Excerpt from Cicero De Amicitia (on Friendship) And Scipio's Dream: Translated With an Introduction and Notes In this work I am especially impressed by Cice ro's dramatic power. But for the mediocrity of his poetic genius, he might have won pre-eminent honor from the Muse of Tragedy. He here so thoroughly enters into the feelings of Laelius with reference to Scipio's death, that as we read we forget that it is not Laelius himself who is speaking. We find our selves in close sympathy with him, as if he were tell ing us the ...
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Excerpt from Cicero De Amicitia (on Friendship) And Scipio's Dream: Translated With an Introduction and Notes In this work I am especially impressed by Cice ro's dramatic power. But for the mediocrity of his poetic genius, he might have won pre-eminent honor from the Muse of Tragedy. He here so thoroughly enters into the feelings of Laelius with reference to Scipio's death, that as we read we forget that it is not Laelius himself who is speaking. We find our selves in close sympathy with him, as if he were tell ing us the story of his bereavement, giving utterance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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