Brill’s New Pauly Supplements II - Volume 7 : Figures of Antiquity and their Reception in Art, Literature and Music
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Subject: Classical Studies
Edited by: Peter van Möllendorff, Annette Simonis and Linda Simonis
The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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Brutus (Lucius)
(1,970 words)
A. Historical dimension (
Lucius Iunius Brutus; Greek Λεύκος Ἰούνιος Βροῦτος/
Leúkos Ioúnios Broûtos)
A. Historical dimension Lucius Iunius B. was regarded as the legendary founding father of the Roman Republic, who according to Livy drove out the last Etruscan king, Tarquinius Superbus, around 500 BC. Modern scholarship regards him not as a historical figure, but as a highly influential legendary one. Nevertheless, the Roman historians give comprehensive accounts of B. as a historical figure (Liv. 1,56–2,7; Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 4,67–5,18). He was said t…
Date:
2016-02-22
Brutus (Marcus)
(5,375 words)
(
Marcus Iunius Brutus; Greek Μάρκος Βροῦτος/
Márkos Broûtos)
A. Historical dimension B. (85–42 BC) was a Roman politician who occupied a number of offices in the Late Republic and became known especially for his leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. There are accounts of B. from Plutarch (biography in the
Parallel Lives), Appian (B Civ 2 and 4) and Cassius Dio (38,9,1). Another historical source is the Latin correspondence between B. and Cicero, which, with the exception of two letters, is held to be genuine. B.' mother Servilia (half-sister of Cato) was a lover o…
Date:
2016-02-22