TY - BOOK ID - 80753888 TI - Reading Cicero’s final years : receptions of the Post-Caesarian works up to the Sixteenth Century – with two Epilogues AU - Velden, Bram van der AU - Pieper, Christoph AU - Andrew James, Sillett AU - Barbara, Del Giovane AU - Bram van der, Velden AU - Carole, Mabboux AU - Caroline, Bishop AU - Christoph, Pieper AU - Gesine, Manuwald AU - Giuseppe, La Bua AU - Leanne, Jansen AU - Lex, Paulson AU - Thomas J., Keeline AU - Patrum Lumen Sustine-Stiftung (PLuS) PY - 2020 SN - 3110716313 3110715066 9783110716313 9783110716399 9783110715064 9783110715064 PB - De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. KW - Cicero. KW - End of the Roman Republic. KW - Reception Studies. KW - Cicero, Marcus Tullius KW - Influence. KW - Cicero KW - T︠S︡it︠s︡eron, Mark Tulliĭ KW - Cyceron KW - Cicéron KW - Kikerōn KW - Cicerón, M. Tulio KW - Ḳiḳero KW - Cicerone KW - M. Tulli Ciceronis KW - Cicéron, Marcus KW - Cicerón, Marco Tulio KW - Ḳiḳero, Marḳus Ṭulyus KW - Tullius Cicero, Marcus KW - Cicerone, M. T. KW - Kikerōn, M. T. KW - Cicerone, M. Tullio KW - Cicero, M. T. KW - Cyceron, Marek Tulliusz KW - ציצרון, מארקוס טולליוס KW - קיקרו, מארקוס טוליוס KW - קיקרו, מרקוס טוליוס KW - キケロ KW - 西塞罗 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80753888 AB - 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. ER -