RETHINKING THE POLITICAL ROLE OF PLINY'S PANEGYRICUS IN THE PANEGYRICI LATINI

French scholars such as Pichon and M.-C. L'Huillier tend to see the Panegyrici as expressions of aspirational Gallic Latinity, which implies a cultural or ideological purpose on behalf of the compiler. In this context for L Huillier, Pliny's work was part of the orator's political cul...

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Published inArethusa Vol. 46; no. 2; p. 195
Main Author Ruiz, M Pilar García
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.03.2013
Subjects
Classical studies
Content analysis
Ideology
Literary criticism
Pliny the Younger (61?-113)
Politics
Roman civilization
Speeches
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Summary:French scholars such as Pichon and M.-C. L'Huillier tend to see the Panegyrici as expressions of aspirational Gallic Latinity, which implies a cultural or ideological purpose on behalf of the compiler. In this context for L Huillier, Pliny's work was part of the orator's political culture, and the optimus princeps was a standard reference point, albeit perhaps symbolic, in both literary and political terms. Here, Ruiz take on that enquiry and offers a preliminary response to the issue by focusing on passages that contain echoes stricto sensu of Pliny on political matters so as to refine the understanding of the rhetorical function of Pliny's Panegyricus in the corpus as a whole.
ISSN:0004-0975
1080-6504
DOI:10.1353/are.2013.0009