Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 341 pages of information about Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero.

Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 341 pages of information about Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero.

Page 187, l. 7. Grais, etc.:  the muse gave genius to the Greeks and the pride of language, covetous of nothing but of praise.  But the Roman youths by long reckonings learn to split the coin into a hundred parts.  Let young Albinus say:  “If you take one away from five pence, what results?” “A groat.”  Good, you’ll thrive.

Page 189, l. 1.  In grammaticis, etc.:  in the study of literature, the perusal of the poets, the knowledge of history, the interpretation of words, the peculiar tone of pronunciation.

Page 191, l. 9. Orator est, etc.:  an orator, my son, is an upright man skilled in speaking.

Page 191, l. 11. Rem tene, etc.:  master the subject; the words will follow.

Page 196, l. 9. vir bonus, etc.:  see page 191, l. 9.

Page 196, l. 13. Non enim, etc.:  eloquence and oratorical aptness obtain good results if they be swayed by a right understanding and by the discretion and control of the mind.

Page 210, footnote 1. Mancipiis, etc.:  avoid being like the Cappadocian monarch, rich in slaves and penniless in purse.

Page 211, footnote 1. pone aedem, etc.:  behind the temple of Castor are those to whom you’d be sorry to lend money.

Page 215, l. 18. An te ibi, etc.:  would you stay there among those harlots, prostitutes of bakers, leavings of the breadmakers, smeared with rank cosmetics, nasty devotees of slaves?

Page 216, footnote 2. agrum, etc.:  in cultivating the fields or in hunting, servile occupations, etc.

Page 233, l. 5. Nec turpe, etc.:  what a master commands cannot be disgraceful.

Page 233, footnote 3. Coli rura, etc.:  it is a bad practice to fill the fields with men from the workhouse, or to have anything done by men who are forsaken by hope.

Page 235, footnote 2. Regum, etc.:  we have taken the tyrant’s temper.

Page 239, l. 10. ante focos, etc.:  it was customary once to take places in the long benches before the fireplace, and to trust that the gods were present at our table.

Page 246, l. 5. nunc vero, etc.:  but now from morning till evening, on holidays and working days, the whole people, senators and commoners, busy themselves in the forum and retire nowhere, etc. (See page 133, l. 9, and translation of that passage.)

Page 246, footnote 2. Urbem, etc.:  remain in the city, Rufus; stay there and live in that light.  All foreign travel is humble and lowly for those that can work for the greatness of Rome.

Page 247, footnote 1. Frequens, etc.:  constant change of abode is a sign of unstable mind.

Page 248, l. 12. contentio, etc.:  not a straining of the mind, but a relaxation.

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