Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 699 g
Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 699 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-929829-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford
A collection of contributions by prominent Ciceronian scholars on Cicero's forensic speeches as examples of advocacy designed to secure a verdict, setting the speeches in the context of the Roman court system and of ancient rhetoric, discussing the nature of advocacy ancient and modern, analysing Cicero's various techniques of persuasion, and examining a number of speeches in detail as case studies.
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- Introduction
- I. Themes
- 1: Andrew Lintott: Legal Procedure in Cicero's Time
- 2: Jeremy Paterson: Self-Reference in Cicero's Forensic Speeches
- 3: Kathryn Lomas: A Volscian Mafia? Cicero and his Italian Clients in the Forensic Speeches
- 4: David Levene: Allusion in Cicero's Narratives
- 5: Jill Harries: Cicero and the Law
- 6: Andrew Riggsby: The Rhetoric of Character in the Roman Courts
- 7: Christopher Craig: Audience Expectations, Invective, and Proof
- 8: Michael Winterbottom: Cicero's Perorations
- II. Case Studies
- 9: Catherine Steel: Being Economical with the Truth: What Really Happened at Lampsacus (Verrines II 1)
- 10: Lynn Fotheringham: Repetition and Structure in a Civil Law Speech: The Pro Caecina
- 11: Christopher Burnand: The Advocate as a Professional: The Role of the Patronus in Cicero's Pro Cluentio
- 12: Dominic Berry: Literature and Persuasion in Pro Archia
- 13: Wilfried Stroh: De Domo sua: Legal Problem and Structure
- 14: Jeff Johnson: The Dilemma of Cicero's Speech for Ligarius
- Epilogue
- 15: John Laws: Cicero and the Modern Advocate
