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This is a beautifully printed book, a pleasure just to hold. The introduction, commentary, and notes--clear, informative, often amusing--are a delight to read. What this book demonstrates is that Marcus and Fronto definitely had a love affair of the mind, whether or not they were lovers of the other variety. --Daniel A. Burr Gay and Lesbian Review These new translations of letters between the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his mentor Fronto, brilliantly edited by Amy Richlin, throw a tantalizing light on the intimate relations between men in the late Antonine period in Rome, hovering as they do between ardent expression of affection and playful amorousness. --Louis Crompton author of Homosexuality and Civilization (07/24/2006) These new translations of letters between the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his mentor Fronto, brilliantly edited by Amy Richlin, throw a tantalizing light on the intimate relations between men in the late Antonine period in Rome, hovering as they do between ardent expression of affection and playful amorousness. --Louis Crompton author of Homosexuality and Civilization (07/24/2006) Whether one interprets them as evidence of a genuine student-teacher romance, over-elaborated rhetoric of friendship, or the precocious young prince playing the manipulative tease, the letters of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto are sure to fascinate. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. It destabilizes traditional assumptions about the systematic interrelation of age difference, sexual desire, and political power. Amy Richlin has now made these letters available to us in a lively and modern translation with a helpful introduction and notes aimed at the student or nonspecialist. --Thomas K. Hubbard University of Texas at Austin (07/24/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin's fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006) Whether one interprets them as evidence of a genuine student-teacher romance, over-elaborated rhetoric of friendship, or the precocious young prince playing the manipulative tease, the letters of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto are sure to fascinate. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. It destabilizes traditional assumptions about the systematic interrelation of age difference, sexual desire, and political power. Amy Richlin has now made these letters available to us in a lively and modern translation with a helpful introduction and notes aimed at the student or nonspecialist. --Thomas K. Hubbard University of Texas at Austin (07/24/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin's fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006) Whether one interprets them as evidence of a genuine student-teacher romance, over-elaborated rhetoric of friendship, or the precocious young prince playing the manipulative tease, the letters of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto are sure to fascinate. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. It destabilizes traditional assumptions about the systematic interrelation of age difference, sexual desire, and political power. Amy Richlin has now made these letters available to us in a lively and modern translation with a helpful introduction and notes aimed at the student or nonspecialist. --Thomas K. Hubbard University of Texas at Austin (07/24/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin s fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin s fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006)

Whether one interprets them as evidence of a genuine student-teacher romance, over-elaborated rhetoric of friendship, or the precocious young prince playing the manipulative tease, the letters of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto are sure to fascinate. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. It destabilizes traditional assumptions about the systematic interrelation of age difference, sexual desire, and political power. Amy Richlin has now made these letters available to us in a lively and modern translation with a helpful introduction and notes aimed at the student or nonspecialist. --Thomas K. Hubbard University of Texas at Austin (07/24/2006)

This is a beautifully printed book, a pleasure just to hold. The introduction, commentary, and notes--clear, informative, often amusing--are a delight to read. What this book demonstrates is that Marcus and Fronto definitely had a love affair of the mind, whether or not they were lovers of the other variety. --Daniel A. Burr Gay and Lesbian Review These new translations of letters between the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his mentor Fronto, brilliantly edited by Amy Richlin, throw a tantalizing light on the intimate relations between men in the late Antonine period in Rome, hovering as they do between ardent expression of affection and playful amorousness. --Louis Crompton author of Homosexuality and Civilization (07/24/2006) These new translations of letters between the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his mentor Fronto, brilliantly edited by Amy Richlin, throw a tantalizing light on the intimate relations between men in the late Antonine period in Rome, hovering as they do between ardent expression of affection and playful amorousness. --Louis Crompton author of Homosexuality and Civilization (07/24/2006) Whether one interprets them as evidence of a genuine student-teacher romance, over-elaborated rhetoric of friendship, or the precocious young prince playing the manipulative tease, the letters of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto are sure to fascinate. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. It destabilizes traditional assumptions about the systematic interrelation of age difference, sexual desire, and political power. Amy Richlin has now made these letters available to us in a lively and modern translation with a helpful introduction and notes aimed at the student or nonspecialist. --Thomas K. Hubbard University of Texas at Austin (07/24/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin's fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006) Whether one interprets them as evidence of a genuine student-teacher romance, over-elaborated rhetoric of friendship, or the precocious young prince playing the manipulative tease, the letters of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto are sure to fascinate. This neglected correspondence deserves an important place in any future discussion of Roman sexuality. It destabilizes traditional assumptions about the systematic interrelation of age difference, sexual desire, and political power. Amy Richlin has now made these letters available to us in a lively and modern translation with a helpful introduction and notes aimed at the student or nonspecialist. --Thomas K. Hubbard University of Texas at Austin (07/24/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin s fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006) Marcus Aurelius in Love is an important text, the significance of which Amy Richlin is the first to fully appreciate. She has discovered something that was lying right out in the open, for anyone who chose to cast a glance in a certain out-of-the-way corner. The neglected letters that survived between the young Marcus Aurelius, the future emperor of Rome, and his tutor in rhetoric, the great orator Marcus Cornelius Fronto, are a record of the passionate affection they felt for each other. Richlin s fine literal translation and eloquent introduction make this collection essential for any scholar of the history of sexuality or classics. --David Konstan Brown University (03/14/2006)

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Amy Richlin is professor of classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor, translator of Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus, editor of Pornography and Representation in Greece and Rome, and coeditor of Feminist Theory and the Classics.

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