Cicero's Brutus and Orator constitute his final major statements on the history of Roman oratory and the nature of the ideal orator. In the Brutus he traces the development of political and judicial speech over the span of 150 years, from the early second century to 46 BCE, when both of these t...

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Main Author:	Kaster, Robert A. 1948- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2020
Subjects:	Cicero, Marcus Tullius > v106-v43 > Orator Cicero, Marcus Tullius > v106-v43 > Brutus Cicero, Marcus Tullius.-Brutus Electronic books
Online Access:	BSB01 BSB01
Summary:	Cicero's Brutus and Orator constitute his final major statements on the history of Roman oratory and the nature of the ideal orator. In the Brutus he traces the development of political and judicial speech over the span of 150 years, from the early second century to 46 BCE, when both of these treatises were written, dispensing praise and criticism, providing an unparalleled resource for the study of Roman rhetoric, and engaging delicately with the fraught political circumstances of the day under the dominance of Julius Caesar. The Orator, written several months later, describes the form of oratory that Cicero most admired, defending his views vigorously against his critics
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (329 Seiten)
ISBN:	9780190857875