Scott McGill is currently interim director of the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. He is the author of Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Virgilian Centos in Antiquity (2005) and co-editor of From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians: Later Roman History and Culture, 284–450 CE (with Cristiana Sogno and Edward Watts, Cambridge University Press, 2010).

• 1. The ancient and the modern: approaching plagiarism in Latin literature; Part I. Accusations: 2. Blame and praise: plagiarism and self-promotion in Latin prefaces; 3. Playing the victim: Martial on the plagiarism of his poetry; Part II. Denials: 4. Plagiarism on the stage: Terence, literary controversy, and the theater; 5. A spectrum of innocence: denying plagiarism in Seneca the Elder; 6. Saving the hero: Virgil, plagiarism, and canonicity; Conclusion.

'McGill provides a valuable overview of the Romans' understanding of literary plagiarism and offers various definitions of the concept. Students of Latin literature will learn much from these pages, especially about the relationship of Latin literature to its illustrious Greek predecessor... After reading McGill's clear, thorough, and nuanced treatment, one not only understands more clearly this important topic but also appreciates the distinctive role it played in various genres and periods of Latin literature … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty, general readers, and professionals.' M. J. Johnson, Choice