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Manilius 1.88

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Peter E. Knox
Peter E. Knox
Affiliation:
Columbia University
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Extract

Manilius begins his first book with a brief summary of the early history of astronomy, leading to a sketch of the rise of civilization. In the following passage, printed as it is found in one of the principal manuscripts M, he describes the invention of language, agriculture and navigation:

1.85 tune et lingua suas accepit barbara leges,

et fera diuersis exercita frugibus arua,

et uagus in caecum penetrauit nauita pontum,

fecit et ignotis inter commercia terris.

Type
Shorter Notes
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , December 1989 , pp. 564 - 565
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1989

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