J D Morgan
Biographic Data
| ID | 721178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J D Morgan |
| GIVEN NAMES | J D |
| FAMILY NAME | Morgan |
| SIGNATURE | MORGAN J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1946 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lucilius and His Nose (Pliny, N.H. , Praef. 7)
In his prefatory epistle dedicating his Naturalis Historia to Vespasian, the elder Pliny takes great pains to plead that his magnum opus (which at praef. 1 he compares with Catullus' nugae !) is unworthy of the emperor: ‘maiorem te sciebam, quam ut descensurum hue putarem’ (praef. 6). Continuing in this vein, Pliny goes on to say ‘praeterea est quaedam publica etiam eruditorum reiectio’, and appeals for support to the great Cicero: ‘utitur ilia e…
The Origin of Molorc[h]us
In his exemplary edition of the papyrus fragments of Callimachus' Victoria Berenices , P. J. Parsons briefly considered the spelling of the name of Hercules' host, who played such a major role in Callimachus' αἴτιον on the founding of the Nemean games. At B iii 2 the papyrus has M⋯[λ]ορκος. On this Professor Parsons noted ‘elsewhere M⋯λορχος: the unusual spelling, which no doubt comes from the text, reappears in Apollodorus, Bibl. 2.5.1 (Mολ⋯ρκῳ,…
The Waters of the Satrachus (Catullus 95.5)
In lines 5–8 of his 95th poem Catullus contrasts the everlasting world-wide fame which P. Helvius Cinna's Smyrna will enjoy with the quick death which Volusius' I Annales will suffer before they get beyond the Po
The Death of Cinna the Poet
In an essay entitled ‘Cinna the Poet’ published in 1974, T. P. Wiseman forcefully countered the arguments of Monroe E. Deutsch and others against the identification of the ‘neoteric’ poet Cinna with the tribune Gaius Helvius Cinna, who after Caesar's funeral was torn to pieces by an enraged mob, mistaken by it for the praetor Lucius Cornelius Cinna, who had applauded Caesar's murder. The identification of the poet with the tribune is supported by…
Horace, Epod . 6. 16
caue, caue; namque in malos asperrimus parata tollo cornua, qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener aut acer hostis Bupalo. an, si quis atra dente me petiuerit, inultus ut flebo puer? Harrison observes that commentators translate ‘“inultus” not “unavenged” but “without taking revenge”, construing it with Horace as the subject of “flebo” and not with “puer”’, and he then asserts ‘This use of “inultus” is wholly unparalleled; the adjective is elsewher…
Persius 5.129–31
This is the reading of Clausen's OCT, in which no variant for line 131 is recorded in the apparatus. No doubt the hendiadys ‘scutica et metus...erilis’ is not impossible,2 but it seems to me not to be a well chosen expression. Since the scutica belongs to the master, one is tempted to construe erilis with both nouns, not just with metus . But then the adjective must function in two different ways: ‘scutica... erilis’ is possessive, ‘his master's …
Juvenal 1.142–4
For a defence of ‘crudum’ against Courtney's strictures, see the reviews by Goodyear and Reeve. I am presently concerned not with the unresolved crux in verse 144, but with the medical reason for the death of the glutton. Galen (xix. 692–3 K), quoted by Mayor, warned that one should not bathe after eating ἵνα μ μφραξις κατ νεφρὺς κα ἦπαρ γνηται. More recently, Courtney ad loc. has quoted Persius 3.98ff. and has attributed the death to ‘apoplexy’,…
Suetonius' Dedication to Septicius Clarus
The recent revival of scholarly interest in Suetonius provides a good occasion to emend a long-standing crux in Joannes Lydus' description ( De Mag. 2.6) of Suetonius' dedication of his Vitae Caesarum to his friend the praetorian prefect Septicius Clarus. The codex unicus Caseolinus (Parisinus suppl. gr. 257, s. X/XI) has Τράγκυλλος τοίνυν τοὺς τ⋯ν Καισάων βίους ⋯ν γράμμασιν † ⋯ποτίνων † Σεπτικίῳ, ὃς ἦν ὓπαρχος τ⋯ν πραιτωριαν⋯ν σπειρ⋯ν ⋯πì αὐτο⋯ …
Cruces Propertianae
In classical antiquity Propertius' eloquence was renowned. His successor Ovid referred to the blandi praecepta Properti ( Trist. 2.465) and to blandi...Propertius oris (ibid. 5.1.15). Quintilian (10.1.93) stated that to his taste the most tersus and elegans Latin elegist was Tibullus, but sunt qui Propertium malint . Martial (14.189) mentioned the facundi carmen iuuenale Properti . Turn now from the opinions of ancient authors to those of some mo…
Strawberries and Serpents
Sellasia Revisited
Boor Reviews
Military psychologists in World War II
results are given from a survey by mailed questionnaire to every American psychologist and psychologist-in-training who was in uniform in any branch of the military service in World War II. The purpose was to obtain detailed information about the history of utilization of psychologists in the military service and about the educational plans of those who intended to return to college or graduate school for further training. Of 1,710 individuals ci…
The Origin of Molorc[h]us
In his exemplary edition of the papyrus fragments of Callimachus' Victoria Berenices , P. J. Parsons briefly considered the spelling of the name of Hercules' host, who played such a major role in Callimachus' αἴτιον on the founding of the Nemean games. At B iii 2 the papyrus has M⋯[λ]ορκος. On this Professor Parsons noted ‘elsewhere M⋯λορχος: the unusual spelling, which no doubt comes from the text, reappears in Apollodorus, Bibl. 2.5.1 (Mολ⋯ρκῳ,…
The Death of Cinna the Poet
In an essay entitled ‘Cinna the Poet’ published in 1974, T. P. Wiseman forcefully countered the arguments of Monroe E. Deutsch and others against the identification of the ‘neoteric’ poet Cinna with the tribune Gaius Helvius Cinna, who after Caesar's funeral was torn to pieces by an enraged mob, mistaken by it for the praetor Lucius Cornelius Cinna, who had applauded Caesar's murder. The identification of the poet with the tribune is supported by…
Military psychologists in World War II
results are given from a survey by mailed questionnaire to every American psychologist and psychologist-in-training who was in uniform in any branch of the military service in World War II. The purpose was to obtain detailed information about the history of utilization of psychologists in the military service and about the educational plans of those who intended to return to college or graduate school for further training. Of 1,710 individuals ci…
Military psychologists in World War II
results are given from a survey by mailed questionnaire to every American psychologist and psychologist-in-training who was in uniform in any branch of the military service in World War II. The purpose was to obtain detailed information about the history of utilization of psychologists in the military service and about the educational plans of those who intended to return to college or graduate school for further training. Of 1,710 individuals ci…
Boor Reviews
Sellasia Revisited
Strawberries and Serpents
Suetonius' Dedication to Septicius Clarus
The recent revival of scholarly interest in Suetonius provides a good occasion to emend a long-standing crux in Joannes Lydus' description ( De Mag. 2.6) of Suetonius' dedication of his Vitae Caesarum to his friend the praetorian prefect Septicius Clarus. The codex unicus Caseolinus (Parisinus suppl. gr. 257, s. X/XI) has Τράγκυλλος τοίνυν τοὺς τ⋯ν Καισάων βίους ⋯ν γράμμασιν † ⋯ποτίνων † Σεπτικίῳ, ὃς ἦν ὓπαρχος τ⋯ν πραιτωριαν⋯ν σπειρ⋯ν ⋯πì αὐτο⋯ …
Cruces Propertianae
In classical antiquity Propertius' eloquence was renowned. His successor Ovid referred to the blandi praecepta Properti ( Trist. 2.465) and to blandi...Propertius oris (ibid. 5.1.15). Quintilian (10.1.93) stated that to his taste the most tersus and elegans Latin elegist was Tibullus, but sunt qui Propertium malint . Martial (14.189) mentioned the facundi carmen iuuenale Properti . Turn now from the opinions of ancient authors to those of some mo…
Horace, Epod . 6. 16
caue, caue; namque in malos asperrimus parata tollo cornua, qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener aut acer hostis Bupalo. an, si quis atra dente me petiuerit, inultus ut flebo puer? Harrison observes that commentators translate ‘“inultus” not “unavenged” but “without taking revenge”, construing it with Horace as the subject of “flebo” and not with “puer”’, and he then asserts ‘This use of “inultus” is wholly unparalleled; the adjective is elsewher…
Persius 5.129–31
This is the reading of Clausen's OCT, in which no variant for line 131 is recorded in the apparatus. No doubt the hendiadys ‘scutica et metus...erilis’ is not impossible,2 but it seems to me not to be a well chosen expression. Since the scutica belongs to the master, one is tempted to construe erilis with both nouns, not just with metus . But then the adjective must function in two different ways: ‘scutica... erilis’ is possessive, ‘his master's …
Juvenal 1.142–4
For a defence of ‘crudum’ against Courtney's strictures, see the reviews by Goodyear and Reeve. I am presently concerned not with the unresolved crux in verse 144, but with the medical reason for the death of the glutton. Galen (xix. 692–3 K), quoted by Mayor, warned that one should not bathe after eating ἵνα μ μφραξις κατ νεφρὺς κα ἦπαρ γνηται. More recently, Courtney ad loc. has quoted Persius 3.98ff. and has attributed the death to ‘apoplexy’,…
The Death of Cinna the Poet
In an essay entitled ‘Cinna the Poet’ published in 1974, T. P. Wiseman forcefully countered the arguments of Monroe E. Deutsch and others against the identification of the ‘neoteric’ poet Cinna with the tribune Gaius Helvius Cinna, who after Caesar's funeral was torn to pieces by an enraged mob, mistaken by it for the praetor Lucius Cornelius Cinna, who had applauded Caesar's murder. The identification of the poet with the tribune is supported by…
The Waters of the Satrachus (Catullus 95.5)
In lines 5–8 of his 95th poem Catullus contrasts the everlasting world-wide fame which P. Helvius Cinna's Smyrna will enjoy with the quick death which Volusius' I Annales will suffer before they get beyond the Po
Lucilius and His Nose (Pliny, N.H. , Praef. 7)
In his prefatory epistle dedicating his Naturalis Historia to Vespasian, the elder Pliny takes great pains to plead that his magnum opus (which at praef. 1 he compares with Catullus' nugae !) is unworthy of the emperor: ‘maiorem te sciebam, quam ut descensurum hue putarem’ (praef. 6). Continuing in this vein, Pliny goes on to say ‘praeterea est quaedam publica etiam eruditorum reiectio’, and appeals for support to the great Cicero: ‘utitur ilia e…
The Origin of Molorc[h]us
In his exemplary edition of the papyrus fragments of Callimachus' Victoria Berenices , P. J. Parsons briefly considered the spelling of the name of Hercules' host, who played such a major role in Callimachus' αἴτιον on the founding of the Nemean games. At B iii 2 the papyrus has M⋯[λ]ορκος. On this Professor Parsons noted ‘elsewhere M⋯λορχος: the unusual spelling, which no doubt comes from the text, reappears in Apollodorus, Bibl. 2.5.1 (Mολ⋯ρκῳ,…
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