Trajan the Panegyrist: Pliny, Paneg. 69-75


Gibson, BJ ORCID: 0000-0002-8544-3825 (2019) Trajan the Panegyrist: Pliny, Paneg. 69-75. Maia: rivista di letterature classiche, LXXI (2). pp. 249-265.

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Abstract

This contribution looks at Pliny's treatment of Trajan's role in the senatorial processes for choosing candidates for office in chapters 69-75 of the Panegyricus. Although Pliny does not emphasise Trajan as an orator in his evocation of Trajan's excellent qualities at the beginning of the speech, the account of senatorial business does give a sense of Trajan's role in promoting and furthering the careers of those seeking office in Rome. Though he is in broad terms the object of Pliny's praise across the whole speech, Pliny in this section of the speech presents Trajan himself as a giver of praise. Trajan's good judgement in terms of whom he praises is matched by his affirmation of Pliny as consul at the end of the speech, and indeed by Pliny's own role as a giver of judicious and appropriate praise to Trajan.

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Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2019 09:56
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:41
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