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· Biggs, Thomas, Fragmentary Texts and the Limits of Literary Reference: Enniu’s Hannibal and Cicero’s Pro Balbo in Lucan’s Bellum Civile, «Classical Philology» 119, 1, 2024, pp. 70-93. LINK
· Hahmann, Andree, Cicero on Natural and Artificial Divination, «Ancient Philosophy» 44, 1, 2024, pp. 225-246. LINK
· Klink, Maarten, Legal Analogies in Cicero’s Political Thought, «Ancient Philosophy» 85, 1, 2024, pp. 1-17. LINK
· Pellacani, Daniele, Editing Cicero (and Translating Aratus) in sixteenth-century Europe: Jan Kochanowski (1579) and Hugo Grotius (1600), in Harrison, Stephen, Manuwald, Gesine, Barton, William M., Xinyue, Bobby (eds.), An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry by Classical Scholars, New York 2024, pp. 189-210. LINK
· Pyne, Stephen, Cicero Meets the Cretaceous, «Environmental History» 29, 1, 2024, pp. 174-179. LINK
· Torres González, Víctor A., Legibus suis et suo iure utentes: las magistraturas epicóricas de los municipia antiquissima del Lacio, «Lucentum» 43, 2024, pp. 257-274. LINK
· Warwick, Ryan, Escaping Cicero: “Dionysius” and the Limits of the Archive, «Classical Philology» 119, 1, 2024, pp. 94-110. LINK
· Xiao, Xinyao, Dignitas and Venustas in Ancient Rome: The Ciceronian Aesthetic Ideals [古罗马的“庄严美”与“优雅美” ———以西塞罗为中心], «Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art» 43, 6, pp. 202-210. LINK
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· Lecturae Ciceronis 2025, Les Lettres Ad Brutum entre politique, rhétorique et philosophie, 20-21 mars 2025, Université de Lille.
Organisation : Sophie Aubert-Baillot (U. Lille), Carlos Lévy (AIBL), Ermanno Malaspina (UniTo) Event organised with the support of UMR 8164 HALMA and the International Society of Cicero’s Friends (SIAC)
Only twenty-six letters from Cicero to M. Iunius Brutus survive from his impressive correspondence he wrote between 1 April and 27 July 43, at a time when the political and military struggle was raging between the supporters of the Caesaricides and their opponents. The history of the selection, organisation and transmission of these letters is extremely turbulent : like the letters Ad Quintum, those Ad Brutum suffered from transpositions and losses of leaves in the archetype. While the authenticity of some of the letters was questioned by Erasmus, who described them as declamatiunculae, other scholars extended their criticism to the entire collection, basing their arguments on lexical, stylistic, historical or ideological grounds. It is now accepted that such a controversy was unfounded ; however, the status of letters I, 16, from Brutus to Cicero, and I, 17, from Brutus to Atticus, which in their virulent criticism of Cicero bear similarities to the Pseudo-Sallust’s Inuectiua in Tullium, is regularly challenged. In any case, their inclusion in the corpus goes back a long way, since Plutarch mentions them in his Life of Brutus.
Although less studied than the epistolary exchange between Cicero and his brother Quintus or, a fortiori, his friend Atticus, the letters Ad Brutum nevertheless form a fascinating collection, as much for the philological complexity of its composition as for the dramatic tension of the events it recalls, from Antony’s defeat at Modena to the deaths of the consuls Hirtius and Pansa, from Lepidus’ defection to Brutus’ constantly postponed return to Rome. Determining what to do about Octavian, the central figure in these letters, gave rise to heated debates between the two correspondents. But the corpus is not just about political analysis. There are echoes not only of philosophical reflections, such as the consolation Brutus received after the death of his wife Porcia, but also of rhetorical discussions, such as the praise Brutus bestowed on Cicero’s speeches attacking Antony in the autumn of 44, the Philippics of a new Demosthenes. These are just some of the facets of this rich and dense collection, the last epistolary record left by Cicero, who died a few months later.
Dedicated to the letters Ad Brutum, this conference is part of the new series of colloquia launched in 2024 by the Société Internationale des Amis de Cicéron (SIAC) : the Lecturae Ciceronis. The aim of these Lecturae is to bring together researchers not on a Ciceronian topic, but on a Ciceronian work in order to offer the most in-depth reading possible, combining a variety of approaches and methods : history of the text, study of sources, study of context, close-up analytical reading of the text, lexical analyses or theoretical syntheses. The primary aim of the Lecturae is to offer both a state-of-the-art analysis of the work in question, as well as avenues for a fresh approach, free from preconceptions and restoring the texts’ various levels of meaning. Once they have passed through the reading committee, the texts presented at these Lecturae Ciceronis may be published in issue 2025, IX, 2 of Ciceroniana on Line, entirely devoted to the letters Ad Brutum and due for publication in December 2025.
For this second Lectura Ciceronis, to be held on March 20 and 21, 2025 at the University of Lille (France), the scientific committee welcomes all proposals for papers on Cicero’s letters Ad Brutum, in the above-mentioned fields, and in particular on the history of the text, the political dimension, the rhetorical issues and the use of philosophy. Papers may consist of analytical readings of key passages from the text, or of synthetic presentations.
Proposals for papers of no more than one page should be sent, together with a brief CV, to the scientific committee via https://adbrutum.sciencesconf.org by September 15, 2024. Papers (30 minutes) may be presented in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Important : if they wish to take part in the publication resulting from the symposium, selected speakers must be able to submit their article, written according to COL standards, by June 15th, 2025 at the latest.
SCIENTIFIC BOARD – READING COMMITTEE :
Sophie Aubert-Baillot (Université de Lille), Andrea Balbo (Università di Torino), Thomas Bénatouïl (Université de Lille), Julien Dubouloz (Aix-Marseille Université), Olivia Elder (Oxford University), Alessandro Garcea (Sorbonne Université), Charles Guérin (Sorbonne Université),Carlos Lévy (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres), Ermanno Malaspina (Università di Torino), Peter Osorio (University of Maryland).
ORGANISING COMMITTEE :
Elisa Della Calce (Università di Torino), Simone Mollea (Università di Torino), Beatrice Barilotti (Université de Lille), Maryam Hasnaoui (Université de Lille).
· Workshop La Bibliotheca Graeca di Cicerone, Maria Stefania Montecalvo. Mercoledì 15 maggio 2024, h. 10, aula 16, Palazzo Nuovo, Univesità degli Studi di Torino. Seminario svolto nell’ambito delle attività integrative dell’insegnamento di Filologia classica Collegamento videoconferenza: https://unito.webex.com/meet/luigi.silvano.
[Last updated on May 7th, 2024]
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