Bruce Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5628255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Catullan Themes
Whereas the famous sepulchral epigram for Virgil recorded in the Vita Suetonii Donatiana ( VSD 36) has the poet refer to his poetic accomplishment as pascua, rura, duces (‘pastures, the countryside, leaders’), summing up in broad terms the thematic content of the three canonical works of Virgil ( Eclogues , Georgics , Aeneid ), Catullus does not at any point in his extant poetic corpus offer any similar encapsulation of the themes of his works.
Negative Stereotypes of Wealth in the Works of Statius
The Representation of Greek Diplomacy in Tacitus
This chapter discusses some of the background to the historiography of diplomacy between Greek communities and Rome. It begins with some simple broad-brush examples which show the Romans conducting diplomacy away from Rome, which, it should not be forgotten, is an important aspect of the way that diplomatic activity is presented in Polybius and Livy as well. The chapter considers a few episodes of diplomacy in the Annals in greater detail. A sign…
The Roman Paratext: Frame, Texts, Readers
What is a paratext, and where can we find it in a Roman text? What kind of space does a paratext occupy, and how does this space relate to the text and its contexts? How do we interpret Roman texts 'paratextually'? And what does this approach suggest about a work's original modes of plotting meaning, or the assumptions that underpin our own interpretation? These questions are central to the conceptual and practical concerns of the volume, which o…
Polybius and Xenophon: The Mercenary War1
Introduction: F. W. Walbank, Polybius, and the Decline of Greece
Polybius and his World: Essays in Memory of F.W. Walbank
From his first publication, Aratos of Sicyon (1933), to his death in 2008, F. W. Walbank established himself as one of the leading ancient historians of the last century. His many publications - not least his three-volume commentary on the Greek historian of Roman power, Polybius - transformed the study both of Polybius and of the history of the Hellenistic world. Polybius and his World honours Walbank's achievement by bringing together a number …
Polybius And His World Essays In Memory Of Fw Walbank
'Polybius and his World' honours Walbank's achievements by bringing together scholars in Hellenistic historiography and history. It re-examines a number of central Polybian themes Polybius' position between Greece and Rome, his account of the Roman constitution and the relationship of his work with Xenophon, Phylarchus and more
Managing the Past: Plinian Strategies in the Panegyrici Latini
This paper examines how the presentation of the past in Pliny's Panegyricus can inform our understanding of other speeches in the Panegyrici Latini . Readings of PanLat VI(7), IV(10), and III(11) will examine issues such as adoption and co-rulership, the use of the past as a means of commenting on the present, and the role of sincerity and flattery, as well as the treatment of the republican past, and show how the authors of the speeches use and …
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus)
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, as he was called after adoption by his maternal uncle, Gaius Plinius Secundus, probably in his will, was born in 61 or 62 CE (since he was seventeen when Vesuvius erupted in 79; Ep . 6.20.5), and both sides of his family belonged to the local aristocracy of Comum in northern Italy.
Panegyric
The word “panegyric” is derived from the Greek word, panegyris, a festival or assembly, but commonly applied to works or sections of works in prose and verse that deal with praise across the historical range of Greek and Latin literature.
Recitations, historical works
The phenomenon of public recitation of historical texts is a powerful reminder of ancient historiography's links with oral forms such as oratory, as well as the centrality of historical discourse in cultural life.
Contemporary contexts
Pliny's Panegyricus in praise of Trajan stands alone as the only significant piece of Latin prose epideictic to have survived from the early empire. This should not, however, obscure the fact that we do have other evidence for praise literature in Pliny's time. The issue of how to define Pliny's own era is also something which needs consideration. Not only Pliny's Panegyricus , but also the tenth book of the Letters , dealing with Trajan (reigned…
Pliny's Praise: The Panegyricus in the Roman World
Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates a detailed senatorial view on the behaviour expected of an emperor. It is an important document in the development of the ideals of imperial leadership, but it also contributes greatly to our underst…
Chapter Two. Causation In Post-Augustan Epic
In this chapter the author wishes to concentrate on a different aspect of causation in epic poetry after Augustus, and considers the topic in the light of historiography. Concern with the origins of events is a major feature of historiographical texts. The complexity of the relationship between poetic and historiographical causation is reflected in the Augustan period by Virgil's recasting of the Iliad's enquiry as to the reason for divine anger …
Silius Italicus: A Consular Historian
This chapter addresses Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus not so much from the point of view of Quellenforschung , but from the perspective of Silius' adoption of historiographical motifs and techniques, to show how Silius can exploit the modes of historiographical presentation in an epic poem. It moves on to the issues of grandeur and scale, before examining in depth Silius' digression on Sicily at the start of book 14. The chapter then br…
Battle Narrative In Statius, Thebaid
Battle narrative is difficult. The story of the Seven against Thebes offered Statius the chance to narrate battle at the various gates. This chapter examines various techniques of battle narrative in the Thebaid . It considers the topic under various headings: first of all, density of coverage, and then narrative strategies and devices which are employed by the poet, including what one might loosely refer to as Roman or anachronistic intrusions i…
Statius: Silvae 5
"The poems of Silvae 5, the last book of the Silvae, were composed in the final years of Domitian's principate (81-96 A.D.). The book was probably assembled by an editor soon after Statius' death, and is important for its concern with the poet himself, as well as public figures and personal friends. Three of the poems are laments, including one for Statius' father, himself a poet and teacher; there is also a short poem on insomnia, and one addres…
Roman Epic
The Silvae and Epic
The Repetitions of Hypsipyle
Latin Epic and Didactic Poetry: Genre, Tradition and Individuality
Ovid on Reading: Reading Ovid. Reception in Ovid Tristia II
In this paper I propose to consider Ovid's poem as a document of literary criticism, which offers us a striking treatment of the role of the audience in reception. Ovid's concerns are twofold: on the one hand he is concerned with the ostensible manner in which his own works have been read, but he also discusses a wide range of other texts, and in doing so, offers readings of them, which, I will argue, illustrate the open-ended nature of reception…
Ovid on Reading: Reading Ovid. Reception in Ovid Tristia II
In this paper I propose to consider Ovid's poem as a document of literary criticism, which offers us a striking treatment of the role of the audience in reception. Ovid's concerns are twofold: on the one hand he is concerned with the ostensible manner in which his own works have been read, but he also discusses a wide range of other texts, and in doing so, offers readings of them, which, I will argue, illustrate the open-ended nature of reception…
Managing the Past: Plinian Strategies in the Panegyrici Latini
This paper examines how the presentation of the past in Pliny's Panegyricus can inform our understanding of other speeches in the Panegyrici Latini . Readings of PanLat VI(7), IV(10), and III(11) will examine issues such as adoption and co-rulership, the use of the past as a means of commenting on the present, and the role of sincerity and flattery, as well as the treatment of the republican past, and show how the authors of the speeches use and …
Ovid on Reading: Reading Ovid. Reception in Ovid Tristia II
In this paper I propose to consider Ovid's poem as a document of literary criticism, which offers us a striking treatment of the role of the audience in reception. Ovid's concerns are twofold: on the one hand he is concerned with the ostensible manner in which his own works have been read, but he also discusses a wide range of other texts, and in doing so, offers readings of them, which, I will argue, illustrate the open-ended nature of reception…
The Repetitions of Hypsipyle
Latin Epic and Didactic Poetry: Genre, Tradition and Individuality
Statius: Silvae 5
"The poems of Silvae 5, the last book of the Silvae, were composed in the final years of Domitian's principate (81-96 A.D.). The book was probably assembled by an editor soon after Statius' death, and is important for its concern with the poet himself, as well as public figures and personal friends. Three of the poems are laments, including one for Statius' father, himself a poet and teacher; there is also a short poem on insomnia, and one addres…
Roman Epic
The Silvae and Epic
Battle Narrative In Statius, Thebaid
Battle narrative is difficult. The story of the Seven against Thebes offered Statius the chance to narrate battle at the various gates. This chapter examines various techniques of battle narrative in the Thebaid . It considers the topic under various headings: first of all, density of coverage, and then narrative strategies and devices which are employed by the poet, including what one might loosely refer to as Roman or anachronistic intrusions i…
Chapter Two. Causation In Post-Augustan Epic
In this chapter the author wishes to concentrate on a different aspect of causation in epic poetry after Augustus, and considers the topic in the light of historiography. Concern with the origins of events is a major feature of historiographical texts. The complexity of the relationship between poetic and historiographical causation is reflected in the Augustan period by Virgil's recasting of the Iliad's enquiry as to the reason for divine anger …
Silius Italicus: A Consular Historian
This chapter addresses Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus not so much from the point of view of Quellenforschung , but from the perspective of Silius' adoption of historiographical motifs and techniques, to show how Silius can exploit the modes of historiographical presentation in an epic poem. It moves on to the issues of grandeur and scale, before examining in depth Silius' digression on Sicily at the start of book 14. The chapter then br…
Contemporary contexts
Pliny's Panegyricus in praise of Trajan stands alone as the only significant piece of Latin prose epideictic to have survived from the early empire. This should not, however, obscure the fact that we do have other evidence for praise literature in Pliny's time. The issue of how to define Pliny's own era is also something which needs consideration. Not only Pliny's Panegyricus , but also the tenth book of the Letters , dealing with Trajan (reigned…
Pliny's Praise: The Panegyricus in the Roman World
Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates a detailed senatorial view on the behaviour expected of an emperor. It is an important document in the development of the ideals of imperial leadership, but it also contributes greatly to our underst…
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus)
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, as he was called after adoption by his maternal uncle, Gaius Plinius Secundus, probably in his will, was born in 61 or 62 CE (since he was seventeen when Vesuvius erupted in 79; Ep . 6.20.5), and both sides of his family belonged to the local aristocracy of Comum in northern Italy.
Panegyric
The word “panegyric” is derived from the Greek word, panegyris, a festival or assembly, but commonly applied to works or sections of works in prose and verse that deal with praise across the historical range of Greek and Latin literature.
Recitations, historical works
The phenomenon of public recitation of historical texts is a powerful reminder of ancient historiography's links with oral forms such as oratory, as well as the centrality of historical discourse in cultural life.
Polybius and Xenophon: The Mercenary War1
Introduction: F. W. Walbank, Polybius, and the Decline of Greece
Polybius and his World: Essays in Memory of F.W. Walbank
From his first publication, Aratos of Sicyon (1933), to his death in 2008, F. W. Walbank established himself as one of the leading ancient historians of the last century. His many publications - not least his three-volume commentary on the Greek historian of Roman power, Polybius - transformed the study both of Polybius and of the history of the Hellenistic world. Polybius and his World honours Walbank's achievement by bringing together a number …
Polybius And His World Essays In Memory Of Fw Walbank
'Polybius and his World' honours Walbank's achievements by bringing together scholars in Hellenistic historiography and history. It re-examines a number of central Polybian themes Polybius' position between Greece and Rome, his account of the Roman constitution and the relationship of his work with Xenophon, Phylarchus and more
Managing the Past: Plinian Strategies in the Panegyrici Latini
This paper examines how the presentation of the past in Pliny's Panegyricus can inform our understanding of other speeches in the Panegyrici Latini . Readings of PanLat VI(7), IV(10), and III(11) will examine issues such as adoption and co-rulership, the use of the past as a means of commenting on the present, and the role of sincerity and flattery, as well as the treatment of the republican past, and show how the authors of the speeches use and …
The Representation of Greek Diplomacy in Tacitus
This chapter discusses some of the background to the historiography of diplomacy between Greek communities and Rome. It begins with some simple broad-brush examples which show the Romans conducting diplomacy away from Rome, which, it should not be forgotten, is an important aspect of the way that diplomatic activity is presented in Polybius and Livy as well. The chapter considers a few episodes of diplomacy in the Annals in greater detail. A sign…
The Roman Paratext: Frame, Texts, Readers
What is a paratext, and where can we find it in a Roman text? What kind of space does a paratext occupy, and how does this space relate to the text and its contexts? How do we interpret Roman texts 'paratextually'? And what does this approach suggest about a work's original modes of plotting meaning, or the assumptions that underpin our own interpretation? These questions are central to the conceptual and practical concerns of the volume, which o…
Negative Stereotypes of Wealth in the Works of Statius
Catullan Themes
Whereas the famous sepulchral epigram for Virgil recorded in the Vita Suetonii Donatiana ( VSD 36) has the poet refer to his poetic accomplishment as pascua, rura, duces (‘pastures, the countryside, leaders’), summing up in broad terms the thematic content of the three canonical works of Virgil ( Eclogues , Georgics , Aeneid ), Catullus does not at any point in his extant poetic corpus offer any similar encapsulation of the themes of his works.
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