Title Justin and Pompeius Trogus : a study of the language of Justin's Epitome of Trogus / J.C. Yardley

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) Series Phoenix supplementary volume ; 41 Phoenix. Supplementary volume (Toronto, Ont.) ; 41 Contents CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: POMPEIUS TROGUS -- 1. Trogus, Sallust, and Caesar -- 2. Trogus and Livy -- 3. Trogus (and Justin) and Cicero -- 4. Other Possible Trogan Usages -- PART 2: JUSTIN -- 5. 'Justinisms' in Justin -- 6. Justin and Pseudo-Quintilian -- 7. Poetic Elements in the Epitome -- 8. Trogus, Justin, and the Law -- INDEX RERUM ET NOMINUM NOTABILIORUM -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- INDEX JUSTINIANUS Index aliorum locoruma -- b -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- j -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- v Summary "Around 200 A.D. Marcus Junianus Justinus produced an abridged or 'epitomized' version of the Philippic Histories of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus. In doing so, he omitted all he did not find either intrinsically interesting or of use for historical examples. Over the centuries that followed, the abridgment eclipsed the original work in popularity, to the extent that Trogus' original work vanished and only Justin's version survived." "In this investigation of the language of the Epitome, the first in almost a century, J.C. Yardley examines the work to establish how much of the text belongs to Trogus, and how much to Justin. His study compares words and expressions used in the Epitome with the usage of other Roman authors, and establishes areas where diction is similar to Augustan-era Latin and less in use in Justin's time. Yardley's extensive analysis reveals that there is more of Justin in the work than is often supposed, which may have implications for the historical credibility of the document. Yardley also demonstrates how much Trogus was influenced by his contemporary Livy as well as other Roman authors such as Sallust and Caesar, and how the Epitome reveals the influence of Roman poetry, especially the work of Virgil."--Jacket Notes Includes indexes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Title and text in English with some text in Latin Print version record Subject Justinus, Marcus Junianus -- Language Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Historiae Philippicae Trogus, Pompeius -- Language Trogus, Pompeius. Historiae Philippicae. SUBJECT Justinus, Marcus Junianus fast Trogus, Pompeius fast Iustinus, Marcus Iunianus. swd Historiae Philippicae (Justinus, Marcus Junianus) fast Historiae Philippicae (Trogus, Pompeius) fast Epitome historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi. swd Subject HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical. Historiography Language and languages Sprache Didactisch proza. Latijn. Taalgebruik. Toeschrijvingen. Geschiedschrijving. SUBJECT Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. -- Historiography Subject Greece Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442676473 1442676477

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