Autore: Sillett, Andrew J.
Titolo: Quousque tandem: The Reception of a Catchphrase
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Berno, Francesca Romana & La Bua, Giuseppe [Edd.], Portraying Cicero in Literature, Culture, and Politics. From Ancient to Modern Times, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2022, 483 p. [Berno & La Bua 2022]
Luogo edizione: Berlin
Editore: De Gruyter
Anno edizione: 2022
Pagine: 267-282
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Cicero’s consular persona is revisited through the reception of the famous motto opening the first Catilinarian speech, quousque tandem, a catchphrase becoming synonymous with Cicero in the modern world. Looking at contemporary resonances and echoes of Cicero’s words, acquiring a canonical status through the times, this paper follows the fascinating journey of the Ciceronian formulation, starting with Sallust’s inversion in the mouth of Cicero’s archetypical foe (Sall. Cat. 20.9) and Livy’s redeployment in Manlius’ speech (6.18.5) to end with Pliny the Younger (ep. 2.10.1–2), Tacitus (Ann. 1.28–4–6; 1.13.4) and the unusual, parodic treatment in Apuleius Metamorphoses (3.27). It suggests that the manipulation of Cicero’s phrase in different works and times reflects the moral ambivalence of its author, at the same time responding to the early empire process of simplification of Cicero into a caricatural figure. [Berno & La Bua 2022, xviii]
Link: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110748703-016/pdf
Sigla autore: Sillett 2022
Titolo: Quousque tandem: The Reception of a Catchphrase
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Berno, Francesca Romana & La Bua, Giuseppe [Edd.], Portraying Cicero in Literature, Culture, and Politics. From Ancient to Modern Times, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2022, 483 p. [Berno & La Bua 2022]
Luogo edizione: Berlin
Editore: De Gruyter
Anno edizione: 2022
Pagine: 267-282
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Cicero’s consular persona is revisited through the reception of the famous motto opening the first Catilinarian speech, quousque tandem, a catchphrase becoming synonymous with Cicero in the modern world. Looking at contemporary resonances and echoes of Cicero’s words, acquiring a canonical status through the times, this paper follows the fascinating journey of the Ciceronian formulation, starting with Sallust’s inversion in the mouth of Cicero’s archetypical foe (Sall. Cat. 20.9) and Livy’s redeployment in Manlius’ speech (6.18.5) to end with Pliny the Younger (ep. 2.10.1–2), Tacitus (Ann. 1.28–4–6; 1.13.4) and the unusual, parodic treatment in Apuleius Metamorphoses (3.27). It suggests that the manipulation of Cicero’s phrase in different works and times reflects the moral ambivalence of its author, at the same time responding to the early empire process of simplification of Cicero into a caricatural figure. [Berno & La Bua 2022, xviii]
Link: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110748703-016/pdf
Sigla autore: Sillett 2022
