qua pontus Helles1, †supera Tmolum ac Tauricos†2:locorum3 splendidis nominibus inluminatus est versus, sed proximus inquinatus insuavissima littera:
finis4 frugifera et efferta5 arva Asiae6 tenet.
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duae sunt igitur res
quae permulceant auris, sonus et numerus. De numero
mox, nunc de sono quaerimus. Verba, ut supra diximus,
legenda sunt potissimum bene sonantia, sed ea non ut
poetae exquisita ad sonum, sed sumpta de medio.
1 Helles A: hellus L superat tmolum L: superadmolum A
2 ac Tauricos PM: ad Tauricos FO: adauricos A: qua ponte ab Helles superat Tmolum et Tauricos Madvig
3 locorum AL: colchorum O2, unde auricomus Colchorum <aries> Ribbeck
4 finis L: finitus A
5 efferta Lachmann ad Lucr. vi. 258: ferta L: feria A1
6 Asiae A: Asia L
M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Rhetorica, Tomus II. A. S. Wilkins. Oxonii. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1911. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
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