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Imagines Antiquitatis: Representations, Concepts, Receptions of the Past in Roman Antiquity and the Early Italian Renaissance (Philologus. Supplemente / Philologus. Supplementary Volumes) di — De Gruyter

In the last few years a reconsideration of the past of the ancients and of the concepts correlated to it (e.g. the ʻclassicalʼ) has been important to many scholars. The present volume adds to the range of perspectives on the antique by expanding research to include different, hitherto unexplored spheres, whether that be chronological perspectives or disciplinary ones, as well as by opening ...

Giovenale tra storia, poesia e ideologia (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde) di — De Gruyter

Juvenal’s satire continues to fascinate his readers and to challenge scholars by the constant interplay of a strong poetical identity, a keen historical perception, and an irresoluble ideological tension. The essays collected in this volume pursue these three strands from different but complementary perspectives, aiming at a firmer assessment of the character, the oeuvre, and the background ...

Si verba tenerem: Studi sulla poesia latina in frammenti (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde) di — De Gruyter

The volume collates ten studies that confront the main issues of the research on Roman poetic fragments: textual criticism and interpretation, new additions to the corpus, authorship, prosody and colometry, literary genre, and the connection between quotation and context. The editors' methodological introduction also provides an up-to-date review of the scholarship on the subject, that aims to...

C. Sallusti Crispi Historiae: I: Fragmenta 1.1-146 (Texte und Kommentare) di — De Gruyter

The Historiae, of which only fragments survive, was probably Sallust’s most comprehensive work of history. Embracing the eventful period between 78-67 BC, it describes a series of political crises which ultimately lead to the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of Augustus’ principate. This volume fills a desideratum in Sallustian studies presenting a new, ...