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Updated: June 27, 2025
The Romans infibulated their singers in order to preserve their voice: "Si gaudet cantu; nullius fibula durat Vocem vendentis prætoribus." They even subjected to the same operation most of their actors: "Solvitur his magno comœdi fibula. Sunt, quæ Chrysogonum cantare vetent." "Take from Chrysogonus the power to sing, Loose, at vast prices, the comedian's ring."
It scarcely occurs in Greek poetry, but is very common in Virgil, e.g. : "Ambo florentes aetatibus, Arcades ambo, Et cantare pares, et respondere parati." Ille meas errare boves..." Instances of this construction will occur to every reader. Frequently the first half of the hexameter expresses a thought obscurely which is expressed clearly in the latter half, or vice versa, e.g.
Et cantare pares, et respondere parati. Virgil. As we walked on into Tottenham-court-road, where we expected to find a hackney-coach, my companion earnestly and strenuously impressed on my mind, the necessity of implicitly obeying any instructions or hints he might give me in the course of our adventure.
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