Cicero, Philippic 2, 44–50, 78–92, 100–119

Cicero, Philippic 2, 44–50, 78–92, 100–119
Title Cicero, Philippic 2, 44–50, 78–92, 100–119 PDF eBook
Author Ingo Gildenhard
Publisher Open Book Publishers
Pages 331
Release 2018-09-03
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 1783745924

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Cicero composed his incendiary Philippics only a few months after Rome was rocked by the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar. In the tumultuous aftermath of Caesar’s death, Cicero and Mark Antony found themselves on opposing sides of an increasingly bitter and dangerous battle for control. Philippic 2 was a weapon in that war. Conceived as Cicero’s response to a verbal attack from Antony in the Senate, Philippic 2 is a rhetorical firework that ranges from abusive references to Antony’s supposedly sordid sex life to a sustained critique of what Cicero saw as Antony’s tyrannical ambitions. Vituperatively brilliant and politically committed, it is both a carefully crafted literary artefact and an explosive example of crisis rhetoric. It ultimately led to Cicero’s own gruesome death. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, vocabulary aids, study questions, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard’s volume will be of particular interest to students of Latin studying for A-Level or on undergraduate courses. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Cicero, his oratory, the politics of late-republican Rome, and the transhistorical import of Cicero’s politics of verbal (and physical) violence.

The Philippics

The Philippics
Title The Philippics PDF eBook
Author Demosthenes
Publisher
Pages 152
Release 1893
Genre
ISBN

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The Philippics of Demosthenes

The Philippics of Demosthenes
Title The Philippics of Demosthenes PDF eBook
Author W. S. Tyler
Publisher BoD – Books on Demand
Pages 161
Release 2024-01-28
Genre Fiction
ISBN 3385243467

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

The Philippics of Demosthenes

The Philippics of Demosthenes
Title The Philippics of Demosthenes PDF eBook
Author Demosthenes
Publisher
Pages 276
Release 1880
Genre
ISBN

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Cicero's Philippics and Their Demosthenic Model

Cicero's Philippics and Their Demosthenic Model
Title Cicero's Philippics and Their Demosthenic Model PDF eBook
Author Cecil W. Wooten
Publisher UNC Press Books
Pages 220
Release 1983
Genre History
ISBN 9780807815588

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Cicero's Philippics and Their Demosthenic Model: The Rhetoric of Crisis

Cicero, "Philippics" 3-9

Cicero,
Title Cicero, "Philippics" 3-9 PDF eBook
Author Gesine Manuwald
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 1180
Release 2012-02-14
Genre History
ISBN 3110920476

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The Philippics form the climax of Cicero’s rhetorical achievement and political activity. Besides, these fourteen speeches are an important testimony to the critical final phase of the Roman Republic. Yet for a long time they have received little scholarly attention. This two-volume edition now provides a comprehensive scholarly commentary on Philippics 3-9, seven central speeches of the corpus. Full annotations explain the speeches in terms of linguistic, literary and historical issues (vol. 2); they are based on a revised Latin text with a facing translation into English as well as a detailed introduction dealing with problems relevant to the whole corpus; a bibliography and indices complete the edition (vol. 1). Besides a running commentary on each speech, the study shows these orations to be rhetorical constructs in a historical conflict; hence particular emphasis is placed on an analysis of Cicero’s rhetorical techniques and political strategies. The format of the commentary is also intended to present scholarly information to a wide and diverse readership.

The Trade Mission

The Trade Mission
Title The Trade Mission PDF eBook
Author Andrew Pyper
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 305
Release 2003-02-18
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0743253272

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On the heels of his acclaimed bestselling debut Lost Girls, Andrew Pyper brings his darkly musical language, chilling suspense, and psychological complexity to a story of survival in the Amazon jungle. On the delirious eve of the new millennium, Marcus Wallace and Jonathon Bates, two twenty-four-year-old overnight dot-com millionaires, are on a trade mission in Brazil. Their product is Hypothesys, a virtual "morality machine" that promises to help people "make the best decisions of their lives." But when the decision is made to take an ecotour up the Río Negro deep into the Amazon jungle, the Hypothesys team members are forced to make choices for themselves -- choices that carry fatal consequences. In the dead of night, their boat is boarded by paramilitaries who kill the Brazilian crew and kidnap Wallace and Bates, their two older colleagues, and their enigmatic interpreter, Crossman. Blindfolded and thrown into a pit for a prison, they must fight to find the will to survive. But when the increasingly unstable Wallace engineers a violent escape, their own natures emerge as a threat potentially more dangerous than the boundless jungle that surrounds them, or the gunmen who relentlessly pursue them. A rare combination of literary skill, contemporary insight, and outstanding storytelling, The Trade Mission is an electrifying read that confirms Andrew Pyper's mastery of psychological suspense.