Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights
John C. Rolfe, Ed.

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[p. xxv]

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XV

That Marcus Varro in heroic verse noted a matter demanding very minute and careful observation 345

Book XIX

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I

The reply of a certain philosopher, when he was asked why he turned pale in a storm at sea 390

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II

That of the five senses of the body two in particular we share with beasts; and that pleasure which comes from hearing, sight and smell is base and reprehensible, but that which comes from taste and touch is the most shameful of all, since the last two are felt also by beasts, the others only by mankind 355

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III

That it is more disgraceful to be praised coldly than to be accused bitterly 359

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IV

Why the bowels are loosened by sudden terror; also why fire provokes urine 361

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V

A statement from the works of Aristotle, that snow-water is a very bad thing to drink; and that ice is formed from snow 361

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VI

That shame drives the blood outward, while fear checks it 365

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VII

The meaning of obesum and of some other early words 367

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VIII

An inquiry whether harena, caelum and triticum are found in the plural; also whether quadrigae, inimicitiae, and some other words, occur in thesingular 371

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IX

The very witty reply of Antonius Julianus to certain Greeks at a banquet 379

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X

That the words praeter propter, which are in common use, were found also in Ennius 385