Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's FamilyRoutledge, 7 aug 2007 - 256 pagina's Studying references and writings in over 900 personal letters, an unparalleled source, this book presents a rounded and intriguing account of the three women who, until now, have only survived as secondary figures to Cicero. In a field where little is really known about Cicero’s family, Susan Treggiari creates a history for these figures who, through history, have not had voices of their own, and a vivid impression of the everyday life upper-class Roman women in Italy had during the heyday of Roman power. Artfully assembling a rounded picture of their personalities and experiences, Treggiari reconstructs the lives of these three important women:
Including illustrations, chronological charts, maps and glossaries, this book is essential reading for students wishing to get better acquainted with the women of ancient Rome. |
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... letters which survive. But what do you know about his family? The women of Cicero's household are (being women) typically silent in extant texts, and survive only as secondary figures to Cicero. Yet there is an irony in this, at least ...
... letters. Publilia is known through the same writer, Cicero, and a handful of other references. The evidence is not consistently rich on all periods of their lives. The result is that some of the reconstruction of quite important events ...
... letters. For ease of reference, Shackleton Bailey's number is given alongside the traditional number: thus 'A 1.5/1.7' directs the reader to paragraph 7 of the letter traditionally known as Book 1 number 5, which is number 1 in ...
... have provided the practical help I needed. For support of all kinds, without which writing would be impossible, I thank, as ever, my husband, Arnaldo Treggiari. Abbreviations A Cicero Letters to Atticus A. Aulus Acad. Cicero.
The Women of Cicero's Family Susan Treggiari. Abbreviations. A Cicero Letters to Atticus A. Aulus Acad. Cicero Academica Ad Brutum AE Am. Ap. App. BC Cicero Ad Brutum/Letters to Brutus Année Epigraphique Cicero De amicitia/On friendship ...
Inhoudsopgave
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xxiv | |
the young wife 30 | xlii |
Living through disaster 56 | lxix |
Restoration 71 | lxxxv |
Finding the right man 83 | xcviii |
Public and private quarrels 100 | cxv |
Three divorces a wedding a funeral and a baby 118 | cxxxiv |
Death and survival 143 | clx |
Chronology 165 | clxxxii |
Bibliography 205 | 59 |
Index of persons and Gods 214 | 62 |
General index 223 | 171 |
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