Talk:Velleius Paterculus

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On a quest to investigate the race and appearance of Jesus I have run into serveral neo-nazi sites citing Valleus (sic?) Paterculus as describing him as having "golden coloured hair and beard", the most complete version of this I could find was in this source here:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GfVRze8Rcm8C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Valleus+Paterculus+jesus&source=bl&ots=9lbBU8iTRk&sig=Q5_ky482mc6Glqqyw5OsUCIFzjE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EAEnU_bhOIqqhQfx-IHABA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Valleus%20Paterculus%20jesus&f=false

It seems like a highly fanciful story in my eyes, this depiction seems to concur suspicously well with later depictions of christ, but I came here looking for mention of this work and this writing and found none, so I'm leaving this suggestion in the talk page so that someone may one day add this into the main article with authority.86.28.194.198 (talk) 14:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article says:

"The text of the work, preserved in a single badly written and mutilated manuscript (discovered by Beatus Rhenanus in 1515 in Murbach Abbey in Alsace and now lost), is very corrupt."

This requires explanation, for many editions of it follow that statement & apparently preserve the text not in a single manuscript, but several. Are you saying that all the editions extant are derived from that lost manuscript?

The article refers to the Loeb classics (Red) Latin / English edition. But there also exists a green Greek Loeb edition. That mystified me. How did a Greek edition come about? For those who don't know the Loeb Classical Library, these little books have red Latin authors facing English translation page by page, with Greek authors facing English translation in green books.(PeacePeace (talk) 21:55, 5 June 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Update: Perhaps the cover is something which came out with the Logos edition? It looks like this electronic edition has the Greek of Velleius extracted from a single Loeb book, at the end of the Latin? It looks like the Greek is from an inscription found in a temple or two. And I think I got access to the English translation by poking around with the Logos (Faith Life) Loeb edition which Logos has in 3 electronic books. Maybe there is just a singular red Loeb book in print for Velleius. (PeacePeace (talk) 22:43, 5 June 2018 (UTC))[reply]