This edition of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus provides a thorough treatment of this work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and extensive commentaries. The reference work highlights the language problems and the cultural context of the late first century AD.
Description
Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus is a text that has received little discussion, for which no English-language commentary has been available for more than a century. This work on oratory combines masterful use of the dialogue form with an innovative approach to Ciceronian figures of speech. The edition includes a substantial introduction that addresses the position of the work within Tacitus' oeuvre, its style, and its structure. The commentaries clarify both linguistic aspects and important themes such as the decline of eloquence and the question of a successful course of life in Roman society under the Principate.
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An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary.
Product specifications
- Author: Tacitus
- Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Binding: Trade paperback (US)
- Publication date: 2001-05-28
- Number of pages: 240
- ISBN: 9780521469968
- Theme: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
- BISAC: LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical