Plagiarism in Latin Literature

Name: Plagiarism in Latin Literature
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ISBN: 9781108035552

ISBN-10: 1108035558

ISBN-13: 9781108035552

Edition: 2013

Authors: Scott McGill

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"Plagiarism in Latin Literature In response to critics who charged him with plagiarism, Virgil is said to have responded that it was easier to steal Hercules' club than a line from Homer. This was to deny the allegations by implying that Virgil was no plagiarist at all, but an author who had done the hard work of making Homer's material his own. Several other texts and passages in Latin literature provide further evidence for accusations and denials of plagiarism. Plagiarism in Latin Literature explores important questions such as, how do Roman writers and speakers define the practice? And how do the accusations and denials function? Scott McGill moves between varied sources, including…

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Scott McGill is Associate Professor in the Classical Studies Department, Rice University. He is the author of Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity (2005) and is currently writing Plagiarism in Classical Latin Literature, exploring the concept of plagiarism in Latin antiquity.




The ancient and the modern: approaching plagiarism in Latin literature



Accusations



Blame and praise: plagiarism and self-promotion in Latin prefaces



Playing the victim: Martial on the plagiarism of his poetry



Denials



Plagiarism on the stage: Terence, literary controversy, and the theater



A spectrum of innocence: denying plagiarism in Seneca the Elder



Saving the hero: Virgil, plagiarism, and canonicity


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