Cicero and Roman Education - The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship

Presents the first full-length, systematic study of the reception of Cicero's speeches in the Roman educational system.

List of contents

1. Cicero presents himself: writing, revision and publication of the speeches; 2. Beyond the author: Cicero's speeches from publication to the medieval manuscripts; 3. Between praise and blame: Ciceronian scholarship from the early Empire to Late Antiquity; 4. Teaching Cicero.

About the author

Giuseppe La Bua is Associate Professor of Latin Literature at the Sapienza University of Rome. His research interests focus mainly on the relationship between religion and literature in the Roman world. His previous publications include L'inno nella letteratura poetica latina (1999) and numerous articles on pagan centos, Persius, archaic tragedy, Ciceronian rhetoric and oratory, Horace, Ovid, Apuleius, Roman declamations and the Latin prose panegyrics.

Summary

A highly informative book of great value to anyone interested in Cicero's oratory, the history of Roman education and Latin textual criticism. Provides a comprehensive study of the reception of Cicero's speeches in the ancient schoolroom and a fascinating picture of the Roman educational system.

Product details

• Authors: BUA GIUSEPPE LA, Giuseppe La Bua, Giuseppe (Universit... Degli Studi DI Roma La Bua, Giuseppe (Universit... degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' La Bua, Giuseppe (Universita Degli Studi DI Roma ' La Bua, Giuseppe (Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' La Bua
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107068582
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06858-2
• No. of pages: 406
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Latein, Antike, Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, History - General History, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin, Classical texts, History of Education, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts