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Cicero: De Oratore Book III

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Edited by David Mankin, Cornell University, New York
Published 2011

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Cicero's De Oratore is one of the masterpieces of Latin prose. A literary dialogue in the Greek tradition, it was written in 55 BCE in the midst of political turmoil at Rome, but reports a discussion 'concerning the (ideal) orator' that supposedly took place in 90 BCE, just before an earlier crisis. Cicero features eminent orators and statesmen of the past as participants in this discussion, presenting competing views on many topics. This edition of Book III is the first…

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  • First new Latin text of De Oratore since 1969
  • First English-language commentary designed specifically for students
  • Most detailed assessment to date of the prose rhythm of De Oratore

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