Auteur: Sillett, Andrew James
Titre: Ille regit dictis animos , Virgil’s Perspective on Cicero’s Final Years
Revue/Collection: In : Pieper, Christoph & Velden, Bram van der ed.), Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century, Boston Berlin, De Gruyter, 2020, 300 p.
Annèe edition: 2020
Pages: 57-78
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: Virgil was about 25 years old when the events of 44–43 bce unfolded, and they did not go unnoticed by him. With the help of a close reading of the description of characters from the underworld in Aeneid 6 and the depiction of Latium’s orator Drances in Aeneid 11, Sillett shows that Cicero, while not mentioned explicitly, was very much on Virgil’s mind whilst he composed the Aeneid. He argues that Virgil’s allusions to Cicero’s role in the final period of the Republic should be seen in the context of the early reception of Cicero as a whole, so heavily influenced by the Antonian camp. He avers that Virgil consciously alludes to this tradition of anti-Ciceronian invective in order to conjure up memories of the blood bath of the preceding decades in the minds of his readers, and to make a point to them regarding the failings of the Roman Republic. [Pieper and Velden 2020, x]
Liens: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110716313-006/pdf
Sigle auteur: Sillett 2020
Titre: Ille regit dictis animos , Virgil’s Perspective on Cicero’s Final Years
Revue/Collection: In : Pieper, Christoph & Velden, Bram van der ed.), Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century, Boston Berlin, De Gruyter, 2020, 300 p.
Annèe edition: 2020
Pages: 57-78
Mots-clès: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: Virgil was about 25 years old when the events of 44–43 bce unfolded, and they did not go unnoticed by him. With the help of a close reading of the description of characters from the underworld in Aeneid 6 and the depiction of Latium’s orator Drances in Aeneid 11, Sillett shows that Cicero, while not mentioned explicitly, was very much on Virgil’s mind whilst he composed the Aeneid. He argues that Virgil’s allusions to Cicero’s role in the final period of the Republic should be seen in the context of the early reception of Cicero as a whole, so heavily influenced by the Antonian camp. He avers that Virgil consciously alludes to this tradition of anti-Ciceronian invective in order to conjure up memories of the blood bath of the preceding decades in the minds of his readers, and to make a point to them regarding the failings of the Roman Republic. [Pieper and Velden 2020, x]
Liens: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110716313-006/pdf
Sigle auteur: Sillett 2020
