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Atticus-Briefe / Epistulae ad Atticum: Lateinisch-deutsch
Keinen Menschen der Antike kennen wir so gut wie Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 v.Chr.). Wir verdanken dies dem Umstand, dass ein grosser Teil seiner Korrespondenz uberliefert ist, im ganzen etwa 780 Briefe, davon gut die Halfte an seinen Freund Titus Pomponius Atticus (110-32 v.Chr.) gerichtet. Die Atticus-Briefe sind insofern eine historische Quelle ausserordentlichen Ranges, als Cicero sich in ihnen unbefangen und vorbehaltlos aussert. So folgen wir in zahlreichen Krisen seines Lebens zuweilen Tag fur Tag den wechselnden Stimmungen, erleben den Kampf um gesellschaftliche und politische Anerkennung, erkennen aber auch Ciceros heisse Vaterlandsliebe, erhalten Einblick in die privaten Verhaltnisse, kurzum, alle Zuge seines Wesens erscheinen in klarer Kontur wie in einem Spiegel. Die Atticus-Briefe vermitteln uns das Bild eines antiken Menschen, der zwar nicht der Weltgeschichte ihren Lauf gewiesen hat, der aber doch zu den bedeutendsten Personlichkeiten einer Zeit gehorte, in der Weltgeschichte gemacht wurde, und der daruber zu berichten weiss. Darin liegt der nicht zu schatzende Wert der Sammlung. Mit Einfuhrung, Erlauterungen, Registern und Zeittafel."
1216 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 44
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
8,156 books2,049 followersBorn 3 January 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy
Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
Alternate profiles:
Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone
Note: All editions should have Marcus Tullius Cicero as primary author. Editions with another name on the cover should have that name added as secondary author.
Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
Alternate profiles:
Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone
Note: All editions should have Marcus Tullius Cicero as primary author. Editions with another name on the cover should have that name added as secondary author.
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December 8, 2023A three-year project-read, on and off, finally completed.
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July 31, 2024
Read as part of the e-pistulae newsletter, which sent Cicero's letters as e-mails around the time when they were written. Translation initially by Shackleton Bailey, later by the newsletter's author.
Cicero's love and friendship for Atticus was so heartwarming. I could practically see him laying down on his bed, legs kicking in the air, while he writes all the gossip to his best friend. It's not what actually happened, but it's the exact same feeling.
Cicero's love and friendship for Atticus was so heartwarming. I could practically see him laying down on his bed, legs kicking in the air, while he writes all the gossip to his best friend. It's not what actually happened, but it's the exact same feeling.
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