Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 185 Cicero, Marcus Tullius -106 -43 Jones, E. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Reading ease score: 45.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Anne Soulard, Ted Garvin, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Cicero's Brutus, or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a collection of rhetorical works written in the 1st century BC. The text serves as both a dialogue and a treatise on eloquence, focusing on the lives and styles of prominent orators from ancient Greece and Rome, exploring their contributions to the art of persuasion. The opening of this work introduces Cicero's reflections on the recently deceased orator Hortensius, expressing deep personal sorrow but also a broader concern for the impact on Roman society due to the loss of such eloquent figures. As he converses with friends Brutus and Atticus, Cicero reflects on the importance of eloquence in the legal and political arenas, indicating a desire to discuss the history of famous orators, their methods, and the evolution of oratory itself. This sets up an exploration of notable figures in eloquence, linking their rhetorical skills to the political realities of Cicero’s time and the dynamics of Roman governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Oratory -- Early works to 1800 PA Text Classical Antiquity Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 509198 509060 2024-10-04T11:51:39.933901 2023-10-05T03:54:55.913811 text/html text/html 509191 509053 2024-10-04T11:51:40.222847 2023-10-05T03:54:56.110775 text/html text/html 286655 2024-10-04T11:51:49.298823 application/epub+zip 294273 2024-10-04T11:51:44.127827 application/epub+zip 247085 2024-10-04T11:51:42.781830 application/epub+zip 606163 2024-10-04T11:51:53.378799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575214 2024-10-04T11:51:48.434836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352680 2022-09-05T05:18:28.187107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488541 488454 2024-10-04T11:51:39.535849 2023-10-05T03:54:55.632790 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 488333 2021-01-02T08:41:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 178262 2021-01-02T08:41:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 488324 2021-01-02T08:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 178193 2021-01-02T08:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21158 2024-10-04T11:51:53.517782 application/rdf+xml 25955 2024-10-04T11:51:43.322842 image/jpeg 4731 2024-10-04T11:51:43.050829 image/jpeg 285763 2024-10-04T11:51:40.265878 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia