Notes on the text of Juvenal

Abstract

Juvenal is a great Latin poet, but his text is not as well preserved as those of (say) Vergil and Horace. Many problems remain in modern editions, and this article confirms or identifies some of the remaining problems and makes some suggestions for solutions. I cite the revised OCT of Clausen (1992) as perhaps the most widely used text.

1.170-1: experiar quid concedatur in illos quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina.

These well-known lines about attacking only the dead seem to state that Romans of the past are buried under the Via Flaminia and the Via Latina; but there are several problems here. [excerpt]