After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Something went wrong. This translation of letters between Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his mentor Fronto may be a linguistically brilliant translation and interesting with regard to possible relationships between the two. We’d love your help. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. That the collection included passionate love letters between Fronto and the future emperor Marcus Aurelius was politely ignored—or concealed. Welcome back. And for almost two hundred years these letters have lain hidden in plain sight. And yet nowhere in that country place is there a Pompey fig or Arician greens or a Tarentine rose or a pleasant grove of trees or thick woods or a shady plane tree; everything is more for use than pleasure, and more what has to be praised but you don’t want to love.". But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had hoped for the letters to convey all of the political drama of Cicero’s. Meditations (A Penguin Classics Hardcover), The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations, The Essential Marcus Aurelius (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions), Meditations: The Philosophy Classic (Capstone Classics), The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual, “These new translations of letters between the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his mentor Fronto, brilliantly edited by Amy Richlin, throw a tantalizing light on the intimate relations between men in the late Antonine period in Rome, hovering as they do between ardent expression of affection and playful amorousness.”, "This is a beautifully printed book, a pleasure just to hold. In 1815 a manuscript containing one of the long-lost treasures of antiquity was discovered—the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto, reputed to have been one of the greatest Roman orators. Refresh and try again. But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had hoped for the letters to convey all of the political drama of Cicero’s. And for almost two hundred years these letters have lain hidden in plain sight.Marcus Aurelius in Love rescues these letters from obscurity and returns them to the public eye. Start by marking “Marcus Aurelius in Love” as Want to Read: Error rating book. “Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. Marcus was eighteen then and by all appearances the pupil and teacher fell in love. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. La proyección del autor es mas que evidente y carente de objetividad. La peor manera de presentar las prácticas de sí en la relación epistolar entre maestro y alumno. – Marcus Aurelius. But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had hoped for the letters to convey all of the political drama of Cicero’s. I loved this. Please try again. With a translation that reproduces the effusive, slangy style of the young prince and the rhetorical flourishes of his master, the letters between Marcus and Fronto will rightfully be reconsidered as key documents in the study of the history of sexuality and classics. Not exhilarating but an interesting look into the early personality of Aurelius and the relationship between he and his tutor and discussions around the ethics of pederasty. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Read 6 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the more important Stoic philosophers. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.
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