ΚΑΙ ΣΥ ΤΕΚΝΟΝ. The Hellenic Correspondence of Brutvs, Assassin of Caesar: First Translation into Portuguese; Reflections; Bibliography
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https://doi.org/10.24206/lh.v9i2.60407Keywords:
Bruto, pseudepistolografia, Poder Romano, alianças políticas.Abstract
The purpose of ascribing the authenticity of the 70 epistles imputed to the Roman Marcus Junius Brutus remains an unsolved quest. The Greek letters of an institutional nature written in a style praised by many were gathered in several manuscripts. Between alleged sendings and supposed responses to orders, solicitations, threats, betrayals, advices, excuses, friendships and diplomatic hostilities, the scripts expose political choices, war strategies, resources, alliances of a complex scenario of cultures addressed by the tyrannicide. What’s more, a sententious coloring with gnomic aspects adorns the correspondences here rendered for the first time in Portuguese. It is up to the current reader to ponder beyond a supposed historicity of the writings or to integrate them totally or partially in the fictional category as rhetorical exercises of a didactic nature, perhaps even politically motivated, of uncertain date.
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