Cicero: Pro Marco Caelio

Marcus Tullius Cicero author Andrew R Dyck editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Apr '13

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

New edition of and detailed commentary on what is perhaps Cicero's best-loved speech. Offers advanced undergraduates and graduate students 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.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.

'… 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

ISBN: 9781107643482

Dimensions: 216mm x 137mm x 12mm

Weight: 280g

218 pages