Roman theories of translation : surpassing the source /
McElduff, Siobhán.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.
Language, interpreters, and official translations in the Roman world -- Livius Andronicus, Ennius, and the beginnings of epic and translation in Rome -- Making a show of the Greeks: translation and drama in third- and second-century Rome -- Cicero's impossible translation: on the best type of orator and beyond -- Late republican and Augustan poets on translation: Catullus, Horace, Lucretius, and Germanicus Caesar -- The post-Ciceronian landscape of Roman translation theory -- Conclusion: a Roman theory of translation?.
Translating and interpreting
Greek literature
Greek language