Servius on pietas Servius, in his note on Aeneid 1.10, has a very straightforward, no-frills, useful definition of what it means for Aeneas to be insignem pietate: quia Continue Reading →
Huns in Claudian, Germans in Caesar Late in Book 1 of In Rufinum, Claudian describes the Huns: Est genus extremos* Scythiae vergentis in ortus trans gelidum Tanain, quo non famosius ullu Continue Reading →
Where Did Odysseus Enter the Underworld? In his first book against Rufinus, Claudian places Odysseus’ meeting with the shades of the dead in Gaul–or, rather, shows that he is familiar with a Continue Reading →
