The Marriage of Philology and Mercury

...his own works, the translator not only equaled the author but even surpassed him; his most elegant little work Latin: opuſculum hopes for a new day from us daily. All the Roman Princes The term "Princeps" refers to the early Roman Emperors modeled themselves after their example, so that however many names of Emperors we turn over—consecrated to memory by a diligent observation of the Annals Latin: Fastorum—we find nearly as many who were either Philosophers, Poets, or Orators, or distinguished by some other branch of learning no less than by their royal titles. If, therefore, it should please us to look into the matter more diligently and examine each person individually, we shall see that Caligula and Nero, among their innumerable vices, preserved almost a single virtue: a love for letters Literary studies and humanities. We shall see Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and almost all others up to...