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CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS G E P. E. E RegiusProfessorEmeritusofGreek,UniversityofCambridge P H SeniorResearchFellow,TrinityCollege,andHonoraryProfessorofLatin, UniversityofCambridge R H RegiusProfessorofGreek,UniversityofCambridge E. J. K KennedyProfessorEmeritusofLatin,UniversityofCambridge S. P. O KennedyProfessorofLatin,UniversityofCambridge CICERO P R O M A R C O C A E L I O ANDREW R. DYCK ProfessorEmeritusofClassics,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/ (cid:2) CambridgeUniversityPress Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. 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ToJanis CONTENTS Preface pageix Abbreviations x MapTheRomanworldinbc xii–xiii MapRomeinthelateRepublic xiv Chronologicaltable xv Introduction Thechargeandthecourt Procedureinthequaestionesperpetuae Thecrimeanditsbackground Thedateofthetrial Thedefendant Theprosecutionteam Theprosecutionstrategy Thedefenseteam Thegeneraldefensestrategy Cicero’sapproach Clodia’sroˆle Theoutcomeandsequel Languageandstyle Periodicstyle,rhythm Relationofthedeliveredandpublishedspeeches Thepublishedspeechanditsafterlife Thetext Sigla M.TVLLICICERONISORATIOPROMARCOCAELIO Commentary Workscited IndexofLatinwords IndexofGreekwords Generalindex vii PREFACE R.G.Austin’scommentaryonProCaeliointroducedseveralsuccessivegenerations ofanglophonestudentstothespeechandisfondlyrememberedbymany,even those who simultaneously recognize its flaws. Austin deployed his formidable learning on what modern students tend to regard as Cicero’s most attractive speech,andhedidsoinahighlyengagingmanner.Ontheotherhand,theflaws in his bookare also considerable, and time has tended to magnify rather than reduce their scope. Despite his knowledge of Latin grammar, it is possible to contestsomeofhisinterpretiveandtextualdecisions.Further,hetendedtobe gulledbyCicero’srhetoricalwilesandtoooftenfellbackonhisown(oftenquite deft)renderingsattheexpenseofexplaininghowtheLatinactuallyworks(aneed perhapslessurgentinthosedays).Inaddition,somedecisionstakenbyauthor andpublishermadethebooklessthanideally“user-friendly.”Itwasdecidedthat theLatintextshouldbeareprintofClark’sOCT,soAustinoccasionallyfound himself in the awkward position of arguing against his own text. In addition, Austin buried a great deal of essential matter in a long series of appendixes thatitisdifficulttopersuadestudentstoread.Finally,overthecourseofthree editions Austin revised some of his views and arrived at new interpretations; these,however,arerelegatedtoaseriesof“AdditionalNotes”attheback;insuch casesthereadertypicallyfirstencountersaninterpretationthatfurthersearching showstohavebeenrepudiatedandreplacedbyadifferent(andusuallybetter) one.ForallthesereasonsIwasnotsurprisedwhentheserieseditorsaskedme toundertakeanewcommentededitionofProCaelioinaccordwiththenormsof theCambridgeGreekandLatinClassics. It is a pleasure to register debts to several benefactors. I thank the series editors and the Syndics of the Press for commissioning the project, The Loeb ClassicalLibraryFoundationforgenerouslyfundingrelatedresearchexpenses, Brent Vine for bibliographic advice, Stephen Oakley and Philip Hardie for readingandimprovingmydraftsandMichaelSharpandhisstaffforbringing thebooktoprintwiththeirusualcareandefficiency;Iamsolelyresponsiblefor anyremainingerrors.Mygreatestdebtisrecordedinthededication. Cf.Henderson,whoalsooffersmuchinterestinginformationaboutAustin. ix ABBREVIATIONS C.refersthroughouttoCicero;alldatesareunlessotherwiseindicated;other authorsandworksareabbreviatedasintheOLDorotherwiseOCD. CAH TheCambridgeAncientHistory.ndedn.vols.Cambridge –. Ernoutand Ernout,A.,andA.Meillet.Dictionnaire´etymologiquedelalangue Meillet Latine.Histoiredesmots.thedn.Paris. G–L Gildersleeve,B.L.,andG.Lodge.Latingrammar.rdedn. London. H–S Hofmann,J.B.,andA.Szantyr.LateinischeSyntaxundStilistik. Munich. ILS InscriptionesLatinaeselectae,ed.H.Dessau.vols.Berlin –. K–S Ku¨hner,R.,andC.Stegmann.Ausfu¨hrlicheGrammatikder lateinischenSprache,II:Satzlehre.vols.Withcorrectionstothe thedn.byA.Thierfelder.Darmstadt. LSJ Liddell,H.G.,andR.Scott.AGreek–EnglishLexicon.thedn. rev.H.S.Jones.Oxford. LTUR Steinby,E.M.,ed.LexicontopographicumurbisRomae.vols. Rome–. MRR Broughton,T.R.S.MagistratesoftheRomanRepublic.vols.New York–Atlanta. NLS Woodcock,E.C.AnewLatinsyntax.Cambridge,. OCD Oxfordclassicaldictionary,rdedn.,ed.S.Hornblowerand A.Spawforth.Oxford. OCT OxfordClassicalTexts. OED OxfordEnglishdictionary.ndedn.vols.Oxford. OLD OxfordLatindictionary,ed.P.G.W.Glare.Oxford. PHI PackardHumanitiesInstitutecdrom..PaloAlto, (sourceofinformationaboutnumbersofattestations etc.). RAC Reallexikonfu¨rAntikeundChristentum,ed.T.Klauseretal. Stuttgart–. RE Wissowa,G.,andW.Kroll,eds.PaulysRealencyclopa¨dieder classischenAltertumswissenschaft.vols.in+indexand supplements.Stuttgart–. Richardson Richardson,L.J.jr.AnewtopographicaldictionaryofancientRome. 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