Abstract A transcription is given of conjectures made by A. E. Housman in his personal copy of Emil Baehrens’ 1878 edition of Tibullus and the Appendix Tibulliana . The more convincing of these conjectures, as well as some published elsewhere, are reassessed and in a few places defended (Tib. 1.5.65, 1.7.9, 2.1.47-50, 2.2.21, 2.3.36; [Tib.] 3.4.26, 3.6.3, 3.6.32).

Abstract For a fair evaluation of the mathematical culture in Early modern Portugal, and especially in Coimbra, a pure reconstruction of the careers of the teachers, native and “foreign” alike, is not sufficient. My particular interest are the books circulating on the spot in private or public collections and mentioned in (partial) inventories/catalogues, and the “textbooks” and didactical instruments which the teachers developed ( Synopsis Mathematica by A. Thomas; Aigenler; König/dos Reis: see other spread publications); in this article I analysed the mathematical reading of Inácio Monteiro, which was very extensive, international and up-to-date. This is revealing for the contents of his teaching in the same period, and for the holdings of the local library, most probably - for their “advanced” character - the library of the “mathematical class”, to be distinguished from the books in the “livraria publica” (also preserved, and object of another forthcoming publication). All this (and some previous publications) fully confirms our former idea that in the eighteenth century Jesuit mathematical culture, at least in Coimbra, was not “outdated”, and the reproach of contemporary critics was unfair.

Abstract A linguistic analysis of the Latin verbs agere and gerere shows that, in general, nouns that denote temporal periods ( uita , annus , aetas , senectus , etc.) are prototypically associated with agere throughout the Latin world. However, as a result of the semantic similarities between both verbs and as a consequence of this, there are documented cases – even from classical times – in which gerere appears combined with this type of nouns. From this perspective, this paper examines a passage in Suetonius’ Life of Vespasian in order to elucidate whether the correct reading should be agens (the communis lectio in all modern editions of the Latin text) or, as we defend here, it should be gerens .

Abstract This paper develops an investigation on the theme of tears in Seneca’s tragedy Medea , analysing, from a textual and lexical point of view, the terms and expressions employed by the author. Although in Seneca’s Medea there is a small presence of words pertaining to the lexical area of weeping - in comparison with other tragic texts of the author - they are nevertheless an additional element that Seneca uses to outline the mad and furious portrait of the heroine. The results of this research have been organised in a table with references to the passages of the Latin text and their commentary. Finally, the presence of this theme is explored in relation to the two literary models for Seneca’s version of Medea: Euripides ( Medea ) and Ovid ( Metamorphoses and Heroides ), which offer interesting cues for understanding Seneca’s text since they represent the literary antecedents to Seneca’s tragedy.

The present note deals with a poem which Henry of Avranches addressed to Engelbert, Archbishop of Cologne (R 45.15-19). Here it can be shown that Henry is engaging in extensive and hitherto unidentified imitatio of Horace and Virgil.

This paper verifies the connotations of the term ἀλιτήριος in Flavius Josephus’ Bellum Judaicum, given its unusual occurrence compared with other authors and its inherent semantic complexity. The article provides an analysis of the concerned contexts and summarizes the meaning and functionality of the term in BJ. The adjective is linked with the rhetoric potential that irreligious vocabulary offers to the author as well as with the classical models that inform his literary code.