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The transmitted text at Satires I.3.120-1 (ut ferula caedas meritum maiora subire verbera non vereor) is seen to be sound. The construction (ut=ne in a clause of fearing dependent on a negative verb) is imitated from the Greek. It is suggested that the expression used by Livy at 28.22.11-12 may have been inspired by Horace's experiment.
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This note adds to the body of Grecisms documented for Latin poetry.
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This page is a summary of: A SYNTACTICAL HELLENISM AT HORACE, SATIRES 1.3.120–1, AND A POSSIBLE IMITATION IN LIVY, The Classical Quarterly, April 2013, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0009838812000857.
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