Timeline for Why does Cicero in his In Verrem pretend he has not heard of Praxiteles before?
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| Sep 22, 2016 at 18:24 | vote | accept | kkm mistrusts SE | ||
| Sep 2, 2016 at 20:34 | comment | added | kkm mistrusts SE | True, and I have read your thoughtful answer thoroughly. I am just noting where my original theory parallels your analysis. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 13:18 | comment | added | brianpck | Again, though, this is not a necessary reading: if he said artificis instead of artificum you could make a stronger case, but with the plural it's a very plausible reading that he "found out which artists made the statues in the sacrarium." | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:20 | comment | added | kkm mistrusts SE | Thanks, interesting, you've got me thinking. My theory was Cicero did in fact assume the ignorance of the provincial nobility, and dumbed himself down somewhat not to look a young (was he only 24?) smart ass before the conservative parochial gentry. This is close indeed to your bullet point 3. | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 14:49 | history | answered | brianpck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |