2. 
or 
10. 
Il. 
Novres 
For some passages we prefer to give our own translations. Here 
oe . ‘ > ‘ . . .. . 
opimus’’ is definitely ‘fattening’, ‘rich’. 
The word “‘boleto’’ in the text of H. Fuchs shows these brackets 
signifying: [ | = traces in the codex; < > = lacking in the 
codex. This means that exactly in this critical passage we have 
to rely upon a conjecture. 
The ‘‘evacuation of the bowels’? may have also been due to the 
Emperor’s wretched health. He frequently suffered from intesti- 
nal disease and from violent stomach-aches. (ef. Suetonius) 
The sign ** in H. Fuch’s edition indicates a lacuna which could 
not be filled with certainty. 
Not italicized in the Beltram edition. We have italicized this sen- 
tence quoted by R.G. Wasson as we wish to lay stress upon the 
fact that it is to be seen in its context. 
The fruit pulp of C. colocynthis is very dry. Had Xenophon pre- 
pared a liquid from it he would at best have been able to put a 
few drops of it on the feather. Had he prepared a powder he 
would have found it difficult to put a considerable amount of it 
on the feather. 
Cf. Lexikon der Alten Welt, under ““Denar’’, column 720. 
Cf. Schéne, p. 45f,. 
‘ ee “ s ‘ . ate 
Russo writes “‘dwafavariis’’ whereas in the Boissevain edition 
re : . ee , . 
of Dio Cassius we found ‘‘dé@avdriis’’?, However, the words are 
practically synonymous. 
‘*Claudius’s mother often called him ‘a monster: a man whom 
Mother Nature had begun to work upon but then flung aside’ ; 
and, if she ever accused anyone of stupidity, would exclaim: 
“He isa bigger fool even than my own son Claudius!’ ’’ (Sue- 
tonius, Claudius, transl. by R. Graves, p. 183) 
The letter which Nero sent to the Senate after his mother Agrip- 
pina had been killed on his order and in which he justified this 
bloody murder, had been composed by Seneca. This is another 
example of Seneca’s opportunistic attitude towards Nero. (ef. 
Tacitus, Ann., XIV, 10, transl. by M. Grant, p. 318) 
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