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CONTENTS
11 Cicero and the relationship of oratory to literature 230
by L. P. WILKINSON, Emeritus Brereton Reader in Classics, University
of Cambridge
1 Cicero's attitude to culture 130
2 Oratorical theory and practice as Cicero found it 233
3 Oratorical theory and practice in Cicero and his contemporaries 236
4 Verse 245
5 Letters 247
6 Speeches 250
7 Dialogues and treatises 256
8 Literary influence in antiquity 266
12 Sallust 268
by F. R. D. GOODYEAR, Hildred Carlile Professor of Latin, Bedford
College, University' of London
13 Caesar 281
by R. M. OGILVIE, Professor of Humanity, St Salvator's College,
University ofSt Andrews
14 Prose and mime 286
by NICHOLAS HORSFALL, Lecturer in Greek and Latin, University-
College London
1 Varro 286
2 Cornelius Nepos 290
3 The literary mime 293
PART IV: THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS
15 Uncertainties
by E. J. KENNEY
297
16 Theocritus and Virgil
by W. V. CLAUSEN
301
1 Virgil and Theocritus 303
2 The book of Eclogues 309
3 Three Eclogues 313
17 The Georgics
by L. P. 'WILKINSON
320
1 Political background 320
2 Literary antecedents 321
3 Intention and nature of the poem 322
4 Structure 323
5 Other poetic features 331
6 Transition to the Aeneid
vii
332
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