Note 30 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
Reading edition
Ecce: introduces a satiric sketch of ‘classic poets at work.’—inter pocula: ‘over their cups.’ Poems were read at table by an ἀναγνώστης, as lives of the saints are still read in religious houses.
Reading edition
Ecce: introduces a satiric sketch of ‘classic poets at work.’—inter pocula: ‘over their cups.’ Poems were read at table by an ἀναγνώστης, as lives of the saints are still read in religious houses.