Cicero: Cato Maior de Senectute

by Marcus Tullius Cicero, J. G. F. Powell (Editor)

Overview

This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age )with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition while the introduction aims to place the work in the context of Cicero's writings on old age in the ancient world. The Roman and Ciceronian qualities of the work are emphasized, rather than the search for lost sources that occupied scholars in the past. Matters of text, language, and content are all considered equally in the commentary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521335010
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/14/1988
Series:	Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries , #28
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The literary character of the Cato; 2. Old age in the philosophic tradition; 3. The text and the manuscripts; Texts; Commentary; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...the book is well indexed and organized; its introduction is for all readers, and the volume is well worth acquiring by any College library." Elaine Fantham, Classical World

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