An Easy Selection from Cicero's Correspondence
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ISBN13: 9780217556699
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... with an army, he is not in a worse position than the other candidates for the business. 15. quod is the relative pronoun. ut...reducatur, ' namely, restoration by Pompey.' 17. proflelscatur: Ptolemy was now at Ephesus. 19. panlum modo...placere, 'gives even a slight indication of approval.' 20. hominis tarditatem, 'how slow the man is': in politics as in war, Pompey's movements were always very deliberate. 22. ceteris iniuriis: Cato was trying to have Lentulus dismissed from his office of governor of Cilicia. 26. partim...partim -/i/...-///. 28. levissiini hominia, ' a contemptible fellow, ' i.e. Cato. LETTER 4 1. Pollione: Gains Asinius Pollio, famous later as a general and a writer; he was a patron of Horace and Virgil. He was only twenty at this time and had begun his public career by prosecuting Cato, Lentulus' enemy. 2. non...praefult, 'has taken not only a part but the chief part.' 6. ipsa die, ' by mere lapse of time': diet, generally masc., is often feminine, when it means either length of time or an appointed day. 9. facile qualifies tecundo: by way of consolation, the recollection of Cicero's own exile comes ' easily second' to the hope already mentioned. 11. etsi...affllcta eat, ' although your position is attacked in a matter of less importance than that in which mine was dashed to the ground': Cicero was driven into exile; for Lentulus the danger is merely that he may lose his post as governor and a chance of enriching himself. 13. a teneris unguiculis probably means 'from earliest youth, ' the nails being soft at that age. LETTER 5 L A. d. VHI Idus Applies: see p. 102. Crasslpes was Tullia's second husband: they were betrothed on April 4th, and Cicero now gives a party to celebrate the occasion. 2. Quintus is Oicero's
| ISBN-13 | 9780217556699 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217556698 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.22 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 92 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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