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Against Flaccus

Philo of Alexandria · Notas, a partir da 1

[1]: She was the sister of the emperor, and at her death her brother ordered that divine honours should be raid to her.

[2]: She was the sister of the emperor, and at her death her brother ordered that divine honours should be raid to her.

[3]: This was a common place of banishment for criminals. Juvenal says — Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris, et carcere dignum, Si vis esse aliquis.- i. 72.

[4]: This was a common place of banishment for criminals. Juvenal says — Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris, et carcere dignum, Si vis esse aliquis.- i. 72.

[5]: Now Cape Colonna.

[6]: Now Cape Colonna.

[7]: This is evidently taken from Deuteronomy xxviii. 66, "And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see."

[8]: This is evidently taken from Deuteronomy xxviii. 66, "And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see."

[9]: This is like the passage in Shakespeare— Cowards die many times before their deaths; The brave men only taste of death but once."

[10]: This is like the passage in Shakespeare— Cowards die many times before their deaths; The brave men only taste of death but once."