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Propertius On The Site Of Rome, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. May 2011

Propertius On The Site Of Rome, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

The image of the site of Rome when it was hills, marshes and meadows, not yet spoiled by urban intrusion, was a favorite of Virgil and the Augustan elegists. In this paper I would like to examine the site as it appears in Propertius 4,1 ; 4,4 and 4,9. Although Propertius was following precendents from Tibullus 2,5 and Aeneid 8, his departures from the topography they mapped out need to be systematically examined. I will suggest (a) that Propertius generally offered a darker view of the site of Rome by endowing it with morally ambiguous qualities and by populating it …


Review Of Sidwell, Aristophanes The Democrat, In New England Classical Journal 38 (2011), 290-92., Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Dec 2010

Review Of Sidwell, Aristophanes The Democrat, In New England Classical Journal 38 (2011), 290-92., Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

No abstract provided.


A Depiction Of A Comic Mythological Burlesque?, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Dec 2008

A Depiction Of A Comic Mythological Burlesque?, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

A late eighteenth-century engraving is the only surviving record of a vase painting that shows a very odd scene, possibly reflecting a fifth- or fourth-century B.C. comedy.


Review Of Inge Nielsen, Cultic Theatres And Ritual Drama In American Journal Of Archaeology, On-Line Reviews, Vol. 111.1:, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Dec 2006

Review Of Inge Nielsen, Cultic Theatres And Ritual Drama In American Journal Of Archaeology, On-Line Reviews, Vol. 111.1:, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

No abstract provided.


Aristophanes' Wasps And The Socio-Politics Of Aesop's Fables, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Dec 1994

Aristophanes' Wasps And The Socio-Politics Of Aesop's Fables, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

Philocleon's use of Aesopic fables in the Wasps may be a marker of his social status.


Was Carcinus I A Tragic Playwright?, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Dec 1993

Was Carcinus I A Tragic Playwright?, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

If Carcinus I was a tragic poet, why would a scholiast attribute to him a play with the title "Mice"?


The Continuity Of The Chorus In Fourth-Century Attic Comedy, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Dec 1991

The Continuity Of The Chorus In Fourth-Century Attic Comedy, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.

Did the chorus disappear in the fourth century? Not exactly. An expanded version of this article appeared as a chapter in Gregory W. Dobrov, ed. Beyond Aristophanes: Transition and Diversity in Greek Comedy. American Classical Studies 38. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press/American Philological Association, 1995, pp. 99-118.