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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSnam veluti sonat ora diu Tritone canoropellit opus collectus aquae victusque nioverispiritus et longas emugit bucina voces ;carmineque irriguo magnis cortina theatrisimparibus numerosa modis canit arte regentis,quae tenuem impellens animani subremigat undabaud aliter summota furens torrentibus aurapugnat in angusto et magnum commurmurat Aetna.credendum est etiam ventorum exsistere causassub terra similis harum quas cernimus extraut, cum densa premant inter se corpora, turbamelisa in vacuimi fugiant et proxima secummomine torta trahant tutaque in sede resistant.quod si forte mihi quaedam discordia tecum est,2^* ora diu H : ore diu AR : ora due C : hora duci Munro :hora deo Maehly : hora deis Ahinger : hora die Hanpt :sonituro horam Schwartz : uma ciens Tritona canorum ElHs.tritone CH : tritona AR : canoro Z : canoro C.^^* cremant CSZ : premunt Oronov : premant Baehrens.^"^ nomina CSZ : momine Gronov : agmina Sudhaus. totaCSZ : torta Jacob." The two similes illustrate from mechanical examples thetheory of the action of water <strong>and</strong> air in Aetna. In the firstexample, the readings suggested give a choice among a varietyof contrivances. If ora is read, the Siren-like horn might be onthe sea-shore, or on the Tiber-bank during one of JuliusCaesar's naumachiae, or at Lake Fucinus when the emperorClaudius exliibited a naval spectacle in a.d. 53 (Suet. Claud.xxi). If duci were a certain correction <strong>and</strong> if it were then clearthat only Claudius was meant, the passage would assist (assome have tried to make it assist) in dating the poem. Thereading hjra implies a hydraulic time-machine for announcingthe hour to gods or men {deo?, deis?, duci?). Ellis' uma ismeant to denote a hydraulic vessel fitted to work the" Triton." The second comparison is concerned <strong>with</strong> a386

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