nunc vero a mani ad noctem festo atque profesto, 
 toto ibidem pariterque die populusque patresque 
 iactare indu foro se omnes, decedere nusquam ; 
 uni se atque eidem studio omnes dedere et arti, 
 verba dare ut caute possint, pugnare dolose ; 
 blanditia certare, bonum simulare virum se ; 
 insidias facere, ut si hostes sint omnibus omnes. 
 
 [Lactant. Inst. 5. 9. 20.] 
 
 Book II. y 
 
 I. 
 
 (Scaevolax ridicule of the affectation of Greek maimers and speech by 
 
 Albucius.) 
 
 Graecum te Albuci quam Eomanum atque Sabinum. 
 municipem Ponti, Tritani, centurionum, 
 praeclarorum hominum ac primorum signiferumque, 
 maluisti dici. graece ergo praetor Athenis, 
 id quod maluisti te, cum ad me accedis, saluto ; 
 'x'i'pf/ inquam, 'Tite!' ; lictores turma omnis cohorsque 
 ' x ai P e Tite ! ' — hinc hostis mi Albucius, bine inimicus. 
 
 [Cic. Be Fin. 1.3.] 
 
 Titus Albucius is described by Cicero (Brut 35) as ' doctus Graecis 
 vel potius paene Graecus . . . fuit autem Athenis adulescens, per- 
 fectus Epicureus evaserat.' Q. Mucius Scaevola, on his way to his 
 province as propraetor in Asia, B.C. 121, meets Albucius at Athens, 
 and in recognition of his Greek tastes salutes him ' Graeco more " ; 
 his whole retinue taking up and carrying on the joke.
 
 148 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 Ponti. Cp. Cic. Be Senect. 10, ' ne vos quiclem T. Pontii centurion is 
 vires habetis.' Tritani, unknown. 
 
 II. 
 
 {A further caricature of the style of Albucius.) 
 Quam lepide Xe£«s' compostae ut tesserulae omnes 
 arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato ! 
 
 [Cic. Or. 44. 149.] 
 
 Cicero, in this passage, deprecates over-nicety in the combination 
 of words : ' nam esset cum infinitus turn puerilis labor, quod apud 
 Lucilium scite exagitat in Albueio Scaevola.' tesserulae, the small 
 cubes forming a 'tessellated pavement.' arte, 'skilfully.' em- 
 blemate vermiculato, ' intertwined mosaic work.' t^PKrj/Mi is anything 
 'inlaid.' vermiculatus is that which runs in twining, 'wriggling,' 
 patterns, as distinct from geometrical lines. 
 
 III. 
 
 (Scaevola refers to his son-in-law, L. Licinius Crassus, the most 
 famous Roman orator before Cicero's time.) 
 
 Crassum habeo generuni. ne rhetoricoteros tu seis ! 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 3. 43.] 
 rhetoricoteros, Le. prjiopiKwrtpos. 
 
 Book III. 
 
 See Porphyr. ad Hor. Sat. 1. 5. 1 : ' Lucilio hac satura aemulatur 
 Horatius iter suum a Roma Brundisium usque describens, quod et 
 ille in tertio libro fecit, primo a Roma Capuam usque et inde fretum 
 Siciliense.' 
 
 I. 
 
 {Orders are given to measure off the road exactly.) 
 
 viamque 
 degrumabis uti cast lis mensor facit olim. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. grumae.] 
 
 degrumabis, from 'sruma' or 'groma,' a surveyor's pole.
 
 C. LUC I LI US. 149 
 
 II. 
 
 {Distance to Capua, and from Capua to the Straits.) 
 
 Millia porro bis quina octogena videbis 
 commoda, de Capua quinquaginta atque ducenta. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. commoJum.] 
 commoda is interpreted by Nonius as 'integra '= ' full,' 'com- 
 plete.' The readings have been variously altered to harmonise the 
 numbers with actual geography. 
 
 III. 
 
 (The rough work begins near Setia, on a mountain ridge rising from 
 the Pomptine marshes.') 
 
 Verum haec ludus ibi susque omnia deque fuerunt, 
 
 susque ea deque fuere, inquam, omnia, ludus iocusque : 
 
 illud opus durum, ut Setinum accessimus finem ; 
 
 aly'ikmoi montes, Aetnae omnes, asperi Athones. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 16. 9.] 
 Susque deque, lit. -both up and down ' ; i.e. as much up as down, 
 ' about on a level.' So Gellius,!. c. ' significat autem "susque deque 
 ferre" animo aequo esse, et quod accidit non magni pendere,' etc. 
 Cp. Cic. Alt. 14. 6. 1 ' de Octavio susque deque.' alyiXi-noi. The 
 genuine Greek form is aly'i\iif/, Horn. II. 9. 15. The word may be con- 
 nected with alyis, ' storm.' 
 
 IV. 
 
 (The toads are bad.) 
 
 Praeterea omne iter est hoc labosum atque lutosum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. labosum.] 
 Labosum may be connected with tabes. Lamosus from lama (cp. 
 Hor. Ep. 1. 13. 10) is a likely emendation. 
 
 V. 
 
 (The donkeys are overloaded.) 
 
 Mantica cantheri costas gravitate premebat. 
 
 [Porphyk. ad Hor. Sat. 1. 6. 106.]
 
 J 
 
 150 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 VI. 
 
 They take ship and coast along Lucania.) 
 
 Hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox. 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Aen. 10. 244.] 
 nox, pro 'nocte,' Serv. I. c. 
 
 VII. 
 
 (Thick iceather comes on, and soundings are taken.) 
 Hinc catapeiratera puer deorsum dedit, unctum 
 plumbi pauxillum raudus Unique mataxarn. 
 
 [Isid. Etym. 19. 4. J 
 Catapeiratera, cp. KaTa-n-fipr^TTjpir], Hdt. 2. 5 = ' sounding-line '. The 
 raudus (lump of metal) is greased, in order that it may bring up, 
 when it is raised, shells, sand, or the like, to show the nature of 
 the bottom. Mataxa (metaxa) is properly ' raw silk ' ; here used 
 generally for a cord. 
 
 Book IV. 
 
 {It is uncertain to what book the next fragment is to be referred; but 
 it forms a good prelude to the general scope of the fourth as a protest 
 against luxury and crime.) 
 
 Virtus, Albine, est pretium persolvere verum 
 quis in versamur, quis vivimus rebus, potesse ; 
 virtus est hornini scire id quod quaeque valet res ; 
 virtus scire homini rectum utile quid sit honestum, 
 quae bona quae mala item, quid inutile, turpe, inhon- 
 
 estum ; 
 virtus, quaerendae finem rei scire modumque ; 
 virtus, divitiis pretium persolvere posse ; 
 virtus, -id dare quod re ipsa debetur honori ; 
 hostem esse atque inimicum hominum morumque 
 
 malorum,
 
 C. LUC I LI US. 151 
 
 contra defensorem hominum morumque bonorum, 
 magnificare hos, his bene velle, his vivere ainicum ; 
 commoda praeterea patriai prima putare, 
 tleinde parentum, tertia iam postremaque nostra. 
 
 [Lactant. Inst. 6. 5. 2.] 
 
 II. 
 
 {The protest of Laelius the Wife ' against gluttony.') 
 
 lapathe, ut iactare, nee es satis cognitus qui sis! 
 in quo Laelius clamores 00416s ille solebat 
 edere, compel la ns gumias ex ordine nostros. 
 
 [Cic. Be Fin. 2. 8.] 
 
 Lapathe, 'sorrel,' how thou art lauded to the skies, and yet enough 
 is not known of what you really are ! ' It is easy to talk finely 
 about a light, vegetable diet, but who strictly keeps to it ? in quo. 
 perhaps ' over which,' i.e. on the occasion of his own meal of sorrel. 
 Laelius, surnamed Sapiens, the intimate friend of the younger 
 Scipio Africanus. In his honour, Cicero wrote his treatise 'Laelius 
 sive de Amicitia.' From the teaching of Diogenes and Panaetius he 
 had learned to accept the doctrines of the Stoic school, compeilans 
 = ' rebuking." gumias = ' gluttons.' 
 
 III. L. 
 
 (Publius Gallonius is familiar to us from Horace, Sat. 2. 2. 47.) 
 
 ' O Publi, o gurges, Galloni, es homo miser ' inquit ; 
 
 cenasti in vita numquam bene, cum omnia in ista 
 
 consumis squilla atque acupensere cum decumano. 
 
 [Cic. ibid. 
 Cum — cum, both are to be taken as conjunctions, as in Lucilius, 
 ' cum pacem peto cum placo cum adeo et cum adpello meam.' de- 
 cumano, ' huge ' ; as fluctus decumanus. 
 
 IV. 
 
 ( The gladiators Aeserninus and Pacidiannx.') ^^ 
 Aeserninus fuit Flaccorum munere quidam 
 Samnis, spurcus homo, vita ilia dignus locoque ;
 
 15a FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 cum Pacideiano componitur, optimus nmlto 
 post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. spurcum.] 
 Cicero, Ad Quint. Fr. 3. 4, says : ' cum Aesernino Samnite Pacidi- 
 anus comparatus viderei-, auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset.' 
 Aeserninus is armed as a ' Samnite ' with the ' winged helmet, 
 scutum, ocreae, and manica.' The pair is matched (componitur) at 
 some show (munere) ; and we may suppose that Aeserninus bit off 
 his opponent's ear. unus = ' beyond all others/ as 'rem unam 
 omnium difficillimam,' Cic. Brut. 6. 25. 
 
 V. 
 {Pacidianus expresses his hatred of Aeserninus.') 
 
 • Oecidam ilium equidem et vincam, si id quaeritis,' 
 
 inquit ; 
 
 • verum illud credo fore : in os prius accipiam ipse 
 quam gladium in stomacho furiae ac pulmonibus sisto. 
 odi hominem, iratus pugno ; nee longius quicquam 
 nobis, quam dextrae gladium dum accommodet alter : 
 usque adeo studio atque odio illius ecferor ira. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 3. 21.] 
 furiae = 'madman' (al. furi). Cp. Cic. Pro Sest. 14. 33 of Clodius, 
 
 • ilia furia ac pestis patriae.' longius, i. e. ' more wearisome ' : he 
 can hardly wait. 
 
 Book V. 
 I. 
 
 (Lucttifis complains of the neglect of a friend, who failed to visit hint 
 
 ichen he teas sick.) 
 
 Quo me habeam pacto, tametsi non quaeris, docebo ; 
 quando in eo numero mansti, quo in maxima nunc est 
 pars hominum. 
 ut periisse velis, quern visere nolueris cum 
 
 /
 
 C. LUC I LI US. I '5 3 
 
 debueris. hoc ' nolueris ' et 'debueris' te 
 
 si minus delectat quod T(x"tov Isocratium est 
 
 Ar^>aj6>sque simul totum et (rv^jxfi^aKiwhts, 
 
 non operani perdo. [Aul. Gell. 18. 8.] 
 
 Gellius, 1. c. adds this comment : ' opoioTtXevra et looKaiaKrjKTa et 
 napioa et ufj-oto-nTwra, ceteraque huiusmodi scitamenta quae isti 
 aireipuKa\ot, qui se Isocraticos videri volunt, in conlocandis verbis 
 immodice faciunt et rancide, quam sint insubida et inertia et 
 puerilia, facetissime hercle significat in quinto saturarum Lucilius.' 
 
 mansti: if this correction he right, the meaning is, 'you continue to 
 be like the rest of the world' : if mansi, ' I continue to be, in spite of 
 my illness, of no more interest to you than the rest of the world.' 
 Texviov, so Scaliger : al. drexvov et I. avp/j.eipaKiw8is, 'altogether 
 childish.' The general sense is, 'if you think the jingle of "nolueris" 
 and " debueris" a mark of bad taste, I take no further trouble.' 
 
 Book VI. 
 I. 
 
 (A miter's passion for his money-ha /.) *■ — 
 
 Cui neque iumentum est nee servus nee comes nil us. 
 bulgam et quicquid habet numorum secum habet ipse : 
 cum bulga cenat, dormit, lavat ; omnis in unast 
 spes homini bulga : bulga haec devincta lacertost. 
 
 Nonius, s. v. bulga.] 
 bulga, a Gallic word ; French, bougette ; our budget. 
 
 II. 
 
 (A word not to be got into an hexameter line.) ^ 
 servorum ast festus dies hie, 
 quern plane hexametro versu non dicere possis. 
 
 [Porphyr. ad liar. Xttt. i. 5. 87. ' 
 The last days of the Saturnalia were called the Sigillaria, when 
 friends made presents uf little images sigilla, signa) to one anoi her. 
 Ausonius, Ecl./er. Rom. 52, calls the festival 'festa Sigillorum.'
 
 154 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 Book IX. 
 I. 
 
 {The difference between poema anil poesis.) 
 
 Nunc haec quid valeant, quidque huic intersiet illud 
 cognosces, primum hoc quod dicimus esse poema 
 pars est parva poesis ; id est, epigrammata, porro 
 disticha, epistula item quaevis non , magna poemast. 
 ilia poesis opus totum, ut tota Ilias summast 
 una poesis, ut Annales Enni. Atque si hoc unumst, 
 est maius multo quam quod dixi ante poema. 
 quapropter dico : nemo, si culpat Homerum, 
 perpetuum culpat, neque, quod dixi ante, poesin : 
 versum unum culpat, verbum, enthymema, locumve. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. poesis, poema. ] 
 
 The general sense is plain, that a poema is a short composition, 
 and only the fragment of a poesis. But the readings are most un- 
 certain. I have filled up a lacuna, as suggested by Bahrens, and 
 followed, generally, Wordsworth's ed. for the rest, 'enthymema, 
 locumve, ' a (single) reflection or one passage.' 
 
 II. 
 
 (On the Heedlessness of writing a vowel double, in order to shoiv that 
 
 it is long.) 
 
 A primast : hinc incipiam, et quae nomina ab hoc sunt. 
 
 'AA geminum longa, A brevis syllaba.' nos tamen 
 
 unum 
 
 hoc faciemus, et uno eodemque, ut dicimus, pacto 
 
 scribemus pacem, placide, Ianum, aridum, acetum ; 
 
 T Apey "Apes Graeci ut faciunt. 
 
 [Scaur us, Be Orthography 
 
 Scaurus explains the passage: 'Accius' (L., the tragic poet, 
 ' geminatis vocalibus scribi natura longas syllabas voluit.' 'Ap«s 'Apes, 
 Horn. 77. 5. 31 : see also Martial 9. 12 ' Et Graeci quibus est nihil 
 
 1/
 
 C. LUCILIUS. 155 
 
 negatum, | ©t quos T Ap«s "Ape? decet sonare. ' Lucilius denies the use 
 of this duplication of the vowel, and would write d and a identical, 
 depending only on the pronunciation to distinguish them, at dici- 
 rnus. 
 
 III. 
 
 'In the plural we may write ei, in the gen. of tin' declension ; in such 
 datives as illi only the siiajle 1. 
 
 lam ' puerei venere ' E postremum facito atque I. 
 
 at pueri plures fiant. I si facis solum, 
 
 'pupilli, pueri, Lucili,' hoc unius fiet. 
 
 ' hoc illi factum est uni ' , tenue hoc facies I ; 
 
 • haec illei fecere.' addes E, ut pinguius fiat. 
 
 [Vkll. Long. 56 K. et L.] 
 
 Book XV. 
 I. 
 
 ( The Homeric Cyclops.) 
 Multa homines portenta in Honieri versibus ficta 
 monstra putant : quorum in prions Polyphemus du- 
 
 centos 
 Cyclops longus pedes, et porro huic mains bacillum 
 quam malus navi in corbita maximus ulla. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. corbita.! 
 See Horn. Odys. 9. 167 foil. His club (ib. 3191*011.) is described as 
 oaaov 9' loTuv vijus hiKoaopoio ixtKaivrjs, (popridos tvpeiijs, which last 
 words are the equivalent of corbita. 
 
 II. 
 
 (Only children are frightened at goblins.) 
 Terriculas Lamias, Fauni quas Pompiliique 
 instituere Numae, tremit, has insomnia ponit 
 ut pueri infantes credunt signa omnia ahena 
 vivere et esse homines, sic isti somnia ficta
 
 156 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 vera putant, credunt signis cor inesse in ahenis. 
 pergula pictorum, veri nihil, omnia ficta ! 
 
 [Lactant. i. 22. 13.] 
 insomnia (Bahrens conj. for hie omnia) = visions of the night. 
 pergula, 'studio.' 
 
 Book XXVI. 
 
 ( The metres in this book, probably the earliest of the saturae, are mostly 
 trochaic tetrameter catalectic. Lucilius writes for ' the general 
 public,' 1 not up to the level of the most cultivated, nor down to the 
 requirements of the ignorant.) 
 
 . . . nec docti'ssimis ; nam Gaiuni 
 
 Persium haec legere nolo, Iunium Congiim volo. 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 2. § 25 with Wilkins' note : Plin. Praef. N. H. § 7.] 
 
 Persium non euro legere, Laelium Decumum volo. 
 
 [ibid.] 
 
 The reading Manium of Pliny for Gaium is wrong ; if, that is, 
 
 Persium be right. C. Persius is spoken of by Cic, Brut. 26. 99, as 
 
 ' litteratus homo.' The other names must represent the average 
 
 citizen. 
 
 II. 
 
 (The strength of Some comes out in a long campaign.) 
 Ut Eomanus populus victus vi et superatus proeliis 
 saepe est multis, bello vero numquam, in quo sunt 
 
 omnia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. belium et proelium.] 
 
 Book XXYII. 
 I. 
 
 (Lucilius does his best for his readers.) 
 
 Eem populi salutem fictis versibus Lucilius,
 
 C. LUC II J US. i,57 
 
 qiiibus potest, inpertit totumque hoc studiose <t sedulo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fingere, compenere. 
 
 II. 
 
 [He feels thai life is short, and he must use it to the full.) 
 
 Cum sciam nihil esse in vita proprium mortal! datum, 
 
 iam qua tempestate vivo xP']' Tl " ad me recipio. 
 
 Nonius, s. p. proprium, i.e. perpetuum.] 
 X/'V' 7 '" or chresin is Lachmann's emendation for the reading certe 
 sine of MSS. 
 
 III. 
 
 (He never looks askance at other metis treasures.) 
 
 Nulli me invidere, non strabonem fieri saepius 
 
 deliciis me istorum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. strabones.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 ( The simulated grief of hired mourners.) l ^~ 
 
 II t mercede quae conductae flent alieno in fimere 
 praeficae multum et capillos scindunt et clamant magis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. praeficae.] 
 
 Book XXVIII. 
 I. 
 
 (He plays with the Empedoclean doctrine (Lucret. i. 714 foil.) of the 
 four elements, by making an absurd application of it.) 
 
 ' Quapropter certum est facere contra ac persequi 
 
 et nomen deferre hominis ' — 'hoc cum feeeris, 
 
 cum ceteris reus una tradetur Lupo/ 
 
 'non aderit ' — ' dpxals hominem et oToixelois simul 
 
 privabit : igni ciim et aqua interdixerit 
 
 duo habet oroi^e'ia ' — ' at fruitnr anima et corpore
 
 I $8 FRAGMENT A S ELECTA. 
 
 yij corpus, anima est nvedfia' — ' posterioribus 
 o-Totxdots, si id maluerit, privabit tamen.' 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. deferre.] 
 A man is summoned for trial before the praetor Lupus. He 
 won't turn up. Then Lupus will proceed, by ' interdictio,' to de- 
 prive him of two elements, fire and water. But he has the two 
 other elements in his own body— earth and air. Well, the praetor 
 will next deprive him of these ; and that will complete the affair.
 
 T. QUINCTIUS ATTA. 
 
 (Ob. 77 a.c.). 
 
 TOGATAE. 
 
 The fragments of Atta are too scanty to enable us to judge of 
 that skill in representing character — and especially female cha- 
 racter — with which he is credited. 
 
 AEDILICIA. 
 
 Aedilicia : sc. fabula. We may suppose that at an entertain- 
 ment given by the Aediles a money-present is made to some 
 popular actor (I) ; and that, later in the day, there is a little 
 trouble between a noisy citizen and the police (II). 
 
 I. 
 Daturin estis aiirum ? exultat planipes. 
 
 [DlOMED. 3, p. 487 P.] 
 II. 
 
 4 
 
 Sed si pepugero, metuet . . . 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 6 (7). 9, 10.] 
 
 AQUAE CALDAE. 
 
 The scene is laid in some popular watering-place, where the 
 company is both gay and mixed. The respectable ladies complain 
 that the courtesans are not obliged to wear their distinguishing
 
 l6o FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 dress, as in Rome (I). Then there seems to have been some quar- 
 relling between the bathers and the manager of the baths about 
 the water-supply. They complain that the water only comes trick- 
 ling in ; and he tells them if they are not content he shall close 
 the spring altogether (II). 
 
 I. 
 
 Cum nostro ornatu per vias meretricie lupantur. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lupari.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Aquae ita muginantur hodie— Atqui egofontem occlusero. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. muginari = murmurare (?).] 
 
 SATURA. 
 
 The only fragment referred to this title has a curious history. 
 Isidore of Seville {Origin. 6. 9) asserts that the Romans were for- 
 bidden to use, like the Greeks or Etrurians, an iron stylus for 
 writing on their waxen tablets : ' ceram ferro ne caedito.' They 
 were obliged to use a bone-point (I). 
 
 I. 
 vertamus vomerem, 
 in cera mucrone aeque aremus osseo. 
 
 [ISIDOR. I. C.]
 
 L. AFRANIUS. 
 
 (Nat. circ. 144 a.c). 
 
 TOGATAE. 
 
 COMPITALIA. 
 
 The Compifalia was a feast held in the winter in honour of the 
 Lares, and was celebrated at the spots where cross-roads met. This 
 play is interesting, because, in the Prologue, Afranius acknow- 
 ledges, with unblushing frankness, that he took his plays not only 
 from Menander, but from any author, Latin as well as Greek, who 
 ha£>pened to serve his purpose (I). He expresses his marked pre- 
 ference for Terence (II, III). 
 
 I. 
 
 . . . fateor, sumpsi non ab illo modo, 
 
 sed lit quisque habuit conveniret quod mihi, 
 
 quod me non posse melius facere credidi, 
 
 etiam a Latino. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 4.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Terenti numne similem dicent quempiam ? 
 
 [Suet. Vit. Terent. c. 5, p. 33.] 
 
 III. 
 
 . . . ut qufcquid loquitur, sal merum est ! 
 
 [Priscian, 5. 8, p. 659 P.] 
 
 M
 
 16a FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 DIVORTIUM. 
 
 Two sisters, very happily married, seem to have had their com- 
 fort disturbed by the stupid interference of their father, who tries 
 to make a breach between them and their husbands (I) ; accusing 
 one of the husbands of an intrigue, which he was keeping secret, in 
 order that his wife might not be able to claim her dowry and leave 
 him (II). The father seems to have been put up to this by the 
 influence of a second wife, whom one of the sisters (or the accused 
 husband) addresses in uncomplimentary language (III ) ; reminding 
 her how pleasant she seemed, when she first came into the family 
 (IV). The meretrix, about whom all this disturbance arose, appears 
 on the stage, and gives herself a high character (V). 
 
 I. 
 
 di'gnum facirms ! adulescentis optimas 
 bene convenientes, bene Concordes cum viris 
 
 repente viduas factas spurcitia patris ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. spurcus = saevus.] ' 
 
 II. 
 
 . . . qui conere clanculum 
 rus ire, dotem ne repromittas, vafer, 
 honeste ut latites et nos ludas diiitius. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vafer.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Mulier, novercae nomen hue adde fmpium, 
 
 spurca gingivast, gannit hau dici potest . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. spurcus.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Quam perspicace, quam benigne, quam cito, 
 quam blande, quam materno visa's pectore — ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. perspicace = perspicaciter.] 
 
 •>
 
 L. AFRANIUS. 163 
 
 V. 
 
 Vigilans ac sollers, sfcca sana sobria : 
 virosa non sum, et si sum non desunt mihi 
 qui ultro dent : aetas Integra est, formae satis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. virosa = virorum appetens.] 
 
 EPISTULA. 
 
 A young man is found prowling about in the cold by his lady- 
 love's house, and is asked to explain his business (I). He is dressed 
 in a petticoat to look like a girl and so gain admission (II) ; in 
 which he succeeds, though he is not used to such disguises (III I. 
 The mother comes on the scene, and asks the daughter to explain 
 the intruder's presence ; she states that he is taking refuge from a 
 footpad (IV), and she defends her own modesty — she is not a girl 
 who wants a host of lovers ! (V). When the quarrel is over, the 
 daughter tells the story to some friend — about her own suppressed 
 laughter, and her mother's fury (VI), and their ultimate reconcili- 
 ation (VII). 
 
 I- 
 qm's tu ventoso in loco 
 soleatus, intempesta noctu siib love 
 
 aperto capite, silices cum findat gel us ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. gelus, masc] 
 II. 
 tace ! 
 puella non sum, supparo si induta sum ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. supparum.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quamquam fstaec malitiosa non tarn calleo 
 
 tamen fefelli. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. callere, cum accus.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Hue venit fugiens tenebrionem Tirrium. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tenebrio.] 
 M 2
 
 1 64 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 V. 
 
 Nam proba et pudi'ca quod sum, consulo et parco mihi, 
 quoniam comparatum est uno ut simus eontentae viro. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. eomparare = constituere.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Ego misera risu clanclestino rumpier, 
 turgere mater, amens ira fervere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. rumpere, fervere.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Me auctore. mater, abstinebis— . Quid nisi *? 
 
 [Festus, s. v. quid nisi ?] 
 
 EXCEPTUS. 
 
 A young man has an intrigue with a Neapolitan girl, Moschis (I). 
 His father meets him walking with her, dressed as a respectable 
 lady ; for which the son finds a sort of excuse (II). Rudely sepa- 
 rated from Moschis, the young man attempts to drown himself, 
 but he is rescued (exceptus) by a fishing- boat (III-V). How is 
 Moschis to win him back again ? She is advised to let him over- 
 hear her weeping for his supposed loss (VI-VIII). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ul >i bice Moschis, quaeso. habet, meretrix Neapolitis? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. habere = habitare.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Meretrix cum veste longa ? — Peregrino in loco 
 
 solent tutandi causa sese sumere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. meretrices.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Alii tu : appellant hue ad molem nostram naviculam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. appellare (? .]
 
 L. AFRANIUS. 165 
 
 IV. 
 
 Turn conscendo cumbam interibi liici piscatoriam, 
 . . . venio, iacitur anchora, inhibent Igniter. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cuniba.] 
 
 V. 
 
 iubeo hominem tolli 
 et eonlocari et confoveri : solvo operam Dianae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. operari = sacrificare.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 De vita ac morte domini fabulabere 
 advorsum fratrem illius ac dominiim suum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. advorsum =apud.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 ... si ille haec nunc sentit, facere illf satis 
 vis, quanta illius mors sit maceries tibi ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. maceries = maceratio.l 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Quod vi'tae studium aut quod praesidium in posterum 
 mihi supponebas, me cum privares tui ? 
 
 [Nonius, tui, gen. pro dblaf] 
 
 , FRATRIAE. 
 
 A niggardly father wishes to get his pretty daughter off his 
 hands, without having to settle a dofrry on her (I) ; and so he 
 betroths her to a baker ! (II). ' Why not to a pastry-cook ? ' cries 
 the mother, 'and she might have kept the family in tarts' (III. 
 The girj moves heaven and earth to get off the marriage (IV) ; and 
 when her own lover brings her in, smartly dressed, to plead her 
 case (V), she seems to have been successful, as we find her after- 
 wards living in style (VI).
 
 1 66 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 I. 
 
 Formosa virgo est : dotis dimidium vocant 
 
 isti, qui dotis neglegunt uxorias : 
 
 praeterea fortis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fortis.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Dat rustico nescio cui vicino suo 
 perpauperi, cui dicat dotis paululum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dicere = promittere.] 
 
 1 
 
 III. 
 
 Pistori nubat ? ciir non scriblitario, 
 
 ut mittat fratris filio lucunculos? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lucuns.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 . . . nullam profecto accessi ad aram, quin deos 
 
 suppliciis sumptu votis donis precibus plorans obsecrans 
 
 nequiquam defetigarem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. supplicium = supplicatio.] 
 
 curre, nuntia 
 venfre et mecum meam speratam adducere ; 
 inde lit puellam ciirent, conferment iube. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sperata = sponsa.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Mea nutrix, surge sf vis, profer purpuram : 
 
 praeclavium contextumst. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. praeclavium.]
 
 L. AFRANIUS. 1 67 
 
 SIMULANS. 
 
 The reclamation of a drunken and quarrelsome husband. After 
 one stormy scene between the husband and wife, peace is restored 
 through the pleading of their little child (I). The wife's father 
 overhears the bickering with a secret joy (II), for he has taken the 
 advice of a friend (III), and determined on a heroic remedy. 
 Pretending (Simulans) extreme indignation, he announces his inten- 
 tion of dissolving this unhappy marriage. He bitterly reproaches 
 the husband with his misconduct (IV). [These words were once 
 the occasion of a political demonstration. The Simulans was acted 
 in b.c. 57. The consul, Lentulus Spinther, who presided at the 
 representation, was, in co-operation with the Optimales, working 
 hard for Cicero's return from exile. It was so arranged that, 
 when these words of reproach were uttered, the Chorus and actors, 
 to a man, fixed their gaze on Clodius, and raised such a storm that 
 he was glad to quit the theatre. Cic. Pro Sest. 55.] New, all the 
 money belonged to the wife, so when th^ dissolution of the mar- 
 riage was announced, the husband had to turn out of doors amid the 
 jeers of all the household (V). So he puts his pride in his pocket, 
 and avails himself of the services of his amiable child, to make 
 terms with his wife's father (VI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Noli, mea mater, me praesente cum patre 
 
 coicere ! — Non, si noenu vis, o mel meum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. coicere = certare.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Ne ego illos velitantes ausculto lubens. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ausculto.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Saeviter ferre haec te Simula, et gnatam ab illo abducere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. saeviter.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 haec, taeterrime, 
 
 sunt postprincipia atque exitus malae vitiosae vitae. 
 
 [Cic. l J ro Sest. 55.]
 
 1 68 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 V. 
 
 Uti servorum captus est, facillime 
 domo atque nostra familia protniditur. 
 
 [Donat. In Ter. Adelph. 3. 4. 34 captus est condicio.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 tui 
 veretur, me ad te misit oratiim pater. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vereor, cum genit.] 
 
 VOPISCUS. 
 
 This is the technical term for the survivor of twin children, 
 when one has died before its birth. In this case, the father, in 
 his unreasonable anger, refuses to acknowledge the living child (I). 
 He seems to have repudiated his wife, and afterwards to have re- 
 pented ; but as he has contracted a new marriage he is barred from 
 return to his first love, as his new wife emphatically reminds him 
 II -IV). The rest of the fragments are of a very mixed character : 
 a serious defence of the old practice of exposing children (V) : 
 honourable marriage commended to young men (,VI) : various 
 characters introduced, such as the lady who gets power by capri- 
 cious alternations of warmth and coolness (.VII) ; the old woman 
 on the look-out for a young lover (VIII) ; the lady's maid .IX) ; 
 the trusty comrade (X) ; and the slaves who are spoiled by their 
 masters (XI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Non dolorum partionis veniet in mentem tib-i, 
 
 quos tu ruisera pertulisti, ut partum proiceret pater? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. partio.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Quo casu cecidit spes reducendi domum 
 quam ciij>io, cuius ego in dies impendio 
 ex desiderio magis magisque maceror. 
 
 [Chakis. s. v. impendio.]
 
 L. AFRANJUS. 169 
 
 III. 
 
 Voluptatem capio maximam, crucian tua te culpa, 
 
 qui de te et de ilia pessime, quam deamas, proinerere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. deamare. ] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Igitiir quiesce, et quoniam inter nos nuptiae 
 sunt dictae, parcas istis verbis, si placet. 
 
 l Nonius, s. v. dicere — promittere.] 
 
 Antiquitas jjetenda in principio mihL 
 
 maiores vestri incupidiores liberum 
 
 mere. 
 
 [Nonius, s.. v. liberum, gen. plur. 
 
 VI. 
 
 eius te siiscitat 
 imago, cuius effigia, quo gnatu's patre. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. effigia ^effigies.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Dum me morigeram, diim morosam praebeo, 
 deinde aliquid dedita opera controversiae 
 concinno, laedo interduui contumeliis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. morigera, morosa.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Si possent homines delenimentis capi 
 omnes haberent mine amatores anus, 
 aetas et corpus tenerum et morigeratio, 
 baec sunt venena formosarum mulierum : 
 mala aetas nulla delenimenta invenit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mala aetas = senectus.]
 
 170 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 IX. 
 
 novi non inscitulam 
 
 ancillulam, vestrae hie erae vestispicam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vestiapicL] 
 
 X. 
 
 equidem te nunquam mihi 
 parasitum, verum amicum aequalem atque hospitem 
 cotidianum et lautum convivam domi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aequales, lautus.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 male merentur de nobis eri, 
 
 qui nos tanto opere indulgent in pueritia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. indulgere, cum acctis.~\
 
 POMPILIUS. 
 
 EPIGRAMMA. 
 
 (An Epigram, modelled on the Alexandrine style by Pompilius 
 (al. Papinus) in the first half of the seventh century u. c.) 
 
 Pacvi diseipulus dicor, porro is fuit Enni 
 
 Ennius Musarum ; Pompilius clueo. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cluet.] 
 Pacvi, i. e. Pacuvii ; MSS.
 
 VALERIUS AEDITUUS. 
 
 ^FL circ. 100 ax.). 
 
 EPIGRAMMATA. 
 
 Aulus Gellius, 19. 9. 10 : ' versus cecinit Valeri Aeditui, veteris 
 poetae, item Porcii Licini et Q. Catuli, quibus mundius, venustius, 
 limatius, tersius graecum latinumve nihil quidquarn reperiri puto. 
 Aeditui versus : 
 
 I. 
 
 Dicere eum conor curam tibi, Pamphila, cordis, 
 quid mi abs te quaeram, verba labris abeunt, 
 
 per pectus manat subito multus mibi sudor : 
 sic tacitus, stupidus r duplo ideo pereo \ 
 
 Atque item alios versus eiusdem addidit, nee hercle minus dulces 
 
 quam priores : 
 
 II. 
 
 Quid faculam praefers, Phileros, qua nil opus nobis? 
 
 ibimus sic : lucet pectore flamma satis, 
 istam nam potis est vis saeva exstinguere venti, 
 
 aut imber caelo candidus praecipitans : 
 at contra hunc ignem Veneris, nisi si Venus ipsa, 
 
 nullast quae possit vis alia opprimere.' 
 
 1 The reading of the last line is very uncertain. He seems to 
 mean that his sufferings are twofold ; first, his passion ; secondly, 
 his inability to express it. Biihrens reads ' Sic tacitus, subidus 
 dum studeo, pereo.'
 
 Q. LUTATIUS CATULUS. 
 
 (Consul, 102 : ob. 87 a.c). 
 
 EPIGRAMMATA. 
 
 (Q. Lutatius Catulus, consul 102 e. c, was colleague of Marius. ) 
 
 I. 
 
 Aufugit mi animus. Credo, ut solet, ad Theotimum 
 
 devenit. sic est : perfugium illud habet. 
 quid ? quasi non interdixem, ne illunc fugitivum 
 
 mitteret ad se intro, sed magis eiceret ! 
 ibimus quaesitum. verum ne ipsi teneamur 
 formido. quid ago ? da Venus consilium. 
 
 [Aul. Geix. I. c] 
 Wordsworth quotes the original which suggested it, from Calli- 
 machus, Ep. 42 : — 
 
 ijixiav pev ipvxiis eTi ro irvtov, tfpicrv 8' ovie o!5' 
 
 (it' Epos (It' 'A.'iStjs TjpTiaae, irXrjv a<pavls. 
 jj pa Tif' (s iraiScuv ira\iv Jjx.(to' KaL P* v airfinov 
 
 iroWaici, ' ttjv SprjaTiv pfj vtrub~exde, vloi.' 
 Ev£i6eov 5i<pT)(jov, (Kuae yap tj \i9u\(votos 
 Ktivrj, ical Svcrepws oi5' vn nov OTplcptrai. 
 
 II. 
 
 Constiteram exorientem Auroram forte salutans, 
 
 cum subito a laeva Roscius exoritur. 
 
 pace mihi liceat, caelestes, dicere vestra ; 
 
 mortalis visust pulehrior esse deo. 
 
 [Cic. De Nat. Deor. 1. 28.]
 
 PORCIUS LICINUS. 
 
 (Fl. circ. 90 a.c.). 
 
 (Aulus Gellius, 17. 21, quotes the opinion of Porcius Licinus 
 about the late rise of poetry in Rome : ' serius poeticam Romae 
 coepisse dicit, in his versibus.') ' 
 
 Poenico bello secundo Musa pinnato gradu 
 intulit se bellicosara in Romuli gentem feram. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 II. 
 
 (Porcius speaks bitterly about Terence and his intimacy with 
 the great men of Rome, which profited him so little.) 
 
 Dum lasciviam nobilium et laiides fucosas petit, 
 dum Africani vocem divinam haiirit avidis auribus, 
 dum ad Philum se cenitare et Laelium pulchrum putat, 
 dum se amari ab his cum credat, crebro in Albanum venit. 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 sin's postlatis rebus ad summam inopiam redactus est. 
 itaque ex conspectu omnium abit ut Graeciae in terram 
 
 ultimam, 
 mortuost Stymphali, Arcadiae in oppido, nil Piiblius 
 Scipio profuit, nihil illi Laelius, nil Fiirius, 
 tres per id tempiis qui agitabant facile nobilissimi : 
 eorum ille opera ne domum quidem habuit conductitiam, 
 saltern u: esset quo referret obitum domini servulus. 
 
 [Sueton. Vita Terenf]
 
 PORCIUS LICINUS. 175 
 
 Philum, so Roth, for reading of MSS. fixum or furium. The allusion 
 probably is to L. Furius Philus, consul b. c. 136, a contemporary 
 and fellow-student of the younger Scipio and Laelius. 
 
 Stymphali for finfalo of MSS., cp. Auson. Ep. 18. 15 : ' Protulit in 
 scenam quot drarnata fabellarum | Arcadiae medio qui iacet in 
 gremio.' 
 
 III. 
 
 Custodes ovium teneraeque propaginis agnum, 
 
 quaeritis ignem ? ite hue. quaeritis ? ignis homost. 
 si digito attigero, incendam silvaru simul omnem, 
 
 omne pecus flammast, omnia quae video. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 19. 9.] 
 
 The last words make no sense. We might write : 'omne pecus : 
 flammast omnia quae video'; or with Bahrens, 'omnia ab igne 
 meo.'
 
 VOLCATIUS SEDIGITUS. 
 
 (Fl. circ. 90 a.c). 
 
 LIBER DE POETIS. 
 
 I. 
 
 (Cp. Aul. Geli. 15. 24 : 'Sedigitus in libro quem scripsit de poetis, 
 quid de his sentiat qui comoedias fecerunt. et quem ex omnibus 
 praestare ceteris putet, ac deinceps quo quemque in loco et honore 
 ponat, his versibus suis demonstrat) : 
 
 Multos incertos certare hanc rem vidimus, 
 palmam poetae comico cui deferant. 
 eum meo iudicio errorem dissolvam tihi, 
 ut, contra si quis sentiat, nil sentiat. 
 Caecflio palmam Static- do mimico ; 
 Plautiis secundus facile exsuperat ceteros ; 
 dein Naevius qui fervet pretio in tertiost ; 
 si en't quod quarto detur dabitur Li'cinio. 
 post insequi Licfnium facio Atilium ; 
 in sexto consequetur hos Terentius ; 
 Turpilius septimiim, Trabea octavum optinet ; 
 nono loco esse facile facio Luscium ; 
 decimum addo causa antiquitatis Ennium.' 
 
 II. 
 
 (In Sueton. Vita Terentii, the following account of the poet's 
 death is assigned to Sedigitus) : 
 
 Sed ut Afer populo sex dedit comoedias, 
 iter hinc in Asiam fecit, at navem ut semel 
 conscendit, visus nunquam est ; sic vita vacat. 
 
 [SUETON. I. C.]
 
 VOLCATIUS SEDIGITUS. 177 
 
 [II. 
 
 (Donat., in auctano Suet rif. Terent., quotes Volcatius ?) as 
 accrediting Scipio with the authorship of the Terentian plays 
 The text is given as in Bahrens, Faun, 
 
 Publi Terenti hae quae vocantur fabulae 
 cuiae sunt ? non qui iiira gentibiis dabat 
 has summo honore affectas fecit fibulas ? 
 
 [Donat. /. c. ]
 
 HOSTIUS. 
 
 BELLUM HISTRICUM. 
 
 Probably the war described in this epic is of the date of 125 b. c, 
 in which Sempronius Tuditanus earned his triumph. The earlier 
 Histrian war had been dealt with by Ennius. The few fragments 
 only reach to the second book. 
 
 per gentes altivolantum 
 
 aetherias atque ardua tesca intraque volabis 
 
 templa antiqua deum. 
 
 [Festus, 356, s. v. (?) tesca.] 
 
 II. 
 
 non si mihi linguae 
 
 centum atque ora sient totidem vocesque liquatae. 
 
 [Mackob. Sat. 6. 3. 6.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Dia Minerva simul. simul autem invictus Apollo, 
 arquitenens Latonius. 
 
 [Mackob. Sat. 6. 5. 8.]
 
 A. FURIUS ANTIAS. 
 
 (Fl. circ. 84 a.c). 
 
 i'AuIus Gellius, 18. 11, quotes the following 'Furiana,' and de- 
 fends them against the harsh censure of the grammarian Caesellius 
 Vindex.) 
 
 I. 
 
 Sanguine diluitur tellus, cava terra lutescit. 
 
 II. 
 
 Omnia noctescunt tenebris ealiginis atrae. 
 
 III. 
 
 Increseunt animi, virescit vulnere virtus. 
 
 IV. 
 Sicut fulca ] levis volitat super aequora classis. 
 
 V. 
 Spiritus Eurorum virides cum purpurat undas. 
 
 VI. 
 Quo magis in patriis possint opulescere campis. 
 
 1 fulca = fulica, ' coot.' 
 
 X 2
 
 CN. MATIUS. 
 
 (Fl. 100-84 AC 0- 
 
 ILIAD. 
 
 Matttts is referred to by Aul. Gell. as 'doctus' and 'eruditus.' 
 The few hexameters which remain from his translation of the Iliad 
 show a decided advance in point of metre. 
 
 I. 
 
 Corpora Graiorum maerebat mandier igni. (A. 56.) 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 95.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor. (A. 62.) 
 
 [Varro, L. L. 7. 96.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Dum dat vincendi praepes Victoria palmam. (H. 291.) 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 7. 6. 5.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 An maneat specii simulacrum in nocte silentum. 
 
 {'P. 3 ; *. 103.) 
 [Aul. Gell. 9. 14. 14.] 
 
 MIMIAMBI. 
 
 Hero(n)das, a contemporary of Theocritus, introduced the use 
 of Scazons into light poetry, calling them Mimiambi. Matius 
 brought the verse into Roman literature. 'Hoc mimiambos Matius
 
 CN. MATIUS. ]8i 
 
 dedit metro; | nam vatem eundem Hipponax) est Attico thymo 
 tinctum | pari lepore consecutus et metro.' Terent. Maur. 6. 397. 
 2416. 
 
 I. 
 
 lam iam albicascit Phoebus et recentatur, 
 commune hominibus lumen et voluptatis \ 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 15. 25.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Quapropter edulcare convenit vitam 
 
 curasque acerbas sensibus gubernare. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 III. 
 
 Nuper die quarto 2 , ut recordor, et certe 
 aquarium urceum unicum domi fregit. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 10. 24.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sinuque amicam refice frigidam caldo 
 columbulatim labra conserens labris. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 20. 9. ! 
 
 V. 
 
 Iam tonsiles tapetes ebrii fuco 
 
 quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. ib.~] 
 
 1 Probably nom. plur. 
 
 2 die quarto: 'quod " nudius quartus " uos dicimuss.' Aul. Gell. 
 2. c.
 
 LAEVIUS. 
 
 (Fl. circ. 90 a.c. ?). 
 
 The Erotopaegnia of Laevius, of which not less than six books 
 were composed, may be supposed to have been love-songs and 
 amatory scenes, suited to the freedom of drinking bouts. There 
 are very scanty remains. The peculiarity of the poems of Laevius 
 was the great variety of the metres in which he wrote, as though 
 to test to the utmost the capabilities of the Latin language. The 
 Alcestis, Ino, Protesilaodamia, Sirenocirca, &c, are specimens of these 
 attempts. Laevius also borrowed from the Rhodian poets Simmias, 
 Dosiades, and others, the foolish trick of attempting to represent 
 the outlines of various things, such as an altar, a pan-pipe, an egg, 
 by arranging lines of different length in such order that a stroke 
 traced through the first and last letter of each would produce a 
 particular shape. As Simmias had sketched out the 'Wing of 
 Eros,' so Laevius in his 'Phoenix' has attempted by the graduation 
 of his lines to suggest a wing. 
 
 EROTOPAEGNIA. 
 
 Nurnquod rneum admissum nocens 
 hostit voluntatem tuam ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. hostire = offendere.] 
 
 ALCESTIS. 
 
 Corpore tenuato pectoreque 
 
 undique obeso ac mente exsensa 
 
 tardigeniclo senio obpressum. 
 
 [Aul Okll. 19. 7.]
 
 LAEVIUS. 183 
 
 To this it may be well to add the remainder of the chapter in 
 Gellius, who gives various examples of the bizarre language of 
 Laevius : ' item notavimus quod oUitteram gentem pro "oblitterata " 
 dixit ; item quod hostes qui foedera frangerent foedifragos, non 
 " foederifragos " dixit ; item quod rubentem Auroram pud ricohrem 
 appellavit, et Memnona nodicolorem ; item quodforte, " dubitanter," et 
 ab eo quod est "sileo" silenta loca dixit et pidverulenta etpeslilenta, ei 
 quod carendum tui est pro " te," quod que magna impete pro " impetu " ; 
 item quod fortescere posuit pro " fortem fieri," quodquo duleniiam pro 
 "dolore,"et arens pro "libens"; item curis intolerantibus pro " in- 
 tolerandis," quodque manciolis, inquit, tenellis pro "manibus" ; et quis 
 tarn siliceo? . . . Item fieri, inquit, inpendio infit, id est ''fieri inpense 
 incipit " ; quodque accipitret posuit pro " laceret " . . . . Cetera, quae 
 videbantur nimis poetica . . . praetermisimus ; veluti fuit quod de 
 Nestore ait trisaedisenex et dulciorelocns : item quod de tumidis fluc- 
 tibus inquit multigrumis, et flumina gelu eonereta tegmine esse 
 onychino dixit : et quae multiplicia ludens composuit ; quale istud 
 est quod vituperones suus subdadisupercilii carptores appellaviC 
 
 INO. 
 
 Et iam purpureo suras include cothurno, 
 balteus et revocet volucres in pectore sinus, 
 pressaque iam gravida crepitent tibi terga pharetra, 
 
 derige odorisequos ad certa cubilia canes. 
 
 / 
 [It will be noticed that the second and fourth hexameter ends in 
 an iambus : this particular form of verse being called miurus (ju£<W . . 
 ovpa . The lines are quoted by Terent. Maurus, 1931, with tlio 
 following introduction : ' Livius ille vetus Graio cognomine suae | 
 inserit Inoni versus, puto, tale docimen : | praemisso heroo sub- 
 iungit namque miuron, | hymnum quando chorus festo canit ore 
 Triviae. | Et iam e. q. s.' There seems to be no doubt that Terent. 
 Maur. is in error in ascribing the Ino to Livius rather than to 
 Laevius, with whose style the language and versification agree. 
 The scene probably represents the wild vision of the hunt which 
 Athanias saw in his delirium, and in which he seemed to be taking 
 part. See Ovid, Metam. 4. 512 foil.]
 
 184 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 PHOENIX. 
 
 Venus amoris altrix genetrix cuppiclitatis, mihi ] 
 
 quae diem serenum hilarula praepandere cresti | 
 
 obseculae tuae ac ministrae, | 
 
 etsi ne utiquam, quid foret expavida gravis du- | 
 
 -ra fera asperaque famultas, potui domnio in ac- | 
 
 -cipere superbo. | 
 
 [Charis. 288 K.] 
 
 PROTESILAODAMIA. 
 
 It would seem that Laodamia, anxious about her husband in 
 his absence, describes (perhaps in a letter) the charms of some 
 fair Asiatic women, whose attractions have been a danger to Pro- 
 tesilaus. 
 
 I. 
 
 Gracilentis color est, 
 duni ex hoc gracilans fit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. gracilens.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Nunc quaepiam alia de Ilio 
 Asiatico ornatu afiiuens 
 aut Sardiano ac Lydio, 
 fulgens decore et gratia 
 pellicuit. 
 
 [Priscian, i. 497 H.] 
 
 INCERTAE SEDIS. 
 
 I. 
 
 Lex Licinia introducitur, 
 lux liquida haedo redditur. 
 
 "Aul. Gell. 2. 24.]
 
 LA E VI US. [85 
 
 [See Aul. Gell. I.e.: 'Verba Laevii significant haedum qui ad 
 epulas fuerat adlatus dimissum, cenamque ita, ut lex Licinia 
 sanxisset, pomis oleribusque instructam.' This sumptuary law of 
 Licinius was passed before b.c. 103, and was repealed in b. c. 97.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Antipathes : illud quaerito, 
 philtra omnia undique irruunt : 
 trochilisci 2 , hinges, taeniae, 
 radiculae, herbae, sureuli, 
 sauri, illices 3 bicodulae, 
 hinnientiuni dulcedines *. 
 
 1 antipathes, an antidote against spells ; Plin. N. E. 37. 
 
 2 trochilisci, probably 'little wheels,' on which the ('117765 (wry- 
 necks) were tied. Cp. Pindar, Pyth. 4. 215 = 382. 
 
 3 illices. The ' two-tailed lures ' are probably doubled ribbons or 
 threads (licia). 
 
 4 dulcedines. See the description of the ' hippomanes,' Verg. 
 Aen. 4. 516.
 
 SUEIUSp). 
 
 MORETUM. 
 
 I. 
 
 The making of some kind of compote, into which the ' peach ' 
 (Persica) enters. 
 
 Admiscet bacas nucis : haec nunc regia partiin, 
 
 partim Persica (quod nonien fit denique) fertur 
 
 propterea, quod qui quondam cum rege potenti, 
 
 nomine Alexandro Magno, fera proelia belli 
 
 in Persas tetulere, suo post inde reventu 
 
 hoc genus arboris in praelatis finibus Grais 
 
 dissevere, novos fructus mortalibus dantes. 
 
 mollusca haec nux est, ne quis forte inscius erret. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 3. 18. 10.] 
 
 PULLI. 
 
 II. 
 
 Sueius seems to have had a poultry farm at Ostia ; and gives 
 remedies for the diseases of fowls. 
 
 Escam hie absinthi e hire in os pulli dato, 
 
 simul assulatirn vfscus assumit cibum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. assulatirn = minutatim.]
 
 FABULAE ATELLANAE. 
 
 The old Oscan farce— fabula Atellana— took a new lease of life 
 and a distinct literary development, in the hands of Pomponius of 
 Bologna and Novius. There are titles preserved of 70 of the plays 
 of Pornponius, and fragments amounting to 200 lines : of the plays 
 of Novius 40 titles and 100 lines. But the remains are so scattered 
 that it is impossible to sketch the entire plot of a single play. The 
 original peculiarity of the Atellanes is preserved to a considerable 
 extent in their new form : that is to say, the retention of certain 
 stereotyped characters — Maccus, the prototype of the clown or har- 
 lequin of the pantomime — a compound of folly and shrewdness, 
 who was, however, a favourite with the audience ; Pappus, the old 
 fool, like the pantaloon, always doing the wrong thing in the 
 wrong way ; Bucco, the glutton and swaggerer, like the a\a£wv of 
 the Attic comic stage ; and Dossennus, the hunchback, a man of low 
 cunning and endless resource. M. Patin, describing the resuscita- 
 tion of the Atellane and the mime, speaks of them as ' ces antiques 
 parades devenues le cadre d'une nouvelle fabula palliata, d'une nou- 
 velle fabula togata, ou plutot tabernaria. ... La constitution de 
 Yatellane changca avec le temps. Elle passa des amateurs aux 
 comediens, de l'improvisation a une redaction preliminaire, de 
 Fosque au latin, de la prose aux vers. . . . L'afeZfone ainsi renouvelee 
 etait particulierement une sorte de fabula tabernaria, qui, sous les 
 masques d'Atella, se moquait des basses classes de la societe, sur- 
 tout de la societe extra muros, des ridicules de la campagne et de la 
 petite ville '.' 
 
 A few lines must suffice to suggest the subjects with which these 
 farces dealt. 
 
 1 Etudes sur la poe'sie latine, vol. 2, p. 333.
 
 1 88 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 NOVIUS. 
 
 (Fl. 90 A.C.). 
 
 I. 
 
 DAPATICI. 
 
 Instance of rustic Latinity. 
 
 pri'mum quod dicebo 
 recte, secundum quod dicebo est melius . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. dicebo pro dicam.] 
 
 II. 
 PULLONES FEPJATI. 
 
 A hobgoblin with an ogre's appetite. 
 
 Vortft se in omnes bestias, comest quidquid tetigit 
 
 tantum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. comest.] 
 
 III. 
 GALLINARIA. 
 
 ' Fierce volubility.' 
 
 pestifera portentifera triix tolutiloquentia ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tolutim.] 
 
 rv. 
 
 MACCUS EXUL. 
 Limen means both lintel and sill. 
 
 Limen superum, quod mei misero saepe confregit caput, 
 
 inferum autem, digitos omnes ubi ego defregi meos. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. limen. Cp. Plaut. Merc. 5. 1. 1.]
 
 NOVIUS. 189 
 
 V. 
 MILITES POMETINENSES. 
 
 A glutton reminds one of a baby ! 
 Tu pneri pausilli simil es, quia enim ad os fers quid- 
 quid nanctu's. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. simil v e).] 
 
 VI. 
 PACILIUS. 
 
 The author rushes ' like a shot ' to his writing. 
 
 Ut sol aurescit, cerae castra erebro catapulta inpulit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. catapulta.] 
 
 VII. 
 PAPPUS PRAETERITUS. 
 
 The old man, rejected as a candidate, will sooner find a seat in 
 his coffin than in the ' curule chair.' 
 
 dum istos invitabis suffragatores, pater, 
 
 prfus in capulo quam in curuli sella suspended natis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. capulum.] 
 
 VIII. 
 TABELLARIA. 
 
 A dowerless wife is like a patch on a purple cloak. 
 Qui habet uxorem sine dote, ei pannum positum in 
 
 purpura est. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pannum, neut.'] 
 
 IX. 
 
 EX INCERTIS FABULIS. 
 
 A debtor is ' going,' for 1000 sesterces. A bystander asks the 
 amount. Then, as if he were at an auction, and as if the poor
 
 190 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 man was a ' lot put up ' at so much, he says, ' I go no higher : take 
 him off.' 
 
 "Quanti addictus ? ' ' Mille minimum.' 'Nihil addo : 
 
 ducas licet.' 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 2. 63.] 
 
 X. 
 
 A joke in the shape of a truism. 
 
 . . . sapiens si algebis tremes. 
 
 [Cic. Be Orat. 2. 70.] 
 
 POM PON I US. 
 
 (Fl. circ. 90 a.c.). 
 
 XI. 
 
 AEDITUMUS. 
 
 The sacristan who hates his service. 
 
 Qui postquam tibi adpareo atque aeditumor in temple tuo 
 
 nec mortalis nee mortalium lillum in terra mi'seriust. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aedituor v ?).] 
 
 XII. 
 ARMOEUM IUDICIUM. 
 
 A portahle step-ladder is brought on the stage : perhaps for 
 Ajax to get nearer to Athena. 
 
 Turn prae se portant ascendibilem semitam, 
 
 quern seal am vocitant. 
 
 [Lactant. in Stat. Theb. 10. 841.]
 
 POMPONIUS. 19 r 
 
 XIII. 
 ARUSPEX VEL PEXOR RUSTICUS. 
 
 The village barber is also a soothsayer ; but he misunderstands 
 
 the word puriter. 
 
 bucco, puriter, 
 fac ut rem tractes — Lavi iamdudum manus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. puriter.] 
 
 XIV. 
 AUCTORATUS. 
 
 The gladiator wins the lady's love by his prowess as a toreador. 
 
 Occidit taurum torviter, me amore sauciavit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. torviter.] 
 
 XV. 
 
 CAMPANI. 
 Proclamation of a public airr/ats for Dossennus and the Fullers. 
 Dantor publicitus Dossenno et fullonibus 
 
 cibaria. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. publicitus.] 
 
 XVI. 
 CITHARISTA. 
 
 Everyone would be glad if his wife were to die ! 
 
 noli, quaeso, irascere : 
 mdre fit, morire suam vir quisque ut uxorem velit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. irascere.]
 
 192 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 XVII. 
 CONDICIONES. 
 
 What will hardly keep one will not keep two. 
 
 Vix nunc quod edim invenio : quid nam fi'et, si quam 
 
 duxero ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. edim.] 
 
 XVIII. 
 DOTATA. 
 
 ' Do withdraw for " a little ! " ' < How long is " a little" ? ' 
 
 ' Possum exorare te ut recedas a me paulisper modo ? ' 
 
 ' Quantisper sat habes ? ' rniT , 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. quantisper.] 
 
 XIX. 
 ERGASTULUM. 
 
 To be bailiff to an absentee is very like being master. 
 
 Longe ab urbe vilicari, quo erus rarenter venit, 
 id non vilicari sed dominari est mea sententia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. rarenter.] 
 
 XX. 
 FULLONES. 
 
 A joke on the standing quarrel between the Fullers and the 
 
 weaving-women. 
 
 Quin ergo, quando convenit, eomplectite ! 
 'mi f rater, salveto.' '6 soror, salve, mea.' 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. eomplectite.]
 
 POMPONIUS. 193 
 
 XXI. 
 KALENDAE MARTIAE. 
 
 Rehearsing for a female character. 
 
 'Vocem deducas oportet, ut videantur mulieris 
 
 verba.' 'lube, modo adferatur munus, vocem reddam ego 
 
 tenuem et tinnulam . . . 
 
 etiam nunc vocem deducam ? ' 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 4. 13.] 
 
 XXII. 
 MAIALIS. 
 
 After a good dinner, a punster makes a joke on empty bellies. 
 
 Miserit me eorum qui sine frustis ventrem frustrarunt 
 
 suum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. frustro.] 
 
 XXIII. 
 PANNUCEATI. 
 
 ' Nubere ' used of a man who marries an overpowering wife. 
 
 sed meus 
 frater maior, postquam vidit me vi deiectum domo, 
 niipsit posteriiis dotatae vetulae varicosae vafrae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. nubere.] 
 
 XXIV. 
 PAPPUS AGRICOLA. 
 
 A young wife's anger at her goodman's unexpected return. 
 
 Volo scire ex te ciir urbanas res desubito deseris. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. desubito.]
 
 194 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 XXV. 
 PAPPUS PRAETERITUS. 
 
 The philosophy of a rejected candidate : 'better luck next time!' 
 
 Populi's voluntas haec enim et vulgo datast : 
 refragant primo, suffragabunt post, scio. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. suffragare.] 
 
 XXVI. 
 PHILOSOPHIA. 
 
 A professional opinion not to be had gratis 
 
 ' Ergo, mi Dossenne, cum istaec meinore meministi, 
 
 indica, 
 qui illud aurum abstiilerit.' 'non didici ariolari. gratiis.' 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. memore = memoriter.] 
 
 XXVII. 
 PISTOR. 
 
 The cheating miller eats the corn given him to grind. 
 
 Decipit vicinos : quod molendum conduxit, comest. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. comest.] 
 
 XXVIII. 
 PRAECO POSTERIOR. 
 
 The son takes the father aside to drub him quietly. 
 
 Ego dedita opera te, pater, solum foras 
 
 sediixi, ut ne quis esset testis tertius 
 
 praeter nos, tibi cum tiinderem labeas lubens. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. labeae.]
 
 POMPONIUS. 195 
 
 XXIX. 
 PROSTIBULUM. 
 
 Pudding is better than praise ! 
 
 r 
 
 Ego rumorem parvi facio, dvim sit rumen qui impleam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. rumen, ' the crop. 'J 
 
 XXX. 
 SATURA. 
 
 Wine is the crown of gaiety. 
 
 Cuiusvis leporis Liber diadernam dedit. 
 
 [Priscian, 6. 2, p. 679 P. s. v. diademam.] 
 
 XXXI. 
 SYRI. 
 
 The glutton's gross diet ; all bacon and no salad ! 
 
 Lapatium nullum litebatur, lardum lurchabat lubens. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lurchare = cum aviditate cibum sumere.J 
 
 2
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 
 
 (ll6-26 A.C.) 
 
 SATURAE MENIPPEAK 
 
 ABORIGINES (irepl dk0poj7rwj' <|>u'<recos). 
 
 This Satura seems to deal with the beginnings of the human 
 race. It opens with a procession of animals, uttering their distinc- 
 tive cries (I, II) ; so there is a contrast suggested between the 
 brutes and Man, who is a being urged on by soaring hopes, which 
 disappoint him in the moment of fruition (III). His best com- 
 panion is Virtue, the only companion suitable alike to the grey- 
 beard and the boy— indeed, the old require it even more, for an 
 ass, after a certain age, is no better than one too young (IV). 
 Mankind, according to Varro, makes slow progress, like the growth 
 of a child ; and the first beginnings of artistic taste are seen in the 
 desire to fashion and possess dolls and little images (V). 
 
 I. 
 
 Miigit bovis, ovis balat, equi hinniunt, gallfna 
 
 pipat. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. pipare.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Grrindit tepido lacte satur mola mactatus 
 
 porcus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. grunnire.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Ita sublimis speribus 
 
 iactato homines at volitantes altos nitons trudito. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. spereni = sponi.]
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 197 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sed neque vetulus cantherius quam novellus melior 
 nee canitudini comes virtus. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. eanitudo= canities.] 
 
 Itaque brevi tempore magna pars in desiderium 
 
 puparum et sigillorum veniebat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pupa.J 
 
 ANDABATAE. 
 
 Andabatae (Cic. Fam. 7. 10) were gladiators who wore visored 
 helmets without any aperture for the eyes ; and so, to the amuse- 
 ment of the spectators, fought blindfold. There is probably an 
 allusion in this title to the imprisonment of the soul in the bonds 
 of flesh, and its subjection to the slavery of lusts (I, II, III). The 
 tone is distinctly anti-materialistic — 'man is anything rather than 
 a mere lump of flesh ' ^IV) : the soul is pent within him. like air 
 in a bladder (V). 
 
 I. 
 
 Non mirum si caecuttis, aurum enim non minus prae- 
 stringit oculos quam 6 no\vs aKparot. 1 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. praestringere.] 
 
 n. 
 
 ' Edepol ' idem ' caecus non luscitiosus est.' 
 [Nonius, s. v. lusciosi = qui ad lucernam non vident. Cp. Plaut. 
 
 Mil. Glor. 2. 3. 51.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Nee manus visco tenaci tinxerat viri castas. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. castum = a furtis abstinens.] 
 
 1 Cp. Menander, Monostidi. 420 6 ttoAi/s a/cparos 0X17' dvayna^ti 
 (ppovtlv.
 
 198 FRAGMENT A S ELECTA. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sed quidvis potius homo quam caruncula nostra. 
 
 [Prisc. 6. p. 209, s. v. caruncula.] 
 
 Anima ut conclusa in vesica quando est arte religata, 
 
 si pertuderis, aera reddet. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. a£r = sonus.] 
 
 'AN0PnnonOAII (tt€ P 1 Y^Xiaicfjs). 
 
 The subject of this Satura seems, generally, to deal with the 
 Family — its foundation, growth, and maintenance. Varro evidently 
 protests against extravagance in the marriage-festivals and marriage 
 settlements. To live up to this excessive rate the head of the 
 family has to borrow, and the usurer takes his bond (scriptio) for 
 double the amount actually lent (I) ; but the possession of wealth 
 will not ensure peace of mind ; not even those Mountains of the 
 Persians, which were said (Plaut. Pers. 1. 1. 24) to be of solid 
 gold (II). Dowries must be reckoned by so many kingdoms, 
 rather than by so many pounds (III) ; and the god^ of Wedlock 
 is a purge that washes out the purse (IV). 
 
 I. 
 
 Vulgoque avarus fenerator spe lucri 
 rem scn'ptione diiplicarat. 
 
 [Nonius, scriptio = syngrapha.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Non fit thesauris non auro pectus solutum ; 
 non demunt animis curas ac religiones 
 Persarum montes, non atria divitis Crassi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. religio.]
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. J 99 
 
 III. 
 
 Dotis dato insulam Chrysam, agrum Caecubum, seplasia ' 
 Capuae, macellum Romuli. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. seplasium neut. = perfume.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Et Hymenaeus qui primo lavere alvum marsuppio solet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lavere.] 
 
 BIMARCUS. 
 
 This Satura turns on a special application of the language 
 of philosophy to practical life. The Sceptics had summed up their 
 objections against any objective certitude in ten points — as we may 
 call them, ' turning-points,' rputroi. Varro plays upon the ambiguity 
 of this word ; introducing himself in a double personality — 
 one ' Marcus ' representing the Roman of the past, the other of 
 the present. The honest, old-fashioned ' Marcus,' like the heroes 
 of ancient days (except ttoKvt ponos '08v<Ta€vs<, is innocent of any 
 ' choppings and changings ' : the nearest approach to such a word 
 that he can realise is rponata, ' the trophies raised after the 
 rout (77)07777) of the foe' (I-III). A good 'turning-point' for the 
 degenerate sons of Rome would be the descent of the crashing 
 thunderbolt upon their orgies ! (IV, V). No Hercules could cleanse 
 such Augean stables ! (VI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Tpo7ro>i> Tpoirovs qui lion modo ignorasse me 
 clamat, sed oninino omnis heroas negat 
 nescisse. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. negativae duae negativam significantiam 
 non habentes.] 
 
 1 Seplasia (urn), a street in Capua where perfumes were sold : 
 then, the perfumes themselves.
 
 200 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 II. 
 
 Ebrius es, Marce ; Odyssian enim Homeri ruminari 
 incipis, cum ntpl Tponav scripturum te Seio receperis. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. recipere = polliceri.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Ideo fuga hostium graece vocatur rpcmr]. Hinc spolia 
 capta fixa in stipitibus appellantur rponala. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tropaeum.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Tunc repentecaelitum altum tonitribus templum tonescat, 
 et pater diviim trisulcum fiilmen igni fervido actum 
 mittat in tholum macelli. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tonescit : sulcus.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Magna uti tremescat Eoma et magnae mandoiu'im gulae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mandones = edaces.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Non Hercules potest qui Augeae egessit Konpov. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. agere, fortasse pro ' egerere '.] 
 
 DOLIUM AUT SERIA. 
 
 This mysterious title is really quite unintelligible. As the tub in 
 which Diogenes lived is called 'dolium' in Juv. Sat. 14. 308, it has 
 been conjectured that we have here the excuse given by the 
 philosopher for living in a roofless dwelling, because he had an 
 uninterrupted view of all the glories of the midnight skies. 
 
 Mundus domus est maxima homulli, 
 quam quinque altitonae flammigerae
 
 M. TE RE NT I US VARRO. 201 
 
 zonae cingunt, per quam limbus 
 bis sex signis stellimicantibus 
 aptiis in obliquo aethere Lunae 
 bigas acceptat. 
 
 [Probus in Verg. Ed. 6. 31 caelum : inundus.] 
 
 EST MODUS MATULAE (irepl fie'ens.). 
 
 ' Proverbium monet compotationi finem faciendum esse, quum 
 plenae sunt matulae factae,' Oehler ad 1. There seems to be a dis- 
 pute between a man who enjoys his wine, and a ' temperance 
 advocate,' who complains of the bad example set by the gods. 
 
 I. 
 
 Vino nihil iucundius quisquam bibit : 
 hoc aegritudinem ad medendam invenerunt, 
 hoc hilaritatis diilce seminarium, 
 hoc continet coagulum convivia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. coagulum.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Non vides ipsos deos, si quando volunt gustare vinuin. 
 derepere ad hominum fana, et tamen turn ipsi illi Libero 
 
 simpuvio vinum dari ? 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. simpuvium.] 
 
 EUMENIDES. 
 
 In this Satura the Stoics and Cynics seem to be played off 
 against each other. A certain Cynic finds that it is his day for 
 entertaining a pai-ty of philosophers, mainly of his own sect : 
 the inscription Cave Canem, at the house where they meet, is 
 sufficiently suggestive of the Cynics (I). At table a Stoic proposes 
 the well-known thesis that all men are mad. This sweeping judg- 
 ment is illustrated by various portraits from life, scenes from the 
 poets, &c. There is Ajax slaughtering beasts in mistake for Ulysses,
 
 202 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 there is the hard-headed, half-brutalised man, the youth who 
 drinks too much for the good of his health, the effeminate de- 
 bauchee, the gourmand, the man of fashion, the miser — all these 
 are clear cases of madness (II-VI). The Cynic extends this 
 sentence to all philosophers, with their wild dreams (VII). Then 
 the guests rise and walk about the town to inspect the various 
 instances of madness they may encounter (VIII \ They visit the 
 temple of Serapis, and find that all the machinery of oracles, heal- 
 ing, &c. are so many ways of getting at the money of the credulous 
 (IX, X . They move on to the temple of Cybele, and there they hear 
 the sound of the Phrygian flutes, the clashing cymbals, and the 
 song of the eunuch-priests (given in Galliambics) (XI -XIII). The 
 Cynic cannot control his outspoken indignation ; so he is pursued 
 by the fanatical crowd, and has to take refuge at an altar (XIV). 
 The guests, continuing their walk, mount an eminence, from which 
 they see the people pursued by three Furies, the third of whom is 
 Infamia — her foot planted on her victims' chest and her wild hair 
 streaming in the wind (XV, XVI). The narrator of the story runs 
 down and proffers aid, but he is badly received by the crowd, who 
 scorn his help and proclaim him a madman (XVII). Brought 
 before the bar of public opinion (Existimatio) he is registered on 
 the list of the 'insani' (XVIII). But Truth, the pupil of the 
 Attic Academy, saves him by remarking that 'to the jaundiced eye 
 everything looks yellow ' (XIX, XX). 
 
 I. 
 
 Quod ea die mea erat praebitio, in ianuam ' cave canem ' 
 
 inscribi iubeo. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. praebitio.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Aiax turn credit ferro se caedere Ulixem 
 
 cum bacchans silvaru caedit porcosque trucidat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. caedere.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quin mihi caperratam tuam frontem, Strobile, omi'ttis? 
 [Nonius, s. v. caperrare est rugis frontem asperare.]
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 203 
 
 IV. 
 
 Tu non insanis quom tibi vino corpus corrurnpis mero ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. merum est solum. 1 
 
 V. 
 
 Aurorat ostrinum hie indutus supparum, 
 
 coronam ex auro et gemmis fulgentem gerit 
 
 luce locum afficiens. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. ostrinam.] 
 
 VI. 
 Denique qui sit avarus 
 sanus ? cui si stet terrai traditus orbis, 
 furando tamen ac morbo stimulatus eodem 
 ex sese ipse aliquid quaerat cogatque peculi. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. stat : cogere.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Postremo nemo aegrotus quicquam somniat 
 
 tarn infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. infans, i.e. infandum.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Et ceteri scholastici, saturis auribus scbolicadape atqu<- 
 ebriis sophistica aTrepavToXoyiq, consurgimus ieiunis oculis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ebrios = expletos.] 
 
 IX. 
 
 Hospes quid miras nummo curare Serapim ? 
 
 Quid ? quasi non curet tanti item Aristoteles ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. miras -■ miraris.]
 
 204 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 X. 
 
 'Ego medicina, Serapi, utor,' cotidie precantur. Intel- 
 lego recte scriptum esse Delphis '&&> ?ipa. [? = </>€pf]. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. precantur.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Commodum praeter Matris Deum aedem exaudio cym- 
 
 balorum sonitum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. praeter = ante.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Phrygius per ossa cornus liquida canit anima. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. liquidum.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Tibi typana non inanis sonitus Matris deum 
 tonimus chorus tibinos tibi nunc semiviri ; 
 teretem cornam volantem iactant tibi famuli. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. tonimus: tibinos = a tibiis modos ('?).] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Ubi vident se cantando ex ara excantare non posse, 
 
 deripere incipiunt. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. excantare = excludere.] 
 
 XV. 
 
 Sed nos simul atque in summam speculam venimus, 
 videmus j^opulum Fiiriis instinctiim tribus 
 diversim ferri exterritum formi'dine. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. specula: exterritum.] 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Tertia Poenarum, 
 Infamia, stans nixa in vulgi
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 205 
 
 pectore, fluctanti intonsa coma, 
 
 sordida vestitu, ore severo. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. severum 
 
 XVII. 
 
 'Vix vulgus confluit ' non Furiarum sed puerorum 
 atque ancillarum, quae omnes me bilem atram agitare 
 clamitantes opinionem mihi insaniae meae confirmant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. pueros pro servis.] 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Forenses decernunt, ut Existimatio nomen meum in 
 
 insanorum numerum referat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. decernere.] 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Et ecce de improviso ad nos accedit cana Veritas, 
 
 Attices philosophiae alumna. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. canum = vetus.] 
 
 XX. 
 
 Nam ut arquatis lutea quae non sunt et quae sunt. 
 lutea videntur, sic insanis sani et furiosi videntur esse 
 
 insani. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. arquatus.] 
 
 TEPONTOAIAAIKAAOI. 
 
 Two persons may be supposed to be brought together in this 
 Satura— a man of mature years, and a young representative of the 
 luxury of modern Rome. The splendours and the progress of later 
 years are contrasted with the coarseness of old-fashioned times 
 The elderly man laments the loss of reverence and chastity (I), ami 
 the simplicity of family life, and the thrift of the housewife 1 1 ; 
 recommending the manly severity of the consul Curius towards the 
 malingerer (IIT. With these memories the young Roman con-
 
 206 FRAGMENT A S ELECTA. 
 
 trasts the grandeur of the new country-houses with their cellars 
 and barns and wine-presses — laughing contemptuously at the rough, 
 plain life of his ancestors (IV-VII). 
 
 Ergo turn sacra religio castaeque fuerunt 
 
 res omnes. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. castum=religiosum.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Sed simul manibus trahere lanam, nee non simul 
 oculis observare ollani pultis, ne aduratur. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. olla = capacissirnum vas.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Manius Curius consul in Capitolio cum dilectum 
 
 haberet nee citatus in tribu civis respondisset vendidit 
 
 tenebrionem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tenebriones.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 In quibus Libyssa citrus fasciis cingit fores. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. citras.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Ubi graves pascantur atque alantur pavonum greges. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. grave =multum.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Vel decern messis ubi una saepiant granaria. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. granaria.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Vineis ubi ampla cella torculum respondeat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. torculum, i. e. prelum]
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 2CJ 
 
 KOIMOTOPYNH (tt6 P 1 4>6opas Koapju). 
 
 Anaximander, Heracleitus and Empedoclos had already specu- 
 lated on the destruction of the material universe, and the Stoics 
 held that it would be consumed by fire. Others maintained (hat 
 it would come to an end, not by a violent catastrophe but by a 
 gradual wearing away. This seems to bo the underlying idea in 
 K02MOTOPTNH, if Topvvrj is to be taken as a 'wimble' or 'drill ', 
 rather than a 'stirrer' or 'squeezer' (as tudicula). Death waits 
 upon the first beginnings of life (I) ; and war is another fruitful 
 cause of this destruction, whether we think of the soldier going on 
 his campaign and returning in safety (II, III), or of the horrors of 
 civil war (IV). It seems that Varro plays upon the word Koffpioi, 
 and extends its meaning to all manner of decorative things, which 
 are liable to the corruption of ' moth and rust ' (V). 
 
 I. 
 
 Propter curiam eapulum positum 
 nutrix tradit pollictori. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. eapulum : pollinctores.] 
 
 II. 
 Toga detracta est, et abolla data est, 
 ad turbam abii, fera militia 
 
 munera belli ut praestarem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. abolla = vestis militaris.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Detis habenas animae leni, 
 dum nos ventus flamine sudo 
 
 suavem ad patriam perducit. 
 
 [Nonius, « v. anima= ventus.] 
 
 IV. 
 Africa terribilis : contra concurrere civis 
 civi, atque Aeneae misceri sanguine sangtien. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sanguen.j
 
 208 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 V. 
 
 Singulos lectos stratos ubi habuimus, amisimus propter 
 carieni et tineam. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. caries est vetustas.l 
 
 MANIUS. 
 
 I may venture here to reproduce the sketch given of this Satura 
 in Mommsen's Roman History, B. v. Chap, xii : ' The Satire 
 of "Manius" (Early Up!) describes the management of a rural 
 household. Manius summons his people to rise with the sun, 
 and in person conducts them to the scene of their labours (J). 
 The youths make their own bed, which labour renders soft to them, 
 and supply themselves with waterpot and lamp (II). Their drink 
 is the clear fresh spring, their fare bread, and onions as a relish 
 fill). Everything prospers in house and field. The house is no 
 work of art, but an architect might learn symmetry from it (IV). 
 Care is taken of the field, that it shall not be left disorderly and 
 waste, or go to ruin through slovenliness and neglect (V) ; in 
 return, the grateful Ceres wards off damage from the produce, that 
 the high-piled sheaves may gladden the heart of the husbandman 
 (VI). Here hospitality still holds good ; everyone who has but 
 imbibed his mother's milk is welcome (VII). The bread-pantry, 
 and wine-vat, and the store of sausages on the rafters, lock and 
 key are at the service of the traveller, and piles of food are set 
 before him (VIII) ; contented sits the sated guest, looking neither 
 before nor behind, dozing by the hearth in the kitchen (IX). The 
 warmest double-wool sheepskin is spread as a couch for him (X). 
 Here people still, as good burghers, obey the righteous law, which 
 neither out of envy injures the innocent, nor out of favour pardons 
 the guilty. Here they speak no evil against their neighbours (XI). 
 Here they trespass not with their feet on the sacred hearth, but 
 honour the gods with devotion and sacrifices, throw to the familiar 
 spirit his little bit of flesh into the appointed little dish (XII), and 
 when the master of the household dies accompany the bier with 
 the same prayer with which those of his father and of his grand- 
 father were borne forth ' (XIII).
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 209 
 
 I. 
 
 Manius mane suscitat, rostrum sub rostra adfert, 
 
 populum in forum conducit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. conducere.] 
 
 II. 
 Lecto strato matellam. lucernam, ceteras res esui 
 usuique prae se portant. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. matella = aquarium vas.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Diilcem aquam bibat salubrem et flebile esitet cepe. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cepe, neutr.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 harum aedium 
 symmetria confutabat architectones. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. eonfutare.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Ager lit relinqueretur ac perbiteret 
 squale scabreque inliivie et vastitudine. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. scabres : squalor (?) femin.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Hiinc Ceres, cibi ministra, frugibus sui's porcet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. porcet = prohibch] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Tam eum ad quem veniunt in hospitium lac hiima- 
 
 mini fellasse. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fellare.] 
 VIII. 
 
 Haec adventoribus accedunt : celiac, claves, claustra, 
 
 carnaria, dolia. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. dolia]
 
 iio FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 IX. 
 
 babens 
 antepositam alimoniam, sedens altus alieno sumptu, 
 neque post respiciens neque ante prospiciens, sed limus 
 
 intra 
 li'mites culinae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. limus = obtortus, i. e. with sidelong glance.] 
 
 Alterum bene dormire 'super amphitapha bene molli.' 
 [Nonius, s. v. amphitaphae, utrinque habentes villos.] 
 
 XI. 
 
 Quocirca oportet bonum civem legibus parere, et deos 
 
 colere, in patellam dare piKpbv xpeas. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. patella.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Non maledicere, pedem in focum non imponere, sacri- 
 
 ficari. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. sacrificari.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Funere familiari commoto avito ac pati-ito more pre- 
 
 cabaraur. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. patritum.] 
 
 MARCIPOR. 
 
 Maecipor, i. e. Marci puer, or Varro's own slave. It is difficult 
 to decide whether the master is moralising to the slave, or the 
 slave (as in Hor. Sat. 2. 7) lecturing the master. The general 
 subject of the Satura is tbe vanity and extravagance of human 
 wishes, exemplified in children and in men and women, who are as 
 silly as children (I-III). The verses about the storm have been
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 2 l I 
 
 taken to refer to the dangers incurred by merchants in search of 
 gain, and have been compared with the picture of the shipwrecked 
 adventurer in Juvenal (Sat. 14. 290 foil.). But this is hardly com- 
 patible with the description of the soaring storks, blasted by 
 lightning, and tumbling to the ground. It may therefore be better 
 to see in this scene a reminiscence of the flight of Menippus, on a 
 voyage of investigation, to the court of Zeus, as given by Lucian in 
 the Icaromenippus, though the fate of the philosopher there w;is 
 not so disastrous. 
 
 I. 
 
 Utri magis sunt pueri ? hi pusilli pigri, qui exspec- 
 tant nundinas \ ut magister dimittat lusum ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lusus pro ludo.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Altera exorat patrem libram ocellatorum ", altera virum 
 
 semodium margaritarum. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. margaritum.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Astrologi non sunt, qui conscribillarunt pingentes 
 
 caelum ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. conscribillavi.] 
 
 IV. 
 Repente noctis circiter meri'die, 
 cum pictus aer fervidis late fgnibus 
 caeli chorean astricen ostenderet. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. meridiem = noctis mediam j^artem.] 
 
 nubes aquali frigido velo leves 
 caeli cavernas aiireas subdiixerant, 
 aquam vomentes inferam mortalibus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. inferum.] 
 
 ventique frigido se ab axe eruperant, 
 
 1 nundinas, sc. 'holidays.' 
 
 2 some precious stone, with marks or dots like eyes. 
 
 P 2
 
 21 a FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 phrenetici septentrionum filii, 
 secum ferentes tegulas, ramos, syrus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. syrus (avpeiv) = scopas.] 
 
 at nos caduci naufragi, ut ciconiae, 
 quarum bipennis fulminis plumas vapor 
 perussit, alte maesti in terrain cecidimus. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. bipennis. J 
 
 MARCOPOLIS (wepl dpx^s). 
 
 It is impossible to say whether the title of this Satura suggests 
 a real and practicable commonwealth, such as Marcus (Varro) 
 would wish it to be ; or whether it is only an aspiration — a 
 Ji«p(\oKonicvyia after his own heart, as Mommsen calls it. — Any- 
 how, the point seems to lie in an elaborate analogy between the 
 various arrangements of a properly organised city and the general 
 economy of the human body (I). Though in the beginning 
 of human society there may be a general equality, it is not long 
 before the principle of the ' survival of the fittest ' asserts itself (II, 
 III). 
 
 Sensus portae, venae hydragogiae, cloaca intestini. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. intestini, masc.'] 
 
 II. 
 
 Nattira humanis omnia sunt paria. 
 Qui pote plus, urget pisces ut saepe minutos 
 Magnus comest, ut avis enicat accipiter. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. comest = comedit.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Nemini Fortiina currum a carcere emissum intimo 
 labi inoffensum per aequor candidum ad calcem sivit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. calx, masc]
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 213 
 
 MODIUS. 
 
 Tins word, which properly means a dry measure of capacity, 
 is used as the title of the Satura because it suggests a constant play 
 on the words 'modus,' 'modicus,' 'modeste,' ' medioxime,' and 
 the like. Varro apologises for the 'theatrical measure' of his 
 treatise : which, however, need not be touched by his friend, and 
 the writing can easily be sponged out (I, II). It is better to keep 
 to a moderate amount of meat and drink (III) ; unlike the custom 
 of those whose measure of living is high living (IV). This 
 'moderation' is the secret of life, and it is the text of the famous 
 Delphic inscription (V, VI). 
 
 I. 
 
 Sed, 6 Petrulle, ne meum taxis librura 
 si te pepiigerit hie modus scaenatilis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. taxis - tetigeris.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Si displicebit, tarn tibi latum mare 
 parabit aliquam spongiam deletilem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. deletile = quod deleat.] 
 
 III. 
 
 . . . trimodiam amphoramque eundem temcti ac forris 
 modium. 
 
 [Nonius, s v. temetum.] 
 IV. 
 
 Et hoc interest inter Epicurum et ganeones nostros 
 quibus modulus est vitae colina. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. colina = coquina.] 
 
 V. 
 
 Non eos optime vixisse qui diutissime vixent, sed qui 
 
 modestissime. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. modestum a modico.]
 
 214 FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Quid aliud est quod 
 
 ' Delphice canit columna litteris suis ayav 
 
 quam nos facere ad mortalem moduru 'medioxime,' ut 
 quondam patres nostri loquebantur ] 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. medioximurn = mediocre.] 
 
 "ONOZ AYPAI. 
 
 The proverb in full runs thus : ovos kvpas aicovcov Kivti ra Zra, 
 and the expression ovos kvpas is used for a stupid man, who has 
 no appreciation of music. The Cynics generally looked down 
 upon music, and Diogenes had a sneer for those who could tune 
 a lyre, but were indifferent as to their soul being in a state of 
 harmony. The Satura describes a contention between a devotee 
 of music and one of its detractors. It may remind us of the way 
 in which Zethus (in the Antiope of Euripides and Pacuvius) 
 presses the claims of a practical life against his dreamy, music- 
 loving brother Amphion. The prologue opens with Phonascus 
 a professor) announcing himself and his accomplishments (I) : 
 music is natural to man (II) : it is the harmony of the spheres 
 which regulates the universe (III) : workers sing over their daily 
 toil (IVj : the vast audience in a theatre is melted by the tender 
 notes of the flute, or excited by more stirring tones (V) : the priests 
 of Cybele can tame the lion with the sound of their cymbals, as 
 the statue on Mt. Ida commemorates (VI) : how much nobler is 
 such a profession than the coarse amusements of the huntsman ! 
 (VIP. To which the unmusical man replies, that after all it is an 
 unprofitable art (VIII) ; and that we must admit as great a variety 
 in the accomplishments of men, as we see in the colours of horses 
 (IX). 
 
 I. 
 
 Phonascus 1 adsum, vocis suscitabulum, 
 Cantantiumque gallus gallinaceus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. suscitabulum.] 
 
 1 Al. (pwvaOfcia.
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 21 5 
 
 II. 
 
 Primum earn esse physicen, quod sit e^vTos, ut ipsa 
 
 vox, basis eius. • . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. basis. J 
 
 III. 
 
 Quam mobilem diviim lyram Sol harmoge 1 
 quadam gubernans motibus diis veget. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. diis : veget.] 
 IV. 
 
 Homines rusticos in vindemia incondita canere, sar- 
 
 cinatricis in machinis. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. sarcinatrices.] 
 
 V. 
 Saepe totiiis theatri tibiis cerno flectendo 
 Comnautare nientes, erigi animos eorum . . . 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. frigi : 1. erigi.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 Non vidisti simulacrum leonis ad Idam eo loco, ubi 
 quondam, subito eum cum vidissent quadrupedem, Galli 
 tympanis adeo fecerunt mansuem, ut tractarent manibus ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mansues, nom.] 
 
 VII. 
 
 Nempe aut sues silvaticos in montibus sectaris 
 Venabulo aut cervos, qui tibi mail nihil fecerunt, 
 
 Verrutis — a ! artem praeclaram. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. venabulum.] 
 
 VIII. 
 Iurgare coepit dicens : 
 ' Quae scis, age qui in vulgiim vulgas artemque ex- 
 
 promis inertem ? ' 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vulgus, masc] 
 
 1 appoyy = ' harmony.'
 
 21 6 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Equi colore dispares item nati : 
 
 hie badius, iste gilvus, ille miirinus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. badius.] 
 
 PAPIAPAPAE (iTEpl e'ykwjuW). 
 
 The title seems to be only an exclamation expressive of wonder- 
 ing admiration. The Satura is directed against excessive praise, 
 which is often given out of mere ignorance, as a man may mistake 
 a ' bit of glass for an emerald ' (I). Funeral orations are fulsome ; 
 they do not discriminate between the worthy and unworthy 
 (II). The mincing compliments paid to a pretty woman are absurd 
 in their extravagance (III-VII). But there is another side to the 
 picture — excessive dispraise. Some critics know how to pick holes 
 in everything, but do not know how to give honour where honour 
 is due (VIII, IX). 
 
 I. 
 
 Imperito nonnunquam concha videtur margarita, 
 
 vitrum smaragdos. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. margaritum.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Qui potest laus videri vera, cum mortuus saepe fura- 
 
 cissimus ac nequissirnus civis iuxta ac Publius Afri- 
 
 canus— ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. iuxta = similiter.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Ante aiiris nodo ex crobyli subparvuli 
 intorti emittebantur sex cicinnuli ; 
 oculis suppaetulfs nigelli pupuli 
 quantani hilaritatem significantes animuli ! 
 
 [Cp. inf. V.]
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 217 
 
 IV. 
 Quos calliblepbaro naturali palpebrae 
 
 tinctae vallatos mobili septo tenent. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. palpebrae 
 
 V. 
 rictus parvissimus 
 
 ut refrenato risu roseo . . . 
 
 [Ill, V. Nonius, s.v. rictus (hominis).] 
 
 VI. 
 Laculla in mento impressa Amoris dfgitulo 
 vestigio demonstrat mollitudinem. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mollitudinem.] 
 
 VII. 
 Collum procerum fictum levi marmore 
 regillae tunicae definitur purpura. 
 
 [Nonius, regilla, dimin. a regia.] 
 
 VIII. 
 Omni opstant in ministerio invidum tabes. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. invidum, gt n. 
 IX. 
 Quare resides lingulacae, optrectatores tui, iam nunc 
 murmurantes dicunt : 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. lingulacae, &c. | 
 
 PROMETHEUS LIBER. 
 
 Antisthenes, the Cynic philosopher, had already written a 
 dialogue between Prometheus and Hercules, in which Hercules 
 reproaches Prometheus for his ill-advised gift of fire to mortals,
 
 2l8 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 which is interpreted to mean the fatal tendency to philosophic 
 speculations. 
 
 This suggests that the interlocutors in this Satura may be Pro- 
 metheus and Hercules. In the first part of it, Prometheus bewails 
 his terrible tortures (I-V) : in the second, Hercules taunts him 
 with the deterioration of the human beings which he has animated ; 
 exhibiting the extravagant licentiousness of the young profligate 
 with his dainty mistress, and the coarse, swinish life of the 
 common citizen (VI, VII). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ego infelix ndn queam 
 vim propulsare, atque mimic um Oreo inmittere? 
 nequiquam saepe aerutas manuis compedes 
 conor revellere. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. compedes.] 
 II. 
 
 Sum uti subernus 1 cortex aut caciimina 
 morientum in querqueto arborum aritiidine. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. cortex.] 
 III. 
 
 atque ex artttbus 
 exsanguibus dolore evirescat color. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. evirescat.] 
 IV. 
 
 Mortalis nemo exaudit, sed late mcolens 
 Scytliarum inhospitalis campis vastitas. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. vastitas = desertio. Cf. Aesch. P. V. 2, 21.] 
 
 V. 
 Levi's mens nunquam somnurnas imagines 
 adfatur, non umbrantur somno piipulae. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. somnurnae = quae in somno videantur.] 
 
 1 Prom suber= 'cork tree.' Al. supernus.
 
 M. T ERE NT I US VARRO. 219 
 
 VI. 
 
 Chrysosandalos locat sibi amiculam de lacte et cera 
 Tarentina quam apes Milesiae coegerint ex omnibus flori- 
 bua libantes, sine osse et nervis, sine pelle, sine pilis, 
 puram putam, proceram, candidam, teneram, formosam. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. putus.] 
 
 VII. 
 In tenebris ac suili vivunt, nisi non forum hara atque 
 homines ibi plerique sues sunt existimandi. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. hara = porcorum stabulum.] 
 
 QUINQUATRUS. 
 
 Tins festival of Minerva gives Varro an opportunity of dealing 
 with those professions under the especial patronage of the 
 goddess, and particularly that of the physician. 'Why,' asks 
 one ' should I employ a doctor, and have to drink nauseous physic 
 and reduce my strength?' (I). In preference to this, he writes 
 (in true medical stylej a prescription for a good dose of wine, with 
 no addition but pure water (II, III). The doctor who draws the 
 fluid from a dropsical patient is not as clever as an Etruscan 
 inspector of conduits 1 (IV). 
 
 I. 
 
 Quid medico mi est opus? perpetuo absi'ntium ut bib;im 
 gravem 
 
 et castoreum, levemque robur? 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. absintium, masc] 
 
 II. 
 
 Cape hanc caducam Liberi mollem dapem 
 de fronde Bromia autumnitatis uvidam. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. autumnitas.]
 
 220 FRAGMENT A S ELECTA. 
 
 III. 
 
 Quom lympham melius e lacuna fontium 
 adlatani nido potili permi'sceat. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. nidus, pro poculo.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 An hoc praestat Herophilus Diogeni, quod ille e ventre 
 
 aquam niittit ? hoc te iactas ? At hoc pacto utilior te 
 
 Tuscus aquilex ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. aquilex.] 
 
 SEXAGESSIS. 
 
 This word, which commonly means a sum of sixty asses, is 
 here grotesquely used for 'a man of sixty years.' He is the 
 Roman Rip van Winkle, who falls asleep at the age of ten and 
 does not wake for half-a-century (I, II). Then he looks around 
 and finds everything changed ; himself not least, for he has 
 a bristly beard like a hedgehog, and a great snout for a nose 
 (III). ' So a pup changes to a dog, or a grain of corn to an ear' 
 (IV). The ancient virtues have been banished from Rome, and 
 their place is supplied by Impiety, Disloyalty and Impudence (V). 
 No ' pious Aeneas ' would ' carry ' his father now-a-days ; but 
 every brat is ready to ' carry him off' by poison (VI). There is a 
 regular sale of votes in the Comitia (VII) ; the judges make money 
 out of the accused (VIII) ; there is only one law observed — ' Give 
 and take ' (IX). Marcus deplores this detestable change, recalling 
 the days of sobriety and steadiness (X) ; when men were not ready 
 to rush into the decoy, like so many silly ducks (XI). The young 
 Romans resent this protest, and proceed to illustrate in his person 
 the proverb — ' sexagenarios de ponte ' : which properly means that 
 men of this age were barred from the voting-lobby (pons) ; but the 
 joke lies in the other interpretation of the phrase, referring to the 
 actual casting of old men from one of the bridges over the Tiber, 
 as a relic of human sacrifice. See s. v. depontani scnes (XII-XIV). 
 
 I. 
 
 stulta nostri pectoris dormitio
 
 M. TERENTIUS VARRO. 221 
 
 vigilabilis, quae me puellum impuberem 
 
 cepisti ! 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. puellus.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Romam regressus ibi nibil offendi quod ante annos 
 quinquaginta cum primum dormire coepi reliqui. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. offendere = invenirc] 
 
 III. 
 
 Se circumspexe atque invenisse se, cum dormire 
 
 coepisset tarn glaber quam Socrates, esse factum ericium 
 
 cum pilis albis, cum proboscide. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. ericium. J 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sic canis fit e catello, sic e tritico spica. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. spica.] 
 
 V. 
 
 In quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, per- 
 
 fidia, impudicitia. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. subire. j 
 
 VI. 
 
 Nunc quis patrem decern annorum natus non modo 
 aufert, sed tollit, nisi veneno ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. tollere = occidere.j 
 
 VII. 
 
 Ubi turn comitia habebant, ibi nunc fit mercatus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. mercatus.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Avidus iudex reum ducit esse koivov 'Epprjv, 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. ducere-=existimare.]
 
 222 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Quod leges iubent, non faciunt : So? teal \al3e fervit 
 
 omnino. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. fervit pro fervet.] 
 
 X. 
 
 Ergo turn Eomae parce pureque pudentes 
 vixere in patria : at nunc sumus in rutuba. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. rutuba = perturbatio.] 
 
 XL 
 
 Neqm'quam is agilipennis anates tremipedas, 
 buxeis cum rostris pecudes in paludibus 
 de nocte nigra ad lumina lampadis sequens. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. pecudes = non solum quadrupedes.] 
 
 XII. 
 
 Senibus J crassis homulli non videmus quid fiat ? 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. crassus = stultus.] 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Acciti sumus, ut depontaremur : murmur fit ferus. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. murmur, masc] 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Vix ecfatus erat, cum more maiorum ultro casnares 
 arripiunt, de ponte in Tiberim deturbant. 
 
 [Nonius, s.v. casnares = seniles.] 
 
 1 Al. sensifcws.
 
 I> 
 
 M. T ERE NT I US VARRO. 223 
 
 EX LIBRO IMAGINUM. 
 
 Vareo wrote fifteen books of Imagines or Hehdomadcs. The first 
 book contained 14. and each of the other fourteen books 49 bio- 
 graphies of distinguished Greeks and Romans, illustrated with 
 portraits. The following fragments are preserved. 
 
 I. 
 DEMETRIUS. 
 
 Hie Demetrius est, tot aera 1 nanctus 
 quot lucis babet annus absolutus. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. luces = dies.] 
 
 II. 
 HOMER. 
 
 Capella Homeri Candida haec tumulum indicat, 
 quod bac Ietae 2 mortuo faciunt sacra. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 3. II.] 
 
 III. 
 
 NAEVIUS. 
 
 Inmortales mortal es | si foret fas flere, 
 
 fierent divae Camenae | Naevium poetam. 
 
 itaque postquam est Orci | tniditus tbesauro, 
 
 obliti sunt Eomae | loquier lingua latina. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. i. 24.] 
 
 1 aera, if the reading be right, must mean bronze statues. 
 
 2 Ietae, the inhabitants of the island of Ios, one of the places 
 which claimed to be the birthplace of Homer.
 
 224 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 IV 
 
 PACUVIUS. 
 
 Tamenetsi, adulescens, properas, te hoc saxum rogat 
 aspicias ut se, cleinde quod scriptum est legas. 
 hie sunt poetae Pacuvi Marci sita 
 ossa. hoc volebam nescius ne esses, vale. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 V. 
 
 PLAUTUS. 
 
 Postquam est mortem aptus Plautus, comoedia luget, 
 scaena est deserta, dein risus, ludus, iocusque 
 
 et numeri innumeri simul omnes conlacrumarunt. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. I. c] 
 
 VI. 
 
 SEPTEM SAPIENTES. 
 
 ' Optimus est,' Cleobulus ait, 'modus,' incola Lindi ; 
 ex Ephyra Periandre doces ' cuncta emeditanda ' ; 
 ' tempus nosce ' inquit Mitylenis Pittacus ortus ; 
 ' plures esse malos'^Sias autumat ille Prieneus; 
 Milesiusque Thales ' sponsori damna ' minatur ; 
 'nosce' inquit ' tete ' Chiion Lacedaemone cretus ; 
 Cecropiusque Solon ' ne quid nimis ' induperabit. 
 
 [Hyginus, Fab. 221.] 
 
 [I have followed Bahrens in grouping all these epigrams under 
 Varro's name, as, at least, convenient ; but the authorship of several 
 is uncertain.]
 
 M. T. CICERO. 
 
 (I06-43 A.C.) 
 
 For a brief period the dictum of Plutarch (Vit. Cic. c. 2) was 
 really true — that Cicero was the first poet as well as the first 
 orator of his time. It was only true till Lucretius and Catullus 
 came into the field. In spite of the abuse and ridicule ' which 
 was heaped upon the poetical compositions of Cicero for excessive 
 vanity and expressions in questionable taste, the fact remains that 
 the fruits of Cicero's leisure hours mark a. distinct advance in 
 Latin poetry, and a real development of the hexameter, which 
 made the perfect Vinjilian rhythm distinctly more possible. 
 
 His Marius is a tribute from one citizen of Arpinum to another. 
 Cicero was still young when he wrote it : and there is something 
 in the boldness of the man who could choose such a subject under 
 the dictatorship of Sulla that may remind us of his famous defence 
 of Eoscius of Ameria. But the date of the poem is very doubtful. 
 
 The scene is laid at Arpinum. We see Marius beneath the 
 famous oak (Arpinatium, Mariana quercus, Cic. -De Legg. 1. 1), en- 
 couraged by a favourable omen : — 
 
 MARIUS. 
 I. 
 
 Hie Iovis altisoni subito pinnata satelles 
 arboris e trunco serpentis saucia morsu 
 subrigit, ipsa feris transfigens unguibus, anguem 
 semianirnum et varia graviter cervice inicantem ; 
 quern se intorquentem lanians rostroque cruentans, 
 iam satiata animos, iam duros ulta dolores, 
 
 1 Cp. Sen'ec. rhet. Controv. 3. praef. ; Senec. phil. Be Ira, 3. 37 ; 
 Epist. 106 ; Tacit. Dial, de Oral. 21 ; Juv. Sat. 10. 121 foil. ; Martial, 
 Epig. 2. 89, &c. 
 
 Q
 
 226 FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 abicit efflantem et laceratum adfligit in unda, 
 seque obitu a solis nitidos convertit ad ortus. 
 hanc ubi praepetibus pinnis lapsuque volantem 
 conspexit Marius, divini numinis augur, 
 faustaque signa suae laudis reditusque notavit, 
 partibus intonuit caeli pater ipse sinistris : 
 sic aquilae clarum firmavit Iuppiter omen. 
 
 [Cic. Be Biv. i. 48. Cp. Hom. II. 12. 200; Verg. Aen. 11. 751.] 
 
 LIMON. 
 
 A«tp.tov i. e. the Meadow ; (lari 6« ttoikiXojv irtpi.oxVi a S0I "t °f album 
 of different ' cullings.') 
 
 Tu quoque, qui solus lecto sermone, Terenti, 
 conversum expressumque Latina voce Menandrum 
 in medium nobis sedatis motibus effers, 
 quiddam come loquens atque omnia dulcia dicens. 
 
 [Sueton. Vit. Terent.~] 
 
 DE CONSULATU SUO. 
 
 [For nearly twenty-six years Cicero's muse was silent. But after 
 his return from exile he resumed his poetical studies ; partly as an 
 alleviation of his own anxiety, and partly as a means of keeping 
 up in the minds of his countrymen the memory of Lis splendid 
 services, on which ho set so much store. The Be Consulatu suo was 
 the work of his forty-seventh year ; the De Temporibus suis of his 
 fiftieth. 
 
 The Be Consulatu consisted of three books, of which the second 
 was connected with the name of the Muse Urania ; the third with 
 Calliope. The first book is only known to us from a note of 
 Servius on Verg. Eel. 8. 106, which tells us the story of Terentia's 
 sacrifice : how that when the fire had died down and she was 
 about to pour in the libation, the flame shot up again from the 
 ashes, thus foretelling that Cicero would be made Consul that very 
 year.]
 
 M. T. CICERO. 227 
 
 The two verses may be filled up asvfollows : — 
 
 I 
 
 Aspice : corripuit tremulis altaria flammis 
 
 sponte sua, dum ferre moror, cinis ipse. Bonum sit ! 
 
 [Servius, I. c] 
 
 II. 
 
 (Urania addresses Cicero.) 
 Principio aetherio flammatus Iuppiter igni 
 vertitur et totum conlustrat lumine mundum, 
 menteque divina caelum terrasque petessit, 
 quae penitus sensus hominum vitasque retentat, 
 aetheris aeterni saepta atque inclusa cavernis. 
 et si stellarum motus cursusque vagantes 
 nosse velis, qua sint signorum in sede loeatae, 
 (quae verbo e falsis Graiorum vocibus errant, 
 re vera certo lapsu spatioque feruntur), 
 omnia iam cernes divina mente notata. 
 nam primum astrorum volucris te consule motus 
 concursusque gravi stellarum ardore micantis 
 tu quoque, cum tumulos Albano in monte nivalis 
 lustrasti, et laeto mactasti lacte Latinas, 1 
 vidisti et claro tremulos ardore cometas ; 
 multaque misceri nocturna caede putasti, 
 quod ferme dirum in tempus cecidere Latinae, 
 cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna 
 abdidit et subito stellanti nocte perempta est. 
 quid vero Phoebi fax, tristis nuntia belli, 
 
 1 Latinas, sc. ferias. A sacrifice to Iuppiter Latiaris on the 
 Alban Mount, held at times appointed by the magistrates (f. con- 
 ceptivae). Besides the common sacrifice of an ox, the towns which 
 had a share in the Alban sanctuary sent gifts of milk (lacte) &c. 
 
 Q 2
 
 228 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 quae, magnum ad columen 1 , flammato ardore volabat, 
 
 praecipitis caeli partis obitusque petissens : 
 
 aut cum terribili perculsus fulmine civis 
 
 luce serenanti 2 vitalia lumina liquit? 
 
 aut cum se gravido tremefecit corpore tellus? 
 
 iam vero variae nocturno tempore visae 
 
 terribiles formae bellum motusque monebant, 
 
 multaque per terras vates oracla furenti 
 
 pectore fundebant tristis minitantia casus ; 
 
 atque ea quae lapsu tandem cecidere vetusto. 
 
 haec fore perpetuis signis clarisque frequentans 
 
 ipse deum genitor caelo terrisque canebat. 
 
 nunc ea Torquato quae quondam et consule 3 Cotta 
 
 Lydius ediderat Tyrrhenae gentis haruspex, 
 
 omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus. 
 
 nam pater altitonans stellanti nixus Olympo 
 
 ipse suos quondam tumulos ac templa petivit 
 
 et Capitolinis iniecit sedibus ignis. 
 
 turn species ex aere vetus venerataque Nattae* 
 
 concidit elapsaeque vetusto numine leges, 
 
 et divom simulacra peremit fulminis ardor. 
 
 hie silvestris erat Romani nominis altrix 
 
 Martia 5 , quae parvos Mavortis semine natos 
 
 uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat : 
 
 quae turn cum pueris flammato fulminis ictu 
 
 concidit atque avulsa pedum vestigia liquit. 
 
 turn quis non artis scripta ac monumenta volutans 
 
 1 ad columen : perhaps, ' like a column.' 
 * serenanti : it was ' a bolt from the blue.' 
 
 3 consule, b. c. 65. 
 
 4 Nattae species. See Cic. Be Div. 2. 21 ' Nattae statua et aera legum 
 de caelo taeta.' 
 
 5 Martia. sc. lupa, Liv. 10. 27.
 
 M. T. CICERO. 229 
 
 voces tristificas chartis promebat Etruscis ? 
 
 omnes civili generosa stirpe profectam 
 
 volvier ingentem cladem pestemque monebant, 
 
 turn legum exitium constanti voce ferebant, 
 
 templa deumque adeo flammis urbemque iubebant 
 
 eripere, et stragem horribileni caedemque vereri ; 
 
 atque haec fixa gravi fato ac fundata teneri, 
 
 ni post, excelsuni ad columen formata decore, 
 
 sancta Iovis species claros spectaret in ortus : 
 
 turn fore ut occultos populus sanctusque senatus 
 
 cernere conatus posset, si solis ad ortum 
 
 conversa inde patrum sedes populique videret, 
 
 haec tardata diu species multumque rnorata 
 
 consule te tandem celsa est in sede locata ; 
 
 atque una fixi ac signati temporis hora 
 
 Iuppiter excelsa clarabat sceptra corona, 
 
 et clades patriae flamma ferroque parata 
 
 vocibus Allobrogum patribus populoque patebat. 
 
 rite igitur veteres, quorum monumenta tenetis. 
 
 qui populos urbisque modo ac virtute regebant, 
 
 rite etiam vestri, quorum pietasque fidesque 
 
 praestitit ac longe vicit sapientia cunctos, 
 
 praecipue coluere vigenti numine divos. 
 
 haec adeo penitus cura videre sagaci, 
 
 otia qui studiis laeti tenuere decoris 
 
 inque Academia umbrifera nitidoque Lyceo 
 
 fuderunt claras fecundi pectoris artis. 
 
 e quibus ereptum, primo iam a fiore iuventae, 
 
 te patria in media virtutum mole locavit. 
 
 tu tamen anxiferas curas requiete relaxans, 
 
 quod patria vacat, hie studiis nobisque sacrasti. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. 1. 11-13.]
 
 230 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 III. 
 
 (Calliope addresses Cicero.) 
 Interea cursus, quos prima in parte iuventae 
 quosque adeo consul virtute animoque petisti, 
 
 hos retine atque auge famam laudesque bonorum. 
 
 [Cic. Ad Ait. 2. 3. 3.] 
 
 EX GRAECIS CONVERSA. 
 
 ILIAS. 
 
 I. 
 Ferte, viri, et duros animo tolerate labores, 
 auguris ut nostri Calchantis fata queamus 
 scire ratosne habeant an vanos pectoris orsus. 
 namque omnes memori portentum mente retentant, 
 qui non funestis liquerunt lumina fatis. 
 Argolicis primum ut vestita est classibus Aulis, 
 quae Priamo cladem et Troiae pestemque ferebant, 
 nos circum latices gelidos fumantibus aris, 
 aurigeris divom placantes numina tauris, 
 sub platano umbrifera, fons unde emanat aquai, 
 vidimus inmani specie tortuque draconem 
 terribilem, Iovis ut pulsu j)enetraret ab ara ; 
 qui platani in ramo foliorum tegmine saeptos 
 corripuit pullos ; quos cum consumeret octo, 
 nona super tremulo genetrix clangore volabat, 
 cui ferus inmani laniavit viscera morsu. 
 hunc ubi tarn teneros volucris matremque peremit,
 
 M. T. CICERO. 231 
 
 4 
 
 qui luci ediderat genitor Saturnius, idem 
 
 abdidit \ et duro firmavit tegmina saxo. 
 
 nos autem timidi stantes mirabile monstrum 
 
 vidimus in mediis divom versarier aris. 
 
 turn Calchas haec est fidenti voce loeutus : 
 
 'quidnam torpentes subito obstipuistis, Achivi? 
 
 nobis haec portenta deum dedit ipse creator 
 
 tarda et sera nimis, sed fama ac laude perenni, 
 
 nam quot avis taetro mactatas dente videtis", 
 
 tot nos ad Troiam belli exanclabimus annos, 
 
 quae decumo cadet, et poena satiabit Achivos.' 
 
 edidit haec Calchas, quae iam matura videtis. 
 
 [Cic. Be Biv. 2. 30 ; cp. Hosi. II. 2. 299 foil.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Qui miser in campis maerens errabat Aleis, 
 
 ipse suum cor edens, hominum vestigia vitans. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Bisp. 3. 26 ; cp. Hom. II. 6. 201 foil.] 
 
 III. 
 
 ODYSSEA. 
 
 O decus Argolicum, quin puppim flectis, Ulixes. 
 
 auribus ut nostros possis agnoscere cantus? 
 
 nam nemo haec unquam est transvectus caerula cursu 
 
 quin prius adstiterit vocum dulcedine captus, 
 
 post, variis avido satiatus pectore Musis, 
 
 doctior ad patrias lapsus pervenerit oras. 
 
 nOs grave certamen belli clademque tenemus 
 
 1 abdidit. This implies that Cicero read in H. 2. 318 alfoKov, i. e. 
 aidrjAoi', the lect. of Aristarchus, and not dp'ifoKoi' as MSS.
 
 232 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 Graecia quam Troiae divino numine vexit, 
 omniaque e latis rerum vestigia terris. 
 
 [Cic. Be Fin. 5. 18 ; cp. Hom. Od. 12. 184 foil.] 
 
 IV. 
 EX AESCHYLO. 
 Titanum 1 soboles, socia nostri sanguinis, 
 generata Caelo, aspicite religatum asperis 
 vinctiimque saxis, navem ut horrisono freto 
 noctem paventes timidi adnectunt navitae. 
 Satiirnius me sic infixit Iiippiter, 
 Iovisque numen Miilcibri adscivit manus. 
 hos ille cuneos fabrica crudeli inserens 
 perriipit artus ; qua miser sollertia 
 transverberatus castrum hoc Furiarum incolo. 
 iam tertio me quoque funesto die 
 tristi advolatu adiincis lacerans unguibus 
 Iovis satelles pastu dilaniat fero. 
 turn iecore opinio farta et satiata adfatim 
 clangorem fundit vastum, et sublime avolans 
 pinnata cauda nostrum adulat sanguinem. 
 cum vero adesum inflatu renovatum est iecur, 
 turn rursus taetros avida se ad pastiis refert. 
 sic bunc custodem maesti cruciatus alo, 
 qui me perenni vivum foedat mi'seria. 
 namque ut videtis vinclis constrictus Iovis 
 arcere nequeo diram volucrem a pectore. 
 sic me ipse viduus 2 pestis excipio anxias, 
 
 1 Titanum. The Titans formed the Chorus in the TJpo^rjOevs \vo- 
 Htvos of Aeschylus, from which this passage is translated. 
 
 2 If viduus is to be joined with me (cp. 'viduus pharetra' Hor. Od. 
 1. 10. 12) render, ' meis viribus destitutus.' Kuhner joins excipio 
 me pestis anxias = ipse mihi paro pestem.
 
 M. T. CICERO. 233 
 
 amore mortis terminum anquirens mali ; 
 sed longe a leto numine aspellor Iovis. 
 atque haec vetusta, saeclis glomerata horridis, 
 luctifica clades nostro infixa est corpori, 
 e quo liquatae solis ardore excidunt 
 guttae, quae saxa adsidue instillant Caucasi. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 10.] 
 
 EX SOPHOCLE. 
 
 multa dictu gravia, perpessu aspera, 
 
 quae corpore exanclata atque anirno x pertuli ! 
 
 nee mihi Iunonis terror implacabilis, 
 
 nee tanturn invexit tristis 2 Eurystheus rnali 
 
 quantum una vecors Oenei partu edita. 
 
 haec me inretivit veste furiali inscium, 
 
 quae lateri inhaerens morsu lacerat viscera 
 
 urguensque graviter pulmonum haurit spiritus ; 
 
 iam decolorem s sanguinem omnem exsorbuit. 
 
 sic corpus clade horribili absumjitum exttibuit, 
 
 ipse illigatus peste interimor textili. 
 
 hos non hostilis dextra, non Terra edita 
 
 moles Gigantum, non biformato inpetu 
 
 Centaiirus ictus corpori inflixit meo, 
 
 non Graia vis, non barbara ulla inmanitas, 
 
 non saeva terris gens relegata ultimis, 
 
 quas peragrans undique omnem efferitatem expuli ; 
 
 1 animo. In the original, Soph. Track. 1047, the corresponding 
 word is vwroiai. Perhaps Cicero read aripvoiai. (cp. Trach. 1090) and 
 misunderstood it. 
 
 2 tristis, i. e. orvyvos. 
 
 3 decolorem, a mistaken translation of xA.ck/'ui'.
 
 234 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 sed feminea vir, feminea interimor manu. 
 nate, vere hoc nomen usurpa patri ! 
 ne me occidentem matris superet cdritas. 
 hue arripe ad me manibus abstractam piis. 
 iam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes. 
 perge, aude, nate ! illacrima patris pestibus ! 
 miserere ! gentes nostras flebunt mi'serias. 
 heu ! vfrginalem me ore ploratum edere, 
 quem vidit nemo ulli fngemiscentem malo ! 
 sic feminata 1 virtus adflicta occidit. 
 accede, nate, adsiste, miserandum adspice 
 eviscerati corpus laceratum patris ! 
 videte, cuncti, tuque, caelestiim sator, 
 iace, obsecro, in me vim coruscam fiilminis ! 
 nunc, mine dolorum anxiferi torquent vei-tices, 
 nunc serpit ardor. ante vietrices manus ! 
 o pectora, o terga, 6 lacertoriim tori ! 
 vestrone pressu quondam Nemeaeiis leo 
 frendens efflavit graviter extremum halitum ? 
 haec dextra Lernam taetra mactata excetra, 2 
 pacavit 3 ; haec bicorporem afflixit manum ; 
 Erymanthiam haec vastificam abiecit beluam ; 
 haec e Tartarea tenebrica abstractiim plaga 
 tricipitem eduxit, Hydra generatiim canem ; 
 haec fnteremit tortu multiplicabili 
 draconem, auriferam obtiitu adservantem arborem. 
 multa alia victrix nostra lustravit manus, 
 nee quisquam e nostris spolia cepit laiidibus. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 2. 8, 9 ; Soph. Track. 1046 foil.] 
 
 1 feminata. Soph. Track. 1075 vvv 5' Ik toiovtov 6tjKvs evp-rjuai rdAas. 
 
 2 excetra, apparently a corrupt form of ex'^ ua - 
 
 3 pacavit. Cp. Verg. Aen. 6. 804.
 
 M. T. CICERO. 235 
 
 VI. 
 
 EX EURIPIDE. 
 
 I. 
 
 Iuravi lingua, mentem iniuratam gero. 
 
 [Cic. De Off. 3. 29 ; Eur. Hippol. 612.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Nam si violandum est iiis, regnandi gratia 
 violandum est : aliis rebus pietatem colas. 
 
 [Cic. De Off. 3. 21 ; Euk. Pkoen. 524.] 
 
 v 
 
 III. 
 
 Nam nos decebat coetus celebranti's domum 
 lugere, ubi esset aliquis in lucem editus, 
 humanae vitae varia reputantis mala : 
 at qui labores morte finisset gravis, 
 hunc omni amicos laiide et laetitia exsequi. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. r. 48 ; Eur. Cresphont. fr. 13.] 
 
 INCERTAE SEDIS FRAGMENTA. 
 I. 
 
 Quorum luxuries fortunam ac censa peredit. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. censum neuir.'] 
 
 II. 
 
 Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi l . 
 
 [Cic. Be Off. 1. 77, &c] 
 
 III. 
 
 fortunatam natam me consule Romam ! 
 
 [Juv. Sat. 10. 122. &c] 
 
 ! laudi. Al. linguae.
 
 236 FRAGMENTA SELECTA. 
 
 IV. 
 In monies patrios et ad incunabula nostra 
 pergam. 
 
 [Cic. Ad AM. 2. 15. 3.] 
 
 EPIGEAMMA. 
 
 [On the last day of December, b. c. 45, the consul Q. Fabius 
 Maximus having died suddenly, Caesar made C. Caninius Eebilus 
 consul for the few remaining hours of the day.] 
 
 Vigilantem, habemus consulem Caninimn, 
 
 qui in consulatu somnum non vidit suo. 
 
 [Mackob. Sat. 2. 3. 6.] 
 
 EX VARUS. 
 
 I. 
 
 Mors mea ne careat lacrimis : linquamus amicis 
 niaerorem, ut celebrent funera cum gemitu. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 49 ; Solon, i'rag. 21.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Croesus Halyn penetrans magnam pervertet opum vim. 
 
 [Cic. De Div. 2. 56 ; see Hdt. i. 53.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Die, hospes, Spartae nos te hie vidisse iacentis, 
 dum Sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 42 ; Simonib. ap. Hdt. 7. 228.]
 
 DECIMUS LABERIUS. 
 
 (Circ. 105-43 a.c.) 
 
 MIMUS. 
 
 The Mime, which originally came to Rome from Magna Graecia, 
 was at first only a ' ballet divertissement,' without song or dialogue. 
 It received a new impulse in the time of Sulla ; and under Julius 
 Caesar it reached its zenith of literary perfection at the hands of 
 Decimus Laberius, a Roman knight. The titles of forty-four of his 
 Mimes are preserved. The distinguishing peculiarity of the Mime 
 was the disuse of masks, and the performance of female parts by 
 women. The stock characters of the Atellane do not appear in the 
 Mime ; otherwise, the plots were not dissimilar. But the Mime 
 had its own set of regular characters — the stupid husband ; the 
 faithless wife ; the confidential slave ; the soubretle, in her short 
 mantle (ricinium, which gave the alternative title of fabula riciniata 
 to the Mime. 
 
 [For a general idea of the quality of these plays we may refer to 
 Ovid ' : 
 
 Quid si scripsissem mimos obscena iocantes, 
 
 qui semper vetiti crimen amoris habent ; 
 in quibus assidue cultus procedit adulter, 
 
 verbaque dat stulto callida nupta , viro ? 
 nubilis hos virgo matronaque virque puerque 
 
 spectat, et e magna parte senatus adest. 
 nee satis incestis temerari vocibus aures ; 
 
 assueseant oculi multa pudenda pati ; 
 cumque fefellit amans aliqua novitate maritum, 
 
 plauditiir, et magno palma favore datur,] 
 The remains of the named plays of Laberius are very slight. 
 1 Trist. 2. 497 foil.
 
 238 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 I. 
 ALEXANDREA. 
 
 A promise on oath to pay is a temporary cure for debt. 
 
 Quid est ius iurandum ? emplastrum aeris alieni . . . 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 16. 7. 14.] 
 
 II. 
 
 BELONISTRIA. 
 
 A seller of needles. Apparently a parody on the Hippolytus. 
 
 domina nostra privignum suum 
 
 amat efflictim. 
 
 [Nonius, s. v. efflictim = vehementer.] 
 
 III. 
 
 EPHEBUS. 
 
 A quarrel in Olympus over the fate of Rome. 
 
 Licentiam ac libidinem ut tollam petis 
 
 togatae stirpis. 
 
 Idcirco ope nostra dilatatum est dominium 
 
 togatae gentis. 
 
 [Mackob. Sat. 6. 5. 15.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 EULLO. 
 
 A picture of a bare-legged, spindle-shanked man, treading cloth 
 in the water. 
 
 . . . utrum tu hunc gruem Balearicum an hominem putas 
 
 esse? 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 17. 36.]
 
 DECIMUS LABERIUS. 239 
 
 V. 
 
 NECYOMANTIA. 
 
 Perhaps a sneering allusion to the intention attributed to Julius 
 Caesar to authorise polygamy, and to increase the police force. 
 
 Duas uxores ? hercle hoc plus negoti est, inquit, coctio : 
 
 sex aediles viderat. 
 
 [Aul. Glll. 16. 7. 12.] 
 
 VI. 
 
 RESTIO. 
 
 How a father would blind himself, rather than see his prodigal 
 son's enjoyment. 
 
 Democritus Abderites physicus philosophus 
 clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, 
 oculos effodere ut posset splendore aereo. 
 ita radiis solis aciem efFodit luminis, 
 mail's bene esse ne videret civibus. 
 sic ego fulgentis splendorem pecuniae 
 "volo elucificare exituni aetatis meae, 
 
 ne in re bona esse videam nequam filium. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 10. 17.] 
 
 VII. 
 VIRGO. 
 
 How I fell in love like a cockroach into a basin. 
 
 Amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim. 
 
 [Nonius, s. r. pelvis.] 
 
 VIII. 
 
 The story about Caesar, Laberius. and his rival Publilius Syrus, 
 is thus given by Macrobius [Sat. 2. 7) : ' Laberium asperae libertatis 
 equitem Romanum Caesar quingentis milibus invitavit ut prodiret 
 in scaenam et ipse ageret mimos quos scriptitabat. Sed potestas
 
 240 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 non solum si invitet, sed etiani si supplicet, cogit : und^"se et 
 Laberius a Caesare coactum in prologo testatur his versibus : 
 
 Necessitas, cuius ciirsus transversi lmpetum 
 
 voluerunt multi effugere, pauci potuerunt, 
 
 quo rue detrusit paene extremis sensibus ! 
 
 quern nulla ambitio, nulla umquam largitio,. 
 
 nullus timor, vis nulla, nulla auctoritas 
 
 movere potuit in iuventa de statu : 
 
 ecce in senecta ut facile labefecit loco 
 
 viri excellentis mente clemente edita 
 
 summissa placicle blandiloquens oratio ! 
 
 etenim ipsi di negare cui nil potuerunt 
 
 hoininem nie denegare quis posset pati? 
 
 ego bis tricenis annis actis sine nota 
 
 eques Eomanus e Lare egressiis meo 
 
 domiini revertar minius. nirnirum hoc die 
 
 uno plus vixi mihi quam vivendiim fuit. 
 
 Fortiina, inmoderata in bono aeque atque in malo, 
 
 si tibi erat libitum litterarum laiidibus 
 
 florens cacumen nostrae famae frangere, 
 
 cur ciim vigebam membris praeviridantibus, 
 
 satisfacere popido et tali cum poteram viro, 
 
 non me flexibilem concurvasti ut carperes? 
 
 nuncine me deicis ? quo ? quid ad scaenam adfero ? 
 
 decorem formae an dignitatem corporis, 
 
 animi virtutem an vocis iucundae sonum ? 
 
 ut hedera serpens vires arboreas necat 
 
 ita me vetustas amplexu annorum enecat : 
 
 sepulchri similis nil nisi nomen retineo. 
 
 In ipsa quoque actionc subinde se qua potei-at ulciscebatur, in- 
 ducto habitu Syri, qui velut fiagris caesus praeripientique se similis 
 exclamabat :
 
 DEC I M US LABERIUS. 24 J 
 
 Porro, Quirites, libertateni perdimus. 
 
 Et paulo post adiecit : 
 Necesse est multos tfmeat quern multf timent. 
 
 Quo dicto universitas populi ad solum Caesarem oculos et ora 
 convertit, notantes inpotentiam eius hac dicacitate lapidatam. Ob 
 haec in Publilium vertit favorem.' 
 
 Laberius was adjudged by Caesar to have been unsuccessful : as 
 the dictator himself phrased it, ' favente fcibi me victus es, Laberi, 
 a Syro.' He then gave the prize to Publilius Syrus, and to Laberius 
 a sum of five hundred sestertia, with a golden ring ; thus restoring 
 to him the equestrian rank, which he had lost by appearing on the 
 stage. Laberius, though crushed in spirit, took his defeat very 
 well; and, as Macrobius {I.e.) goes on to say, ' sequenti statim 
 commissione mimo novo interiecit hos versus : 
 
 ' Non possunt primi esse omnes omni in tempore, 
 summum ad gradum cum claritatis veneris 
 consistes aegre, nictu citius decidas. 
 cecidi ego, cadet qui sequitur : la us est publica.'
 
 M. FURIUS BIBACULUS. 
 
 (Nat. 103 a.c.) 
 
 LUDICRA. 
 
 P. Valerius Cato, a native of Cisalpine Gaul, had been robbed of 
 his patrimony at the time of the Sullan proscriptions, and it is 
 possible that the Lydia or Dirae (which has been doubtfully 
 ascribed to him) deals with this grievance. Bibaculus in these 
 fragments alludes to Cato's grammatical and poetical studies (I) ; to 
 his debts, which all his cleverness could not ' clear up,' and which 
 forced him to sell his villa at Tusculum (II) ; and to his poverty- 
 stricken old age in a miserable hut (III;. 
 
 Cato grammaticus, Latina Siren, 
 qui solus legit l et facit poetas. 
 
 [Sueton. De Gramm. 109.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Catonis modo, Galle, Tusculanum 
 
 tota creditor urbe venditabat. 
 
 mirati sumus unicum magistrum, 
 
 summum grammaticum, optimum poetam, 
 
 omnes solvere 2 poss' quaestiones, 
 
 unum deficere expedire nomen : 
 
 en cor Zenodoti s , en iecur Cratetis. 
 
 [Stjeton. I. c] 
 
 1 legit, perhaps ' reads aloud,' and so make a reputation for them. 
 
 2 solvere. The point of the epigram turns on the double meaning 
 of ' solvere' = ' pay,' or 'solve'; as applied to a 'debt' or a 'diffi- 
 culty' : and similarly of ' nomen expedire,' meaning 'to elucidate an 
 expression ' or ' to clear off a debt.' 
 
 3 Zetwdotus and Crates, famous Homeric critics of the Alexandrine 
 period.
 
 M. FURIUS BIBACULUS. 243 
 
 III. 
 
 Si quis forte mei domum Catonis, 
 depictas minio assulas, et illos 
 custodis videt hortulos Priapi, 
 miratur quibus ille disciplinis 
 tantam sit sapientiam assecutus, 
 quem tres cauliculi, selibra farris, 
 racemi duo tegula sub una 
 ad summam prope nutriant senectam. 
 
 [SUETON. 1. C.] 
 
 ANNALES. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 (On Cae.sar's Gallic War.) 
 I. 
 Interea Oeeani linquens Aurora cubile. 
 
 [Macroe. Sat. 6. 1. 3.] 
 II. 
 
 Ille gravi subito deiectus vulnere habenas 
 
 misit equi, lapsusque in humum defluxit et armis 
 
 reddidit aeratis sonitum. 
 
 [Maceob. Sat. 6. 4. 10 ] 
 
 Book IV. 
 
 Pressatur pede pes, mucro mucrone, viro vir. 
 
 [Maceob. Sat. 6. 3. 5. J 
 
 Book X. 
 
 Eumoresque serunt varios et multa requirunt. 
 
 [Maceob. Sat. 6. i. 33 ] 
 R 2
 
 244 FRAG ME NT A S ELECTA. 
 
 Book XL 
 I. 
 Nomine quemque ciet : dictorum tempus adesse 
 
 commemorat. 
 
 [Macros. Sat. 6. i. 34.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Confirmat dictis simul atque exsuscitat acris 
 
 ad bellandum aniuios, reficitque ad praelia mentes. 
 
 [Macrou. I. c] 
 
 EX LIBRIS INCERTIS. 
 I. 
 Iuppiter hibernas cana nive conspuit Alpes. 
 
 [Porphyr. ad Ilor. Sat. 2. 5. 40.] 
 II. 
 
 Hie qua ducebant vastae divortia fossae. 
 
 [Schol. Veron. ad Verg. Aen. 9. 793.]
 
 C. IULIUS CAESAR. 
 
 (.100-44 A - c 
 
 IUDICIUM DE TERENTIO POETA. 
 
 Tu quoque tu in summis, o dimidiate Menander, 
 poneris, et merito, pnri sermonis amator. 
 lenibus at que utinam scriptis adiuncta foret vis 
 comica, ut aequato virtus polleret honore 
 cum Graecis, neve hac despectus parte iaceres ! 
 unum hoc maceror ac doleo tibi deesse, Terenti.
 
 P. TERENTIUS VARRO 
 ATACINUS. 
 
 (Fl. 50 A.C.) 
 
 AEGONAUTAE. 
 
 A free version of the 'ApyovavriKo. of Apollonius Rhodius. Four 
 books are ascribed to Varro. 
 
 Book I. •» 
 
 I. 
 
 Ecce venit Danai multis cclebrata propago y 
 narnque satus Clytio, Lerni quern Naubolus ex se, 
 Lernum Naupliades Proteus, seel Nauplion edit 
 
 filia Amymome Europae D&m&que superbi. 
 
 [_Sciiol. Veron. ad Verg. Aen. 2. 82 ; see Ap. Rhod. i. 133 foil.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Tiphyn at aurigam celeris fecere carinae. 
 
 ^Charis. 272 K. ; see Ap. Rhod. i. 400 foil.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Quos magno Anehiale partus adducta dolore 
 
 et geminis capiens tellurern Oaxida palmis l 
 
 edidit in Dicta. 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Ed. 1. 66 ; see Ap. Rhod. i. 11.29.] 
 
 1 afMporepricn fya£a/j.ti>r) yaiijs Oia£i8os. Ap. Rhod. I. c.
 
 P. TERENT1US VAERO AT AC IN US. 247 
 
 Book 11. 
 I. 
 
 Te nunc Coryciae ' tendentem spicula nymphae 
 
 hortantes 'o Phoebe' et ' ieie ' conclamarunt. 
 
 [Gk. L. K. 7. 332 ; see Ap. Rhod. 2. 711] 
 
 II. 
 
 Frigidus et silvis aquilo 2 docussit honorem. 
 
 J [Seiiv. a d Verg. Georg. 2. 400 ; see Ap. Rhod. 2. 1098 foil.] 
 
 Book III. 
 I. 
 
 Desierant s latrare canes urbesque silebant : 
 
 omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete. 
 
 [Seneca, Rhet. p. 3T3 K. ; see Ap. Rhod. 3. 749 foil. 
 
 II. 
 
 Cuius ut aspexit torta caput angue revinctum. 
 
 [Charis. 90 K ; see Ap. Rhod. 3. i2i4foll.] 
 
 Book IV. 
 
 Turn te flagranti deiectum fulmine Phaeihon 4 . 
 
 [Quint. Inst. 1. 5. 17 de syllabarum awaipiau.^ 
 
 ' IloXXd 5t Kwpvtciai Nu//i/xn, nXeitrroio Ovyarpes, \ Oapavvtoitov 'intaaiv, 
 'Irjie fceK\rjyviai. Ap. Rhod. I. c. 
 
 2 ~BoptaO fXfUOS ... 6K OVpiOL <pv\K' iTLVCLOOtV. Ap. RllOll. 1. c 
 
 3 Oti5£ Kvvijjv iiXaKTj (T dva ■moXtv, ov 6poos r\iv | 7]xV eLS ' C1777 8« 
 fj.(Xaivopiivr]v e\ tv op<pvqv. Ap. Rhod. I.e. 
 
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 itiotv dpfxaros 'He\ioio. Ap. Rhod. 4. 597 foil.
 
 / 
 
 248 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 II. 
 
 Semianimesque micant oculi lumenque requirunt 1 . 
 
 [Serv. ad Vcrg. Aen. 10 396 ] 
 
 CHOROGRAPHIA. 
 
 (Imitated from the work of Alexander of Ephesus.) 
 
 I. 
 Vidit et aetherio mundum torquerier axe 
 et septem aetemis sonitum dare vocibus orbes 2 
 nitentes aliis alios, quae maxima divis 
 laetitiast. at tunc longe gratissima Phoebi 
 dextera consimiles meditatur reddere voces. 
 
 [Mae. Victor. 60 K.] 
 II. 
 
 Ergo inter solis stationem et sidera septem 
 exporrecta iacet tellus ; huic extima fluctu 
 Oeeani, interior Neptuno cingitur ora. 
 
 [Priscian, i. 100 H. s. v. extimus.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda. 
 
 [Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. 20.] 
 
 EPHEMERIS. 
 
 (The following lines, translated from Aratus, have been closely 
 imitated, or borrowed, by Virgil, Georg. 1. 375 foil.) 
 
 1 Said by Servius to have been taken directly from Ennius by 
 Varro. 
 
 2 Cp. Cic. Somn. Scip. 4 : ' Quis est qui complet aures meas tantus 
 et tam dulcis sonus ? Hie est, inquit ille, qui intervallis coniunctus 
 imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte distinctis, impulsu et motu 
 ipsorum orbium conficitur, et acuta cum gravibus temperansvarios 
 aequabiliter concentus efficit.'
 
 P. T ERE NT I US VARRO AT AC IN US. 249 
 
 Turn liceat pelagi volucres tardaeque paludis 
 
 cernere inexpleto studio certare lavandi, 
 
 et velut insolitum pennis infundere rorem ; 
 
 aut arguta lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, 
 
 et bos suspiciens caelum (mirabile visu) 
 
 naribus aerium patulis decerpsit odorem ; 
 
 nee tenuis formica cavis non evehit ova. 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Georg. 1. 375.]
 
 PUBLILIUS SYRUS. 
 
 (Fl. 50 ac.) 
 
 MIMUS. 
 
 A specimen of an unnamed passage from Publilius Syrus is given 
 in Petronius (55) : 
 
 Luxiiriae rictu Martis marcent moenia. 
 
 tuo palato clausus pavo pascitur 
 
 plumato amictus aiireo Babylonico, 
 
 gallfna tibi Numidica, tibi gallus spado : 
 
 ciconia etiam, grata, peregrina hospita 
 
 pie'taticultrix gracilipes crotalistria 
 
 avis, exul hiemis, titulus tepidi temporis, 
 
 nequitiae nidum in caccabo fecit modo. 
 
 quo margarita cara tibi, bacam Indicam, 
 
 smaragdum ad quam rem viridem, pretiosum vitrum, 
 
 quo Carchedonios optas ignes lapideos, 
 
 nisi ut scintilles? probitas est earbunculus. 
 
 an ut matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis 
 
 tollat pedes indomita in strato extraneo ? 
 
 aequum est incluere niiptam ventum textilem, 
 
 palam prostare niidam in nebula li'nea ? 
 
 In spite of the licentious character of the Mimes, and the un- 
 restrained merriment which marked them, there was always an 
 undercurrent of something better ; which showed itself in those 
 shrewd maxims of worldly wisdom and even of high morality, 
 which the industry of later ages has culled from the Mimes. The 
 principal collection goes by the name of Publilii Syki Sententiae ; 
 of which the following lines are typical specimens.
 
 PUB LI LI US SYRUS. 
 
 25 l 
 
 SENTENTIAE. 
 
 r. Ab alio expectes alteri quod lYcovis. 
 
 11. Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est s§rvitus. 
 
 in. Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur. 
 
 iv. Avarus nisi cum moritur nil recte facit. 
 
 v. Animo imperabit sapiens, stultus serviet. 
 
 vi. Bonitatis verba imitari maior malitia est. 
 
 vii. Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit. 
 
 vni. Bene vixit is qui potuit cum voluit mori. 
 
 ix. Cotidie damnatus qui semper timet. 
 
 x. Crimen relinquit vitae qui mortem appetit. 
 
 xi. Didicere flere feminae ad mendacium. 
 
 xii. Discordia fit carior concordia. 
 
 xiii. Etiam celeritas in desiderio mora est. 
 
 xiv. Effiigere cupiditatem regnum est vincere. 
 
 xv. Fortuna vitrea est : turn cum splendet frangit.ur 
 
 xvi. Gravi'ssimum est imperium consuetiidinis. 
 
 xvii. Homo extra corpus est suum cum irascitvr. 
 
 xviii. Honesta turpitiido est pro causa bona. 
 
 xix. Heredis fletus siib persona risus est. 
 
 xx. In nullum avarus bonus est, in se pessimus. 
 
 xxi. Inopiae desunt paiica, avaritiae omnia. 
 
 xxii. Iniuriarum remedium est oblivio. 
 
 xxiii. Inertia est laboris excusatio. 
 
 xxiv. Legem nocens veretur, fortunam innocens. 
 
 xxv. Loci's remotis qui latet lex est sibi. 
 
 xxvi. Male vincit quern i?ost paenitet victoriae. 
 
 xxvii. Maliis quicumque in poena est praesidium est 
 
 bonis. 
 
 xxviii. Nil peccent oculi si animus oculis imperet. 
 
 xxix. Numquam periclum sine periclo vincitur.
 
 252 
 
 FRAGMENTA S ELECTA. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 XL. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 XL VI. 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 XLVIII. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 L. 
 
 Non turpis est cicatrix quam virtus parit. 
 Occasio receptus difficiles habet. 
 Pudor diniissus numquam redit in gratiam. 
 Probo beneficium qui dat ex parte accipit. 
 Qui docte servit partem dominatiis tenet. 
 Quidquid fit cum virtute fit cum gloria. 
 Eapere est accipere quod non possis reddere. 
 Kuborem amico exciitere amicum est perdere. 
 Spina etiam grata est ex qua spectator i-osa. 
 Solet sequi Laus ciim viam fecit Labor. 
 Sat magna usura est pro beneficio memoria. 
 Tacitiirnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est. 
 Tarn deest avaro quod habet quam quod non 
 
 habet. 
 Ubi fata peccant hominum consilia excidunt. 
 Ubi j^eccat aetas maior male discit minor. 
 Ubi nil timetur quod timeatur nascitur. 
 Ubi innocens formidat damnat iiidicem. 
 Virum bonum natiira non ordo facit. 
 Veterem fei'endo iniuriam invites novam. 
 Voluptas tacita metus est magis quam gaudium. 
 Vultu an natura sapiens sis, multum interest.
 
 C. HELVIUS CINNA. 
 
 (Fl. 50 A.C.) 
 
 Cinna was a close friend of Catullus (sodalis, Cat. 10. 30), and had 
 been with him in Bithynia. His gentile name, Helvius, explains 
 his long sojourn among the Cenumani. A visit to his old haunts 
 is here alluded to. 
 
 LUDICRA. 
 
 At nunc me Cenumana per salieta 
 
 bigis raeda rapit citata nanis. 1 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 19. 13.] 
 
 PROPEMPTICON POLLIONIS. 
 
 Tins seems to have been a guide-book in the form of a poem, to 
 describe for the young Asinius Pollio the outline of a journey he 
 was about to take from Brundisium, via Corcyra, to Actium, and 
 so along the coasts of Greece into the interior of that country. It 
 was probably modelled on the Propempticon of the Bithynian 
 Parthenios. 
 
 I. 
 
 Nee tam donorum ingentes mirabere acervos 
 innumerabilibus congestos undique saeclis 
 iam inde a Belidis natalique urbis ab anno, 
 Cecropis atque alta Tyrii iam ab origine Cad mi. 
 
 [ClIAEIS. I24 K.] 
 
 1 nanis: this word seems to have been used for a kind of small 
 cob.
 
 254 FRAGMENT A SELECT A. 
 
 II. 
 Lucida cum fulgent summi carchesia ' mali. 
 
 [ISIDOK. 19. 2. IO.] 
 III. 
 
 Atqne anquina 2 regat stabilem fortissima cursum. 
 
 [Isidor. 19. 4. 7.] 
 
 IV. 
 Atque imitata nives lucens legitur crystallus. 
 
 [Schol. ad luv. Sat. 6. 155.] 
 
 ZMYRNA. 
 
 This poem [quern libelhtm decern annis elimavit Serv. ad Verg. Eel. 
 9- 35] dealt with the passion of Zmyrna (Myrrha) for her father 
 Cinyras. 
 
 Te matutinus flentem conspexit Eous, 
 
 et flentem paulo vidit post Hesperus idem. 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Gevrg. 1. 288.] 
 
 EPIGKAMMA. 
 
 (He seems to have brought from Bithynia a copy of the Diosemia 
 of Aratus, inscribed on mallow leaves.) 
 
 Haec tibi Arateis multum vigilata lucernis 
 
 carmina, quis ignes novimus aetherios, 
 levis in aridulo marvae descripta libello 
 
 Prusiaca vexi munera navicula. 
 
 [ISIDOR. 6. 12.] 
 
 1 carchesia : ' summa pars mali. id est foramina quae summo malo 
 funes recipiunt' (Nonius, 546. 13). 
 
 '-' anquina : 'funis quo ad malum antenna constringitur ' (Isidor. 
 I. c).
 
 TOPULARES VERSUS. 
 
 i. 
 
 IIibaldry of the soldiery at Caesar's triumph after the Gallic 
 War. on the model of the old songs sung by the troops, making 
 jokes at their officers (Livy 4. 20, 53 ; 5. 49 ; 7. 10, 38 ; 10. 30 ; 
 28. 9). 
 
 Gallias Caesar subegit, Nicomedes Caesarem : 
 
 ecce Caesar nunc triumphat, qui subegit Gallias, 
 
 Nicomedes non triumphat, qui subegit Caesarem. 
 
 [Suetox. d. ltd. 49.] 
 
 II. 
 
 The introduction of Gauls into the Senate. 
 
 Gallos Caesar in triumphum diicit, idem in curiam : 
 Galli bracas dtposuerunt, latum clavum sumpserunt. 
 
 [SuETON. d. I III. 80.] 
 III. 
 
 The difference between Caesar and Brutus. 
 
 Brutus, quia reges eiecit, consul primus factus est : 
 hie, quia consules eiecit, rex postremo factus est. 
 
 [SUETON. £&.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Cp. Veil. Paterc. 2. 67 : ' Lepidus Paulus fratrem proscripserat ; 
 nee Planco gratia defuit ad inpetrandum ut frater eius Plancus 
 Plotius proscriberetur ; eoque inter iocos militaris qui curium 
 Lepidi Plancique secuti erant . . . usurpabant hunc versum : 
 
 De germanis non de Gallis duo triumphant consules.'
 
 256 FRAGMENTA SELECT A. 
 
 V. 
 
 Ventidius Bassus, who had once made his living by looking after 
 
 mules, was elected consul, and these lines were sung about the city : 
 
 « 
 
 Conciirrite omnes aiigures, haruspices 
 
 portentum inusitatum conflatum est receiis ; 
 
 nam miilos qui fricabat consul factus est. 
 
 [Aul. Gell. 15. 4.] 
 
 Note on I. — Muneo (Crit. and Elucid. of Catullus, pp. 76-79 
 reminds us that the occasion of a Triumph, when a man seemed 
 to stand on the highest pinnacle of glory, was just the moment 
 when jealous Fortune must be appeased, and the effect of the Evil 
 Eye averted. 'The greater the General was, and the more adored 
 by his soldiers, the greater would be the sacrifice demanded by 
 Fortuna, and the more ribald the fun in honour of their much-loved 
 General. Caesar has grievously suffered for this. ... In the days 
 of Suetonius and Dio Cassius people had forgotten that in Julius' 
 time the abuse meant little or nothing ; and these two writers 
 have taken literally what soldiers said in boisterous good humour.'
 
 C LICINIUS MACER CALVUS. 
 
 (82-47 A.C.) 
 
 The friend (and, sometimes, the butt) of Catullus. A man 
 perhaps more eminent as a barrister than as a poet. 
 
 EPITHALAMIA. 
 
 Et leges sanctas docuit et cara iugavit 
 corpora conubiis et magnas condidit urbes. 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Aen. 4. 58, de Cerere.] 
 
 IO. 
 I. 
 
 A virgo infelix, herbis pasceris amaris ! 
 
 [Serv. ad Verg. Eel. 6. 47.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Mens mea dira sibi praedicens omina veeors. 
 
 [Probus, 234 K. s. v. sibi.] 
 
 III. 
 
 Cum gravis ingenti conivere pupula somno . . . 
 
 [Priscian, 1 . 479 K. s. v. conivere ] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Frigida iam celeri superata est Bistonis ora. 
 
 [Probus, 226 K] 
 
 8
 
 258 FRAG ME NT A SELECT A. 
 
 Sol quoque perpetuos meminit requiescere cursus. 
 
 [Serv. ad Vercj. Ed. 8. 4.] 
 
 LUDICRA. 
 
 I. 
 
 (Alluding to Q. Curius, a notorious gambler.) 
 
 Et talis Curius pereruditus. 
 
 [Ascon. 84 K.] 
 
 II. 
 
 (Hermogenes Tigellius offered for sale as a Sardinian slave.) 
 Sardi Tigelli putidum venit caput. 
 
 [Porphyk. ad Hor. Sat. 1. 3. 1.]
 
 L. VARIUS RUFUS. 
 
 (74-I4 A.C.). 
 
 DE MORTE. 
 
 (This Epic by Varius, the friend of Virgil, is commonly supposed 
 to refer to the violent death of Caesar.) 
 
 I. 
 
 Vendidit hie Latium populis agrosque Quiritum 
 eripuit : fixit leges pretio atque refixit. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 39 ; see Veeg. Am. 6. 621.] 
 
 II. 
 
 Incubet ut Tyriis atque ex solido bibat auro. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 1. 40.] 
 III. 
 
 Quern non ille sinit lentae moderator habenae 
 qua velit ire, sed angusto prius orbe coercens 
 
 insultare doeet campis fingitque morando. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 3. 19.] 
 
 IV. 
 
 Ceu canis umbrosam lustrans Gortynia vallem, 
 
 si veteris potuit cervae deprendere lustra, 
 
 saevit in absentem et circum vestigia lustrans 
 
 aethera per nitidum tenues sectatur odores ; 
 
 non amnes illam medii, non ardua tardant, 
 
 perdita nee serae meminit decedere nocti. 
 
 [Macrob. Sat. 6. 2. 20 ; see Verg. Ed. 8. 88. ]
 
 M. TULLIUS LAUREA. 
 
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 EPIGRAMMA. 
 
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 parte prima exiguo post obitum ipsius (Ciceronis), Antistio Vetere 
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 languida quae infuso lumina rore levant, 
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 hoc dedit, hac fontes cum patefecit ope, 
 ut, quoniam totum legitur sine fine per orbem 
 
 sint plures oculis quae medeantur aquae. 
 
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