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The Power of Anonymity in Ancient Rome

Tom Geue

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$45.00 • £36.95 • €40.50

ISBN 9780674988200

Publication Date: 09/17/2019

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376 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Introduction: Literature Unmastered
I. The Power of the Name
- 1. Name Power
- 2. Tongue Ties: Ovid’s Ibis
- 3. A Play without Names: Octavia
II. The Universal No-Name
- 4. Phaedrus by Name
- 5. Poet Seeks Patron: An Open Letter from Me to You, Or Numerosa Laus
- 6. The Timeless Pastoral of Calpurnius Siculus
III. Whence and When
- 7. Whence: Sources, Frames, Contexts
- 8. Historical Transcendence
Conclusion: Unknowing Literature
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
General Index
Index Locorum

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