Elizabeth Keitel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Keitel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Keitel |
| SIGNATURE | KEITEL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Lucilius and Satire in Second-Century BC Rome
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Cicero as Overliver
Aside from his actual exile, Cicero describes himself as an exile and overliver in two other stressful periods: during the civil war of 49 and during life at Rome under Caesar's autocracy. Scholars have long noted the exile imagery in Cicero's letters of 46–45, but not in those of 49. Also unnoticed is the image of the overliver, well known from epic and tragedy, who, shamed by a single event, feels he has lived too long yet cannot escape life. I…
The Art of Losing
This chapter analyses Tacitus's narratives of natural and man-made disasters, with special emphasis on those perpetrated by the principes against their own people. Tacitus consistently shows compassion towards Romans of all classes and does not stress the breakdown of social order among the masses during such disasters. He repeatedly evokes the sack of cities, the quintessential man-made disaster, when describing the tyrannical behaviour of princ…
‘Is dying so very terrible?’ The Neronian Annals
Nero is portrayed by all the ancient literary sources as a dilettante with artistic pretensions, a ruler who disgraces himself by performing publicly as a chariot racer, lyre player and actor. He is also a murderer who wreaks havoc on his own family and the upper classes at Rome, the ruinous conclusion to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In terms of composition and structure, the Neronian books are significantly different from Books 1-6. Instead of on…
The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus
Tacitus is universally recognised as ancient Rome's greatest writer of history, and his account of the Roman Empire in the first century AD has been fundamental in shaping the modern perception of Rome and its emperors. This Companion provides a new, up-to-date and authoritative assessment of his work and influence which will be invaluable for students and non-specialists as well as of interest to established scholars in the field. First situatin…
The Virgilian Reminiscences at Tacitus Histories 3.84.4
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Feast Your Eyes on This
Tacitean scholars have long noted that their author makes liberal use of the stock motifs of the tyrant when describing the Julio-Claudian and Flavian emperors. A repertoire of such motifs dates back at least as far as Herodotus and Plato, and had already been deployed by Cicero in invective against his political enemies, and by earlier Roman historians for the early kings of Rome. Walker, in the first literary study of Tacitus' Annals in English…
Sententia and Structure in Tacitus Histories 1.12-49
This paper argues that a close reading of Tacitus Histories 1.12-49 is crucial for understanding the work as a whole, since this unit of narrative functions very much as a paradigm for the account of all the phases of the civil wars in 69. Throughout this section, Tacitus uses sententiae about fundamental themes concerning fides, amicitia, and adulatio to structure his account of Galba's fall and Otho's rise and to draw attention to issues that w…
Aubert, Jacques [le vieux, le père]
Aubert, Jean-Louis
Aubert family
Aubert, Louis [le jeune, le fils] (i)
The Non-Appearance of the Phoenix at Tacitus Annals 6.28
The Non-Appearance of the Phoenix at Tacitus Annals 6.28 Elizabeth Keitel Book 6 is the stepchild of the first hexad of the Annals, little studied and even less appreciated, perhaps because of the large lacuna which breaks the continuity of the narrative after book 4, perhaps because of its allegedly static and monotonous content summarized thus by Syme: “The concluding book of the hexad carries a dreary epilogue down to the extinction of the old…
Speech and Narrative in Histories
The Structure and Function of Speeches in Tacitus' Histories I –III
The Structure and Function of Speeches in Tacitus' Histories I –III was published in Band 33/4. Teilband Sprache und Literatur (Allgemeines zur Literatur des 2. Jahrhunderts und einzelne Autoren der trajanischen und frühhadrianischen Zeit [Forts.]) on page 2772
Tacitus
A Historical Commentary on Tacitus' Histories IV and V
Homeric Antecedents to the "Cohortatio" in the Ancient Historians
Principate and Civil War in the Annals of Tacitus
Die Claudiusbucher in den Annalen des Tacitus
Principate and Civil War in the Annals of Tacitus
Sententia and Structure in Tacitus Histories 1.12-49
This paper argues that a close reading of Tacitus Histories 1.12-49 is crucial for understanding the work as a whole, since this unit of narrative functions very much as a paradigm for the account of all the phases of the civil wars in 69. Throughout this section, Tacitus uses sententiae about fundamental themes concerning fides, amicitia, and adulatio to structure his account of Galba's fall and Otho's rise and to draw attention to issues that w…
The Virgilian Reminiscences at Tacitus Histories 3.84.4
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Non-Appearance of the Phoenix at Tacitus Annals 6.28
The Non-Appearance of the Phoenix at Tacitus Annals 6.28 Elizabeth Keitel Book 6 is the stepchild of the first hexad of the Annals, little studied and even less appreciated, perhaps because of the large lacuna which breaks the continuity of the narrative after book 4, perhaps because of its allegedly static and monotonous content summarized thus by Syme: “The concluding book of the hexad carries a dreary epilogue down to the extinction of the old…
Homeric Antecedents to the "Cohortatio" in the Ancient Historians
Die Claudiusbucher in den Annalen des Tacitus
Principate and Civil War in the Annals of Tacitus
Homeric Antecedents to the "Cohortatio" in the Ancient Historians
A Historical Commentary on Tacitus' Histories IV and V
The Structure and Function of Speeches in Tacitus' Histories I –III
The Structure and Function of Speeches in Tacitus' Histories I –III was published in Band 33/4. Teilband Sprache und Literatur (Allgemeines zur Literatur des 2. Jahrhunderts und einzelne Autoren der trajanischen und frühhadrianischen Zeit [Forts.]) on page 2772
Tacitus
Speech and Narrative in Histories
The Non-Appearance of the Phoenix at Tacitus Annals 6.28
The Non-Appearance of the Phoenix at Tacitus Annals 6.28 Elizabeth Keitel Book 6 is the stepchild of the first hexad of the Annals, little studied and even less appreciated, perhaps because of the large lacuna which breaks the continuity of the narrative after book 4, perhaps because of its allegedly static and monotonous content summarized thus by Syme: “The concluding book of the hexad carries a dreary epilogue down to the extinction of the old…
Aubert, Jacques [le vieux, le père]
Aubert, Jean-Louis
Aubert family
Aubert, Louis [le jeune, le fils] (i)
Sententia and Structure in Tacitus Histories 1.12-49
This paper argues that a close reading of Tacitus Histories 1.12-49 is crucial for understanding the work as a whole, since this unit of narrative functions very much as a paradigm for the account of all the phases of the civil wars in 69. Throughout this section, Tacitus uses sententiae about fundamental themes concerning fides, amicitia, and adulatio to structure his account of Galba's fall and Otho's rise and to draw attention to issues that w…
Feast Your Eyes on This
Tacitean scholars have long noted that their author makes liberal use of the stock motifs of the tyrant when describing the Julio-Claudian and Flavian emperors. A repertoire of such motifs dates back at least as far as Herodotus and Plato, and had already been deployed by Cicero in invective against his political enemies, and by earlier Roman historians for the early kings of Rome. Walker, in the first literary study of Tacitus' Annals in English…
The Virgilian Reminiscences at Tacitus Histories 3.84.4
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Art of Losing
This chapter analyses Tacitus's narratives of natural and man-made disasters, with special emphasis on those perpetrated by the principes against their own people. Tacitus consistently shows compassion towards Romans of all classes and does not stress the breakdown of social order among the masses during such disasters. He repeatedly evokes the sack of cities, the quintessential man-made disaster, when describing the tyrannical behaviour of princ…
‘Is dying so very terrible?’ The Neronian Annals
Nero is portrayed by all the ancient literary sources as a dilettante with artistic pretensions, a ruler who disgraces himself by performing publicly as a chariot racer, lyre player and actor. He is also a murderer who wreaks havoc on his own family and the upper classes at Rome, the ruinous conclusion to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In terms of composition and structure, the Neronian books are significantly different from Books 1-6. Instead of on…
The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus
Tacitus is universally recognised as ancient Rome's greatest writer of history, and his account of the Roman Empire in the first century AD has been fundamental in shaping the modern perception of Rome and its emperors. This Companion provides a new, up-to-date and authoritative assessment of his work and influence which will be invaluable for students and non-specialists as well as of interest to established scholars in the field. First situatin…
Lucilius and Satire in Second-Century BC Rome
Book summary page views Book summary page views help Close Book summary page views help Book summary views reflect the number of visits to the book and chapter landing pages. Total views: 0 * Loading metrics
Cicero as Overliver
Aside from his actual exile, Cicero describes himself as an exile and overliver in two other stressful periods: during the civil war of 49 and during life at Rome under Caesar's autocracy. Scholars have long noted the exile imagery in Cicero's letters of 46–45, but not in those of 49. Also unnoticed is the image of the overliver, well known from epic and tragedy, who, shamed by a single event, feels he has lived too long yet cannot escape life. I…
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