>The phrase _is_ from Persius: > > SATVRA I > > O curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane! > 'quis leget haec?' min tu istud ais? nemo hercule. 'nemo?' > uel duo uel nemo. 'turpe et miserabile.' quare? > >On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, James Butrica wrote: > >> > I came across this phrase out of context; the only identification >> >given is that it's supposedly a quotation from Persius. Can anyone help >> >me put this phrase into context? >> >Thanks, >> >Randi Eldevik >> >Oklahoma State University >> > >> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You >> >will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, >> >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe >> >mantovano" in the body. >> >> I don't know the source, but it can't be Persius, who names Hercules only >> at 2.12, and *nemo* is nowhere to be seen. >> JLB >> >> James Lawrence Peter Butrica >> Department of Classics >> Memorial University >> St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You >> will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe >> mantovano" in the body. >> > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You >will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe >mantovano" in the body.
Culpa rubet vultus meus. My mistake was to rely upon the Index Nominum in the OCT of Persius and Juvenal, which apparently thinks that, if "hercule" is not capitalized, it is not a proper name and therefore doesn't belong in an index of names. I wonder if it was Clausen himself who made this decision, or someone hired to compile the Index. Or is it generally believed that the exclamation "hercule" doesn't refer to Hercules at all? The index to Gildersleeve's commentary also lists the Hercules of Satire 2 but not the one in Satire 1. JLB James Lawrence Peter Butrica Department of Classics Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body.
