Overview
Andrew R. Dyck ranks among the top Latinists in Ciceronian studies. In this new volume, he offers the first commentary on Cicero’s De Divinatione II in nearly a century. This commentary aims to equip students and scholars of Latin with the kinds of historical and philosophical background and linguistic and stylistic information needed to understand and appreciate Cicero’s text on Roman religion and divination. Dyck situates Cicero’s text in the context of Roman religion in antiquity, and he traces the subsequent reception of the text. The introduction reviews recent interpretations of De Divinatione. Dyck rejects the view that has recently been widespread in Anglophone studies that De Divinatione stages a debate between roughly equal opponents and without the emergence of a clear authorial point of view. Instead he argues that a careful reading shows that Cicero as author is invested in the argument, with the particular aim of countering superstition. Celia Schultz’s earlier volume in this series presented the text and commentary for De Divinatione I. With Andrew Dyck’s companion volume on the second book of De Divinatione, students and teachers are well served with crucial texts from one of Rome’s most famous philosophers, as he considers important Roman practices and beliefs.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew R. Dyck
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9780472074570
ISBN 10: 0472074571
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 22 July 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""It is safe to expect that D.’s work will long remain as an example of the skill and rigour that future readers of this text will have to hone, and of the rewards that a close and imaginative engagement with it can yield."" - Journal of Classical Philology Exemplaria Classica * Journal of Classical Philology Exemplaria Classica *
It is safe to expect that D.'s work will long remain as an example of the skill and rigour that future readers of this text will have to hone, and of the rewards that a close and imaginative engagement with it can yield. - Journal of Classical Philology Exemplaria Classica-- Journal of Classical Philology Exemplaria Classica
Author Information
Andrew R. Dyck is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
