Suetonius the Ventriloquist
By Cynthia Damon Abstract: This chapter surveys Suetonius’ prose style, particularly his tendency to include the emperors’ own words in verbatim quotation. The metaphor of the ‘ventriloquist’ is apt for Suetonius, who…
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Ennius’ Annals: Poetry and History
By Cynthia Damon and Joseph Farrell Abstract: In the context of recent challenges to long-standing assumptions about the nature of Ennius’ Annals and the editorial methods appropriate to the poem’s fragmentary remains,…
Caesar’s Civil War
By William Batstone and Cynthia Damon Abstract: Caesar’s Civil War, the story of the general’s contest with the Pompeian party through nineteen months of civil war, is an unfinished masterpiece. The author abandoned it…