CONTENTS
Preface
Bibliographical note
INTRODUCTION: Laelius de amicitia
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
INTRODUCTION: Somnium Scipionis
TEXT AND TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Appendix
Index
Cicero's essay On Friendship (Laelius de amicitia)
is of interest as much for the light it sheds on Roman society
as for its embodiment of ancient philosophical views on the subjects
of friendship. The Dream of Scipio was excerpted in late
antiquity from Cicero's De Republica, a dialogue in six
books which now only survives in fragmentary form. In the excerpt,
which probably formed the conclusion to the dialogue, Cicero describes
his vision of the cosmos and the rewards of immortality that the
good statesman can expect after death. This work is particularly
important for its influence on later literature in the Middle
Ages and Renaissance.
Both dialogues are examples of the best Ciceronian prose. They
are presented in this volume in the context of Cicero's philosophical
writing. Their place in ancient thought and their literary characteristics
are discussed fully in the introduction, while individual points
of interpretation are dealt with in the commentary. The text of
both works is new and will also be published in a forthcoming
volume in the Oxford Classical Texts series. There is a separate
appendix of notes on textual points.
Dr Powell is lecturer in classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and has edited Cicero's Cato Maior de senectute for the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series.
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