Cicero: Cato Maior de Senectute

This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age) with an introduction and commentary.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), J. G. F. Powell (Edited by)

9780521607049, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 June 2004

312 pages, 3 b/w illus.
21.6 x 13.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.408 kg

"...the book is well indexed and organized; its introduction is for all readers, and the volume is well worth acquiring by any College library." Elaine Fantham, Classical World

This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age) with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition while the introduction aims to place the work in the context of Cicero's writings on old age in the ancient world. The Roman and Ciceronian qualities of the work are emphasized, rather than the search for lost sources that occupied scholars in the past. Matters of text, language, and content are all considered equally in the commentary.

Preface
Introduction
1. The literary character of the Cato
2. Old age in the philosophic tradition
3. The text and the manuscripts
Texts
Commentary
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]