Cicero, Pro Cluentio: A Selection

Matthew Barr

ISBN 10: 1350060348 / ISBN 13: 9781350060340

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # wbs3633407760

Synopsis:

This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's Pro Cluentio, sections 1-7 and 10-11, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 27-32 and 35-37, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed poems to be read in English for A Level. In 66 BC, Aulus Cluentius Habitus was tried for the attempted murder of Statius Albius Oppianicus the Elder. The prosecutor was Sassia, Cluentius' own mother. Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous statesman, orator and lawyer, defended Cluentius in his Pro Cluentio, a persuasive oratorical tour de force. The selections in this edition prove that Cicero was not above using character assassinations in his speeches, first attacking Oppianicus the Elder, then Sassia in a vivid, melodramatic narrative which distracts and diverts the jury from Cluentius' alleged crimes. Resources are available on the Companion Website.

About the Author: Matthew Barr teaches Classics at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, UK, and is co-author of OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 32 and 33: Love and Relationships and Politics of the Late Republic (BLoomsbury Academic, 2017).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cicero, Pro Cluentio: A Selection
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good