After the Christmas holidays we'll be translating Cicero - 'De re publica' (well, what's left of it), but I've sort of forgotten everything I knew about Cicero, which wasn't much in the first place .
Because all the classes already translated some speeches by Cicero, my teacher won't bother at all to tell us anything about Cicero's language . On top of that I've translated nothing but poetry in the last 3 years (except for some Sallust).
My edition of the text doesn't have any help in it at all, except for a very brief commentary, as the author also expects the pupils to have some knowledge of Cicero.
Do any of you know any sites on the Internet where I might be able to read up on Cicero's style and peculiarities? Or aren't there many? I really can't remember (and neither can anyone else in my class ) if his style was somehow difficult and special, but I have a feeling there some things I might need to know.
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