罗马燃烧时的小提琴：一个常见英语表达的病因

IF 0.1 4区历史学 0 CLASSICS

GREECE & ROME Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1017/s0017383521000012

A. Barrett

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“Fiddling which Rome burns”可以说是最熟悉的英语谚语，其灵感来自古代古典。事实上，尼禄在大火期间实际演奏乐器的图像并没有在古代文献中找到：第一个英文参考文献属于库珀1548年修订的《埃利奥特拉丁英语词典》，据说尼禄在火灾期间演奏竖琴。1649年，保皇党诗人乔治·丹尼尔使用了“fiddle”一词，而这个熟悉的现代表达形式，作为领导人忽视的代名词，显然是在1680年西留斯·提图斯的英国议会演讲中创造的。

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FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS: THE AETIOLOGY OF A FAMILIAR ENGLISH EXPRESSION

‘Fiddling while Rome burns’ is arguably the most familiar English saying inspired by classical antiquity. The image of Nero actually playing an instrument during the Great Fire is not, in fact, found in ancient sources: the first English reference belongs to Cooper's 1548 revision of Elyot's Latin–English Dictionary, where Nero is said to play a harp during the conflagration. In 1649 the royalist poet George Daniel applied the term ‘fiddle’, and the familiar modern form of the expression, as a byword for a leader's neglect, was apparently coined in a 1680 English parliamentary speech by Silius Titus.

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期刊介绍： Published with the wider audience in mind, Greece & Rome features informative and lucid articles on ancient history, art, archaeology, religion, philosophy, and the classical tradition. Although its content is of interest to professional scholars, undergraduates and general readers who wish to be kept informed of what scholars are currently thinking will find it engaging and accessible. All Greek and Latin quotations are translated. A subscription to Greece & Rome includes a supplement of New Surveys in the Classics. These supplements have covered a broad range of topics, from key figures like Homer and Virgil, to subjects such as Greek tragedy, thought and science, women, slavery, and Roman religion. The 2007 New Survey will be Comedy by Nick Lowe.