Why did you feel the urge to clarify the case of "panem et circenses"?
See Tom's reply above.
I figured the flippant comments in those footnotes would make pretty clear that I didn't exactly consider it crucial information, myself. I don't mean that rhetorically, either, as some sort of a dig, I genuinely want to know why. I guess it's in the accusative because it's the abbreviation of a phrase that involves giving the bread and circuses (DO) to the masses (IO)? Jw.
Presumably, yes. I have no idea what the original source of the quote is... let's look it up.
Okay, according to Wikipedia, it's from Juvenal, and the context is:
"iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli / uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim / imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se / continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, / panem et circenses. "
So not from giving, after all, but wishing.
The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
- 08/08/2012 09:51:03 PM
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NB: I would recommend editing the review to note that panem is an accusative singular.
- 09/08/2012 01:05:59 AM
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good review. I'm finishing the last third of Mockingjay so I skipped the last paragraphs *NM*
- 11/08/2012 04:50:28 PM
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Perhaps I should put in a spoiler mention, yeah... though I think I mostly kept it vague enough?
- 11/08/2012 05:26:49 PM
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Ok, I'll be the one to ask.
- 26/08/2012 06:29:06 PM
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That was Tom's idea. 
- 26/08/2012 07:34:33 PM
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