The Hand of Cicero Contributor(s): Butler, Shane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415251494 ISBN-13: 9780415251495 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: Charting a course through Cicero's celebrated career, Shane Butler presents the fascinating theory that the success of Rome's greatest orator depended as much on writing as speaking; he also argues against the conventional wisdom that Rome was an oral society, in which writing served only practical, secondary purposes. |
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BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - General |
Dewey: 875.01 |
LCCN: 2001048187 |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.2" W x 9.7" (0.91 lbs) 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: Hundreds perished in Rome's Second Proscription, but one victim is remembered above all others. Cicero stands out, however, not only because of his fame, but also because his murder included a unique addition to the customary decapitation. For his corpse was deprived not only of its head, but also of its right hand. Plutarch tells us why Mark Antony wanted the hand that wrote the Philippics. But how did it come to pass that Rome's greatest orator could be so hated for the speeches he had written? |