Alison Keith is University Professor of Classics and Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Virgil and Elegy, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy, Virgil, and Women in War and Antiquity.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures Genealogical TablesPrologue Part I - Texts1. Discovery Part II - Genealogies2. Daughter of the Patriciate3. Niece of the Augustan Aristocracy4. An Elite Upbringing Part III - Literary Contexts5. Pretexts 6. Intertexts7. Rescripts8. Postscript Appendix - The Sulpicia Cycle (Latin/English)BibliographyIndex LocorumGeneral Index

Alison Keith is University Professor of Classics and Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Virgil and Elegy, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy, Virgil, and Women in War and Antiquity.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures Genealogical TablesPrologue Part I - Texts1. Discovery Part II - Genealogies2. Daughter of the Patriciate3. Niece of the Augustan Aristocracy4. An Elite Upbringing Part III - Literary Contexts5. Pretexts 6. Intertexts7. Rescripts8. Postscript Appendix - The Sulpicia Cycle (Latin/English)BibliographyIndex LocorumGeneral Index

Alison Keith is University Professor of Classics and Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Virgil and Elegy, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy, Virgil, and Women in War and Antiquity.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures Genealogical TablesPrologue Part I - Texts1. Discovery Part II - Genealogies2. Daughter of the Patriciate3. Niece of the Augustan Aristocracy4. An Elite Upbringing Part III - Literary Contexts5. Pretexts 6. Intertexts7. Rescripts8. Postscript Appendix - The Sulpicia Cycle (Latin/English)BibliographyIndex LocorumGeneral Index