[p. 477] But the early grammarians have noted this feature in Homer above all, that when he had said in one place 1 κολοιούς τε ψηράς τε, “both crows and starlings,” in another place 2 he did not use ψηρῶν τε, but ψαρῶν:
As lights a cloud of starlings (ψαρῶν) or of daws,not conforming to general usage, but seeking the pleasing effect peculiar to the word in each of the two positions; for if you change one of these for the other, you will give both a harsh sound.
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[22arg] The words of Titus Castricius to his young pupils on unbecoming clothes and shoes.TITUS CASTRICIUS, a teacher of the art of rhetoric, who held the first rank at Rome as a declaimer and an instructor, a man of the greatest influence and dignity, was highly regarded also by the deified Hadrian for his character and his learning. Once when 1 happened to be with him (for I attended him as my master) and he had seen some pupils of his who were senators wearing tunics and cloaks on a holiday, and with sandals on their feet, 3 he said: “For my part, I should have preferred to see you in your togas, or if that was too much trouble, at least with girdles and mantles. But if this present attire of yours is now pardonable from long custom, yet it is not at all seemly for you, who are senators of the Roman people, to go through the streets of the city ”
