Letters From a Stoic (31 page)

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A set of tablets dating from 451–450
B.C.
, which record a basic code of laws and were the earliest piece of Latin writing known to the Romans.

It may be noted here that in this letter Seneca sees or draws no distinction between rules applying to literature and rules applying to oratory.

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Virgil,
Georgics
, IV:212–13.

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The last 34 lines are omitted (§§23 to 27).

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Georgics
, I:250–51.

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Costly materials such as the silks mentioned in Letter XC, or the diaphanous robe (
perlucentem togam
) disapproved of in Letter CXIV.

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Carried by custom at a child’s funeral.

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Text corrupt.