Cicero the Advocate

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ISBN: 9780199298297 | 0199298297
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/15/2006

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A collection of contributions by prominent Ciceronian scholars on Cicero's forensic speeches as examples of advocacy designed to secure a verdict, setting the speeches in the context of the Roman court system and of ancient rhetoric, discussing the nature of advocacy ancient and modern,analysing Cicero's various techniques of persuasion, and examining a number of speeches in detail as case studies.

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Introduction
Themes
Legal Procedure in Cicero's Time
Self-Reference in Cicero's Forensic Speeches
A Volscian Mafia? Cicero and his Italian Clients in the Forensic Speeches
Allusion in Cicero's Narratives
Cicero and the Law
The Rhetoric of Character in the Roman Courts
Audience Expectations, Invective, and Proof
Cicero's Perorations
Case Studies
Being Economical with the Truth: What Really Happened at Lampsacus (Verrines II 1)
Repetition and Structure in a Civil Law Speech: The Pro Caecina
The Advocate as a Professional: The Role of the Patronus in Cicero's Pro Cluentio
Literature and Persuasion in Pro Archia
De Domo sua: Legal Problem and Structure
The Dilemma of Cicero's Speech for Ligarius
Epilogue
Cicero and the Modern Advocate
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