Word: baileys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bailey says that he thinks that Segal sincerely wants his play to be historically accurate, "but since he's not a classical scholar, I wouldn't be surprised if there are certain elements of the play that aren't precise...
...course he is well known for his scholarship. "I'd heard of him before I even came to Harvard," Quinn says. Another student mentions that not only does Harvard require Classics students to read Cicero's letters, but they recommend the Shackleton Bailey translation of Cicero's leters...
Segal says he went to Bailey "to see that the history was accurate in its essentials." He says, "I wasn't concerned with every single factual detail, but I was concerned that overall it was accurate in tone...
...year-old classicist says he first became interested in Cicero when he was a high school student in England. By any measure, Cicero was an important political figure in Roman history, but Bailey says he is especially interesting to study because he was a voluminous letter writer, and many of his letters have been preserved. Bailey has authored a comprehensive translation of Cicero's approximately nine hundred letters which still remain--it is likely that the letters which exist today are just a fraction of those that Cicero actually wrote...
...Bailey says it is unusual to have so many letters of ancient figures preserved. "It's very rare--these are actual, personal, quite uninhibited letters written to close friends. They bring you right into touch with him and his life," he says...