M. Tullius Cicero, Pro Archia Poeta, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 28

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[28] atque ut id libentius faciatis, iam me vobis, iudices, indicabo et de meo quodam amore gloriae nimis acri fortasse, verum tamen honesto vobis confitebor. nam quas res nos in consulatu nostro vobiscum simul pro salute huius urbis¹ atque² imperi et pro vita civium proque universa re publica gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque inchoavit. quibus auditis, quod mihi magna res et iucunda visa est, hunc ad perficiendum adornavi³. nullam⁴ enim virtus aliam mercedem laborum periculorumque desiderat praeter hanc laudis et gloriae; qua quidem detracta, iudices⁵, quid est quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in⁶ laboribus exerceamus?

Pro Archia Poeta. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1911.

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

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For A.L. Archias Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 28 focus

[28]
And that you may do that the more willingly, I will now reveal my own feelings to you, O judges, and I will make a confession to you of my own love of glory,—too eager perhaps, but still honourable. For this man has in his verses touched upon and begun the celebration of the deeds which we in our consulship did in union with you, for the safety of this city and empire, and in defence of the life of the citizens and of the whole republic. And when I had heard his commencement because it appeared to me to be a great subject and at the same time an agreeable one, I encouraged him to complete his work. For virtue seeks no other reward for its labours and its dangers beyond that of praise and renown; and if that be denied to it, what reason is there, O judges, why in so small and brief a course of life as is allotted to us, we should impose such labours on ourselves?

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Pro Archia Poeta

1. huiusce ς urbis suppl. Naugerius (1)

2. atque E: aeque ( om. ςk) cett.

3. adornavi Klotz: adoravi schol.: adortavi Ge: adhortatus sum E: hortavi a ςb1gp: hortatus sum (fui ς) b2 χς

4. nulla codd: corr. ed. V

5. iudices unum G

6. in om. χ

Commentary

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

quas res , i.e. the suppression of Catiline's conspiracy.

adornavi , I supplied him with materials (i.e. facts).

quid est quod , etc.: § 531 , 2 (317, 2); B. 282, 2; G. 631, 2; H. 590 (497, 1); H.-B. 513, 2.

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