Cicero and the Early Latin Poets

Examines Cicero's numerous citations of Latin poets within the cultural and intellectual trends of the late Roman Republic.

List of contents

Introduction. 'All minds quote'; 1. Cicero and the poets; 2. Poetic citation by Ciceronian genre; 3. Roman comedy and scholarship; 4. Singing in Cicero; 5. Poetry as artefact.

About the author

Hannah Čulík-Baird is an Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University.

Product details

• Authors: &, Hannah (Boston University) Culik-Baird, Hannah Čulík-Baird
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2023
• EAN: 9781009013703
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0901370-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Poetry / poems by individual poets