A Ciceronian Companion

Abstract

important omission, because there are very few cross-references between contributors in this volume. Fortunately, the lengthy index locorum (pp. 197-201) partly compensates for this editorial oversight, since it easily shows which Lucilian fragments are discussed by which contributors (there is no index rerum). Furthermore, instead of a general bibliography at the end of the volume, there are individual lists of books and articles at the end of each paper; this choice may have allowed for a more speedy publication of the conference's proceedings but has also created unnecessary bibliographical repetition of the standard Lucilian editions and some frequently cited studies on Lucilius. But these are trivial misgivings when compared to the striking absence of an editorial introduction discussing the perils of constructing 'Identität' (let alone 'Alterität') out of the scanty remains of a poet devoted to the elusive and •exible genre of Roman satire. Can I µnd the 'real' Lucilius amongst isolated one-or two-line statements, which may have been made ironically or may have enabled Lucilius merely to strike a pose or may have been uttered by a character other than Lucilius in a µctional context of questionable relation to reality? Would I µnd the 'real' Lucilius even in a complete poem narrated in the µrst person singular? Why should I assume that ostensibly explicit statements found in fragments such as 671-2 M = 650-1 W = 656-7 K ('publicanus vero ut Asiae µam, ut scripturarius / pro Lucilio, id ego nolo, et uno hoc non muto omnia')-a couplet that occurs at the beginning of the editorial 'Vorwort' and is discussed by no fewer than three contributors-clearly reveal Lucilius' sense of 'Stolz', and demonstrate that he was well-aware of his 'Individualität'?

Giant nonreciprocity near exceptional-point degeneracies

“…Exceptional points (EP) are non-Hermitian degeneracies where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce [1]. Originally treated as mathematical curiosities [2][3][4][5], these degeneracies have been now recognized as a source of many counter-intuitive phenomena, some of which can be exploited for technological purposes. Examples include loss-induced transparency [6], unidirectional invisibility [7][8][9], lasing mode selection [10], lasing revivals and suppression [11], directional lasing [12], hypersensitive sensors [13] etc.…”