Suetonius - Life of Augustus

Zusatztext To absorb the sheer range of published scholarship relating both to such a well-trodden text and to the lengthy career of Augustus is a daunting task, but Wardle. has shown that it can be done. In the commentary itself he synthesises clearly, evaluates judiciously and offers perceptive insights of his own: for example, noting Suetonius' tragic framing of the reversals in Augustus' family fortunes (416). His practice of not only referencing and discussing but often quoting the most relevant comparative or contextualising primary sources will be greatly appreciated by undergraduates in particular. He is also refreshingly forthright about the limitations of what we can glean from any of them Informationen zum Autor D. Wardle is NKGV Professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Klappentext Suetonius' Life of Augustus is the most commonly read ancient account of the life of Rome's first emperor! presenting a mass of historical and biographical detail about both his public and personal lives. This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' work in English! drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information! discussing how it relates to other ancient accounts! and assessing its historical reliability. Zusammenfassung This volume provides the first large-scale commentary on Suetonius' Life of Augustus together with an English translation, drawing out what is unique about Suetonius' information, discussing its historical reliability and how it relates to other ancient accounts, and also examining it as a literary artefact. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction Suetonius: Career and Literary Production Suetonius' Place in the Development of Imperial Biography The Structure of Augustus Suetonius' Sources in Augustus Reading Suetonius' Augustus The Text and Translation Translation Commentary Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: D. Wardle, D. (Nkgv Professor of Classics Wardle, Wardle D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2014
• EAN: 9780199686469
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968646-9
• No. of pages: 616
• Series: Clarendon Ancient History Series; Clarendon Ancient History Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form