A companion to the Neronian age /
A companion to the Neronian age /
edited by Emma Buckley and Martin T. Dinter.
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 486 pages :) : illustrations, maps.
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world .
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Neronian (Literary) "Renaissance" / Martin T. Dinter -- Part I. Nero -- The Performing Prince / Elaine Fantham -- Biographies of Nero / Donna W. Hurley -- Nero the Imperial Misfit : Philhellenism in a Rich Man's World / Sigrid Mratschek -- Part II. The Empire -- The empire in the age of Nero / Myles Lavan -- Apollo in arms : Nero at the frontier / David Braund -- Domus Neroniana : The Imperial Household in the Age of Nero / Michael J. Mordine -- Religion / Darja Eterbenc Erker -- Neronian Philosophy / Jenny Bryan -- Part III. Literature, Art and Architecture -- Seneca, Apocolocyntosis / Christopher L. Whitton -- The Carmina Einsidlensia and Calpurnius Siculus' Eclogues / John Henderson -- Seneca's Philosophical Writings : Naturales Quaestiones, Dialogi, Epistulae Morales / Jonathan Mannering -- Senecan Tragedy / Emma Buckley -- Lucan's Bellum Ciuile / Philip Hardie -- Petronius' Satyrica / Tom Murgatroyd -- Persius / Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols -- Columella, De Re Rustica / Christiane Reitz -- Literature of the World : Seneca's Natural Questions and Pliny's Natural History / Aude Doody -- Greek Literature Under Nero / Dirk Uwe Hansen -- Buildings of an Emperor : how Nero transformed Rome / Heinz-Jürgen Beste and Henner von Hesberg -- Portraits of an Emperor : Nero and the Sun / Marianne Bergmann -- Neronian Wall-Painting : A Matter of Perspective / Katharina Lorenz -- Part IV. Reception -- Nero in Jewish and Christian Tradition from the First Century to the Reformation / Harry O. Maier -- Haec monstra edidit : Translating Lucan in the early seventeenth century / Yanick Maes -- Haunted by Horror : The Ghost of Seneca in Renaissance Drama / Susanna Braund -- "Fantasies so varied and bizarre" : The Domus Aurea, the Renaissance, and the "grotesque" / Michael Squire -- Epilogue -- Nachwort: Nero from Zero to Hero / Miriam Griffin.
Provides an authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero. It offers an unusual breadth and range of material, including substantial treatments of politics, administration, the imperial court, art, archaeology, literature and reception studies.
9781118316597 1444332724 9781444332728 9781118316771 1118316770 1118316592 9781118316597
477725 MIL
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Nero, Emperor of Rome. 37-68
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
54-68
Latin literature--History and criticism.
Art, Roman--History.
Architecture, Roman--History.
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome.
Architecture, Roman.
Art, Roman.
Intellectual life.
Latin literature.
Rome--History--Nero, 54-68.
Rome--Intellectual life.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
DG285 / .C66 2013eb
937/.07
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Neronian (Literary) "Renaissance" / Martin T. Dinter -- Part I. Nero -- The Performing Prince / Elaine Fantham -- Biographies of Nero / Donna W. Hurley -- Nero the Imperial Misfit : Philhellenism in a Rich Man's World / Sigrid Mratschek -- Part II. The Empire -- The empire in the age of Nero / Myles Lavan -- Apollo in arms : Nero at the frontier / David Braund -- Domus Neroniana : The Imperial Household in the Age of Nero / Michael J. Mordine -- Religion / Darja Eterbenc Erker -- Neronian Philosophy / Jenny Bryan -- Part III. Literature, Art and Architecture -- Seneca, Apocolocyntosis / Christopher L. Whitton -- The Carmina Einsidlensia and Calpurnius Siculus' Eclogues / John Henderson -- Seneca's Philosophical Writings : Naturales Quaestiones, Dialogi, Epistulae Morales / Jonathan Mannering -- Senecan Tragedy / Emma Buckley -- Lucan's Bellum Ciuile / Philip Hardie -- Petronius' Satyrica / Tom Murgatroyd -- Persius / Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols -- Columella, De Re Rustica / Christiane Reitz -- Literature of the World : Seneca's Natural Questions and Pliny's Natural History / Aude Doody -- Greek Literature Under Nero / Dirk Uwe Hansen -- Buildings of an Emperor : how Nero transformed Rome / Heinz-Jürgen Beste and Henner von Hesberg -- Portraits of an Emperor : Nero and the Sun / Marianne Bergmann -- Neronian Wall-Painting : A Matter of Perspective / Katharina Lorenz -- Part IV. Reception -- Nero in Jewish and Christian Tradition from the First Century to the Reformation / Harry O. Maier -- Haec monstra edidit : Translating Lucan in the early seventeenth century / Yanick Maes -- Haunted by Horror : The Ghost of Seneca in Renaissance Drama / Susanna Braund -- "Fantasies so varied and bizarre" : The Domus Aurea, the Renaissance, and the "grotesque" / Michael Squire -- Epilogue -- Nachwort: Nero from Zero to Hero / Miriam Griffin.
Provides an authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero. It offers an unusual breadth and range of material, including substantial treatments of politics, administration, the imperial court, art, archaeology, literature and reception studies.
9781118316597 1444332724 9781444332728 9781118316771 1118316770 1118316592 9781118316597
477725 MIL
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
Nero, Emperor of Rome. 37-68
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
54-68
Latin literature--History and criticism.
Art, Roman--History.
Architecture, Roman--History.
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome.
Architecture, Roman.
Art, Roman.
Intellectual life.
Latin literature.
Rome--History--Nero, 54-68.
Rome--Intellectual life.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
DG285 / .C66 2013eb
937/.07