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The Poet as Prince: Author and Authority Under Augustus

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Ziogas, Ioannis

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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There has been an increasing awareness in recent scholarship that Augustus's new political regime created space for an unprecedented rivalry between poets and rulers. For the purpose of this chapter, I focus on Virgil and Ovid, and their attempts to edit, destroy, and self-censor their works.

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The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes

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2037-12-31