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Book SynopsisThe Augustan Age was the Golden Age of Latin literature. This book explores how a Greek author of Augustan Rome bridged the gap between Greece and Rome, and between historiography and rhetoric. Indispensable for scholars of Augustan Rome and for students of Greek and Latin literature.
Trade Review'… Dionysius of Halicarnassus comprises an excellent and coherent collection of papers focused on bridging genres and cultures.' Emma Nicholson, The Classical Review
'… this volume will offer a highly valuable tool not only for scholars interested in Dionysius' works, but also for those investigating Augustan and Early Imperial literature in general as well as the cultural and social changes surrounding the Mediterranean world at that time.' Beatrice Poletti, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)
Table of ContentsIntroduction Casper C. de Jonge and Richard Hunter; Part I. Dionysius and Augustan Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: 1. Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the idea of the critic Richard Hunter; 2. Experiencing the past: language, time, and historical consciousness in Dionysian criticism Nicolas Wiater; 3. Dionysius' Demosthenes and Augustan Atticism Harvey Yunis; 4. Dionysius and Lysias' charm Laura Viidebaum; Part II. Dionysius and Augustan Historiography: 5. The expansive scale of the Roman Antiquities Stephen P. Oakley; 6. Ways of killing women: Dionysius on the deaths of Horatia and Lucretia Clemence Schultze; 7. The prehistory of the Roman polis in Dionysius Matthew Fox; Part III. Dionysius and Augustan Rome: 8. Dionysius on regime change Christopher Pelling; 9. How Roman are the Antiquities? The Decemvirate according to Dionysius Daniel Hogg; 10. Dionysius and Horace: composition in Augustan Rome Casper C. de Jonge; Envoi: migrancy Joy Connolly.
