Nota al testo di Mart. VIII 3,19
Author(s)
Date Issued
2020
Type
article
Volume
31
Start Page
145
End Page
162
Journal
Abstract
This paper deals with the text of Mart. VIII 3,19. Most modern editors print at tu Romano
lepidos sale tinge libellos, preserved in the second manuscript family. However, a new collation
of the codex Thuaneus, a witness of the first family, reveals the reading Romanos lepido sale …
libellos, which could be an elegant transformation of the epic expression tepido sanguine tingere,
appropriate for a programmatic epigram which interacts with Augustan models.