von consus » Do 30. Apr 2009, 00:05
Consus Procopio ceterisque amicis pariter omnibus s. d. p.
Hodie cum in seminarii nostri bibliotheca versarer, haec legi verba*, quibus illud Ammiani explicatur:
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Nec pomorum … gustaverit This is not a token of some allergy or a curious piece of religiously coloured abstinence. As becomes clear in HA [Historia Augusta, c.], extravagant eating sometimes manifested itself in melomania. Some examples: CIA [Clodius Iulius Albinus, c.] 11.2 gulosum eum Cordus, qui talia persequitur in suis voluminibus, fuisse dicit, et ita quidem ut pomorum tantum hauserit, quantum ratio humana non patitur. AS [Alexander Severus, c.] 37.10 pomis vehementer indulsit, ita ut secunda mensa illi saepius ponerentur. […] It is, however, also quite possible that Constantius’ abstinence from fruit is sometimes sketched as somewhat risky: poma nocere quidam putant (Cels. 1. 3. 38),. … καὶ ὀποÏῶν δὲ μὴ ὑπεÏεμπιμπλᾶσθαι· λυπεÏá½° Î³á½°Ï Î¿á½ Ï„á¿· πλήθει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ κακοχυμίᾳ καὶ Ï„á¿· φÏσσαν [i. e. flatum, c.] á¼Î¼Ï€Î¿Î¹Îµá¿–ν (… CMG VI 3, 326.28-30). Nero’s musical career required a diet from which apples were banned: abstinere pomis cibisque officientibus (Suet. Ner. 20.1…).
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Quibus ex verbis suam quisque capiat coniecturam. Utcumque vero se habet res, medici quoque consulendi videntur esse. Ceterum censeo hoc forum coquinarium esse relinquendum...
Bene valete.
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* J. den Boeft, D. den Hengst, H. C. Teitler, Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXI, Groningen 1991, p. 255.