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Cato Maior de senectute

Cicero ; edited with introduction and commentary by J.G.F. Powell

(Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 28)

Cambridge University Press, 2004, c1988

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Bibliography: p. 280-287

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age) with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition while the introduction aims to place the work in the context of Cicero's writings on old age in the ancient world. The Roman and Ciceronian qualities of the work are emphasized, rather than the search for lost sources that occupied scholars in the past. Matters of text, language, and content are all considered equally in the commentary.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The literary character of the Cato
  • 2. Old age in the philosophic tradition
  • 3. The text and the manuscripts
  • Texts
  • Commentary
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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