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stab<strong>at</strong>que sibi non segnis ach<strong>at</strong>es / Purpureusque lapis, totaque effusus in aula /<br />

Calcab<strong>at</strong>ur onyx.<br />

When Caesar’s favour was gained and bought by mighty gifts, so joyful an event<br />

was followed by a feast; gre<strong>at</strong> was the bustle, as Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra displayed her magnificence<br />

–magnificence which Roman society has not yet adopted. The place itself was the size<br />

<strong>of</strong> a temple, such a temple as a corrupt age would hardly rear; the panels <strong>of</strong> the ceiling<br />

displayed wealth, and the rafters were hidden bene<strong>at</strong>h a thick co<strong>at</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> gold. The<br />

walls shone with marble; nor were they merely overlaid with a thin surface <strong>of</strong> it; and<br />

ag<strong>at</strong>e stood there on its own account, no useless ornament, and porphyry. Alabaster<br />

was laid all over the hall to tread on. (J.D. Duff).<br />

Ov. Fast. 4.64: ec tibi sit mirum Graio rem nomine dici: Itala nam tellus Graecia major<br />

er<strong>at</strong>.<br />

And it should not be surprising for you to be called with a Greek name: the Italian<br />

land was indeed Gre<strong>at</strong>er Greece. (D. Bartoli).<br />

Ov. Met. 15.700-6: Ionium zephirys sextae Pallantidos ortu / Italiam tenuit praeterque<br />

Lacinia templo / nobilit<strong>at</strong>a deae Scylaceque litora fertur; / linquit Iapygiam laevisque<br />

Amphrisia remis / saxa fugit, dextra praerupta Celennia parte / Romethiumque legit<br />

Caulonaque aryciamque / evincitque fretum Siculique angusta Pelori…<br />

Carried by gentle breezes over the Ionian Sea, <strong>at</strong> dawn on the sixth day he reached<br />

Italy, and sailed along past the shores <strong>of</strong> Lacinium, famed for Juno’s temple, and past the<br />

coast <strong>of</strong> Scylacium. He left Iapygia behind him, and was rowed past the rocks <strong>of</strong><br />

Amphrisia on the left, the cliffs <strong>of</strong> Cocinthus on the right. Coasting by Romethium, by<br />

Caulon and Narycia, he sailed through the narrow strait <strong>of</strong> the Sicilian Pelorus...<br />

(M. Innes).<br />

317<br />

Paus. 10.9.2:<br />

Fauvlw/ de; Krotwniavth - ∆Olumpivasi me;n oujk e[stin aujtw/` nivkh. tav~ de; Puqoi`<br />

pentavqlou du;o ajneivleto kai; stadivou th;n trivthn: ejnaumavchse de; kai; ejnantiva<br />

tou` Mhvdou nau`n te paraskeuasavmeno~ oijkeivan, kai; Krotwni<strong>at</strong>w`n oJpovsi<br />

ejpedhvmoun th`/ ∆Ellavdi ajnebivbase - touvtou ejstin ajndria;~ ejn Delfoi`~.<br />

Phayllus from Croton – He did not get a victory in Olympia, but he won twice in<br />

the pent<strong>at</strong>hlon and the third time in the run <strong>at</strong> the Pythian Games. He fought in the naval<br />

b<strong>at</strong>tle against the Persians after having geared up his own ship, and he put on board all the<br />

Crotoni<strong>at</strong>s who lived in Greece – He has a st<strong>at</strong>ue in Delphi. (D. Bartoli).<br />

Petron. S<strong>at</strong>. 116: Hoc peracto libenter <strong>of</strong>ficio destin<strong>at</strong>um carpimus iter ac momento<br />

temporis in montem sudantes conscendimus, ex quo haud procul impositum arce sublimi<br />

oppidum cernimus. ec quod esset, sciebamus errantes, donec a vilico quodam Crotona<br />

esse cognovimus, urbem antiquissimam et aliquando Italiae primam. Cum deinde<br />

diligentius exploraremus, qui homines inhabitarent nobile solum, quodve genus<br />

negoti<strong>at</strong>ionis praecipue probarent post <strong>at</strong>tritas bellis frequentibus opes, “O mi” inquit<br />

“hospites, si negoti<strong>at</strong>ores estis, mut<strong>at</strong>e propositum aliudque vitae praesidium quaerite. Sin

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