Pro Archia (Defence of the Poet Archias)
Cicero, Pro Archia
Cicero defends the poet Archias' citizenship, and turns the case into a famous praise of literature. 12 sections, 139 sentences, each with an English translation.
Read it with every word glossed and parsed, and keep your place.
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- Chapter 1What I owe to ArchiasSī quid est in mē ingenī, iūdicēs, quod sentiō quam sit exiguum, aut sī qua…
- Chapter 2A request to the jurySed nē cui vestrum mīrum esse videātur, mē in quaestiōne lēgitimā et in iūdiciō…
- Chapter 3Archias' early fameNam ut prīmum ex puerīs excessit Archiās atque ab eīs artibus quibus aetās…
- Chapter 4The citizenship at HeracleaInterim satis longō intervallō, cum esset cum M. Lūcullō in Siciliam profectus…
- Chapter 5The records and the censusNam, cum Appī tabulae neglegentius adservātae dīcerentur, Gabīnī, quam diū…
- Chapter 6Why I love lettersQuaere argūmenta, sī quae potes;
- Chapter 7Learning and natural giftsQuaeret quispiam: "quid?
- Chapter 8The poet's gift is from the godsQuis nostrum tam animō agrestī ac dūrō fuit ut Roscī morte nūper nōn…
- Chapter 9Poets make great deeds famousErgō illī aliēnum, quia poēta fuit, post mortem etiam expetunt;
- Chapter 10The poet's fame and the poet's citizenshipErgō illum quī haec fēcerat, Rudīnum hominem, maiōrēs nostrī in cīvitātem…
- Chapter 11Everyone is drawn by gloryNeque enim est hoc dissimulandum quod obscūrārī nōn potest, sed prae nōbīs…
- Chapter 12Hopes beyond death; the appeal to the juryAn vērō tam parvī animī videāmur esse omnēs quī in rē pūblicā atque in hīs…
Cicero, Pro Archia. Latin text: A. C. Clark, M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes (Oxford, 1911), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.