Dionysius Halicarnassus Augustan Rome Greek Culture Roman World C… 9781108474900

Dionysius Halicarnassus Augustan Rome Greek Culture Roman World C… 9781108474900

Cambridge University Press

Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan RomeRhetoric, Criticism and Historiography\nAuthor(s): Richard Hunter, Casper C. de Jonge\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108474900, 978-1108474900\nSynopsis\nThe Greek author Dionysius of Halicarnassus came to Rome in 30/29 BC. He learnt Latin, developed a network of students, patrons and colleagues, and started to teach rhetoric. He published a history of early Rome (Roman Antiquities), and essays on rhetoric and literary criticism, including On the Ancient Orators, On Composition, and several letters. This volume examines how Dionysius' critical and rhetorical works are connected with his history of Rome, and the complex ways in which both components of this dual project - rhetorical criticism and historiography - fit into the social, intellectual, literary, cultural and political world of Rome under Augustus. How does Dionysius' interpretation of the.

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