Word: tacitus
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Professor M. H. Morgan '81 will give an illustrated lecture about the ancient statues and busts of Tiberius, Germanicus and other characters in the first six books of the Annals of Tacitus at 12 o'clock in Harvard 1. This lecture is intended primarily for students in Latin 2, but is open to other members of the University...
Professor Bury first spoke on "The Influence of Greek Art on Roman History." Cato was the first Latin historian whose national feelings inspired him to write in Latin. Sallust and Livy followed his example, although the real change was only in the medium of expression. Tacitus, who succeeded these men in Roman historiography, resembled Sallust, but greatly excelled Livy both in narration and rhetoric, though he constantly sacrificed facts to style. The Christianizing movement, he said in concluding this subject, compressed history into a new framework and gave it an entirely different perspective...
...discovery of the remainder by Niccoli, who was the founder of textual criticism. Poggio, a Papal secretary, was the discoverer of many Latin manuscripts, and by 1433, a century after Petrarch, he has discovered or assisted in the discovery of the manuscripts of 15 Latin authors, including Cicero, Tacitus, Plautus and Lucretius. All the discoveries of this century, however, were but a small percentage of the amount of classical literature handed down through the Middle Ages. During the same period Cyriacus of Ancona was engaged in the work of exploring the ancient monuments and transcribing their Latin inscriptions. Fra Giacondo...
Closely associated with Petrarch is Boccaccio. Like the Florentine, he was early attracted by Latin and Greek literature. He especially admired Livy and Tacitus, whom he frequently quoted in his epistles. His most famous work is a "Follo on Mythology," the earliest book on the subject. As with Petrarch, Boccaccio's greatest service to literature was his preservation of ancient manuscripts...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "Some Disputed Points in the Life of Menander," Mr. W. E. Clark; "Some Manuscripts of Aristophanes," Professor J. W. White; "A Harvard Manuscript of Ovid, Palladius, and Tacitus," Dr. E. K. Rand. Sever...