In Brutus 40 ff. Cicero, equating the death of Coriolanus to the end of Themistocles, acknowledges that he uses a less reliable version of the story, of which he apologizes to Atticus. The latter, however, says that for rhetorical needs it is possible to transgress the laws governing the composition of historical works.
Cicerone e uno strappo alle regole della storiografia: a proposito di Brutus 40 ss.
Paolo Esposito
2021-01-01
Abstract
In Brutus 40 ff. Cicero, equating the death of Coriolanus to the end of Themistocles, acknowledges that he uses a less reliable version of the story, of which he apologizes to Atticus. The latter, however, says that for rhetorical needs it is possible to transgress the laws governing the composition of historical works.File in questo prodotto:
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