IDENTIDAD Y VOZ AU(C)TORIZADA: LA FUNCIONALIDAD DE LA CITA CICERONIANA DE LOS POETAE VETERES
It is possible to find, through Cicero’s works, a great number of citations of the so-called “archaic authors” –as Naevius, Ennius-, which are the result of the Arpinate’s own readings. The objective of our article consists on pointing out their frequent appearances in important places of the Ciceronian production and on analizing its particular function within this context. Thus, our purpose is focused on establishing how the inclusion of somebody else´s voice in those texts allows to see a number of discursive strategies that collaborate in the construction of Cicero’s identity as an author. It’s possible, then, to prove that his appropriation and manipulation of the sources -acquired through his readings- tend to be similar to those applied to the construction of his political imago. Authorized through tradition, Cicero himself becomes an auctor and a privilege interpreter of the Roman history by means of his poetic work. Therefore, we contemplate a 
twofold intention in quoting these old texts: the auctoritas that comes from their place in tradition and the relationship that Cicero establishes with them on a poetic level, association that acts as a guarantee in order to enable him to place himself as their follower and the next link in the chain towards poetic perfection.
Cicero, Ennius, and the Concept of Apotheosis at Rome
It is probably not a coincidence that the first systematic studies of roman religion, which de facto established religion as a distinct field of research, were produced in the late republic, just when social and political upheavals were threatening the existence of roman institutions and cultural traditions. Since the study of religion was still in its formative stage, cicero and Varro, who were the first writers to attempt a rational categorization of roman religious practices, enjoyed a privileged role. They found themselves in a position that allowed them to define and delimit the vast range of practices that made up roman religious life and also to create bold connections between recent religious developments and archaic roman traditions in an overt attempt to legitimize the new religious practices of the late republic. As a case study, this paper examines some of the ways in which cicero uses ennius in the de Re Publica to give his presentation of the disputed concept of apotheosis the sanction of republican tradition.
Lupin alkaloids from teratogenic and nonteratogenic lupins. II. Identification of the major alkaloids by tandem gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in plants producing crooked calf disease.
The major alkaloids of lupin plants producing crooked calf disease were identified by tandem gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and infrared analysis. The gas chromatography peak invariably present in teratogenic plants proved to be anagyrine. A minor but irregular contaminant of the peak was α-isolupanine. Other alkaloids present but apparently not associated with crooked calf disease were lupanine and two others that were probably epimethoxylupanine and 5,6-dehydrolupanine.