The Annals of Tacitus, books 5 and 6. [elektronicky zdroj]
| Autor: | Tacitus, Cornelius, author |
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Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945-, editor
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| Jazyk: | English; Latin |
| Informace o vydání: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: | Summary: Books 5 and 6 of Tacitus' Annals cover the last years of the emperor Tiberius. Although most of Book 5 is lost, Book 6 survives complete and offers a vivid narrative of the increasingly tyrannical princeps, secluded on the island of Capri; the book ends with his death and obituary notice, one of the most celebrated passages of classical literature. The volume presents a new text of Books 5 and 6, restoring the division between them which was proposed by Lipsius, as well as a full commentary on the text, covering textual, literary, linguistic and historical matters. An Appendix discusses 'The Tacitean Tiberius'. The volume rounds off the sequence which began with commentary on Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals by F. R. D. Goodyear (1972, 1981) and was continued by commentary on Book 3 by A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin (1996). |
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