Is Cicero worthy of our praise?
Our leader this morning showers the great Roman orator with love, but does he deserve it?
In Glasgow, at the joint conference of the Classical Association/Classical Association of Scotland, the Guardian's rather timely leader in praise of Cicero (in this morning's paper) has not gone unnoticed.
I ran into Professor Mary Beard during the conference coffee break – who last night was bigging up Cicero
as antiquity's greatest wit. She noted archly that Cicero was, in her
view, rather an unpleasant man. A great man, but a thoroughly nasty one.
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Hat tip Adrian Murdoch
