Cicero

3 units

Cicero's PHILIPPICS, speeches denouncing Mark Antony after the death of Julius Caesar, are masterpieces of invective from one of Rome's greatest orators. We will read PHILIPPICS 1 and 2, paying particular attention to: Cicero's language and style; rhetorical genre; and Cicero's assassination of Antony's character in the political and cultural context of the 1st century BCE. PREREQUISITES: LATIN 3171 and LATIN 3181 (OR EQUIVALENT) AND SOPHOMORE STANDING OR ABOVE.