M. Tullius Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 86

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[86] nisi forte hoc etiam casu factum esse dicemus ut ante ipsum sacrarium bonae deae, quod est in fundo T.¹ Serti Galli, in primis honesti et ornati adulescentis, ante ipsam, inquam, bonam deam, cum proelium commisisset, primum illud volnus acciperet² quo taeterrimam mortem obiret, ut non absolutus iudicio illo nefario videretur, sed ad hanc insignem poenam reservatus. 32 nec vero non eadem ira deorum hanc eius satellitibus iniecit amentiam ut sine imaginibus, sine cantu atque ludis, sine exsequiis, sine lamentis, sine³ laudationibus, sine funere, oblitus cruore et luto, spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate cui cedere inimici etiam solent ambureretur⁴ abiectus⁵. non fuisse credo fas clarissimorum virorum formas illi taeterrimo parricidae aliquid decoris adferre, neque ullo in loco potius mortem eius lacerari quam in quo esset vita⁶ damnata.

Pro T. Annio Milone. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1918.

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Pro T. Annio Milone (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Vol. 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1918.)

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Pro T. Annio Milone

1. T. om. PH Sergi P

2. acciperet P ΣH: -erit ETw δ

3. sine lamentis om. BH

4. ambureretur PH δ: imbueretur ET

5. etiam abiectus T δ

6. vita esset ab1

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

probari , etc.: the evidence on this point would, of course, be purely circumstantial and inferential, and to Cicero's wonderful skill in dealing with such evidence is due much of the interest of what follows. 184.10

in illa , in the case of the, etc. 184.13

fllud Cassianum , that noted saying of Cassius. L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla (cos. B.C. 127) was one of the most upright men of his time, distinguished as a quaesitor (presiding officer) of special trials.

cui bono , for whose advantage: § 382 , I and N.1 (233, a); B. 191, 2; G. 356, R.1; H. 433 (390, i); H.-B. 360 and b; not "for what advantage," as it is often wrongly given in English. The question of "motive" in cases of murder was as much insisted on in ancient trials as it is today (cf. Rosc. Am., note at. 23, p. 10, 1. 16).

personis , parties: the persona is properly the mask, which indicates by its features the "character" in a play. 184.15

atqui , etc., now, by the killing of Milo, etc.

adsequebatur , was going to gain: § 471 , c (277,c); B. 260,3; G. 233; H. 534, 2 (469, I); cf. H-B. 484. 184.16

non eo consule , without having one as consul. 184.18

quibus . . . coniventibus : these competitors of Milo were P. Plautius Hypsaeus and Q. Metellus Scipio, — the latter an adopted son of Metellus Pius. He took a leading part on Pompey's side in the Civil War, and was defeated by Caesar at Thapsus, B.C. 46. 184.19

speraret : integral part of the purpose clause

ut . . . esset : so also

cuperent ,

vellent ,

possent , below.

cogitatis : artfully suggesting that the mad conduct of Clodius was not mere hot-headedness but was deliberately planned to further his ambitious designs. 184.20

illi , i.e. the consuls. 184.21

tantum beneficium : they would owe their election to him.

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