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Cicero's Pro L. Murena oratio / introduction and commentary by Elaine Fantham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fantham, Elaine.
- Series:
- American philological association texts and commentaries.
- American Philological Association texts and commentaries series
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Murena.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages ) maps (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- Latin text, English introduction and notes.
- Summary:
- Provides readers with a detailed pedagogical commentary of Cicero's }Pro L. Muerna Oratio{. Cicero's speech on behalf of L. Lucinius Murena, newly elected to the consulship of 62 BCE but immediately prosecuted for electoral bribery, is especially famous for its digressions and valuable for its insights into the complex political wrangles of the late 60s. It is, however, a speech more commonly excerpted and cited than read in its entirety, though whether the absence of an English-language commentary is a cause or effect of that situation remains uncertain. In short, apedagogical commentary on this important and strange speech is long overdue. Distinguished Latinist Elaine Fantham's commentary is noteworthy for its ability to elucidate not only the rhetorical structure of this speech but the rationale behind Cicero's strategic decisions in creating that structure. It also calls attention to the stylistic features like word choice, rhetorical figures, and rhythmic effects that make the speech so effective, and explains with care and precision the political, social, and historical considerations that shaped the prosecution and defenseof the somewhat hapless defendant. This commentary includes the kind of grammatical explication required to make its riches accessible to undergraduate students of Latin.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2013.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 04, 2013).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-184475-6
- 0-19-997454-3
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