Research Catalog

Title

Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome : rhetoric, criticism and historiography / edited by Richard Hunter, Casper C. de Jonge.

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
• Jonge, Casper Constantijn de, 1977-

Description

ix, 300 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

The Greek author Dionysius of Halicarnassus came to Rome in 30/29 BC. He learnt Latin, developed a network of students, patrons and colleagues, and started to teach rhetoric. He published a history of early Rome (Roman Antiquities), and essays on rhetoric and literary criticism, including On the Ancient Orators, On Composition, and several letters. This volume examines how Dionysius' critical and rhetorical works are connected with his history of Rome, and the complex ways in which both components of this dual project - rhetorical criticism and historiography - fit into the social, intellectual, literary, cultural and political world of Rome under Augustus. How does Dionysius' interpretation of the earliest Romans resonate with the political reality of the Principate? And how do his views relate to those of Cicero, Livy and Horace? This volume casts new light on ancient rhetoric, literary criticism, historiography and the literary culture of Augustan Rome.

Series Statement

Greek culture in the Roman world

Uniform Title

Greek culture in the Roman world.

Subjects

• Dionysius, of Halicarnassus
• Rome (Empire)
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Rhetoric, Ancient
• Rome > Historiography
• Dionysius, of Halicarnassus > Criticism and interpretation
• Historiography

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Casper C. de Jonge and Richard Hunter ; Part 1 Dionysius and Augustan Rhetoric and Literary Criticism. Chapter 1 Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the Idea of the Critic / Richard Hunter ; Chapter 2 Experiencing the Past: Language, Time and Historical Consciousness in Dionysian Criticism / Nicolas Wiater ; Chapter 3 Dionysius' Demosthenes and Augustan Atticism / Harvey Yunis ; Chapter 4 Dionysius and Lysias' Charm / Laura Viidebaum ; Part 2 Dionysius and Augustan Historiography. Chapter 5 The Expansive Scale of the Roman Antiquities / S. P. Oakley ; Chapter 6 Ways of Killing Women: Dionysius on the Deaths of Horatia and Lucretia / Clemence Schultze ; Chapter 7 The Prehistory of the Roman polis in Dionysius / Matthew Fox ; Part 3 Dionysius and Augustan Rome. Chapter 8 Dionysius on Regime Change / Christopher Pelling ; Chapter 9 How Roman Are the Antiquities? The Decemvirate according to Dionysius / Daniel Hogg ; Chapter 10 Dionysius and Horace: Composition in Augustan Rome / Casper C. de Jonge ; Envoi: Migrancy / Joy Connolly.

Call Number

JFE 19-3901

ISBN

• 9781108474900
• 110847490X
• 9781316998755 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018022948

OCLC

1041194175

Title

Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome : rhetoric, criticism and historiography / edited by Richard Hunter, Casper C. de Jonge.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Greek culture in the Roman world

Greek culture in the Roman world.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.), editor.

Jonge, Casper Constantijn de, 1977- editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781316998755

Research Call Number

JFE 19-3901