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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 515 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)

Lewis Evans translation

Succina. Cf. ad vi., 573. The old Schol. explains this by "Gemmata Dextrocheria." Grangæus thinks that it means "presents of amber," which the Roman ladies used to rub in their hands. So Badham:

"For whom the cup of amber must be found, Oft as the birth or festal day comes round."

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