Herodotus, Histories 7.102.1-7 “After he heard these things, Dêmarêtos was saying the following: “King, since you order me to tell the truth completely and to say things that someone might not be caught in a lie by you later, poverty has always been Greece’s companion, but virtue is acquired, nurtured by wisdom and strong custom.…

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25.06.2025

Supernatural Heat, Some Words – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

τὸ θάλπος: “warmth” θάλπω: “to soften with heat” ἡ θέρμη: “warmth, heat” ἡ θερμότης: “choking heat” τὸ καῦμα: “heat” καυματηρός: “burning” καυματόομαι: “to be nearly dying because of heat” Hesiod, Theogony 700 “A supernatural heat overtook the Void...” καῦμα δὲ θεσπέσιον κάτεχεν Χάος... Alciphron, Letters 2.9 “When it was midday, I picked out pine tree…

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27.06.2025

Streetcorner Latin – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

David Markson, The Last Novel:: ”Virgil was five years older than Horace. Wondering when and where the last casual streetcorner conversation in Latin might have taken place. Norma loquendi.”

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27.06.2025

SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Suetonius, Caligula (34): “He also thought about destroying the poems of Homer, asking why what had been granted to Plato might not be granted to him, namely, banishing him from society. But he was also not far from removing the writings and busts of Vergil and Livy from all libraries, railing against the one for having…

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