Tacitus Dialogus de oratoribus [Hardcover]

An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary.This is an edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. This is the first commentary in English in over 100 years and the only one at this level. It is designed to elucidate problems of langua ge and reference in the text and to put the reader in the picture as regards late first-century AD society and literature, particularly as regards oratory, still the most important activity within the Roman élite.This is an edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. This is the first commentary in English in over 100 years and the only one at this level. It is designed to elucidate problems of langua ge and reference in the text and to put the reader in the picture as regards late first-century AD society and literature, particularly as regards oratory, still the most important activity within the Roman élite.This is an edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. It is the first commentary in English in over 100 years and the only one at this level. It is designed to elucidate problems of language and reference in the text and to put the reader in the picture as regards late first-century AD society and literature, particularly oratory, still the most important activity within the Roman élite.Introduction: 1. The background; 2. Tacitus' career; 3. The Agricola; 4. Fame; 5. The state of oratory; 6. The Dialogus; 7. Authenticity; 8. Date of composition; 9. The style of the work; 10. The lay-out of the Dialogus; 11. Characters and characterization; 12. The transmission of the text; CORNELI TACITI DIALOGVS DE ORATORIBVS; Commentary. Mayer has produced an excellent commentary, judicious and full but to the point. The grammatical notes are first rate, and the translations of the technical terms of Latin literary criticism are clear and precise...Thiló#