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

ISBN-13: 9781108444958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 387 str.

Thomas J. Keeline

Opis

Cicero was one of the most important figures of the late Roman Republic. This book explores what was remembered of his life and works in the early Roman Empire, and why. Focuses on the crucial role played by rhetorical education in turning him into a literary and political symbol.

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.