190 to 211 ← 212 to 222 → 223 to 231
203 lectus erat Cordo Procula minor, urceoli sex
- lēctŭs ĕ|rāt Cōr|dō Prŏcŭ|lā mĭnŏr, | ūrcĕŏ|lī sex
- like "Cordus' bed is smaller than a child's bed," implying he's poor
204 ornamentum abaci, nec non et parvulus infra
- ornamentum in apposition with urceoli
- nec non = necnon - an emphatic affirmation, "and assuredly"
- parvulus - diminutive adjective (rare)
205 cantharus et recubans sub eodem marmore Chiron,
206 iamque vetus Graecos servabat cista libellos
- libellos typically refers to a scroll, books were called codex (stack with wood on the top and bottom)
207 et divina opici rodebant carmina mures.
208 nil habuit Cordus, quis enim negat? et tamen illud
209 perdidit infelix totum nihil. ultimus autem
210 aerumnae cumulus, quod nudum et frusta rogantem
- [illum] nudum et frusta rogantum ← the object of iuvabit in the next line
- quod + indicative = which is that (indirect statement). in medieval latin they used quod + indicative instead of acc + infinitive
211 nemo cibo, nemo hospitio tectoque iuvabit.
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212 Si magna Asturici cecidit domus, horrida mater,
213 pullati proceres, differt vadimonia praetor.
214 tum gemimus casus urbis, tunc odimus ignem.
- like if Gina Rinehart's house burns down and all the parliment comes dressed in mourning and Albanese announces no more school today.
- also like when Charlie Kirk dies and everyone cared, USA ppl were like "we need gun control", while nobody cares about all the kids being shot in USA
215 ardet adhuc, et iam accurrit qui marmora donet,
- ASK qui...donet commentary says donet sjt expresses purpose? isnt it relative clause of characteristic though?
- or maybe both like that abl.abs. thing?
- ("abl absolute isn't really a separate category it's a particular manifestation of all the types of ablatives. like agmine facto is an absolute AND manner.")
- or maybe both like that abl.abs. thing?
216 conferat inpensas; hic nuda et candida signa,
- ASK inpensas commentary says building materials?? doesnt say in gdict tho
217 hic aliquid praeclarum Euphranoris et Polycliti,
218 haec Asianorum vetera ornamenta deorum,
219 hic libros dabit et forulos mediamque Minervam,
220 hic modium argenti. meliora ac plura reponit
221 Persicus orborum lautissimus et merito iam
- orbus a um - "deprived," usually meaning childless/an orphan though
222 suspectus tamquam ipse suas incenderit aedes.
Cordus' bed was smaller than Procula, six small water jugs were
decorations of the sideboard, and also the tiny drinking-pot was underneath,
and Chiron was reclining below the same marble,
and now an old basket keeps Greek scrolls
and the ignorant mice gnaws on excellent poetry.
Cordus had nothing, for who denies it? And yet
the unlucky man lost that whole nothing. But the final
cumulation of hardship is that a man, naked and begging for scraps,
no one will help him with food, no one with a residence and roof.
If the great house of Asturicus fell, the mother is dishevelled,
the noblemen are clothed in black, the praetor defers the court proceedings.
Then we curse the mishap of the city, then we hate fire.
It still burns, and already someone runs to give marble statues,
to cover the expenses; here are naked and white statues,
here some beautiful thing of Euphranor and Polyclitus,
these antique decorations of Asian gods,
here, he will give books and a book-case and a Minerva in the middle,
here, a measure of silver. Persicus, most sumptuous of the deprived [people],
puts back better and more (things) and now deservedly
is looked at as if he had burnt his own house.
First half
- Cordus as this pityable character
- Greek scrolls, poetry - he's educated and has aspirations
- six jugs - he has friends over
Second half
- people mourning his house, absurdity
- like absurd exaggeration
- list of things reflects the quantity
- also absurd how juvenal goes on and on and on
- Juvenal "sting"
- "Persicus, most sumptuous of the deprived [people], puts back better and more (things) and now deservedly is looked at as if he had burnt his own house."
- the "true critical comment" will often come at the end
- Asturicus, Persicus - honorific cognomina (given based on conquering someone). they probably didn't do it themselves, they probably inherited the name, stereotypical aristocratic names
- people in a position of authority have dropped (they're corrupt enough to burn their own house)
Together
- people wouldn't help Cordus but everyone's very over the top for Asturicus