tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910424689506444438.post17824159979087409..comments2024-01-18T14:44:57.388-08:00Comments on Horace et al.: Vixi Puellis Nuper III:26James Rumfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491384889423732489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910424689506444438.post-46059689990567924082021-11-02T08:45:55.182-07:002021-11-02T08:45:55.182-07:00Aloha, e Fattoxxon, Thank you for your comment. Ox...Aloha, e Fattoxxon, Thank you for your comment. Oxford texts are great, and they are all at the University of Hawai'i library down the hill from me, but covid has made is impossible to go there to browse. Fortunately, in the twelve years since I posted my comments on this poem, much, much more is available online. Aloha, JimJames Rumfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491384889423732489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910424689506444438.post-77137322812538062772021-11-02T07:02:41.576-07:002021-11-02T07:02:41.576-07:00"What's a learner to do, especially if th..."What's a learner to do, especially if the editor doesn't alert the reader to these variations?" Too true that editors are lazy too -- or more often (I suspect) their publishers don't want the book littered with notes. The best answer, as always, is to go to something like the Oxford texts where there's a full 'apparatus criticus' which spells out all the variants and how much support each of them has in the various sources. The trouble is, all of that commentary is usually in Latin too! :-)<br /><br />Good luck - and keep reading Horace!Fattoxxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10146570668089772473noreply@blogger.com