05-04-2003, 04:46 PM
I know next to nothing on the subject... the only thing that comes to mind is a sentence in the Satyricon... "iam quattuor partes dicit," which is supposed to mean "already he can divide by four"...<br>
The commentary refers to Horace, Ars Poetica, 325 : "Romani pueri longis rationibus assem / discunt in partes centum diducere"<br>
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and also to CIL xi. 1236 : "Attico ser. qui vixit ann. XX litteratus Graecis et Latinis librarius partes dixit CCC."<br>
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Still doesn't help with how they actually *did* it, I guess. <p></p><i></i>
The commentary refers to Horace, Ars Poetica, 325 : "Romani pueri longis rationibus assem / discunt in partes centum diducere"<br>
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and also to CIL xi. 1236 : "Attico ser. qui vixit ann. XX litteratus Graecis et Latinis librarius partes dixit CCC."<br>
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Still doesn't help with how they actually *did* it, I guess. <p></p><i></i>
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
