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References to Epicurus in Cicero’s In Pisonem
References to Epicurus in Cicero’s In Pisonem

Author(s): Dragana Dimitrijević
Subject(s): Ancient World, Philology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Cicero; Greek Philosophy; Epicurus; Biases; Rhetorical Strategy

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to shed more light on references to Epicurus in Ciceroʹs oration In Pisonem as a part of his rhetorical strategy. Cicero used Roman ethnic biases and ethnical considerations in the portrait of Pisoʹs immoral personality.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 19-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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