The Reception of Cicero in the Early Roman Empire: The Rhetorical Schoolroom and the Creation of a Cultural Legend

ISBN-13: 9781108426237 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 384 str.

Thomas J. Keeline

Opis

Explores the crucial role played by rhetorical education in turning Cicero into a literary and political symbol after his death.

Recenzje

'This is a hugely detailed and scholarly work, full of fascinating insights.' Classics For All

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Pro Milone – reading Cicero in the schoolroom; 2. Eloquence (dis)embodied – the textualization of Cicero; 3. Remaking Cicero in the schoolroom – Cicero's death; 4. Pro Cicerone/In Ciceronem – how to criticize Cicero; 5. Seneca the Younger and Cicero; 6. Tacitus: Dialogus de Cicerone?; 7. Est … mihi cum Cicerone aemulatio – Pliny's Cicero; Epilogue – the early empire and beyond.