Mary Jaeger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Jaeger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaeger |
| SIGNATURE | JAEGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Associated Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Afterword
Fragments are attractive, and every one of the essays in this volume conveys the attraction that arises from the almost tactile quality of a few words or lines of Ennius, his predecessors, or his contemporaries, as well as from the possibilities of arranging and rearranging those words or lines, from looking at them from the perspective of their past or future, or through the lenses of other texts. Like LegoTM, they invite serious play. However, …
Archimedes and the Roman Imagination
Jaeger's recent book, Archimedes and the Roman Imagination, is not so much about Archimedes himself as about the Roman Archimedeses as they emerge from the works of Polybius, Cicero, Vitruvius, Plutarch, and others. Jaeger explores the most famous stories about Archimedes, like the ones about his 'Eureka!' and the planetarium, puts them in their context, and draws new conclusions
Why Is There No Cheese in Horace’s Satires
Horace’s satires include a variety of foods but make little reference to cheese and milk. This absence is understandable: they are products—and symbols—of the pastoral world. Vergil’s Georgics and Eclogues claim cheese for the country, yet make it a link via commerce to the city. Varro’s De re rustica places cheese on the margins: its proper place now is away from Rome; and the right time for it at Rome was before the city’s foundation. Taken tog…
A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 3
Reviewed by: A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 3: Book IX, and: A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 4: Book X Mary Jaeger S. P. Oakley. A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 3: Book IX. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Pp. xiv, 758. $230.00. ISBN 0-19-927143-7. S. P. Oakley. A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 4: Book X. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Pp. xii, 658. $299.00. ISBN 0-19-927256-5. Publishers are invited to submit new books to b…
Fog on the Mountain
In Book 40 of his history Livy tells how Philip of Macedon climbed Mt. Haemus in order to see the lie of the land as he planned his war against Rome. Philip led his army into Maedica and from there sent his younger son, Demetrius, back to Macedon with Didas, a Maedican commander, as escort. Accompanied by a select party including his elder son Perseus, Philip climbed the mountain over three days, sacrificed to Jupiter and the Sun at the summit, a…
Cicero and Archimedes' Tomb
In the Pro Archia Cicero writes that Alexander, looking upon the tomb of Achilles, cried out, ‘O happy youth, who found a Homer to sing your praises!’; words truly spoken, adds Cicero, since without Homer Achilles' tomb would have buried the great man's fame along with his body. And in the Tusculan Disputations he writes that the Athenian Themistocles, when asked why he spent his nights wandering about the city, replied that the trophies of Milti…
The Limits of Historiography
This volume explores the intersection between historiography and related genres in antiquity. Papers cover the geographical range from China through the near east to the classical period in the Mediterranean. Topics addressed include the place in ancient Chinese historiography of philosophical argument; the nature and kind of historical text in the Hittite, Babylonian, Persian and biblical periods, including (for the first time) a full transliter…
Livy's Written Rome
Livy's Written Rome
This title presents the Roman view of history through the eyes of Livy. The modern age is not the only one in which Romans and visitors to have been fascinated with the city's striking juxtapositions of past and present. Rome's wealth of history also captured the imagination of the ancients. Livy's Written Rome, by Mary Jaeger, shows how one writer explored the relationship between events in Roman history, the landscape in which they occurred, an…
Livy's Written Rome
Archimedes and the Roman Imagination
Jaeger's recent book, Archimedes and the Roman Imagination, is not so much about Archimedes himself as about the Roman Archimedeses as they emerge from the works of Polybius, Cicero, Vitruvius, Plutarch, and others. Jaeger explores the most famous stories about Archimedes, like the ones about his 'Eureka!' and the planetarium, puts them in their context, and draws new conclusions
Cicero and Archimedes' Tomb
In the Pro Archia Cicero writes that Alexander, looking upon the tomb of Achilles, cried out, ‘O happy youth, who found a Homer to sing your praises!’; words truly spoken, adds Cicero, since without Homer Achilles' tomb would have buried the great man's fame along with his body. And in the Tusculan Disputations he writes that the Athenian Themistocles, when asked why he spent his nights wandering about the city, replied that the trophies of Milti…
Why Is There No Cheese in Horace’s Satires
Horace’s satires include a variety of foods but make little reference to cheese and milk. This absence is understandable: they are products—and symbols—of the pastoral world. Vergil’s Georgics and Eclogues claim cheese for the country, yet make it a link via commerce to the city. Varro’s De re rustica places cheese on the margins: its proper place now is away from Rome; and the right time for it at Rome was before the city’s foundation. Taken tog…
Livy's Written Rome
This title presents the Roman view of history through the eyes of Livy. The modern age is not the only one in which Romans and visitors to have been fascinated with the city's striking juxtapositions of past and present. Rome's wealth of history also captured the imagination of the ancients. Livy's Written Rome, by Mary Jaeger, shows how one writer explored the relationship between events in Roman history, the landscape in which they occurred, an…
Livy's Written Rome
The Limits of Historiography
This volume explores the intersection between historiography and related genres in antiquity. Papers cover the geographical range from China through the near east to the classical period in the Mediterranean. Topics addressed include the place in ancient Chinese historiography of philosophical argument; the nature and kind of historical text in the Hittite, Babylonian, Persian and biblical periods, including (for the first time) a full transliter…
Livy's Written Rome
Cicero and Archimedes' Tomb
In the Pro Archia Cicero writes that Alexander, looking upon the tomb of Achilles, cried out, ‘O happy youth, who found a Homer to sing your praises!’; words truly spoken, adds Cicero, since without Homer Achilles' tomb would have buried the great man's fame along with his body. And in the Tusculan Disputations he writes that the Athenian Themistocles, when asked why he spent his nights wandering about the city, replied that the trophies of Milti…
Fog on the Mountain
In Book 40 of his history Livy tells how Philip of Macedon climbed Mt. Haemus in order to see the lie of the land as he planned his war against Rome. Philip led his army into Maedica and from there sent his younger son, Demetrius, back to Macedon with Didas, a Maedican commander, as escort. Accompanied by a select party including his elder son Perseus, Philip climbed the mountain over three days, sacrificed to Jupiter and the Sun at the summit, a…
A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 3
Reviewed by: A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 3: Book IX, and: A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 4: Book X Mary Jaeger S. P. Oakley. A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 3: Book IX. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Pp. xiv, 758. $230.00. ISBN 0-19-927143-7. S. P. Oakley. A Commentary on Livy Books VI–X. Vol. 4: Book X. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Pp. xii, 658. $299.00. ISBN 0-19-927256-5. Publishers are invited to submit new books to b…
Archimedes and the Roman Imagination
Jaeger's recent book, Archimedes and the Roman Imagination, is not so much about Archimedes himself as about the Roman Archimedeses as they emerge from the works of Polybius, Cicero, Vitruvius, Plutarch, and others. Jaeger explores the most famous stories about Archimedes, like the ones about his 'Eureka!' and the planetarium, puts them in their context, and draws new conclusions
Why Is There No Cheese in Horace’s Satires
Horace’s satires include a variety of foods but make little reference to cheese and milk. This absence is understandable: they are products—and symbols—of the pastoral world. Vergil’s Georgics and Eclogues claim cheese for the country, yet make it a link via commerce to the city. Varro’s De re rustica places cheese on the margins: its proper place now is away from Rome; and the right time for it at Rome was before the city’s foundation. Taken tog…
Afterword
Fragments are attractive, and every one of the essays in this volume conveys the attraction that arises from the almost tactile quality of a few words or lines of Ennius, his predecessors, or his contemporaries, as well as from the possibilities of arranging and rearranging those words or lines, from looking at them from the perspective of their past or future, or through the lenses of other texts. Like LegoTM, they invite serious play. However, …
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