Varro and Pompey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9314880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond Astbury (University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 403-407 |
| Publication date | 1967-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800028494 |
| OpenAlex | W2104750602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 2 |
The purpose of this article is to consider the problem of the ascribed to Varro and to attempt to show that, despite the doubts expressed by modern scholars, the balance of the evidence does support the traditional interpretation. Appian, dealing with the ‘Triumvirate’ of 59 B.C., tells us: The usual interpretation of this passage has been that Varro wrote a political pamphlet, possibly in the form of a Menippean satire, 2 against the First Triumvirate, to which he gave the title.There are obvious difficulties in this interpretation, which appears to conflict with what we know of Varro's relations with Pompey in the period before the formation of the Triumvirate and his actions afterwards
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| Citations per year | 1.92 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2017 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |