Reading Center
Login to save your wordlist.
De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
'Plane' inquit Catulus 'adsentior.' 'Age
vero,' inquit Antonius 'qualis oratoris et quanti hominis in
dicendo putas esse historiam scribere?' 'Si, ut Graeci
scripserunt, summi,' inquit Catulus; 'si, ut nostri, nihil
opus est oratore; satis est non esse mendacem.' 'Atqui,
ne nostros contemnas,' inquit Antonius, 'Graeci quoque
ipsi sic initio scriptitarunt, ut noster Cato, ut Pictor, ut
Piso;
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
erat enim historia nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio,
cuius rei memoriaeque publicae retinendae causa ab initio
rerum Romanarum usque ad P. Mucium pontificem maximum
res omnis singulorum annorum mandabat litteris
pontifex maximus referebatque in album et proponebat
tabulam domi, potestas ut esset populo cognoscendi, eique
etiam nunc annales maximi nominantur.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.