The Roman world of Cicero's De oratore
By: Elaine Fantham.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Rhetoric, Ancient; Oratory, Ancient
Description: The author offers a wide introduction to Cicero's political and cultural world, and illustrates, by analysis of his imaginary dialogue between statesmen, how he introduced the principles of Greek philosphy and rhetoric into Roman education so that his work became the basis of humanist ideals in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-337) and indexes.