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Marcus Aurelius in love / Marcus Aurelius & Marcus Cornelius Fronto ; edited, translated, and with an introduction and commentary by Amy Richlin.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180--Correspondence.
- Marcus Aurelius.
- Fronto, Marcus Cornelius. Correspondence.
- Fronto, Marcus Cornelius.
- Love-letters--Rome.
- Love-letters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 L
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Letters
- Concordance
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611966324
- 9781281966322
- 1281966320
- 9780226713021
- 0226713024
- OCLC:
- 476228671
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