Collected Papers on Suetonius

This collection of essays by a leading authority on Suetonius, one of our most significant historical sources for the early Roman Empire, provides an in-depth examination of his works, whose literary value has in the past been overlooked. Although Suetonius is well known for his __Lives__ of emperors such as Caligula and Nero, he is rarely studied in his own right, aside from grammatical or textual commentaries. This is the first volume by an expert on the author to make him accessible to a wider audience, looking at his biographies not only of emperors but also poets, and discovering new contemporary evidence for Jesus from one of Suetonius’ first-century sources. Other writers discussed include Homer, Sophocles, Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Curtius Rufus, Josephus, Plutarch, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Juvenal, and Cassius Dio. The book contains thirty-two papers in all, eleven of which are new, which examine Suetonius’ neglected historical value and literary skills, and offer textual conjectures on both the __Illustrious Men__ and __Lives of the Caesars__. It also has a new introduction and represents over a dozen years of research on an essential Latin source for Roman history. __Collected Papers on Suetonius__ provides an invaluable resource for students and researchers working on Suetonius. It also has broader significance for anyone studying Roman imperial history and culture, Latin literature, and classical historiography. This book collects eleven new papers on the biographer, together with twenty-one others that previously appeared in print but have since been revised, for a total of thirty-two chapters. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 Preface 10 Editions and Abbreviations 16 Introduction: Suetonius’ Early Life in Pliny’s Letters 20 PART I: Illustrious Men 34 1 Pliny, Letters 5.10 and the Literary Career of Suetonius 36 2 Two Acrostics by Late Republican Poets in Suetonius 65 3 Calvus’ Poetry in Suetonius and Pliny, Letters 5.3 72 4 Horace and the Gladiators Bithus and Bacchius 76 5 Juvenal, Satires 3.74 and Suetonius 79 6 The Orator Memmius in Suetonius 84 7 The Sister of Passienus Crispus 90 8 Suetonius and the Date of Curtius Rufus 97 PART II: Poetic Allusions 102 9 Poetry and Fiction in Suetonius’ Illustrious Men 104 10 Caesar and Sophocles’ Electra 126 11 Pyrrhus and Priam in Suetonius’ Tiberius 129 12 Claudius’ Homeric Quotation 133 13 Galba, Onesimus, and Servitude 138 14 Priam and Pompey in Suetonius’ Galba 141 15 Galba and Priam in Tacitus’ Histories 147 16 The Servants’ Taunt: Homer and Suetonius’ Galba 152 PART III: Textual Conjectures 158 17 Suetonius, De grammaticis 13.1 160 18 Suetonius, Iul. 49.2 and Galb. 20.1 163 19 Augustus’ Mime of Life (Suetonius, Aug. 99.1) 165 20 Nero in Furs (Suet. Ner. 29) 170 21 Oedipal Nero: The Farewell Kiss 175 22 Suetonius, Galba 1: Beginning or Ending? 184 23 Vespasian’s Sexual Iliad 190 24 Helvidius Priscus in Suetonius, Domitian 10.3 193 PART IV: Suetonius and History 196 25 Suetonius’ Tacitus 198 26 The Disgrace of Suetonius 220 27 Caligula and the Bludgeoned Priest 225 28 The Conspirator against Caligula 229 29 Jesus’ Flight into Egypt in Suetonius 232 30 Nero’s Cannibal (Suetonius, Nero 37.2) 248 31 Nero’s Amazons, Sporus, and Alexander 253 32 Vitellius and the Baker and Cook 258 Bibliography 262 Index 302 Illustrious,Men;,Poetic,Allusions;,Textual,Conjectures;,Orator,Memmius;,Suetonius’,Tacitus Illustrious Men,Poetic Allusions,Textual Conjectures,Orator Memmius,Suetonius’ Tacitus "This collection of essays by a leading authority on Suetonius, one of our most significant historical sources for the early Roman Empire, provides an in-depth examination of his works, whose literary value has in the past been overlooked. Although Suetonius is well known for his Lives of emperors such as Caligula and Nero, he is rarely studied in his own right, aside from grammatical or textual commentaries. This is the first volume by an expert on the author to make him accessible to a wider audience, looking at his biographies not only of emperors but also poets, and discovering new contemporary evidence for Jesus from one of Suetonius' first-century sources. Other writers discussed include Homer, Sophocles, Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Curtius Rufus, Josephus, Plutarch, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Juvenal, and Cassius Dio. The book contains thirty-two papers in all, eleven of which are new, which examine Suetonius' neglected historical value and literary skills, and offer textual conjectures on both the Illustrious Men and Lives of the Caesars. It also has a new introduction and represents over a dozen years of research on an essential Latin source for Roman history. Collected Papers on Suetonius provides an invaluable resource for students and researchers working on Suetonius. It also has broader significance for anyone studying Roman imperial history and culture, Latin literature, and classical historiography"-- Provided by publisher