previous next

Substitution of word from parallel passage

Often the substituted word comes from a parallel passage, which was in the mind of the scribe as he was writing. In Propertius ii. 1. 58:solus amor morbi non habet artificem”, has been written non amat artificem, through a reminiscence of i. 2. 8:nudus amor formae non amat artificem.” (On this error see also ch. i. § 14.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: