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"The ancient commentaries and scholia to Cicero's speeches have hitherto received relatively little scholarly attention. This volume is dedicated to Asconius' first-century commentary and the corpora of the scholia stemming from the 4th-7th centuries (Bobbio, ps.-Asconius, and Gronovius). It shows the specific interpretative challenges of these corpora and offers interpretative case studies. Furthermore, it contextualizes the corpora within the learning and learned environment of their time, by contrasting them with rhetorical teaching (via the transmission of Cicero on papyri and his presence in the Rhetores Latini minores) and other ancient commentaries (on Homer and Demosthenes)"--

Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. --- Criticism and interpretation --- History

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This volume contributes to the ongoing scholarly debate regarding the reception of Cicero. It focuses on one particular moment in Cicero’s life, the period from the death of Caesar up to Cicero’s own death. These final years have shaped Cicero’s reception in an special way, as they have condensed and enlarged themes that his life stands for: on the positive side his fight for freedom and the republic against mighty opponents (for which he would finally be killed); on the other hand his inconsistency in terms of political alliances and tendency to overestimate his own influence. For that reason, many later readers viewed the final months of Cicero's life as his swan song, and as representing the essence of his life as a whole.The fixed scope of this volume facilitates an analysis of the underlying debates about the historical character Cicero and his textual legacy (speeches, letters and philosophical works) through the ages, stretching from antiquity itself to the present day. Major themes negotiated in this volume are the influence of Cicero’s regular attempts to anticipate his later reception; the question of whether or not Cicero showed consistency in his behaviour; his debatable heroism with regard to republican freedom; and the interaction between philosophy, rhetoric and politics.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Cicero. --- End of the Roman Republic. --- Reception Studies. --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Influence. --- Cicero --- T︠S︡it︠s︡eron, Mark Tulliĭ --- Cyceron --- Cicéron --- Kikerōn --- Cicerón, M. Tulio --- Ḳiḳero --- Cicerone --- M. Tulli Ciceronis --- Cicéron, Marcus --- Cicerón, Marco Tulio --- Ḳiḳero, Marḳus Ṭulyus --- Tullius Cicero, Marcus --- Cicerone, M. T. --- Kikerōn, M. T. --- Cicerone, M. Tullio --- Cicero, M. T. --- Cyceron, Marek Tulliusz --- ציצרון, מארקוס טולליוס --- קיקרו, מארקוס טוליוס --- קיקרו, מרקוס טוליוס --- キケロ --- 西塞罗

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The book brings together seven essays on Cicero written by specialists in the Author. The essays are grouped into two sections: the first one presents papers on Cicero’s works (the dialogues: Lucullus, De finibus, De oratore, De officiis); the papers in the second one discuss on both the early and late reception of Cicero (in Seneca, Petrarch and Erasmus). The authors are professors from Brazilian (Adriano Scatolin, Bianca Fanelli Morganti, Elaine Cristine Sartorelli, Sidney Calheiros de Lima), French (Carlos Lévy) and Italian universities (Aldo Setaioli, Ermanno Malaspina). The book avoids traditional biographical approach, which tends to take the works of Cicero as a reliable witness of political and family events, sometimes distrusts them as a distorted picture of public and private actors. The essays here assembled also avoid conceiving Cicero’s works as either the Author’s profession of faith in a philosophical doctrine, or a tendentious presentation of the theses of philosophical schools. Instead, the contributors adopt another interpretative key, so that, when analyzing a philosophical dialogue of Cicero, instead of seeking references to its historical moment, focus on its controversial aspects (due to the dispute between the schools of philosophy), rhetorical aspects (the amplifying devices through which the Author compares the strength of one thesis with the weakness of another), fictional aspects (including the description of the scene and the picture of the characters). Thus, it can be said that the book seeks a more appropriate approach to Cicero’s works, not taking them as mere source of historical knowledge, but considering their historicity, that is, the devices for discursive production of their own time.

Philology --- Historiography --- Philosophy --- Rhetoric --- Reception --- Cicero --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Criticism and interpretation. --- T︠S︡it︠s︡eron, Mark Tulliĭ --- Cyceron --- Cicéron --- Kikerōn --- Cicerón, M. Tulio --- Ḳiḳero --- Cicerone --- M. Tulli Ciceronis --- Cicéron, Marcus --- Cicerón, Marco Tulio --- Ḳiḳero, Marḳus Ṭulyus --- Tullius Cicero, Marcus --- Cicerone, M. T. --- Kikerōn, M. T. --- Cicerone, M. Tullio --- Cicero, M. T. --- Cyceron, Marek Tulliusz --- ציצרון, מארקוס טולליוס --- קיקרו, מארקוס טוליוס --- קיקרו, מרקוס טוליוס --- キケロ --- 西塞罗

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Cicéron, en tant que maître d’éloquence, est l’un des auteurs classiques les plus copiés au Moyen Âge. Figure tutélaire de la rhétorique, il est aussi un modèle récurrent des pratiques vertueuses, christianisé par les Pères de l’Église. À ces influences, l’historiographie consacrée à l’Italie communale a ajouté une dimension politique, en notant, tout particulièrement dans le cadre florentin, l’application des normes cicéroniennes aux définitions du juste gouvernement et du bon citoyen. Or cette dette médiévale n’est pas datée avec précision par les historiens : à quand faire remonter les prémices de l’« humanisme civique » ? Ce livre vise à estimer le rôle formateur et légitimateur attribué à Cicéron quant aux normes civiques communales. Par le biais de l’auteur classique, il interroge l’unité et les spécificités des idéaux politiques de cet espace institutionnel en mobilisant un large corpus : sources normatives, florilèges, dictamina, traités de regimine, traductions invitent à reconsidérer le regard « républicain » qu’aurait porté le lecteur médiéval sur ce modèle antique.

History --- Italie communale --- Moyen Âge --- Cicéron --- rhétorique --- histoire politique --- histoire culturelle --- vulgarisation --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Influence. --- Political and social views. --- Cicero --- T︠S︡it︠s︡eron, Mark Tulliĭ --- Cyceron --- Cicéron --- Kikerōn --- Cicerón, M. Tulio --- Ḳiḳero --- Cicerone --- M. Tulli Ciceronis --- Cicéron, Marcus --- Cicerón, Marco Tulio --- Ḳiḳero, Marḳus Ṭulyus --- Tullius Cicero, Marcus --- Cicerone, M. T. --- Kikerōn, M. T. --- Cicerone, M. Tullio --- Cicero, M. T. --- Cyceron, Marek Tulliusz --- ציצרון, מארקוס טולליוס --- קיקרו, מארקוס טוליוס --- קיקרו, מרקוס טוליוס --- キケロ --- 西塞罗

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"Looting, despoiling temples, attempted rape and judicial murder: these are just some of the themes of this classic piece of writing by one of the world's greatest orators. This particular passage is from the second book of Cicero's Speeches against Verres, who was a former Roman magistrate on trial for serious misconduct. Cicero presents the lurid details of Verres' alleged crimes in exquisite and sophisticated prose. This volume provides a portion of the original text of Cicero's speech in Latin, a detailed commentary, study aids, and a translation. As a literary artefact, the speech gives us insight into how the supreme master of Latin eloquence developed what we would now call rhetorical "spin”. As an historical document, it provides a window into the dark underbelly of Rome's imperial expansion and exploitation of the Near East. Ingo Gildenhard's illuminating commentary on this A-Level set text will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both high school and undergraduate level. It will also be a valuable resource to Latin teachers and to anyone interested in Cicero, language and rhetoric, and the legal culture of Ancient Rome."--Publisher's website.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- Translations into English. --- Verres, Gaius, -- active 1st century B.C. --- Verres, Gaius, --- Verres, C., --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. --- Cicero --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Cicerone, M. T. --- Cicéron, Marcus --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin. --- Latin orations --- Latin speeches --- latin textbook --- latin --- legal history --- latin commentary --- translation --- cicero --- roman law --- ancient history --- interactive textbook --- ancient rome --- language --- a-level latin --- rhetoric --- Lampsacus --- Verres