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oapen-20.500.12657-303002024-03-25T09:51:31Z Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.53–86 Gildenhard, Ingo latin textbook latin legal history latin commentary translation cicero roman law ancient history interactive textbook ancient rome language a-level latin rhetoric Lampsacus Verres thema EDItEUR::4 Educational purpose qualifiers::4Z For specific national or regional educational curricula thema EDItEUR::4 Educational purpose qualifiers::4C For all educational levels::4CN For advanced / upper secondary education thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFP Translation and interpretation thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history Looting, despoiling temples, attempted rape and judicial murder: these are just some of the themes of this classic piece of writing by one of the world’s greatest orators. This particular passage is from the second book of Cicero’s Speeches against Verres, who was a former Roman magistrate on trial for serious misconduct. Cicero presents the lurid details of Verres’ alleged crimes in exquisite and sophisticated prose. This volume provides a portion of the original text of Cicero’s speech in Latin, a detailed commentary, study aids, and a translation. As a literary artefact, the speech gives us insight into how the supreme master of Latin eloquence developed what we would now call rhetorical "spin”. As an historical document, it provides a window into the dark underbelly of Rome’s imperial expansion and exploitation of the Near East. Ingo Gildenhard’s illuminating commentary on this A-Level set text will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both high school and undergraduate level. It will also be a valuable resource to Latin teachers and to anyone interested in Cicero, language and rhetoric, and the legal culture of Ancient Rome. 2018-04-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T12:51:01Z 2020-04-01T12:51:01Z 2011 book 646733 OCN: 794698074 2054-2437/2054-2437 9781906924539 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30300 eng Classics Textbooks application/pdf n/a 646733.pdf http://www.openbookpublishers.com/reader/96 Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0016 10.11647/OBP.0016 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b 9781906924539 ScholarLed 205 open access
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Looting, despoiling temples, attempted rape and judicial murder: these are just some of the themes of this classic piece of writing by one of the world’s greatest orators. This particular passage is from the second book of Cicero’s Speeches against Verres, who was a former Roman magistrate on trial for serious misconduct. Cicero presents the lurid details of Verres’ alleged crimes in exquisite and sophisticated prose. This volume provides a portion of the original text of Cicero’s speech in Latin, a detailed commentary, study aids, and a translation. As a literary artefact, the speech gives us insight into how the supreme master of Latin eloquence developed what we would now call rhetorical "spin”. As an historical document, it provides a window into the dark underbelly of Rome’s imperial expansion and exploitation of the Near East. Ingo Gildenhard’s illuminating commentary on this A-Level set text will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both high school and undergraduate level. It will also be a valuable resource to Latin teachers and to anyone interested in Cicero, language and rhetoric, and the legal culture of Ancient Rome.
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