Vitruvius, De architectura libri decem ad Caesarem Augustum, omnibus omnium editionibus longè emendatiores, collatis veteribus exemplis

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              <pb o="254" file="276" n="276" rhead="M. VITRVVII POLL."/>
            tatisq́; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13593" xml:space="preserve">incitatus ſtudio, non minoribus induſtriis ad eundem modum con-
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            tenderat Alexandriæ comparare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13594" xml:space="preserve">Cum autem ſumma diligentia perfe-
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            ciſſet, non putauit id ſatis eſſe, niſi propagationibus in ſeminando curaret
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            augendam. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13595" xml:space="preserve">Itaque Muſis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13596" xml:space="preserve">Apollini ludos dedicauit, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13597" xml:space="preserve">quemadmo-
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            dum Athletarum, ſic communium ſcriptorum victoribus præmia & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13598" xml:space="preserve">ho-
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            nores conſtituit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13599" xml:space="preserve">His ita inſtitutis, cum ludi adeſſent, iudices literati, qui
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            ea probarent erant legendi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13600" xml:space="preserve">Rex cum iam ex ciuitate ſex lectos habuiſſet,
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            nec tam cito ſeptimum idoneum inueniret, retulit ad eos, qui ſupra bi-
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            bliothecam fuerant: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13601" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13602" xml:space="preserve">quæſrit, ſi quem nouiſſent ad id expeditum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13603" xml:space="preserve">Tunc
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            ei dixerunt, eſſe quendam Ariſtophanem, qui ſummo ſtudio ſummaq́;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s13604" xml:space="preserve">diligentia quotidie omnes libros ex ordine perlegeret. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13605" xml:space="preserve">Itaque in conuen-
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            tu ludorum, cum ſecretæ ſedes iudicibus eſſent diſtributæ, cum cæteris
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            Ariſtophanes citatus, quemadmodum fuerat locus ei deſignatus, ſedit. </s>
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            Primo Poẽtarum ordine ad certationem inducto cum recitarentur ſcri-
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            pta, populus cunctus ſignificando monebat iudices quod probarent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13607" xml:space="preserve">Ita-
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            que cum ab ſingulis ſententiæ ſunt rogatæ, ſex vna dixerunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13608" xml:space="preserve">Et quem
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            maxime animaduerterunt multitudini placuiſſe, ei primum præmium,
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            inſequenti ſecundum tribuerunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13609" xml:space="preserve">Ariſtophanes verò cum ab eo ſententia
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            rogaretur, eum primum pronunciari iuſsit, qui minime populo placuiſ-
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            ſet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13610" xml:space="preserve">Cum autem rex & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13611" xml:space="preserve">vniuerſi vehementer indignarentur, ſurrexit, & </s>
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            rogando impetrauit, vt paterentur ſe dicere. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13613" xml:space="preserve">Itaque ſilentio facto docuit
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            vnum ex his eum eſſe poëtam, cæteros aliena recitauiſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13614" xml:space="preserve">Oportere au-
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            tem iudicantes non furta, ſed ſcripta probare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13615" xml:space="preserve">Admirante populo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13616" xml:space="preserve">re-
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            ge dubitante, fretus memoria è certis armariis infinita volumina eduxit,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13617" xml:space="preserve">ea cum recitatis conferendo coëgit ipſos furatos de ſe confiteri. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13618" xml:space="preserve">Itaque
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            rex iuſsit cum his agi furti, condemnatosq́; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13619" xml:space="preserve">cum ignominia dimiſit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13620" xml:space="preserve">Ari-
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            ſtophanem verò ampliſsimis muneribus ornauit, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13621" xml:space="preserve">ſupra bibliothecam
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            conſtituit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13622" xml:space="preserve">Inſequentibus annis à Macedonia Zoilus, qui adoptauit co-
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            gnomen, vt Homeromaſtix vocitaretur, Alexandriam venit, ſuaq́; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13623" xml:space="preserve">ſcri-
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            pta contra Iliadem & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13624" xml:space="preserve">Odiſſeam comparata regi recitauit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13625" xml:space="preserve">Ptolemæus
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            verò cum animaduertiſſet poëtarum parentem, philologiæq́; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13626" xml:space="preserve">omnis du-
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            cem abſentem vexari, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13627" xml:space="preserve">cuius ab cunctis gentibus ſcripta ſuſpicerentur,
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            ab eo vituperari, indignatus nullum ei dedit reſponſum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13628" xml:space="preserve">Zoilus autem
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            cum diutius in regno fuiſſet inopia preſſus, ſummiſit ad regem poſtulans,
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            vt aliquid ſibi tribueretur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13629" xml:space="preserve">Rex verò reſpondiſſe dicitur, Homerum, qui
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            ante annos mille deceſsiſſet, æuo perpetuo multa millia hominũ paſcere,
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            item debere qui meliori ingenio ſe profiteretur, non modo ſe vnum, ſed
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            etiam plures alere poſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13630" xml:space="preserve">Et ad ſummam, mors eius, vt paricidu damnati,
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            varie memoratur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13631" xml:space="preserve">Alii eum ſcripſerunt à Philadelpho eſſe in crucem fi-
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            xum, nonnulli in eum lapides eſſe coniectos, alii Smyrnæ viuum in py-
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            ram coniectum: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s13632" xml:space="preserve">quorum vtrum ei acciderit, merenti digna conſtitit </s>
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