"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" (3/14/2006 12:00:00 AM)