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Sidonius: Letters Book 5, Part 1

Text, Translation and Commentary

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvGiulia Marolla

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Sidonius stands at a crossroads between the last days of the Roman Empire in the Auvergne and Provence and the emergence of Burgundians and Visigoths as territorial powers. An aristocrat, politician, author and bishop, he was involved in and bore witness to this takeover. His literary prose is characterised by a floweriness which at times makes his letters ambiguous and ostentatiously obscure. This volume provides readers with a tool to understand this convoluted prose, enabling them to see the troubled political waters of the fifth century through the eyes of Sidonius.The book contains a new critical edition of the first ten letters of Book 5 of Sidonius' Epistulae, together with an accessible English translation and a philological and historical commentary. It provides a general introduction to the book as a whole and a detailed exploration of the letters that covers literary themes, models, prosopography, dating problems and prose rhythm. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it addresses historical questions relevant to the specific letters and to Sidonius' position at the centre of the Romano-Gallic aristocracy.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-02-28
Mått156 x 234 x 27 mm
Vikt586 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEdinburgh Studies in Later Latin Literature
Antal sidor384
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399510783

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Lists of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements List of AbbreviationsGeneral Introduction Letters as autobiography? The arrangement of the lettersThemes and structure of Book 5 A life in autumn Diversity of themes and letter lengths within Book 5 Categorisation of the letters by genre of the letters Principles of arrangementManuscript tradition The new stemma The α branch and the editio princeps An introduction to Letters 5.1–5.10 Prosopography Dating Sidonius’ models: Pliny the Younger and Symmachus Sidonius’ language Rare words Neologisms Most problematic readings Prose rhythmLetters 5.1–5.10. Text, Translation and CommentaryLetter 1 Content The addressee Petronius The letter bearer Vindicius Genre: an accompanying note and a commendaticia The opening letter The letters Petronius reads and the new ones he has been gifted Dating elements SIDONIUS PETRONIO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS FRIEND PETRONIUS CommentaryLetter 2 Content The addressee Nymphidius Sidonius and Mamertus Claudianus Genre: a letter on literary matters In the middle of a dispute Nine arts The merits of the De statu animaeThe dedication of the De statu animae Dating elements SIDONIUS NYMPHIDIO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR NYMPHIDIUS CommentaryLetter 3 Content The addressee Apollinaris Genre: the epistolary silence in Sidonius and its models Beyond the model: traces of a rift with Apollinaris? Internal evidence of uneasiness External evidence A valetudinarian letter A topos within the topos? Dating elementsSIDONIUS APOLLINARI SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR APOLLINARIS CommentaryLetter 4 ContentThe addressee Simplicius: an identification problem An alternative theory on Simplicius’ identity Genre Dating elements SIDONIUS SIMPLICIO SUO SALUTEMSIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR SIMPLICIUS CommentaryLetter 5 Content Genre: a letter of admonitio The addressee Syagrius Sidonius and the legislative activity of the Burgundians andVisigoths Barbarisms Quintilian’s De barbarismis and Sidonius Dating elements SIDONIUS SYAGRIO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR SYAGRIUS CommentaryLetter 6 Content The addressee Apollinaris Genre A rift is bridged Context The ambiguity in the mentions of Chilperic The itinerary Traces of an editing phase?Dating elementsSeasonal reference SIDONIUS APOLLINARI SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR APOLLINARIS CommentaryLetter 7 Content The addressee Thaumastus The models: Cicero, Tacitus, Juvenal and ApuleiusThe features of informants A display pieceThe tetrarcha: Chilperic I or Chilperic II? The Burgundian queen The features of the rulers in Ep. 5.7 Dating elements SIDONIUS THAUMASTO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR THAUMASTUS CommentaryLetter 8 Content The addressee Secundinus Genre Satire or uersus populares? Sidonius’ mentions of ‘satire’ The Arles satire and the satires of Secundinus Ablabius and the couplet against Constantine Dating elements SIDONIUS SECUNDINO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR SECUNDINUS CommentaryLetter 9 Content The addressee Aquilinus Genre: a declaration of friendship Historical context: emperors, generals and usurpers Dating elements SIDONIUS AQUILINO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR AQUILINUS CommentaryLetter 10 Content The addressee Sapaudus Genre: literary matters and praise of intellectuals Mamertus Claudianus’ letter to Sapaudus The theme of pretended literary decay Dating elements SIDONIUS SAPAUDO SUO SALUTEM SIDONIUS TO HIS DEAR SAPAUDUS CommentaryAppendix. Corrections to the Apparatus of Lutjohann and Loyen Bibliography Index

For me, one of the most crucial insights Marolla’s study provides concerns the epistolographical tradition in which Sidonius stands. [...] Marolla’s book is a first important step towards closing this gap in the research on late Latin epistolography. However, in order to assess whether the numerous insightful parallels she identifies in Symmachus’s and Sidonius’s language, thoughts, and argumentations are immediate influences or whether both authors merely share in the same common epistolary conventions of Late Antiquity, further studies are necessary. No future study can neglect Marolla’s book. The sequel she announces on page 2, a follow-up commentary on the second half of book 5, is eagerly awaited.