IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1709: Author and Audience in Late Antique Latin Literature
Thursday 6 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Matthijs Zoeter, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Mark Humphries, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research (MEMO), Swansea University |
| Paper 1709-a | The Production and Readership of Ausonius' Bilingual Poetry (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
| Paper 1709-b | 'Ut veteres auctores tradunt': Authorities in Servius' Commentary on the Eclogues (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
| Paper 1709-c | Senator Purgatus: The Story of Symmachus' Letters to Flavianus (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Abstract | This session explores the production and circulation of Latin literature in Late Antiquity, focusing on the choices that late Latin authors made in compiling, arranging, and publishing their works. The papers focus on literature of the long 4th century, considering how Symmachus' letters were arranged for political ends, Servius' choice and deployment of citations to establish his authority, and Ausonius' use of Greek in his Latin ludic poetry. By approaching questions of authorship and readership from the perspectives of epistolography, grammatical commentary, and poetry, the session aims to contextualize the social and political aspects of Latin literary creation in Late Antiquity. |