| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Sozomena ; v. 6 |
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Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. What are the invectives against Cicero and against Sallust? -- Chapter 2. The history of the text know nas Sallust's invectives based on collated medieval manuscripts (10th -- early 14th centuries) -- Chapter 3. The problem of authorship and the history of edited invectives (incunabula and 16th-20th centuries) -- Chapter 4. Text known as Sallust's invectives with a new apparatus criticus, a translation, and a commentary: IN M. TVLLIVM CICERONEM INVECTIVA -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
This work covers the history of the text of the invectives of Sallust against Cicero and of Cicero against Sallust. Though these speeches seem unsophisticated to some, they are in fact of considerable importance. The question of the authenticity of both invectives, especially of the invective against Cicero, considered in the book diachronically, has long troubled scholars, commencing with Quintilian's quotation from the text as though it were authentic. This dispute continues down to our own time. In all probability, both invectives are a product of the rhetorical schools of Rome, as students |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and indexes |
| Notes |
Text in English and Latin |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. -- Authorship
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Authorship
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| SUBJECT |
Cicero, Marcus Tullius fast |
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Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. fast |
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Invective.
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Authorship
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Invective
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Rome -- History -- Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115120
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Novokhatko, Anna A., 1978-
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| ISBN |
9783110213263 |
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3110213265 |
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3110213257 |
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9783110213256 |
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1282187775 |
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9781282187771 |
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