"The Scipio's Dream" in Cicero's "De republica" – Reminiscence of "praetexta"?
"The Scipio's Dream" in Cicero's "De republica" – Reminiscence of "praetexta"?
Author(s): Mariusz ZagórskiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Cicero; "Scipio's Dream"; "De republica"; "praetexta"; internal didascalies; staged text
Summary/Abstract: The article considers the "Scipio's Dream" as so-called "staged text", imitating the style of Roman "praetexta". The dialogue between the both Scipios presuposes existence of audible and visible things like music or stage decorations and contains internal didascalies stressed by words like "video" or "audio".
Journal: Scripta Classica
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 59-61
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English