Roman Life Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and in Stone

by Henderson, John

• ISBN13: 9780859895651
• ISBN10: 0859895653
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

This analysis is excellent. Henderson makes perceptive linguistic, stylistic and poetic comments on the poem. He provides an in-depth study of the mechanisms of the mythology of the piece with illuminating comments on the concept of prayer. (Exeter UP 1998)

Author Biography

John Henderson is Reader in Latin Literature, University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He is co-author (with Mary Beard) of Classics: A very short introduction (Oxford, 1995) and is the author of many books, including Figuring Out Roman Nobility: Juvenal's Eighth Satire (1997) and A Roman Life: Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and In Stone (1998), both published by University of Exeter Press.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(2)
1. The Words in the Stone	3	(13)
2. Coordinates for a C.V.	16	(9)
3. Playing Second Fiddle	25	(8)
4. Sand-bagging the Danube	33	(4)
5. Thank Heaven for That: vv. 1-8	37	(7)
6. Dancing in the Streets: vv. 9-14	44	(3)
7. Saecular Fun and Games: vv. 15-18	47	(4)
8. You Sing It, I'll Play It: vv. 19-37	51	(7)
9. You Had Us All Worried There: vv. 38-49	58	(4)
10. At Death's Door: vv. 50-7	62	(4)
11. Translation of Statius, Siluae 1. 4	66	(7)
12. He's in Gods' Hands Now: vv. 58-62, 106	73	(2)
13. The VIP Treatment: vv. 61-8, 94-7	75	(5)
14. A Roman Life, on paper: vv. 68-93	80	(8)
15. Apollo's Pharmacy: vv. 98-105	88	(7)
16. Take Up Thy Bed, and Walk: vv. 106-14	95	(2)
17. It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song: vv. 115-22	97	(2)
18. Many Happy Returns: vv. 123-31	99	(3)
19. It's the Thought that Counts: Siluae 1. 4 and the Preface	102	(6)
20. The Sacred Wood: Statius' Book of Etiquette (Siluae I)	108	(7)
Appendix: Thanks to Pindar: Pythian 3	115	(4)
Notes	119	(24)
Bibliography: Works Referred to in the Text and Notes	143	(9)
Indices:	152
1. Chief Passages Discussed in the Text and Notes	152	(1)
2. General	153