January 30, 2010
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The Seattle p-i has a reviewish sort of thing of an exhibition at Princeton of images various authors, including this one of Milton: William Marshall’s 1645 Engraving Of John Milton. This portrait, produced for John Milton’s first published book of verse, includes the writer’s opinion of his likeness in the caption. Written in ancient Greek–which…
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Scott McGill Plagiarism or Imitation?: The Case of Abronius Silo in Seneca the Elder’s Suasoriae 2.19–20 Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 113-131 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: Disagreements over whether an author imitated or plagiarized a predecessor are a part of Latin literary history, with Virgil’s ancient reception providing striking…
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Shane Butler The Scent of a Woman Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 87-112 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: At Aeneid 1.691-94, Venus sets Ascanius down to sleep on a bed of aromatic marjoram; Servius seizes the opportunity to recount the origins of perfume. Revealing that the note is no antiquarian…
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Claudia Zatta Making History Mythical: The Golden Age of Peisistratus Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 21-62 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: This paper examines the association in Aristotle (Ath. Pol. 16.7) of the mythical Golden Age with the tyranny of Peisistratus and, by means of an array of both iconographic…
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Eric Dodson-Robinson Helen’s “Judgment of Paris” and Greek Marriage Ritual in Sappho 16 Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 1-20 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: The evaluation and judgment of what is most beautiful (κάλλιστον) in Sappho 16 is what John Foley calls a “traditional reference” to the judgment of Paris.…
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