UID:
almahu_9949314954002882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009031820 (ebook)
Content:
The writings of Cicero contain hundreds of quotations of Latin poetry. This book examines his citations of Latin poets writing in diverse poetic genres and demonstrates the importance of poetry as an ethical, historical, and linguistic resource in the late Roman Republic. Hannah Čulík-Baird studies Cicero's use of poetry in his letters, speeches, and philosophical works, contextualizing his practice within the broader intellectual trends of contemporary Rome. Cicero's quotations of the 'classic' Latin poets, such as Ennius, Pacuvius, Accius, and Lucilius, are responsible for preserving the most significant fragments of verse from the second century BCE. The book also therefore examines the process of fragmentation in classical antiquity, with particular attention to the relationship between quotation and fragmentation. The Appendices collect perceptible instances of poetic citation (Greek as well as Latin) in the Ciceronian corpus.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
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Introduction: "All minds quote". Fragmentation -- Identifying the fragment -- Cicero and the poets. The mirror of poetry -- Cicero and the Latin poets -- Cicero and the Greek poets -- Latin translations of Greek poets -- Memory vs. the book -- Poetic citation by Ciceronian genre. Poetry and philosophy -- Poetry and oratory -- Poetry in the speeches. Pro Roscio Amerino (80 BCE) -- Pro Murena (63 BCE) -- Pro Sestio (56 BCE) -- Pro Caelio (56 BCE) -- Poetry in the letters -- A funny thing happened... -- Postcards from home -- Threading connections -- Roman comedy and scholarship. The Roman scholar -- Looking outside the canon -- A grammar lesson -- "Beyond the second step" -- Singing in Cicero. Tragic cantica in the Tusculan disputations -- Pacuvius' Niptra -- The unknown tragedy -- Ennius' Andromacha -- Poetry as artefact -- Researching the past -- "Without Lucilius we wouldn't know ..." -- Lusit in Persona -- History and historicity -- Poetic authority -- Envoi -- Note to appendices -- Appendix I: By Ciceronian work -- Appendix II: By Latin poet -- Appendix III: By Greek poet.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781316516089
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031820
