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Published 1979
The Silvae of Statius : structure and theme /

: "Revision of my doctoral dissertation submitted in 1976 at the University of North Carolina." : 1 online resource (146 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135) and index. : 9789004327702 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2020
Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic : The Roman History, Books 3-56 /

: In Cassius Dio's Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic, Christopher Burden-Strevens provides a radical reinterpretation of the importance of public speech in one of our most significant historical sources for the bloody and dramatic transition from Republic to Principate. Cassius Dio's Roman History, composed in eighty books early in the 3rd century CE, has only recently come to be appreciated as a sophisticated work of history-writing. In this book, Burden-Strevens demonstrates the central role played by speeches in Dio's original analysis of the decline of the Republic and the success of the emperor Augustus' regime, including a detailed study of their possible sources, themes, methods of composition, and their distinctiveness within the traditions of Roman historiography.
: 1 online resource. : 9789004431362
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Published 1981
Pratique rhétorique et idéologie politique dans les discours "optimates" de Cicéron /

: 1 online resource (x, 546 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-537) and index. : 9789004327863 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2004
Free speech in classical antiquity /

: This book contains a collection of essays on the notion of "Free Speech" in classical antiquity. The essays examine such concepts as "freedom of speech," "self-expression," and "censorship," in ancient Greek and Roman culture from historical, philosophical, and literary perspectives. Among the many questions addressed are: what was the precise lexicographical valence of the ancient terms we routinely translate as \'Freedom of Speech,\' e.g., Parrhesia in Greece, Licentia in Rome? What relationship do such terms have with concepts such as isêgoria , dêmokratia and eleutheria ; or libertas , res publica and imperium ? What does ancient theorizing about free speech tell us about contemporary relationships between power and speech? What are the philosophical foundations and ideological underpinnings of free speech in specific historical contexts?
: Consists of a collection of papers presented at the second Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values, held in June 2002 at the University of Pennsylvania. : 1 online resource (xii, 450 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789047405689 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2009
Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVII /

: Book 27 deals with events between 365 and 370. Military operations in the western and eastern half of the Empire take up a large part of the available space. Apart from military matters Ammianus deals with internal affairs. He discusses the terms of office of four Roman urban prefects and paints a picture of Petronius Probus, the mightiest civil official of the period. The most striking part of the book contains a portrait of the emperor Valentinian. This passage forms the centre of the book, which therefore has the structure of a triptych: of the two outer parts each contains military affairs in the West and the East and reports on some notable non-military events, whilst in the central panel Valentinian takes pride of place.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and indexes. : 9789004188389 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1999
A commentary on the letters of M. Cornelius Fronto /

: This is the first commentary on the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 90-95 - c. 167). It aims at an extensive grammatical, stylistic and historical interpretation of the letters and the ancient testimonies on Fronto. The author demonstrates where Fronto stands in Latin literature; hence the numerous quotations of parallel, similar and dissentient passages from Fronto and other writers. The letters are written in a pure, simple style, with a great deal of colloquialisms and many a post-classical turn of phrase. The many archaisms show how Fronto as a philologist had a comprehensive knowledge of pre-Cicero Latin. This commentary, based on the Teubner-edition by the author (Leipzig 1988), offers a thorough explanation of Fronto's style and language, e.g. of his archaisms and colloquialisms, identification of the persons mentioned, and the chronology of the letters. Seven elaborate indices complete this book.
: 1 online resource (xi, 725 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 701-717) and indexes. : 9789004351301 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2010
Emperors and historiography : collected essays on the literature of the Roman Empire by Daniël den Hengst /

: In this collection of essays Roman historical and biographical texts are studied from a literary point of view. The main interest of the author, Daniël den Hengst, professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Amsterdam, concerns the development of Roman historiography, the ways in which Roman historians present their work and the intertextual relations between these works and other literary genres. Special attention is given to the Historia Augusta and Ammianus Marcellinus, but also authors from the classical period, such as Cicero, Livy and Suetonius and their ideas about historiography are discussed. The articles demonstrate that a detailed interpretation of these texts in the original language is indispensable to understanding the aims and methods of ancient historians and biographers.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-11, 333-344) and indexes. : 9789004193222 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1973
Man in an artificial landscape : The marvels of civilization in imperial Roman literature.

: 1 online resource (53 pages) : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789004327344 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2002
Clio and the poets : Augustan poetry and the traditions of ancient historiography /

: The Augustan age was one in which writers were constantly reworking the Roman past, and which was marked by a profound engagement of poets with the historians and historical techniques which were the main vehicle for the transmission of the image of the past to their day. In this book seventeen leading scholars from Europe and America examine the fascinating interaction between such apparently diverse genres: how the Augustan poets drew on - or reacted against - the historians' presentation of the world, and how, conversely, historians picked up and transformed poetic themes for their own ends. With essays on poems from Horace's Odes to Ovid's Metamorphoses , on authors from Virgil to Valerius Maximus, it forms the most important topic so central to such a particulary relevant period of literary history.
: Selected papers given at a conference at the University of Durham in 1999. : 1 online resource (xv, 396 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-379) and index. : 9789047400493 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2004
Lucans poetische Technik : Studien zum historischen Epos /

: The present volume on Lucan's poetical technique focusses on the main artistic principles of the Pharsalia, studying both the underlying history of the Civil War and its poetical reworking by the author. A chapter on Lucan's historical source (Livy) is followed by a chapter on Lucan's poetical technique and the general outline of his work. The material basis for these chapters is provided by a detailed analysis of every single book of the Pharsalia, which takes the form of a \'historical-poetical\' commentary. The study closes with a chapter on the narrator and the author.
: 1 online resource (xiii, 586 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-538) and indexes. : 9789047413035 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2002
Brill's companion to Cicero : oratory and rhetoric /

: This volume is intended as a companion to the study of Cicero's oratory and rhetoric for both students and experts in the field: for the neophyte, it provides a starting point; for the veteran Ciceronian scholar, a place for renewing the dialogue about issues concerning Ciceronian oratory and rhetoric; for all, a site of engagement at various levels with Ciceronian scholarship and bibliography. The book is arranged along roughly chronological lines and covers most aspects of Cicero's oratory and rhetoric. The particular strength of this companion resides in the individual, often very original approach to sundry topics by an array of impressive contributors, all of whom have spent large portions of their careers concentrating upon the oratorical and rhetorical oeuvre of Cicero. A bibliography of relevant items from the past 25 years, keyed to specific Ciceronian works, completes the volume. Brill's Companion to Cicero will become the standard reference work on Cicero for many years.
: 1 online resource (xiii, 632 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-599) and indexes. : 9789047400936 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2001
Speaking volumes : orality and literacy in the Greek and Roman world /

: This volume examines orality and literacy in the ancient Greek and Roman world through a range of perspectives and in various genres. Four essays on the Homeric epics present recent research into performative aspects of language, cognitive theory and oral composition, a re-evaluation of Parry's oral-formulaic theory, and a new perspective on the poem's transmission. These are complemented by studies of the oral nature of Greek proverbial expressions, and of poetic authority within a fluid oral tradition. Two essays consider the significance of the written word in a predominantly oral culture, in relation to star calendars and to Panathenaic inscriptions. Finally, two chapters consider the ongoing influence of oral tradition in the ancient novel and in Roman declamation. These essays illustrate the importance of considering ancient texts in the context of fluctuating oral and literate influences.
: 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-228) and index. : 9789004351028 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2006
City, countryside, and the spatial organization of value in classical antiquity /

: The third in a series that explores cultural and ethical values in Classical antiquity, this volume examines the dichotomy between 'city' and 'country' in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Fourteen papers address a variety of topics on this theme, and include a variety of methodological approaches-archaeological, iconographic, literary and philosophical. The book demonstrates that, despite a common rhetoric of polarity in antiquity that tended to construct city and countryside as very distinct, oppositional categories, there was far less consistency (and far more nuance) about the ideologies felt to inhere in each.
: 1 online resource (x, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789047409182 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2013
Performance in Greek and Roman theatre /

: In recent years, classicists have begun aggressively to explore the impact of performance on the ways in which Greek and Roman plays are constructed and appreciated, both in their original performance context and in reperformances down to the present day. While never losing sight of the playscripts, it is necessary to adopt a more inclusive point of view, one integrating insights from archaeology, art, history, performance theory, theatre semiotics, theatrical praxis, and modern performance reception. This volume contributes to the restoration of a much-needed balance between performance and text: it is devoted to exploring how performance-related considerations (including stage business, masks, costumes, props, performance space, and stage-sets) help us attain an enhanced appreciation of ancient theatre.
: 1 online resource (ix, 591 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004245457 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2002
Poetry for patrons : literary communication in the age of Domitian /

: A study of the phenomenon of literary patronage, both non-imperial and imperial, during the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (81-96 A.D.). This work centres on the Epigrams of Martial and the Silvae of Statius. The book deals not only with the relationships between poets and patrons, but also with the audiences and the functions of patron-oriented poetry. It includes discussions of such topics as \'patronage\' versus \'friendship\', the poetic \'I\', the role of poetry at symposia and festivals, dedication and publication, the influence of rhetoric on poetry, and the poetic representation of imperial power. The book should prove of interest not only to specialists in Roman poetry, but also to ancient historians and to students of literary patronage in other cultures. All Latin and Greek is translated.
: Enlargement of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Leiden, 1995. : 1 online resource (xiv, 493 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-469) and index. : 9789004351141 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.