Note 6, 56 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 4)

56. clivum ad Virbi: Martial’s clivus Aricinus (2, 19, 3; 12, 32, 10), a noted station for beggars. Juv., 4, 17: dignus Aricinos qui mendicaret ad axes. Virbius was identified with Hippolytus, and worshipped as the hero of Aricia.—Manius: a typical beggar’s name. There was a proverb: multi Mani Ariciae, Fest., s.v., with the explanation, multos claros viros ibi fuisse. The ‘Arician aristocracy’ must have become a term of contempt by the time of Persius (πάλαι ποτ᾽ ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι).