The hand of Cicero / Shane Butler.

Author
Butler, Shane, 1970- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Description
1 online resource (176 pages)

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Hundreds perished in Rome's Second Proscription, but one victim is remembered above all others. Cicero stands out, however, not only because of his fame, but also because his murder included a unique addition to the customary decapitation. For his corpse was deprived not only of its head, but also of its right hand. Plutarch tells us why Mark Antony wanted the hand that wrote the Philippics. But how did it come to pass that Rome's greatest orator could be so hated for the speeches he had written?
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Description based upon print version of record.5
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
Introduction: the hand (or hands) of Cicero; 1 The young Cicero, reading; 2 Cicero takes a bath: an introduction to the prosecution of Verres; 3 Multitudo litterarum: a catalogue of the written evidence against Verres; 4 The trial of Verres; 5 Litterae manent: the publication of the Verrines; 6 December 3, 63 BCE: convincing Rome of a conspiracy; 7 The hand of a secretary: writing after the Ides of March.
ISBN
  • 1-280-14199-9
  • 0-203-99520-1
OCLC
264453175
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