Toward the end of Book 1 of Macrobius’ Saturnalia, Symmachus proposes that everyone present at their discussion tell of what they have noticed to be exceptional de Maronis ingenio. Here are his words:
reliquos omnes qui adestis impense precatus sim, ut quid vestrum quisque praecipuum sibi adnotaverit de Maronis ingenio, velut ex symbola conferamus.
Symbola can mean a contribution of money to a feast, so perhaps we could loosely paraphrase Symmachus’ proposal as, ‘I would ask all the rest of you here to give us your two cents concerning what you have noticed to be outstanding in Vergil’s talent.’
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.