O INTEROGATIE CICERONIANA PRELUATA DE SALLUSTIUS
A Ciceronian Interrogation Taken from Sallust
Author(s): Claudia TărnăuceanuSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: Roman oratory; Cicero; Sallustius; the catilinarian conspiracy; rhetorical interrogation
Summary/Abstract: The resemblance of the words put in the mouth of Catiline by Sallust, in De coniuratione Catilinae (XX, 9), to the first interrogation placed in the opening of Cicero's Oratio in Catilinam (I, 1) has been explained in various ways by the modern scholars. One possible interpretation is that Sallust aims to present Catilina as a powerful opponent of Cicero (a persuasive orator, skilful in choosing words and conscious of their effect).
Journal: Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 115-118
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Romanian