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Cicero: I, Catilinarians;/I by Marcus Tullius Cicero

declann's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Non nomen homini, sed elocutioni 

larrarreadsboks's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

4.0

cvrlybcck's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

2.75

benedettaaaa's review against another edition

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3.0

I read this book due to an assignment for school so I can’t say I picked it myself.
Cicero’s style is eloquent and his rhetoric is majestic. However, I feel like this book could sound redundant in a lot of ways (mainly because nowadays we can only read it while back in the days it was usually told out loud) He cited many historical figures and it was hard not to skip those parts.

pastagiulia_'s review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

5.0

shumska's review against another edition

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5.0

izvrsno dvojezično izdanje (latinski/hrvatski) ciceronovih govora protiv katiline popraćeno kronologijama ciceronovog i katilininog života, objašnjenjem o jeziku, stilu i kompoziciji govora, stilskim figurama i tropima izvučenim iz govora. ne znam kako bih ovome mogla dati ocjenu manju od izvrsne... jedan od najvećih govornika svih vremena ovdje se pojavljuje u punoj raskoši. knjiga sama po sebi pruža dostatne informacije koje su ti potrebne za razumjeti tko su bili ciceron i katilina, zašto prvi upućuje govore protiv drugoga i kakav stav prvi ima prema drugome ("koji se trovatelj u čitavoj italiji može pronaći, koji gladijator, koji razbojnik, koji ubojica iz potaje, koji prevarant, koji razuzdanik, koji rasipnik, koji preljubnik, koja ozloglašena žena, koji kvaritelj mladeži, koji pokvarenjak, koji propalica - a da ne prizna kako je s katilinom bio u vrlo prisnim odnosima?").

kao što u predgovoru piše, ciceronovi govori u punoj snazi mogli su se doživjeti samo uživo, uz njegove gestikulacije, intonaciju i cjelokupni (može se reći: scenski) nastup, ali već čitajući taj tekst možeš dobiti osjećaj o veličanstvenosti retorike, koju bi, btw, bilo pametno vratiti u škole, kao dio opće kulture.

samwhoisthat's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

4.25

froukjemelenhorst's review against another edition

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3.0

Puur omdat ik heel vwo6 zo intens heb zitten lijden bij het vertalen en leren hiervan vind ik dat hem als gelezen mag markeren.

Denique, m’n makker Cicero had even bewijs moeten fixen om zijn argumentatie geloofwaardiger te maken, op meerdere plekken in de zin een punt neerzetten zodat we niet te maken krijgen met bijzinnen in bijzinnen die niet te vertalen zijn en hij had toch wel iets minder mogen slijmen bij de rechters.

De AU in mijn hoofd zegt dat junior na deze redevoering toch veroordeeld is. Had ik persoonlijk wel grappig gevonden, maarja dat ben ik.
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