Cicero, Pro Cluentio: A Selection

Cicero, Pro Cluentio: A Selection by Matthew Barr

This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's Pro Cluentio, sections 1–7 and 10–11, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 27–32 and 35–37, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed poems to be read in English for A Level. In 66 BC, Aulus Cluentius Habitus was tried for the attempted murder of Statius Albius Oppianicus the Elder. The prosecutor was Sassia, Cluentius' own mother. Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous statesman, orator and lawyer, defended Cluentius in his Pro Cluentio, a persuasive oratorical tour de force. The selections in this edition prove that Cicero was not above using character assassinations in his speeches, first attacking Oppianicus the Elder, then Sassia in a vivid, melodramatic narrative which distracts and diverts the jury from Cluentius' alleged crimes. Resources are available on the Companion Website.

Picks out relevant rhetorical techniques and gives relevant explanations for ideas, terms and events.. a very helpful book * The Journal of Classics Teaching *

Matthew Barr teaches Classics at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, UK, and is co-author of OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 32 and 33: Love and Relationships and Politics of the Late Republic (BLoomsbury Academic, 2017).

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ISBN 13	9781350060340
ISBN 10	1350060348
Title	Cicero, Pro Cluentio: A Selection
Author	Matthew Barr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2021-04-22
Number of pages	168
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