Macrobius Stuff

Just wanted to post some links here to a couple of items on Google Books that are useful for the study of Macrobius.Ludwig von Jan’s edition of Macrob

An Ancient Way of ‘Giving One’s Two Cents’?

We’re all familiar with the idea of a person’s ‘two cents’. Someone pontificates on a given topic, and rounds it off with something like, ‘W

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Vergil the Same, despite the Praises or Rebukes of Critics

So says Macrobius’ Symmachus:haec est quidem, Euangele, Maronis gloria ut nullius laudibus crescat, nullius vituperatione minuatur… .Saturnalia 1.24

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