Monday, 30 November 2015

Martial 2:8: the trouble with copyists



If odd things in these pages seem unclear, Reader, or don’t read like proper Latin, I’m not the one who goofed: your copyist screwed them up as he rushed to hit his line-count. But if you think he’s not to blame, but me… well, I shall note your lack of taste. ‘But they’re bad.’ Tell me something I don’t know! Yes they’re bad, but I don’t see you making better.

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