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Cicero’s De divinatione 1.14-15 is evidence, albeit fictional, for ancient errors of transposition. Quintus Cicero recites from memory his brother’s translation of Aratus’ Phaenomena 913-55; Quintus misplaces some lines from their Greek-manuscript order, which Cicero had likely kept. Cicero’s characterization of Quintus and emphasis on Quintus’ memory may make this a wry comment on faulty memories of poetry.