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Cicero's Pro L. Murena Oratio (Hardcover)
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Cicero's Pro L. Murena Oratio (Hardcover)
Series: Society for Classical Studies Texts & Commentaries
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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, a pedagogical 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 defense of the somewhat hapless defendant. This
commentary includes the kind of grammatical explication required to
make its riches accessible to undergraduate students of Latin.
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