Author: Fiona Mulholland, Orla
Title: The Subscription of Statilius Maximus to Cicero, De lege agraria
Review/Collection: "Acta universitatis Carolinae. Philologica 2 / Graecolatina Pragensia", 2
Year edition: 2017
Keywords: Commentaires - Commenti - Commentaries, Droit - Diritto - Law, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: [Abstract] In his 1983 edition of Cicero, De lege agraria, Vaclav Marek proposed a new interpretation of the ancient editorial subscription by the classical grammarian Statilius Maximus that is transmitted together with these speeches. Marek’s interpretation greatly improves our understanding of this important record, which is the earliest known editorial subscription to any text of the Latin classics. However, Marek’s reading has not been widely noticed or adopted. The present contribution explains why it is preferable to the conventional interpretation of the subscription, on grounds of manuscript transmission, language, and the practicalities of ancient editing.
Author initials: Fiona Mulholland 2017
Title: The Subscription of Statilius Maximus to Cicero, De lege agraria
Review/Collection: "Acta universitatis Carolinae. Philologica 2 / Graecolatina Pragensia", 2
Year edition: 2017
Keywords: Commentaires - Commenti - Commentaries, Droit - Diritto - Law, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: [Abstract] In his 1983 edition of Cicero, De lege agraria, Vaclav Marek proposed a new interpretation of the ancient editorial subscription by the classical grammarian Statilius Maximus that is transmitted together with these speeches. Marek’s interpretation greatly improves our understanding of this important record, which is the earliest known editorial subscription to any text of the Latin classics. However, Marek’s reading has not been widely noticed or adopted. The present contribution explains why it is preferable to the conventional interpretation of the subscription, on grounds of manuscript transmission, language, and the practicalities of ancient editing.
Author initials: Fiona Mulholland 2017
