Tuesday, May 31, 2022

 

A Revised Edition Introduces a Typographical Error

Ovid, Fasti. With an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer ... Second edition revised by G.P. Goold (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989), pp. 130-131 (3.135-138):
neu dubites, primae fuerint quin ante Kalendae
    Martis, ad haec animum signa referre potes.
laurea, flaminibus quae toto perstitit anno,
    tollitur, et frondes sunt in honore novae.

If you would convince yourself that the Kalends of March were really the beginning of the year, you may refer to the following proofs: the laurel branch of the flamens, after remining in its place the whole year, is removed (on that day), and fresh leaves are put in the place of honour;
For remining read remaining, which appears in the first, unrevised edition (London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931).

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