Marcus Aurelius in love [electronic resource] / Marcus Aurelius & Marcus Cornelius Fronto ; edited, translated, and with an introduction and commentary by Amy Richlin.

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Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 168 p.)ISBN:

9780226713021 (electronic bk.)
0226713024 (electronic bk.)

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Marcus Aurelius in love.DDC classification:

188 22

LOC classification:

PA6389.F7 A4 2006eb

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Inrtroduction; Letters; Concordance; Works Cited; Index;

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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index.

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Acknowledgements; Inrtroduction; Letters; Concordance; Works Cited; Index;

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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Marcus Aurelius in love [electronic resource] / Marcus Aurelius & Marcus Cornelius Fronto ; edited, translated, and with an introduction and commentary by Amy Richlin.