Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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New edition of and detailed commentary on what is perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech. Offers advanced undergraduates and graduate students a detailed analysis of Cicero's rhetorical strategies and stylistic refinements and presents a systematic account of the background and significance of the speech, including in-depth explanations of Roman court proceedings.

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Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Pro Marco Caelio is perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech and has long been regarded as one of the best surviving examples of Roman oratory. Speaking in defence of the young aristocrat Marcus Caelius Rufus on charges of political violence, Cicero scores his points with wit but also with searing invective directed at a supporter of the prosecution, Clodia Metelli, whom he represents as seeking vengeance as a lover spurned by his client. This new edition and detailed commentary offers advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as scholars, a detailed analysis of Cicero's rhetorical strategies and stylistic refinements and presents a systematic account of the background and significance of the speech, including in-depth explanations of Roman court proceedings.
'… a welcome addition to the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series … clear and elucidating … one of a series of outstanding commentaries on Cicero that [Dyke] has given us' Jane W. Crawford, The Classical Review
Andrew R. Dyck is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of many commentaries on works of Cicero, including De officiis, De legibus, De natura deorum I, Catilinarians and Pro Sexto Roscio, as well as numerous articles and reviews. He is currently writing a biography of Cicero.
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ISBN 13 9781107643482
ISBN 10 1107643481
Title Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio
Author Marcus Tullius Cicero
Series Cambridge Greek And Latin Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2013-04-18
Number of pages 218
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.