[B-Greek] Off-topic: source for Imperial quote

Brent Hudson brent at riveroflifembchurch.com
Fri Jun 11 15:35:35 EDT 2004


Google produced this:


Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.4.11

Brent Hudson
Moncton, NB




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>    I've been told that Caesar (don't know which one, but I 
> would suppose Augustus) said that it was safer to be Herod's 
> pig than his son, which is meant to be a pun. Can someone 
> please tell me the source of this alleged statement?  Thanks.
> 
> Ken Litwak
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