Wir freuen uns mitteilen zu können, dass Frau Dr. Sara Fascione (Universität Neapel) von Mai bis Juli 2021 als Junior Fellow des Forschungskollegs Dialogkulturen in Eichstätt arbeiten wird. Ihr Forschungsprojekt trägt den Titel: Ideology of power and reception of Fronto in Symmachus’ Letters.
Ideology of power and reception of Fronto in Symmachus’ Letters
The project offers the first comprehensive study on the relationship between Fronto’s and Symmachus’ letter collection. By analysing textual allusions and thematic similarities, the research aims at examining how the reception of Fronto influences Symmachus’ representation of the imperial power. The project outcomes will shed further light on the strategies of self-representation and the dialogical approach to the past in late antique aristocratic culture; furthermore, the investigation on the circulation of Fronto’s work in late will improve our philological understanding of his text.