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Aulus Gellius c. See all related overviews in Oxford Reference ». Fronto Ducaeus — Cornelius Fronto, Marcus c. Virgil is ignored, Lucan and Seneca the Younger damned.

The letters also illustrate Fronto's distaste for Stoicism, his distress at its hold on Marcus, his constant ill-health, his family joys and sorrows, and the difficulties of life at court. He complains Their own correspondence is marked by extreme displays of affection. A few declamations and fragments of speeches have also survived, as has a draft for a panegyrical history of the Parthian War.

Minucius Felix Oct. At the opposite extreme, it has been dismissed as incidental forensic abuse; it might also have been a speech in loyal support of imperial policy. Aulus Gellius includes Fronto in five chapters of his Attic Nights; three are in book 19, perhaps making the connection seem closer than it was. His authority in questions of vocabulary is vividly conveyed, but the admiration expressed for Quadrigarius and Virgil is probably Gellius' own.

Before his letters came to light in , Fronto had been idealized as the wise counsellor of a philosophic emperor; afterwards an exaggerated reaction dismissed him as a futile twaddler. He was more remarkable for mastery of language and warmth of heart than for keenness of intellect or strength of purpose; but our few fragments of his speeches tend to justify his ancient fame.

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Paris: Les Belles Lettres. Haines, C. Fronto: Correspondence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. However, the translation is based on an outdated text and it is therefore sometimes an unreliable guide both to the arrangement of the letters and to their contents. Madrid: Gredos. A Spanish translation of the letters, accompanied by introduction and notes. Portalupi, F.

Marco Cornelio Frontone: Opere. Turin, Italy: Unione Tipografico. Richlin, A. Marcus Aurelius in love: The letters of Marcus and Fronto. Chicago: Chicago Univ. A modern and accessible English translation of forty-six early letters between Fronto and Marcus Aurelius, accompanied by an introduction and notes, focusing particularly on the amorous content of the letters.

Cornelii Frontonis Epistulae. Leipzig: Teubner. The standard edition of the Latin and Greek text of Fronto now used by all scholars, including the letters and fragments of speeches. This edition is necessary in order to follow the commentary in van den Hout The text supersedes an earlier edition published by van den Hout in A commentary on the letters of M. Cornelius Fronto. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.

It is essential reading for all scholars of Fronto. The commentary is arranged with reference to the page and line numbers of van den Hout Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content on this page.

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