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- Cicero and the Early Latin Poets
- Cicero and the Early Latin Poets
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Editions of Fragments
- Texts and Abbreviations
- Introduction “All Minds Quote”
- Chapter 1 Cicero and the Poets
- Chapter 2 Poetic Citation by Ciceronian Genre
- Chapter 3 Roman Comedy and Scholarship
- Chapter 4 Singing in Cicero
- Chapter 5 Poetry as Artefact
- Envoi
- Note to Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index of Passages Discussed
- General Index
Introduction - “All Minds Quote”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
- Cicero and the Early Latin Poets
- Cicero and the Early Latin Poets
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Editions of Fragments
- Texts and Abbreviations
- Introduction “All Minds Quote”
- Chapter 1 Cicero and the Poets
- Chapter 2 Poetic Citation by Ciceronian Genre
- Chapter 3 Roman Comedy and Scholarship
- Chapter 4 Singing in Cicero
- Chapter 5 Poetry as Artefact
- Envoi
- Note to Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index of Passages Discussed
- General Index
Summary
An exploration of the cultural mechanism of quotation in modernity and antiquity. An overview of the process of ancient poetic fragmentation (how fragments of poetry are made) and a brief history of scholarly editions and collections of Latin poetic fragments. An overview of techniques used by Cicero to quote poetry, and the impact of his methods upon the modern understanding of fragmentary Latin poetry.
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- Cicero and the Early Latin Poets , pp. 1 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022