309 inventio, dispositio, elocutio p. NemoquidquamdeprobitateSamuelis517, nemode lapsupoe- nitentiaque Davidis518, nemo de sapientia Salomonis ac divitiis519, nemo de Roboami stultitia520, nemo de rectitudine Iosaphati521; nemo quidquam de captivitate et liberatione Manassis522 audisset: si haec sacrae literae ad nostra tempora non perduxissent. p. Latuisset nos Debborae magnanimitas, latuisset Iudithae fortitudo, latuisset Hesterae felicitas, Abigailis prudentia, innocentia Susannae; latuisset denique temperantia Eliae, zelus Eli- saei, Samsonis robur523, fides Gedeonis524, Thobiae religiositas, Iobi patientia et aliorum infinitorum infinitae virtutes, gesta, victoriae, triumphi: si hos nobis divina pagina non enarrasset. 14. p. Quis magnitudinem Alexandri et Pompei? quis opes Croe- si525 et Crassi526? quis Xerxis527, Cyri528, Darii529que calamitatem? quis Hectoris530 et Achillis531 celebria nomina? quis Iulii532 et Au- gusti533 fortunam? quis Platonis534 [p. 21] et Aristotelis535 sapien517 Cf. I Sam 1 7. 518 Cf. II Sam 11, 1 12-23. 519 Cf. I Reg 3, 5 28. 10, 1-29; II Par 1, 1-17. 9, 1-31. 520 Cf. Eccli 47, 27s: “dereliquit post se [...] gentis stultitiam [...] Roboam”. 521 Cf. I Reg 22, 41-51; II Par 17 -20. 522 Cf. II Par 33, 10-13. 523 Cf. Iudic 13 16. 524 Cf. Iudic 6, 17, 25. 525 Vide: supra, Cap. VIII, n. 6/8, no. 140. Cf. Anon., s.v. Creso: EI XI, 842: “Ultimo re di Lidia [...]. La fama delle ricchezze di Creso, diffusa nell’antichità, spiega la fortuna del nome per indicare un uomo straordinariamente ricco”. 526 Vide: supra no. 107. 527 Xerxes “the king of the Persians [...] was defeated at Salamis” (CLD). 528 Cyrus minor “was killed at Cunaxa (401 B.C.)” (CLD) 529 Darius Codomannus “overthrown by Alexander the Great (ruled 336-330 B.C.)” (CLD, s.v. “Dareus”) 530 Hector – “son of Priam, [...], the bravest of the Trojans, killed by Achilles” (CLD). 531 Achilles – “a Greek hero, son of Peleus and Thetis” (CLD). 532 Cf. Anon., art. Cesare, Caio Giulio (101-44 a.C.): NTGEV IV, 1892. 533 Cf. Anon., art. Augusto, Giulio Cesare Ottaviano (63 a.C. 14 d. C.): NIGEV II, 822-823. 534 Plato (427-347 a.C.) – “the celebrated Greek philosopher, disciple of Socrates, founder of the Academic philosophy” (CLD). 535 Aristoteles (384-322 a.C.) – “the celebrated Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato, founder of the Peripatetic school” (CLD).
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