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

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Jun 12 06:41:19 EDT 2004


At 10:25 PM -0700 6/11/04, Kenneth Litwak wrote:
>    This may seem like a silly question, but since the
>quote is mentioed in a work that is in Latin, and the
>emperor would have presumably known Latin, why is it
>assert4d that the original statment was in Greek and
>that therefore there is a pun involved?  Thanks.

Ken, I think your question has already been answered by George: the pun is
the linkage of hUS (sow/pig) and hUIOS (son). And Augustus DID know Greek
(he was a "college" student in Athens at the time of the assassination of
his adoptive father Julius Caesar.

>--- Brent Hudson <brent at riveroflifembchurch.com>
>wrote:
>> And here is the text itself:
>>
>>
>http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/L/Roman/Texts/Macrobi
>> us/Saturnalia/2*.html
>>
>> (all on one line in your browser)
>>
>> Brent Hudson
>> Moncton, NB
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>> > [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On
>> Behalf Of Brent Hudson
>> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 4:36 PM
>> > To: 'Kenneth Litwak'; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>> > Subject: RE: [B-Greek] Off-topic: source for
>> Imperial quote
>> >
>> > Google produced this:
>> >
>> >
>> > Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.4.11
>> >
>> > Brent Hudson
>> > Moncton, NB
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>> > > [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On
>> Behalf Of
>> > Kenneth Litwak
>> > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 4:22 PM
>> > > To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>> > > Subject: [B-Greek] Off-topic: source for
>> Imperial quote
>> > >
>> > >    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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