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Book SynopsisA Companion to the Neronian Age is an up-to-date, interdisciplinary and comprehensive collection of essays on the literature, history, archaeology and the reception of the Neronian Age.
Trade Review“Buckley and Dinter must be commended for producing a Companion as stimulating as it is wide-ranging.” (Language & Literature, 1 October 2014)
“All the essays are clear, detailed and relevant… Buckley and Dinter must be commended for producing a Companion as stimulating as it is wide-ranging.” (Journal of Roman Studies, 17 October 2014)
"This book is a must-have for anyone working on the Neronian Age, but it will also be a valuable asset to those interested in Roman culture more broadly." (Classical Journal, 9 May 2014)
“Many of its essays should become the standard discussions on the topic, whereas others gesture importantly toward future work to be done in the field. Moreover, the clarity of the chapters makes them suitable to be used pedagogically in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 29 February 2014)
“It is very hard to do justice to this excellent addition to the series of Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
. The editors have done a splendid job in selecting and organising the material, together with some helpful cross-referencing within the contributions
.” (
Journal of Classics Teaching, 1 June 2013)
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: The Neronian (Literary) ‘‘Renaissance’’ 1
Martin T. Dinter
Part I Nero
1 The Performing Prince 17
Elaine Fantham
2 Biographies of Nero 29
Donna W. Hurley
3 Nero the Imperial Misfit: Philhellenism in a Rich Man’s World 45
Sigrid Mratschek
Part II the Empire
4 The Empire in the Age of Nero 65
Myles Lavan
5 Apollo in Arms: Nero at the Frontier 83
David Braund
6 Domus Neroniana: The Imperial Household in the Age of Nero 102
Michael J. Mordine
7 Religion 118
Darja Šterbenc Erker
8 Neronian Philosophy 134
Jenny Bryan
Part III Literature, Art, and Architecture
9 Seneca, Apocolocyntosis 151
Christopher L. Whitton
10 The Carmina Einsidlensia and Calpurnius Siculus’ Eclogues 170
John Henderson
11 Seneca’s Philosophical Writings: Naturales Quaestiones, Dialogi, Epistulae Morales 188
Jonathan Mannering
12 Senecan Tragedy 204
Emma Buckley
13 Lucan’s Bellum Civile 225
Philip Hardie
14 Petronius’ Satyrica 241
Tom Murgatroyd
15 Persius 258
Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols
16 Columella, De Re Rustica 275
Christiane Reitz
17 Literature of the World: Seneca’s Natural Questions and Pliny’s Natural History 288
Aude Doody
18 Greek Literature Under Nero 302
Dirk Uwe Hansen
19 Buildings of an Emperor – How Nero Transformed Rome 314
Heinz-Jürgen Beste and Henner von Hesberg
20 Portraits of an Emperor – Nero, the Sun, and Roman Otium 332
Marianne Bergmann
21 Neronian Wall-Painting. A Matter of Perspective 363
Katharina Lorenz
Part IV Reception
22 Nero in Jewish and Christian Tradition from the First Century to the Reformation 385
Harry O. Maier
23 Haec Monstra Edidit. Translating Lucan in the Early Seventeenth Century 405
Yanick Maes
24 Haunted by Horror: The Ghost of Seneca in Renaissance Drama 425
Susanna Braund
25 ‘‘Fantasies so Varied and Bizarre’’: The Domus Aurea, the Renaissance, and the ‘‘Grotesque’’ 444
Michael Squire
Epilogue
26 Nachwort: Nero from Zero to Hero 467
Miriam Griffin
Index 481
