Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio

New edition of and detailed commentary on perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Andrew R. Dyck (Edited by)

9781107643482, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2013

218 pages, 2 maps 1 table
21.6 x 13.7 x 1.2 cm, 0.28 kg

'… 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

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.

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Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB], Literature: history & criticism [DS]