Cicero's Pro L. Murena oratio /

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Author / Creator:Fantham, Elaine.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:American Philological Association texts and commentaries
American Philological Association texts and commentaries series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12014199
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ISBN:9780199974542
0199974543
9780191844751
0191844756
9780199974528
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9780199974535
0199974535
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and indexes.
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Summary: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 c.
Other form:Print version: Fantham, Elaine. Cicero's Pro L. Murena Oratio. Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013 9780199974535