--- In cybalist@..., Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:
> The relevant passage is De Bello Gallico 6.14:
>
> Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur. Itaque annos nonnulli
vicenos in disciplina permanent. Neque fas esse existimant ea
litteris mandare, cum in reliquis fere rebus, publicis privatisque
rationibus Graecis litteris utantur.
>
> ([The druids] are said there to learn by heart a great number of
verses; accordingly some remain in the course of training twenty
years. Nor do they regard it lawful to commit these to writing,
though in almost all other matters, in their public and private
transactions, they use Greek characters.)
>
>
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""Nor do they regard it lawful to commit these to writing, ""
If possible, could someone shed some light on this practice ?
Ravi