however, there is not enough in these inscriptions to connect them specifically
with Vergil’s text.
1.192–3: nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor / corpora fundat
humi, et numerum cum navibus aequet
19.CIL4.8630b
NEC PRIUS / ABSISTIT QUA[M] / SEPTE(M) INGENTIA / VICTOR
CORPORA / FUNDA(T) HUM(I)
size: 8 cm long6.5 cm high (overall)
location: the portico of the palaestra (2. 7), on column 62
- 234: Certe hinc Romanos olim, volventibus annis
20.CIL4.5012: CERTE HINC ROMANOS OLIM / VOLVENTIBUS ANNEIS
size: first line¼10 cm high, second¼6 cm high
location: 9. 2. 26, in the portico, on the second pillar from the right
1.242–3: Antenor potuit, mediis elapsus Achivis, / Illyricos penetrare sinus,
atque intima tutus
21.CIL4.1531: ANTENOR POTU(IT)
size: 33cm long7.5 cm high
location: 6. 14. 43 (NOT 6. 16 as in della Corte 1940, 176 n. 33), on the left wall
of the tablinum, not far above the floor
- Giordano 1966 n. 11 (¼Solin 1975 n. 11): OCCASIONEM NACTUS NON
PRAETERMISI TIBI SCRIBENDI, UT SCIRES ME RECTE VALERE /
ANTENOR POTUIT MEDIIS ELAPSUS ACHIVIS ILLIRICOS PENETRARE
SINUS, APPULIT(?)
size: unknown. A line drawing appears in Giordano 1966, but the plaster on which
the graffito was preserved has been destroyed
location: 6. Ins. Occ. 22 (¼Casa di M. Fabius Rufus), from a room on the second
floor (below) down a flight of steps to the west of the portico on the house’s
southern end
1.468–9: hac Phryges, instaret curru cristatus Achilles / Nec procul hinc
Rhesi niveis tentoria velis
23.CIL4.8624b: NEC PHRYGAS / EXTABANT. QUID / AGIT APEX
DESTER?
size: 6 cm long4.5 cm. high
location: the portico of the palaestra (2. 7), on col. 61
other notes: It is difficult to interpret the text’s meaning, and its connection
with theAeneidseems a bit tenuous.
24.CIL4.8757: I NEC VE(LIS) / VELIS
size: 4.2 cm long by 0.4 1.4 cm high
location: in the portico of the palaestra (2. 7), on col. 105
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