A NEW READING AND A PROBABLE INTERPOLATION IN LACTANTIUS PLACIDUS’ COMMENTARY ON STATIUS, THEBAID 5.16

Abstract

This paper analyses the probability of a reading so far neglected by editors in Lactantius Placidus’ late antique commentary on Stat. Theb. 5.16. Next, the article argues that, regardless of the accepted reading, this part of the scholium is likely an interpolation.