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Sunday, 9 February 2020
Cicero, de Senectute: Cyrus the Great on the soul.
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Cyrus the Great (600-530 BC), king of Persia, is one of the most famous figures of Antiquity and is both mentioned in the Bible and in Clas...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Cicero: Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
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Romans loved extensive meals – as far as they could afford it and most could not – but when you are really hungry or thirsty, anything ...
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Cicero on grumpy old men.
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Grumpy old men –we all know some – have existed in every period of history. Cicero dwells on these characters in his De Senectute , a d...
Sunday, 28 May 2017
Cicero, De oratore: an expert speaking?
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With dozens of volumes of the Loeb Classical Library and the Tusculum and Artemis Greek/Latin – German editions within reach, it is eas...
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