Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Orationes Philippicae III-IX": Edited with Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary: v. 1

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The two-volume edition provides the first comprehensive scholarly commentary on seven central orations from the corpus of Cicero's Philippics. These orations against Mark Antony are an important testimony to the critical final phase of the Roman Republic. The notes on each speech explain linguistic, literary and historical issues (vol. 2). They are based on a revised Latin text with facing English translation as well as a detailed introduction dealing with problems relevant to the whole corpus (vol. 1). Preface Note to readers Introduction to the Philippics 1. Previous scholarship and the present commentary 2. Historical background 2.1. Events in 44–43 BCE 2.2. People involved 3. The corpus of the Philippics 3.1. Title 3.2. Publication 3.3. Strategic elements 3.4. Rhetorical and stylistic aspects 3.5. Relevance of Demosthenes and Atticism 3.6. Relationship to contemporary Ciceronian works 3.7. Reception in antiquity Text and translation of Philippics 3–9 1. Note on text and translation 2. Orationes Philippicae/Philippics References and indexes 1. References and abbreviations 1.1. Editions, commentaires and translations of the Philippics 1.2. Editions and commentaires of other ancient works 1.3. Secondary literature 1.4. Dictionaires and reference works 2. Indexes 2.1. Persons 2.2. Sites 2.3. Subjects 3. Maps Commentary on Philippics 3-9 1. Philippic Three 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Outline of structure and contents 1.3. Select bibliography 1.4. Notes 2. Philippic Four 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Outline of structure and contents 2.3. Select bibliography 2.4. Notes 3. Philippic Five 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Outline of structure and contents 3.3. Select bibliography 3.4. Notes 4. Philippic Six 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Outline of structure and contents 4.3. Select bibliography 4.4. Notes 5. Philippic Seven 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Outline of structure and contents 5.3. Select bibliography 5.4. Notes 6. Philippic Eight 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Outline of structure and contents 6.3. Select bibliography 6.4. Notes 7. Philippic Nine 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Outline of structure and contents 7.3. Select bibliography 7.4. Notes