Defence Speeches [Audiobook] download free by Cicero
- Listen audiobook: Defence Speeches
- Author: Cicero
- Release date: 2009/7/15
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780199537907
- Rating: 8.99 of 10
- Votes: 88
- Review by: Yaretzi Foss
- Review rating: 8.92 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/4
- Duration: 4H0M9S in 256 kbps (64 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-13
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MPEG-4 DST, AC3, MPEG4, FLAC, MP3, WAV (compression ZIP, LZO, RAR, AZW3)
- Total pages original book: 320
- Includes a PDF summary of 30 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 23M34S (6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: But I must stop now. I can no longer speak for tears - and my client has ordered that tears are not to be used in his defence.'Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world: he dominated the Roman courts, usually appearing for the defence. His speeches are masterpieces of persuasion: compellingly written, emotionally powerful, and somtimes hilariously funny. This book presents five of his most famous defences: of Roscius, falsely accused of murdering his father; of the consul-elect Murena, accused of electoral bribery; of the poet Archias, on a citizenshiup charge; of Caelius, ex-lover of ClodiaMetelli, on charges of violence; and of Milo, for mudering Cicero's hated enemy Clodius. Cicero's clients were rarely whiter-than-white; but so seductive is his oratory that the reader cannot help taking his side. In these speeches we are plunged into some of the most exciting courtroom dramas of alltime.These new translations preserve Cicero's literary artistry and emotional force, and achieve new standards of accuracy. Each speech has its own introduction, and a general introduction discusses Cicero's public career and the criminal courts. The substantial explanatory notes guide the reader through the speeches, and offer new scholarship presented in a clear way.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Anthologies (non-poetry), Semantics, Political Structure & Processes, Classical History / Classical Civilisation, Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.73 USD
- Dimensions: 129x196x15mm
- Weight: 223g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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