Note 695 — Chapter IV · SENECAN SATIRE AND POETRY: DRAMA OF THE AGE
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The Greek title ἀποκολοκύντωσις is from κολοκύντη = Lat. cucurbita. For the satiric use of cucurbita cf. Petron., 39; Juv., XIV. 58; Apul., Met., I. xv. The title Ludus de morte Claudii Caesaris is in inferior MSS., and involves an un-Latin use of ludus.