Marcus Aurelius in love
by Marcus Aurelius,, Emperor of Rome
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 yea…
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- 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.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xi, 168 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780226713021, 0226713024
- oclc:ocn646783173
- LC Classification:PA6389.F7
- Dewey Decimal:188
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Inrtroduction; Letters; Concordance; Works Cited; Index.
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