The Character of Marcus Licinius Crassus
The Character of Marcus Licinius Crassus
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马库斯·李锡尼·克拉苏人物形象
DOI:
10.1002/9780470776605.ch7
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发表时间:
2008
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W. Tatum
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W. Tatum
Even before Marcus Licinius Crassus makes his first appearance in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, the announcement of his approach to the gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batiatus excites an anxiety approximating servility on the part of the school’s owner. The very mention of Crassus’ name reduces Batiatus to his characteristic and comic deviousness and fawning. Then Batiatus informs the viewers about something his household already knows:“Crassus has expensive tastes.” Enter the Roman, riding a white steed and resplendent in elegant white garb delicately set off by golden brocade and lavender wrap. He is accompanied by three distinguished friends: Helena, apparently his lover, her brother Glabrus, and Glabrus’ new wife Claudia. At first we see Crassus only from a distance, the most striking element in his posh procession. 1 He becomes more accessible, however, after he has entered Batiatus’ house, discovered the bust of his political opponent Gracchus, and leers at Varinia with such blatant absorption that his host is moved to inquire:“Is there anything wrong, your nobility?”