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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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IXTRODUCTIOXTO SERVASIUSThe codex Leidensis Vossianus of Ausonius containstwo poems ascribed to Siilpicius I>upercus SerbastusJunior. Schryver (Scriverius) altered " Serbastus "to " Sebastus," which Baehrens retains; Wernsdorfprinted " Servastus," <strong>and</strong> Riese proposed " Servasius."From this schoohnan author, whose veryname is imperfectly known, there are thus preservedthree Sapphic stanzas on the transitoriness of everythingin nature <strong>and</strong> a longer elegiac complaint on theruinous result which the prevalence of moneygettingproduces upon rhetorical studies. Thearchaisms ma^e <strong>and</strong> fiuicUer (II. 16 <strong>and</strong> 18), artificiallyintroduced into these laboured verses of the fourthcentury, contribute to the effect of unreality.EDITIONSP. Barman. Anthol. Lat. Lib. III. No. 97 {De J^etustate).Amsterdam, 1759.J. C. Wernsdorf. Poet. Lat. Mhi. III. p. 235 <strong>and</strong>p. 408. Altenburg, 1782.E. Baehrens. Poet. Lat. Min. IV. Nos. 118-119(pp. 107-109). Leipzig, 1882.F. Buecheler <strong>and</strong> A. Riese. Anthol. <strong>Latin</strong>a I. ii. Nos.648-649. Leipzig, 1906.(The main departures from Baeln-ens' text areindicated.)573

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