The Rhetor’s Wink, Or: Too Clever for Sallust ( Inv. Cic. 5, Ad Caes. Sen. 2.9.2, Sall. Cat. 14.2)
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The denigration of Cicero at Inu. Cic . 5 is not just indebted to Rutilius Lupus’ translation of a fragment of Lycurgus ( Rhet. Lat. Min . page 11 Halm); it also modifies a second model, Sall. Cat . 14.2, in a way that cleverly puns on that modification. This is an additional argument for a date of composition after Bellum Catilinae (and thus against its authenticity), while offering further evidence of its polysemous play; and the comparison with the second epistula further suggests the latter’s dependence upon the invective, while missing its subtler point.
Source: The Classical Quarterly
Author: Christopher B. Krebs
Institution: Stanford University
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,550
OpenAlex ID: W7221783732
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