Above all it was a holiday in schools Hor. ep. 11 2 197-8 puer ut festis behind (Terα) their young masters, but against those who bear a respectable title (raidaywyoi), whom the masters need to second their labours.' S. Aug. in ps. XL 14 the Jews serve us, they are our capsarii as it were, studentibus nobis codices portant. Other capsarii kept bathers' clothes, or jewellers' goods. CAPSAE whence case, cash, chase, enchase. Dig. xxxIII 10 3 § 2 capsas et armaria, si librorum aut vestium aut armamentorum gratia parata sint. Iul. Paull. sent. III 6 76. Figures in Spon miscell. erud. antiq. 216. 229 seq. They were often of wood, especially beech, for lightness, and of cylindrical form; the rolls stood upright, with the titles projecting Becker Gallus 13 383—4. Catull. LXVIII 33. 36 nam quod scriptorum non magna est copia apud me, ... huc una ex multis capsula me sequitur. Cic. divin. in Caec. § 51 mihi quam multis custodibus opus erit, si te semel ad meas capsas admisero? 118-121 Quintil. decl. 268 p. 509 Burm. 'Why should I tell you how great service eloquence has rendered to the state? It has harmed itself. Let us look at the orators of either nation. nonne Demosthenem illum oppressum veneno suo scimus? nonne Ciceronem in illis, in quibus toties placuerat, rostris poenae suae expositum?' Demosthenes took poison in the island of Kalauria 13 Pyanepsion B.C. 322, 7 days after the death of Hyperides, in order to escape Antipater. Cicero was murdered 7 Dec. B. c. 43 at Caieta by order of the triumvirs, whom he had irritated by his Philippics. Cf. Plut. Dem. 3 § 2. comp. Dem. c. Cic. 4. 5. PERIT perfect. III 174. vI 128. 295. 559 magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni. ib. 563 perit cui. L. Müller de re metr. 399. Lachmann and Munro on Lucr. III 1042. Madvig opusc. II 225-6. Mommsen inscr. r. Neap. 3368. 119 LETO DEDIT Luc, Ix 730 datis omnia leto. Phaedr. 1 22 9. III 16 18. VFl. vi 272. See Munro on Lucr. v 1007 and ind. s. v. do. Mühlmann 1 505—6. FONS 128 n. 120 INGENIO dat. cf. for the use of the abstract term x1 44-5 non praematuri cineres nec funus acerbum luxuriae. INGENIO MANUS EST ET CERVIX CAESA Genius lost hand and head. M. Sen. suas. 6. 'deliberat Cicero an Antonium deprecetur.' contr. III 17 Popillius, the murderer of Cic., who had defended him, is accused of ingratitude' (the most valuable parts of his book) has preserved a fragment of Livy, with other contemporary evidence; for no theme was more popular for school declamations (Quintil. III 8 § 46). The authorities are cited by Drumann vi 377-9 and given at length by Suringar Cic. de vita sua 820--6. Add Sen. ep. 83 § 25 drunkenness ruined Antonius: it made him cruel, cum capita principum civitatis cenanti referrentur, cum inter adparatissimas epulas ora ac manus proscriptorum recognosceret. See esp. Liv. ap. M. Sen. suas. 6 § 17 prominenti ex lectica praebentique immotam cervicem caput praecisum est. nec satis stolidae crudelitati militum fuit: manus quoque scripsisse aliquid in Antonium exprobantes praeciderunt. ita relatum caput ad Antonium iussuque eius inter duas manus in rostris positum, . ubi eo ipso anno adversus Antonium quanta nulla umquam humana vox cum ammiratione eloquentiae auditus fuerat: in Liv. perioch. cxx on the other hand the right hand alone is said to have been exposed with the head. Sen. ib. § 18 Aufidius Bassus makes Cic. give the word of command incide cervicem. Cremutius Cordus ib. § 19 praependenti capiti orique eius inspersa sanie, yet what moved most tears was visa ad caput eius deligata manus dextera, divinae eloquentiae ministra. Bruttedius Niger §§ 20-1 head between two hands. Cornelius Severus ib. § 26 (Meyer anthol. 124) 1—3. ... 16-20 oraque magnanimum spirantia paene virorum | in rostris ia- ... MANUS ET CERVIX VM. v 3 § 4 C. Popillius Laenas caput Romanae eloquentiae et 120-1 NEC UMQUAM SANGUINE CAUSIDICI MADUERUNT ROSTRA PUSILLI JUV. 11, 8 4 one side of the forum, between it and the comitium Burn Rome and the Campagna 85-86. Rein in Pauly vi 552-3. B. C. 338 the consul C. Maenius, after a great naval victory which ended the Latin war, fixed the beaks of the captured ships round the orators' platform Plin. xxxıy § 20. Flor. 11 16=1v 6 § 5 Romae capita caesorum proponere in rostris iam usitatum erat; verum sic quoque civitas lacrimas tenere non potuit, cum recisum Ciceronis caput in illis suis rostris videret nec aliter ad videndum eum, quam solebat ad audiendum, concurreretur. Rostrum used by Addison and others as rostra, has no ancient authority. 122 O FORTUNATAM NATAM ME CONSULE ROMAM! extracted from a poem of Cicero's on his consulship B. c. 63, from which he quotes Calliope's address to himself in the third and last book ad Att. II 3 § 3 B. c. 60. ad fam. 19 § 23 (still unpublished B. c. 54) cf. Drumann v 601-2. Suringar de Romanis autobiographis 25 seq. Baiter and Kayser's Cic. XI 130-5, where the evidence and fragments, one of 78 verses, are collected. The first book was approved by Caesar A. D. 54 Cic. ad Qu. fr. 11 16 § 5. cf. 15 § 2. The verse was universally condemned, partly for its conceit Quintil. x1 1 § 24, where he is speaking of self-praise in carminibus utinam pepercisset, quae non desierunt carpere maligni, cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi,' et' o fortunatam’ etc. Sen. brev. vit. 5 § 1 quotiens illum ipsum consulatum suum non sine causa, sed sine fine laudatum detestatur! partly and mainly for its tasteless assonance ib. Ix 4 § 41 we must also avoid taking the last syllables of a preceding word as the first of the following word. The caution might seem superfluous; yet Ciceroni in epistulis excidit 'res mihi invisae visae sunt, Brute.' et in carmine o fortunatam' etc. cf. Diomed. 466 1 K. also blamed in [Sall.] decl. in Cic. § 5, and defended in [Cic.] in Sall. contr. § 7 [in Cic. ed. B. and K. xx 148. 151]. On Cicero's poems see Cic. ed. B. and K. xx 89–138. Drumann v 220-1. 602. VI 681-4. Teuffel Gesch. d. röm. Liter. § 176. Cic. Phil. 11 § 20 n. (Ant. had taunted him on this score). M. Sen. exc. contr. III praef. § 8 Ciceronem eloquentia sua in carminibus destituit. Tac. dial. 21 Caesar and Brutus wrote poetry, not better than Cicero, sed felicius, quia illos fecisse pauciores sciunt. Mart. 11 89 3-4 carmina quod scribis Musis et Apolline nullo, | laudari debes: hoc Ciceronis habes. Plut. Cic. 2 § 2 at one time he was regarded as the best of poets; but afterwards, while his oratorical fame survived, he was entirely thrown into the shade as a poet. ib. 40 § 1 he would write 50 verses in a night. schol. Bobb. on Cic. p. Sest. c. 58 p. 306 Or. The Jesuit A. Schott 'Cic. a calumn. vind.' c. 10, Turnebus adv. VII 19, and others (see De La Monnoye in Menagiana, 1716, III 188-9), also A. W. Ernesti in a feeble programme, Lips. 1785, have defended our verse. On the repetition of two syllables cf. Broukh. on Tibull. 1 1 3, esp. Näke Rhein. Mus. 1829 339 seq. Cic. off. § 61 Beier pleniore ore. Brut. § 221 acer acerbus. de or. 1 § 2 moles molestiarum. Ter. eun. 236 pannis annisque. Cf. Munro Lucr. ind. alliteration. Cic. Phil. 11 § 25 1. 13 n. add Plaut. Trin. 297 nil moror istos faeceos mores. ib. 669 mores hominum moros et morosos. Ter. Andr. 218 amentium haud amantium. Varro in Gell. XIII 11 § 3 a definition of a pleasant party, si belli homunculi conlecti sunt, si electus locus, si tempus lectum, si apparatus non neglectus. Aen, x 735 furto. fortibus. Nep. v 1 § 2 non magis amore quam more. Bardili ib. XVIII 13 § 3. Spald. on Quintil. Ix 3 § 70 exx. of frigid jests as warnings amari | iucundum est, si curetur, ne quid insit amari;' avium dulcedo ad avium ducit;' et apud Ovidium ludentem, 'cur ego 6 non dicam, Furia te furiam?' id. Iv pr. § 2 honorem... oneris. Jani art. poet. 423. Herzog on Caes. b. G. vIII 48 p. 657. Plin. ep. 1 5 § 8 plane mane. Fabri on Liv. XXII 30 § 4. A single syllable often recurs. luv. III 92. v 58. VII 162. 168. x 1. xiv 30. xv 71. 74. Dryden imitates the assonance Fortune foretun'd the dying notes of Rome, | till I, thy consul sole, consol'd thy doom. So Gifford How fortunate a natal day was thine, in that proud consulate, o Rome, of mine! Martignac O Rome fortunée | sous mon consulat née. For the thought cf. Cic. p. Flacc. § 103 O nonae illae Decembres, quae me consule fuistis! quem ego diem vere natalem huius urbis... appellare possum. Iuv. vIII 231-44. 123 ANTONI GLADIOS POTUIT CONTEMNERE from (ef. 125) Cic. Phil. I § 118 contempsi Catilinae gladios, non pertimescam tuos. The first Philippic was delivered before the senate 2 Sept. B. C. 44; 19 Sept., when Cic. was absent for fear of his life, Ant. replied in a bitter invective; the fierce second Philippic, which sealed its author's fate, was never spoken, but professes to be an answer delivered on the spot. I have collected the evidence in Cic. Phil. I intr. pp. lii-lvi. cf. Drumann I 193-201. VI 344. Suringar 444 seq. 790 seq. Cic. in a letter to Cassius XII 2 § 1 (cf. Phil. III § 33) anticipated that Ant. would begin the massacre with him. Two rhetoricians in M. Sen. suas. 6 §§ 5. 7 cite passages from the 2nd Philippic huic tu saevienti putas Ciceronem posse subduci? § 9 Albucius the chief cause of the proscription was Cic.;' of all the declaimers he (Alb.) alone ventured to say non unum esse illi Antonium infestum. § 17 Livy 'Cic. knew that he could not be rescued from Ant., any more than Cassius and Brutus from Caesar.' cf. anthol. lat. Riese 603. 607-613; and on Antonius' hatred of Cicero Nep. xxv 10 § 4. 123-4 POTUIT, SI SIC DIXISSET Madvig § 348 n. Zumpt§ 518. Gernhard opusc. Lips. 1836 1 art. 2. Haase on Reisig 518. Cic. Phil. II § 99 n. 124 RIDENDA POEMATA Sen. de ir. 111 37 § 5 Cicero, si derideres carmina eius, inimicus esset. 125 CONSPICUAE DIVINA PHILIPPICA FAMAE in a speech for Lamia Asinius Pollio wrote, but did not dare to repeat the calumny in his history, that Cic. was willing to abjure the Philippics, to answer them himself with the utmost pains and to recite the answers in full assembly M. Sen. suas. 6 · § 15. It was a hackneyed topic, introduced into the schools by Pollio (ib. § 14. Quintil. III 8 § 46), which is discussed in suas. 7 'Deliberat Cicero, an scripta sua conburat, promittente Antonio incolumitatem, si fecisset. § 1 Q. Haterius says to Cic. ne propter hoc quidem ingenium tuum amas, quod illud Antonius plus odit quam te? remittere ait se tibi ut vivas, commentus quemadmodum eripiat etiam quod vixeras. § 7 Argentarius ignoscentem illum tibi putas qui ingenio tuo irascitur? § 10 Cestius 'tis a poor exchange: dari vitam, eripi ingenium. The 2nd Philippic is often quoted by Quintil. and the other rhetoricians. Vell. 11 64 §§ 3-4 haec sunt tempora, quibus M. Tullius continuis actionibus aeternas Antoni memoriae inussit notas; sed hic fulgentissimo et caelesti ore, at tribunus Cannutius continua rabie lacerabat Antonium. utrique vindicta libertatis morte stetit; sed tribuni sanguine commissa proscriptio, Ciceronis velut satiato Antonio paene finita (i.e. ended, because on receiving Cicero's head, Ant. exclaimed that the proscription had done its work Plut. Cic. 49 § 1). Tac. dial. 37 not the defence of P. Quinctius or of Licinius Archias make Cic. a great orator: Catilina et Milo et Verres et Antonius hanc illi famam circumdederunt. DIVINA very common in this application Mühlmann. 126 VOLVERIS in the scroll. -Bonnell lex. Quintil. |