CICERO MARCUS-TULLIUS

(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME XI)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they were political, before jurors if judicial, 58 ...
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ΠΕΡΙ ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝΤΩΝ
Το έργο του Κικέρωνα για τα καθήκοντά μας ως ανθρώπων που ζούμε σε κοινωνία είναι εξαιρετικά απλό αν λάβουμε υπ' όψη ότι στηρίζεται σε φιλοσοφικές αρχές και τις αρχές της οργάνωσης της κοινωνίας που παρουσιάζουν από τη φύση τους μια περιπλοκότητα. Τα διδάγματα που περιέχει και τα υψηλά αισθήματα που εμπνέει γίνονται χρήσιμα για όλες τις εποχές, όλες τις ηλικίες και για όλα τα πολιτικά συστήματα. Αν και είναι από τη φύση του ένα θεωρητικό έργο, αποβλέπει καθαρά σε πρακτικούς σκοπούς και επιχειρεί να βοηθήσει τους πολίτες και αυτούς που ασχο...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME IX)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they were political, before jurors if judicial, 58 ...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME VI)
The Orations translated in this volume are of varied nature and interest (private, criminal, political). Pro Quinctio and Pro Quinto Roscio Comoedo deal with private suits connected with a partnership dispute, the first turning upon the execution of a praetor's order; Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino is a public or criminal case, in which a son is accused of having murdered his father; and the three speeches (a fourth is lost) against Publius Servilius Rullus (generally called De Lege Agraria) are political and economical, being an attack upon an ...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME XXIII)
In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history - years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a political career that would culminate in the C...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME XXIX)
In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history - years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a political career that would culminate in the C...
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Ο ΤΕΛΕΙΟΣ ΡΗΤΟΡΑΣ
Για τον Κικέρωνα η ρητορική υπάρχει και έχει την όποιαν έχει σημασία μόνο σε συνδυασμό με τον ρήτορα· ρητορικός λόγος είναι ο λόγος του κάθε ρήτορα. Η ρητορική δεν υπάρχει γενικώς και αορίστως· δεν είναι επιστήμη (ή/και τέχνη!) αντικειμενική· υπάρχει μόνο από, δια και χάριν ή ένεκα του ρήτορος. Γι' αυτό και, αν δεν υπάρχει ο εκάστοτε συγκεκριμένος ρήτορας, επ' ουδενί τρόπω επιτρέπεται να μιλάμε για ρητορική. Για να μπορεί, όμως, κανείς να ονομάζεται "ρήτορας" και να φέρει επαξίως τον «τίτλο» αυτόν, δεν αρκεί η εκ μέρους του γνώση κάποιων β...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME XIII)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they were political, before jurors if judicial, 58 ...
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ΠΕΡΙ ΜΑΝΤΙΚΗΣ
Η πρόγνωση του μέλλοντος, αίτημα πανάρχαιο και πανανθρώπινο, είναι το θέμα του βιβλίου, ενός κειμένου από τα σημαντικότερα της λατινικής γραμματείας. Η Αστρολογία, η Οιωνοσκοπία, η Ονειρομαντεία, η Κληρομαντεία, η Χρησμοδότηση, τα Σιβυλλικά βιβλία και όλα τα είδη της μαντικής παρουσιάζονται από τον αρχαίο Λατίνο συγγραφέα και αξιολογούνται τα αποτελέσματά τους, μέσα από πολλά παραδείγματα που προέρχονται από ελληνικά κείμενα και ιστορικές μαρτυρίες. Παράλληλα τίθενται και τα ερωτήματα: αν οι θεοί ήθελαν να μας πουν κάτι για το μέλλον, γιατ...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME VIII)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they were political, before jurors if judicial, 58 ...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME VII)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they were political, before jurors if judicial, 58 ...
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ΚΙΚΕΡΩΝ: ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ Σ' ΕΝΑΝ ΕΧΘΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑΣ
Τα γεγονότα που ακολούθησαν τη δολοφονία του Καίσαρα ήταν καταιγιστικά και καθοριστικά για το μέλλον της Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας, κι όπως αποδείχτηκε ιδιαίτερα αρνητικά για την αποκατάσταση της Δημοκρατίας. Ο Αντώνιος έσπευσε να καταχραστεί την εξουσία και τον πλούτο του Καίσαρα. Όλα αυτά συμβαίνουν το 44 π.Χ. Στις 31 Αυγούστου, ο Κικέρων επιστρέφει από το ταξίδι του στην Ελλάδα και την επομένη ο Αντώνιος τον επικρίνει εναντίον της Συγκλήτου επειδή δεν παρευρέθηκε στο συμβούλιο. Στις 2 Σεπτεμβρίου, ο Κικέρων εκφωνεί τον Πρώτο Φιλιππικό, όπω...
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(P/B) ON MORAL ENDS
This 2001 translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy available to modern readers. Cicero is increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major ethical theories of his time in a way designed to get the reader philosophically engaged in the important debates. Raphael Woolf's translation does justice to Cicero's argumentative vigour as well as to the philosophical ideas involved, while Julia Annas's introduction and notes provide a clear a...
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(P/B) CICERO: ON DUTIES
De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw them, revealing incidentally a great deal about actual practice. Writing at a time of political crisis after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC, when it was not clear how much of the old Republican order would survive, Cicero here handed on the insights of an elder statesman, adept at political theory and practice, to his son, and through him, to the you...
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(P/B) THE REPUBLIC AND THE LAWS
Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible government written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature reflections of a Roman ex-consul on the nature of political organization, on justice in society, and on the qualities needed in a statesman. Its sequel, The Laws, expounds the influential doctrine of Natural Law, which applies to all mankind, and sets out an ideal code for a reformed Roman Republic, already half ...
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(P/B) TEN SPEECHES
The ten speeches in this volume illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify all the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the people, and the courts. They illuminate the major political crises of Cicero's time and offer portraits of many of the major political figures. Several of these speeches also shed light on the most important cultural and literary debates of the late Republic. James Zetzel's general Introduction discusses Cicero's public life; the social, political, and cultural contexts of his speeches; and the chal...
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(P/B) CICERO: CATILINARIANS
As consul in 63 BC Cicero faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius Catilina. Cicero's handling of this crisis would shape foreverafter the way he defined himself and his statesmanship. The four speeches he delivered during the crisis show him at the height of his oratorical powers and political influence. Divided between deliberative speeches given in the senate (1 and 4) and informational speeches delivered before the general public (2 and 3), the Catilinarians illustrate...
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(P/B) THE NATURE OF THE GODS
Cicero's philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest, in part because he provides vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic age, and partly because of the light he casts on the intellectual life of first century Rome. "The Nature of the Gods" is a text of central significance, presenting a detailed account of the theologies of the Epicureans and of the Stoics, together with the critical objections to these doctrines raised by the Academic school. When these Greek theories of deity are...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME XXII)
In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history - years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a political career that would culminate in the C...
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(H/B) CICERO (VOLUME XXIV)
In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother. These letters, in this four-volume series, also provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history - years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. When the correspondence begins in November 68 BCE the 38-year-old Cicero is a notable figure in Rome: a brilliant lawyer and orator, who has achieved primacy at the Roman bar and a political career that would culminate in the C...
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