A Companion to Latin LiteratureA Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD.
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Early Latium had a rich and complex cultural history, with growing levels of literacy, a high level of social organization, and significant Greek influences discernible long before the third century. Much of the evidence for the ...
Early Latium had a rich and complex cultural history, with growing levels of literacy, a high level of social organization, and significant Greek influences discernible long before the third century. Much of the evidence for the ...
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The process by which plays like Phormio became 'literature' therefore significantly postdates their creation, and this fact has serious consequence for the story we tell about how Romans acquired their literature.
The process by which plays like Phormio became 'literature' therefore significantly postdates their creation, and this fact has serious consequence for the story we tell about how Romans acquired their literature.
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He brought Ennius to Rome — they were said to have met in 204 while on campaign in Sardinia (Nep. Cato 1.4) — though Ennius went on to enjoy the friendship of many distinguished Romans. Cato was himself Rome's first significant orator, ...
He brought Ennius to Rome — they were said to have met in 204 while on campaign in Sardinia (Nep. Cato 1.4) — though Ennius went on to enjoy the friendship of many distinguished Romans. Cato was himself Rome's first significant orator, ...
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The plays were performed at festivals and triumphs and may have played a significant role in disseminating the facts of Roman history and developing a sense of Roman identity among the populus. Despite distinguished practitioners ...
The plays were performed at festivals and triumphs and may have played a significant role in disseminating the facts of Roman history and developing a sense of Roman identity among the populus. Despite distinguished practitioners ...
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... present a significant interpretive challenge for modern readers. We clearly hear the voice of a landowner — mihi quiolem non persuatleturpuhliceis mutem meos (I at any rate won't be persuaded to swap my own realm for a public one, ...
... present a significant interpretive challenge for modern readers. We clearly hear the voice of a landowner — mihi quiolem non persuatleturpuhliceis mutem meos (I at any rate won't be persuaded to swap my own realm for a public one, ...
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addressed Aeneas Aeneid ancient Apuleius audience Augustan Augustus Caesar Callimachus Carthaginians Cato Cato’s Catullus century BC CGLC Chapter character Cicero Classical comedy commentary contemporary context culture death defined dialogue didactic drama Eclogues ecphrasis elegiac elegists elite emperor Ennius epic epigram example father figures final find first first century fragments friendship genre Georgics Greek Hellenistic Homeric Horace Horace’s iambic imperial important influence Latin literature letters literary Livy love elegy Lucan Lucilius Lucretius lyric Martial metre mime moral Naevius narrative Nero Odes orator oratory Ovid Ovid’s passions period Persius Petronius philosophical Plautus plays Pliny Pliny’s poem poet poet’s poetic poetry political Propertius prose Punic Quintilian reader reflect Republic rhetorical role Roman Roman literature Rome Rome’s satire second century Seneca significant slave social specific speeches Statius status style surviving Tacitus Terence texts theme Thyestes Tibullus tradition tragedy translation treatise Varro Vergil verse writing written
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | A Companion to Latin Literature Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World |
| Redacteur | Stephen Harrison |
| Editie | geannoteerd |
| Uitgever | John Wiley & Sons, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1405137371, 9781405137379 |
| Lengte | 472 pagina's |
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