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.
Author(s): Hunter, Richard L.; Jonge, Casper Constantijn de
Series: Greek culture in the Roman world
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 0
Tags: Dionysius, -- of Halicarnassus -- Criticism and interpretation;Dionysius, -- of Halicarnassus;Rhetoric, Ancient;Rome -- Historiography;Historiography;Rome (Empire)
Cover
Half-title page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
A note on editions, translations and abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1 Dionysius and Augustan Rhetoric and Literary Criticism
Chapter 1 Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the Idea of the Critic
Chapter 2 Experiencing the Past: Language, Time and Historical Consciousness in Dionysian Criticism
Chapter 3 Dionysius' Demosthenes and Augustan Atticism
Chapter 4 Dionysius and Lysias' Charm
Part 2 Dionysius and Augustan Historiography Chapter 5 The Expansive Scale of the Roman AntiquitiesChapter 6 Ways of Killing Women: Dionysius on the Deaths of Horatia and Lucretia
Chapter 7 The Prehistory of the Roman polis in Dionysius
Part 3 Dionysius and Augustan Rome
Chapter 8 Dionysius on Regime Change
Chapter 9 How Roman Are the Antiquities? The Decemvirate according to Dionysius
Chapter 10 Dionysius and Horace: Composition in Augustan Rome
Envoi: Migrancy
Bibliography
Index of Passages Discussed
General Index
