In Velleius Paterculus 1, 2, 3, the vulgate reading "Ea tempestate et Tyria classis... insulam circumfusam Oceano...Gades condidit", which is closer to the text of the codex Murbacensis ("insula circumfusam Oceano...Gades condidit"), was emended by Lipsius to "in insula circumfusa Oceano...Gades condidit". The conjecture of Lipsius has since been accepted by almost all recent editors, some of whom have considered that the expression "insulam condere" has no parallels in other authors or that it does not even belong to the Latin language. However, contrary to these assumptions, the vulgate "insulam condere" finds a parallel in Suet. Aug. 98, 4 ("conditorem insulae") and seems more appropriate to the style of Velleius.
Insulam condere: osservazioni su una controversa lectio velleiana
Celato G
2023
Abstract
In Velleius Paterculus 1, 2, 3, the vulgate reading "Ea tempestate et Tyria classis... insulam circumfusam Oceano...Gades condidit", which is closer to the text of the codex Murbacensis ("insula circumfusam Oceano...Gades condidit"), was emended by Lipsius to "in insula circumfusa Oceano...Gades condidit". The conjecture of Lipsius has since been accepted by almost all recent editors, some of whom have considered that the expression "insulam condere" has no parallels in other authors or that it does not even belong to the Latin language. However, contrary to these assumptions, the vulgate "insulam condere" finds a parallel in Suet. Aug. 98, 4 ("conditorem insulae") and seems more appropriate to the style of Velleius.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
