Marcus Aurelius in love

by Marcus Aurelius,, Emperor of Rome

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Title Statements

Full title :Marcus Aurelius in love / Marcus Aurelius & Marcus Cornelius Fronto ; edited, translated, and with an introduction and commentary by Amy Richlin.

Summary

"In 1815 a manuscript containing one of the long-lost treasures of antiquity was discovered - the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto, reputed to have been one of the greatest Roman orators. But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had hoped for the letters to convey all of the political drama of Cicero's. That the collection included passionate love letters between Fronto and the future emperor Marcus Aurelius was politely ignored - or concealed. And for almost two hundred years these letters have lain hidden in plain sight." "Marcus Aurelius in Love rescues these letters from obscurity and returns them to the public eye. The story of Marcus and Fronto began in 139 CE when Fronto was selected to instruct Marcus in rhetoric. Marcus was eighteen then and by all appearances the pupil and teacher fell in love. Spanning the years in which the relationship flowered and died, these are the only love letters to survive from antiquity - homoerotic or otherwise. With a translation that reproduces the effusive, slangy style of the young prince and the rhetorical flourishes of his master, the letters between Marcus and Fronto will rightfully be reconsidered as key documents in the study of the history of sexuality and classics."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 168 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780226713007, 0226713008
oclc:ocm65538371
LC Classification:PA6389.F7
Dewey Decimal:188

Letters -- Concordance.

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Briefsammlung Fronto, Marcus Cornelius Lettres d'amour -- Rome Liebesbrief Love-letters Love-letters -- Rome Marcus Aurelius,, Emperor of Rome Mark Aurel (Römisches Reich, Kaiser) Mark Aurel, Römisches Reich, Kaiser Personal correspondence Rome (Empire)