Cicero: Pro P. Sulla Oratio Contributor(s): Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author), Berry, D. H. (Editor), Berry, Dominic H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521481740 ISBN-13: 9780521481748 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $144.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1996 Annotation: This edition is the first full-scale scholarly treatment of the speech. The introduction includes a reassessment of Sulla's guilt and Cicero's undertaking of the case, and also considers issues such as the prose rhythm of the speech and its publication. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Language Arts & Disciplines |
Dewey: 875.01 |
LCCN: 95001196 |
Lexile Measure: 1340 |
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.69" W x 8.78" (1.20 lbs) 364 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is a full-scale scholarly edition of Cicero's speech in defense of P. Cornelius Sulla, delivered in 62 BC. It contains an introduction, a newly established Latin text, a commentary and appendices. The introduction includes a reassessment of Sulla's guilt and Cicero's undertaking of the case and also considers issues such as the prose rhythm of the speech and its publication. The commentary discusses history, text and syntax as well as rhetoric and style. |