M. Tullius Cicero, Pro Archia Poeta, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 27

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[27] Decimus Brutus, that most excellent citizen and consummate general, adorned the approaches to his temples and monuments with the verses of Attius. And lately that great man Fulvius, who fought with the Aetolians, having Ennius for his companion, did not hesitate to devote the spoils of Mars to the Muses. Wherefore, in a city in which generals, almost in arms, have paid respect to the name of poets and to the temples of the Muses, these judges in the garb of peace ought not to act in a manner inconsistent with the honour of the Muses and the safety of poets.

Pro Archia Poeta. M. Tullius Cicero. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). London. 1856.

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For A.L. Archias (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.)

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Pro Archia Poeta Perseus (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911.) — 27 focus

[27] Decimus quidem Brutus, summus vir et imperator, Acci, amicissimi sui, carminibus templorum ac monumentorum¹ aditus exornavit suorum. iam vero ille qui cum Aetolis Ennio comite bellavit Fulvius non dubitavit Martis manubias Musis consecrare. qua re, in qua urbe imperatores prope armati poetarum nomen et Musarum delubra coluerunt, in ea non debent togati² iudices a Musarum honore et a poetarum salute abhorrere.

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Commentary on Oration For Archias (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

Brutus : D. Junius Brutus (cos. B.C. 138) conquered the Lusitanians (of Portugal).

Acci : L. Accius (less properly Attius), a tragic poet (born B.C. 170); distinguished for vigor and sublimity; he lived long enough for Cicero in his youth to converse with him.

Fulvius : M. Fulvius Nobilior (cos. B.C. 189) subdued Aetolia. He was distinguished as a friend of Greek literature, and built, from the spoils of war, a temple to Hercules and the Muses.

prope armati , having scarce laid aside their arms.

togati : see note on p. 125, l. 17 .

M. Tullius Cicero Pro Archia Poeta 27

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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