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Research paper thumbnail of Cupid and Psyche

A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology

Though probably part of an older Greek oral tradition, the popular European story of a 'Beauty' m... more Though probably part of an older Greek oral tradition, the popular European story of a 'Beauty' marrying a 'Beast,' discovering his inner beauty, losing him for lack of trust or by thoughtlessness, and regaining him through a long and arduous quest, had its first literary appearance in the Latin novel The Golden Ass, written by Apuleius, a Hellenistic philosopher, who lived in North Africa during the second-century, CE.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of \u3ci\u3ePrinting the Classical Text\u3c/i\u3e, by Howard Jones

Research paper thumbnail of Review of \u3ci\u3eHandbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502-1840: Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen und kommentierter Katalog der Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche zur Aeneis in Alten Drucken\u3c/i\u3e, by W. Suerbaum

Research paper thumbnail of The Rise and Fall of Goritz\u27s Feasts

The Rise and Fall of Goritz's Feasts* by JULIA HAIG GAISSER A T HIS FESTIVAL IN 1513 the talking ... more The Rise and Fall of Goritz's Feasts* by JULIA HAIG GAISSER A T HIS FESTIVAL IN 1513 the talking statue Pasquino took the character of Apollo to celebrate the election of Leo X and to predict a golden age of patronage and poetry. "I used to be an exile," Pasquino/Apollo remarks, "But I'm back in Leo's reign. / So burn your midnight oil, boys, / And follow in my train, / For no one leaves my Leo / Without a handsome gain. / Bards will sing for prizes, /And they'll not sing in vain."2 The new era lived up to Pasquino's expectations, for the Roman humanists were rewarded and entertained not only in the papal court but also, less formally, in the vigne of numerous Maecenases and fellow poets, where they came together in literary groups, or sodalities, to dine, exchange their poetry, and celebrate the shared ideals of the humanist community. 3 The literary and convivial spirit of the age seemed to find its perfect expression in the hospitality ofJohannes Goritz. Goritz had arrived in Rome from his native Luxembourg sometime during the reign of Alexander VI and soon became well established in the Curia, first as a registrar of supplications and later as a papal protonotary. Each year he celebrated the feast of Saint Anne (July 26) at the altar he had commissioned in her honor in the church of S. Agostino and feted the humanists with a poetry contest and an elaborate banquet in his vigna. The humanists called him Coricius or Coritius, in allusion both to the Corician cave of the Muses on Mount Parnassus and to the wonderful old gardener in the Fourth *A version of this paper was read at the meeting of the Renaissance Society of America at Stanford in April 1992. I wish to thank Phyllis Bober, Ingrid Rowland, and Kenneth Gouwens for many valuable comments and suggestions. 'On Pasquino, see the important study of Reynolds. See also Silenzi; and Gnoli, 1938, 164-84, 300-29. 2"Exul eram: redii tandem, regnante Leone. / Nunc iuvenes studiis vigilate meis. / Namque Leone meo nemo indonatus abibit. / Carminibus vates munera magna ferent." The verses, from Carmina apposita Pasquillo anno MDXIII (Rome, 15I3), are quoted from Gnoli, I938, 178. Gnoli reproduces the frontispiece showing Apollo from the collection of 1513 (179). The translation, like the other translations in this paper, is my own. 3For the sodalities see Gnoli, I938, 136-63; D'Amico, 89-114. The locus classicus for the tone and character of the Roman sodalities is the nostalgic letter ofJacopo Sadoleto to Angelo Colocci in 1529. Sadoleto, 117-22.

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Howard Jones, Printing the Classical Text

Research paper thumbnail of Laurel Fulkerson. A literary commentary on the elegies of the Appendix Tibulliana. Pseudepigrapha latina, Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, x+384 pp., $115.00, ISBN 978-0-19-875936-2

Exemplaria Classica, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Irene Ceccherini, Sozomeno da Pistoia (1387–1458): Scrittura e libri di un umanista, with a foreword by Stefano Zamponi and an essay by David Speranzi. (Biblioteca dell’ “Archivum Romanicum”, Serie 1: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia 431.) Florence: Leo Olschki, 2016. Paper. Pp. xix, 466; many bl...

Research paper thumbnail of Reading Sulpicia. Commentaries 1475-1490 by MATHILDE SKOIE

Research paper thumbnail of A Companion to the Classical Tradition

This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, gen... more This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers.

Research paper thumbnail of Threads in the Labyrinth: Competing Views and Voices in Catullus 64

The American Journal of Philology, 1995

Page 1. THREADS IN THE LABYRINTH: COMPETING VIEWS AND VOICES IN CATULLUS 64 ... A poem of twists ... more Page 1. THREADS IN THE LABYRINTH: COMPETING VIEWS AND VOICES IN CATULLUS 64 ... A poem of twists and turns, blind alleys, and internal and external contradictions, Catullus' masterpiece is both a web and a labyrinth.' ENTERING THE LABYRINTH ...

Research paper thumbnail of Schlägl 143 and Brussels IV.711

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Martial: The Unexpected Classic: A Literary and Historical Study, by J.P. Sullivan

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Lepos e pathos: Studi su Catullo, by Franco Bellandi

Research paper thumbnail of 1. Some Thoughts on Philology

Transactions of the American Philological Association, 2007

<p>DTP Notes</p> <p>1. When there is a greek extract followed by the english tr... more <p>DTP Notes</p> <p>1. When there is a greek extract followed by the english translation remove the space below the greek extract.</p>

Research paper thumbnail of <i>The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years</i> (review)

Research paper thumbnail of The Roman Odes at School: The Rise of the Imperial Horace

The Classical World, 1994

... A version of this paper was read at the meeting of the International Society for the Classica... more ... A version of this paper was read at the meeting of the International Society for the Classical Tradition in Tubingen in August 1992. 1 wish to thank Mark Edwards, Helen North, and Susan Treggiari, as well as the editor and referees of CW, for many helpful suggestions. ...

Research paper thumbnail of RENAISSANCE OVID A. Moss: Latin Commentaries on Ovid from the Renaissance . Pp. xv + 260, 7 ills. Signal Mountain, TN: Summertown, for the Library of Renaissance Humanism, 1998. Cased, $45. ISBN: 1-893009-02-S

The Classical Review, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Illustrated Editions of Virgil (W.) Suerbaum Handbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502–1840. Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen und kommentierter Katalog der Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche zur Aeneis in Alten Drucken. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bestände der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek M...

The Classical Review, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Marianne Pade. The Reception of Plutarch’s Lives in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Research paper thumbnail of Poggio and Other Book Hunters

Atti, 2020

Seeking out rare and precious texts, or book hunting, was a favorite pursuit of the Renaissance h... more Seeking out rare and precious texts, or book hunting, was a favorite pursuit of the Renaissance humanists, but the activity had been practiced with enthusiasm (and often guile) since antiquity. This paper discusses the phenomenon over time, looking at representative book hunters from Aulus Gellius (second century CE) to Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459), who was probably the most famous book hunter of them all. I will consider the discoveries of Catullus, Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, and Apuleius as well as several of the most famous finds of Poggio himself, emhasizing in each case the circumstances and method of discovery, the importance of the find, and the fate of the discovered book. The paper will close with a brief epilogue on some modern book hunters.

Research paper thumbnail of Cupid and Psyche

A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology

Though probably part of an older Greek oral tradition, the popular European story of a 'Beauty' m... more Though probably part of an older Greek oral tradition, the popular European story of a 'Beauty' marrying a 'Beast,' discovering his inner beauty, losing him for lack of trust or by thoughtlessness, and regaining him through a long and arduous quest, had its first literary appearance in the Latin novel The Golden Ass, written by Apuleius, a Hellenistic philosopher, who lived in North Africa during the second-century, CE.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of \u3ci\u3ePrinting the Classical Text\u3c/i\u3e, by Howard Jones

Research paper thumbnail of Review of \u3ci\u3eHandbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502-1840: Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen und kommentierter Katalog der Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche zur Aeneis in Alten Drucken\u3c/i\u3e, by W. Suerbaum

Research paper thumbnail of The Rise and Fall of Goritz\u27s Feasts

The Rise and Fall of Goritz's Feasts* by JULIA HAIG GAISSER A T HIS FESTIVAL IN 1513 the talking ... more The Rise and Fall of Goritz's Feasts* by JULIA HAIG GAISSER A T HIS FESTIVAL IN 1513 the talking statue Pasquino took the character of Apollo to celebrate the election of Leo X and to predict a golden age of patronage and poetry. "I used to be an exile," Pasquino/Apollo remarks, "But I'm back in Leo's reign. / So burn your midnight oil, boys, / And follow in my train, / For no one leaves my Leo / Without a handsome gain. / Bards will sing for prizes, /And they'll not sing in vain."2 The new era lived up to Pasquino's expectations, for the Roman humanists were rewarded and entertained not only in the papal court but also, less formally, in the vigne of numerous Maecenases and fellow poets, where they came together in literary groups, or sodalities, to dine, exchange their poetry, and celebrate the shared ideals of the humanist community. 3 The literary and convivial spirit of the age seemed to find its perfect expression in the hospitality ofJohannes Goritz. Goritz had arrived in Rome from his native Luxembourg sometime during the reign of Alexander VI and soon became well established in the Curia, first as a registrar of supplications and later as a papal protonotary. Each year he celebrated the feast of Saint Anne (July 26) at the altar he had commissioned in her honor in the church of S. Agostino and feted the humanists with a poetry contest and an elaborate banquet in his vigna. The humanists called him Coricius or Coritius, in allusion both to the Corician cave of the Muses on Mount Parnassus and to the wonderful old gardener in the Fourth *A version of this paper was read at the meeting of the Renaissance Society of America at Stanford in April 1992. I wish to thank Phyllis Bober, Ingrid Rowland, and Kenneth Gouwens for many valuable comments and suggestions. 'On Pasquino, see the important study of Reynolds. See also Silenzi; and Gnoli, 1938, 164-84, 300-29. 2"Exul eram: redii tandem, regnante Leone. / Nunc iuvenes studiis vigilate meis. / Namque Leone meo nemo indonatus abibit. / Carminibus vates munera magna ferent." The verses, from Carmina apposita Pasquillo anno MDXIII (Rome, 15I3), are quoted from Gnoli, I938, 178. Gnoli reproduces the frontispiece showing Apollo from the collection of 1513 (179). The translation, like the other translations in this paper, is my own. 3For the sodalities see Gnoli, I938, 136-63; D'Amico, 89-114. The locus classicus for the tone and character of the Roman sodalities is the nostalgic letter ofJacopo Sadoleto to Angelo Colocci in 1529. Sadoleto, 117-22.

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Howard Jones, Printing the Classical Text

Research paper thumbnail of Laurel Fulkerson. A literary commentary on the elegies of the Appendix Tibulliana. Pseudepigrapha latina, Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, x+384 pp., $115.00, ISBN 978-0-19-875936-2

Exemplaria Classica, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Irene Ceccherini, Sozomeno da Pistoia (1387–1458): Scrittura e libri di un umanista, with a foreword by Stefano Zamponi and an essay by David Speranzi. (Biblioteca dell’ “Archivum Romanicum”, Serie 1: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia 431.) Florence: Leo Olschki, 2016. Paper. Pp. xix, 466; many bl...

Research paper thumbnail of Reading Sulpicia. Commentaries 1475-1490 by MATHILDE SKOIE

Research paper thumbnail of A Companion to the Classical Tradition

This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, gen... more This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers.

Research paper thumbnail of Threads in the Labyrinth: Competing Views and Voices in Catullus 64

The American Journal of Philology, 1995

Page 1. THREADS IN THE LABYRINTH: COMPETING VIEWS AND VOICES IN CATULLUS 64 ... A poem of twists ... more Page 1. THREADS IN THE LABYRINTH: COMPETING VIEWS AND VOICES IN CATULLUS 64 ... A poem of twists and turns, blind alleys, and internal and external contradictions, Catullus&#x27; masterpiece is both a web and a labyrinth.&#x27; ENTERING THE LABYRINTH ...

Research paper thumbnail of Schlägl 143 and Brussels IV.711

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Martial: The Unexpected Classic: A Literary and Historical Study, by J.P. Sullivan

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Lepos e pathos: Studi su Catullo, by Franco Bellandi

Research paper thumbnail of 1. Some Thoughts on Philology

Transactions of the American Philological Association, 2007

<p>DTP Notes</p> <p>1. When there is a greek extract followed by the english tr... more <p>DTP Notes</p> <p>1. When there is a greek extract followed by the english translation remove the space below the greek extract.</p>

Research paper thumbnail of <i>The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years</i> (review)

Research paper thumbnail of The Roman Odes at School: The Rise of the Imperial Horace

The Classical World, 1994

... A version of this paper was read at the meeting of the International Society for the Classica... more ... A version of this paper was read at the meeting of the International Society for the Classical Tradition in Tubingen in August 1992. 1 wish to thank Mark Edwards, Helen North, and Susan Treggiari, as well as the editor and referees of CW, for many helpful suggestions. ...

Research paper thumbnail of RENAISSANCE OVID A. Moss: Latin Commentaries on Ovid from the Renaissance . Pp. xv + 260, 7 ills. Signal Mountain, TN: Summertown, for the Library of Renaissance Humanism, 1998. Cased, $45. ISBN: 1-893009-02-S

The Classical Review, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Illustrated Editions of Virgil (W.) Suerbaum Handbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502–1840. Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen und kommentierter Katalog der Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche zur Aeneis in Alten Drucken. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bestände der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek M...

The Classical Review, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Marianne Pade. The Reception of Plutarch’s Lives in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Research paper thumbnail of Poggio and Other Book Hunters

Atti, 2020

Seeking out rare and precious texts, or book hunting, was a favorite pursuit of the Renaissance h... more Seeking out rare and precious texts, or book hunting, was a favorite pursuit of the Renaissance humanists, but the activity had been practiced with enthusiasm (and often guile) since antiquity. This paper discusses the phenomenon over time, looking at representative book hunters from Aulus Gellius (second century CE) to Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459), who was probably the most famous book hunter of them all. I will consider the discoveries of Catullus, Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, and Apuleius as well as several of the most famous finds of Poggio himself, emhasizing in each case the circumstances and method of discovery, the importance of the find, and the fate of the discovered book. The paper will close with a brief epilogue on some modern book hunters.

Research paper thumbnail of Pomponius Laetus and the Roman Academy