Letters to Atticus
quoted 6 times by 5 works · held by the library
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3 neutralin the voice of Seneca 1 , editorial note 1
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in the voice of editorial note
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Academica Cicero, Marcus Tullius 2 citations · 1 passage
The editorial note reports what Cicero himself admitted in a letter, constituting reported speech attributed to a specific authority.
It opened with a Prooemium (the same preface that Cicero, by his own admission in a letter to Atticus, once mistakenly reused elsewhere).
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On the Commonwealth Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 neutral 1 citation
Corresponds to the explicit citation of Cicero's Letters to Atticus.
[Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.
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Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine 1 citation
Corresponds to the citation of Cicero's letters to Atticus.
The letters of Cicero to Atticus, which are full of allusions to them, leave no doubt that they constituted an intolerable burden on Inheritances;
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Letters to Lucilius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 neutral 1 citation
Seneca explicitly attributes this instruction to Cicero regarding his letters to Atticus
And so I will give in advance, and will not do what Cicero, that most eloquent man, bids Atticus do, that even if he has no matter to write of, he should write whatever comes to his lips.
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in the voice of Seneca
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On the Shortness of Life Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 neutral 1 citation
Seneca directly quotes Cicero's own words from a letter to Atticus.
Cicero called himself half a free man.
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