Ancient Literacies
seen. As I noted above, the first words of Vergil’s text are written below the second line of the advertisement for Paquius for ...
writer is not actually attempting to communicate that he himself is singing about arms and the man, or even necessarily that he ...
outstrips citations from prose in ancient wall writing. Because so much ancient literature has been lost, it is of course possib ...
and the man’’). Matteo della Corte, among others, suggested that the screech owl was a bird sacred to the fullers and associated ...
hexameter is as a response to both paintings, one that expresses a prefer- ence for Ululitremulus and his profession over Aeneas ...
writing—and one that is not, it should be added, ever found in the elite Latin poets.^35 The appearance ofquisquis amat valeaton ...
Figure 12.3Painting of writing materials from Pompeii (MANN 4676). The act of literary quotation on Pompeian walls generally, I ...
instances). It may well be true that Books 1 and 2 of Vergil’s epic poem were the most popular in early imperial Rome, but I wou ...
There is, however, one noticeable unifying theme amongst the Pom- peian graffiti quotations from theAeneid—again, setting aside ...
vividly spoken moment in Vergil’s text, a point that is emphasized by the fact that the line contains both a vocative and an imp ...
verbs or other deictic words, the later educational treatises understand it primarily as an example of a particular kind of dire ...
genius...Mystiis communi suo salute(m) vidisti quo Turnum aequoribus eibat in arm[is—that is, ‘‘Primegenius... [gives] salutatio ...
context (the palaestra, where wrestling matches and other athletic con- tests took place), which may explain why it is quoted he ...
location: 6. 7. 20 1, probably in the peristyle (CIL4.1281 and 1283 came from there, although 1282 is simply listed as being fro ...
12.CIL4.9131: FULLONES ULULAMQUE CANO, NON ARMA VIRUMQ[UE size: 29.5 cm long location: 9. 13. 5, on the outside wall to the left ...
however, there is not enough in these inscriptions to connect them specifically with Vergil’s text. 1.192–3: nec prius absistit, ...
2.1 Conticuere omnes intentique ora tenebant 25.CIL4.1672 CONTICUER(E) size: 7. 5 cm long2.5 cm high location: 7. 2. 35, on one ...
37.CIL4.8247 CONTIQ(UERE) size: 4 cm long location: 1. 10. 2, in the ‘‘Thermopolium Primae,’’ where there are many inscriptions ...
5.389: Entelle, heroum quondam fortissime frustra 44.CIL4.8379: ENTELLE HEROUM size: 11.1 cm long0.5 6.6 cm high location: 1. 1 ...
51.CIL4.8292: VIDISTIQUO TURNUS EQUO Q[ size: 20 cm long location: 1. 10. 4, among the tituli to the right of the door 9.404: Tu ...
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