Synopses & Reviews
Essays by distinguished scholars on the relationship between Latin authors and their audiences.
Synopsis
The relationship between the author and his audience has received much critical attention from scholars in non-classical disciplines yet the nature of much ancient literature and of its âpublicationâmeant that audiences in ancient times were more immediate to their authors than in the modern world. This book contains essays by distinguished scholars on the various means by which Latin authors communicated effectively with their audiences. The authors and works covered are Cicero, Catullus, Lucretius, Propertius, Horaceâs Odes, Virgilâs Aeneid, Ovidâs Metamorphoses, Senecan tragedy, Persius, Plinyâs letters, TacitusâAnnals and medieval love lyric.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-273) and indexes.
Table of Contents
List of contributors; Prologue; 1. The orator and the reader: manipulation and response in Ciceroâs Fifth Verrine R. G. M. Nisbet; 2. Stratagems of vanity: Cicero, Ad familiares 5.12 and Plinyâs letters Niall Rudd; 3. âShall I compare thee ...?â: Catullus 68B and the limits of analogy D. C. Feeney; 4. Atoms and elephants: Lucretius 2.522 40 T. P. Wiseman; 5. In memoriam galli: Propertius 1.21 Ian M. Le M. Duquesnay; 6. The power of implication: Horaceâs invitation to Maecenas (Odes 1.20) Francis Cairns; 7. The voice of Virgil: the pageant of Rome in Aeneid 6 G. P. Goold; 8. From Orpheus to assâs ears: Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1 11.193 D. E. Hill; 9. Poet and audience in Senecan tragedy: Phaedra 358 430 Gordon Williams; 10. Persiusâfirst satire: a re-examination J. G. F. Powell; 11. Neroâs alien capital: Tacitus as paradoxographer (Annals 15.36 7) Tony Woodman; 12. Amor clericalis P. G. Walsh; 13. Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations and bibliography; Indexes.