Select Works of Cicero (36 vols.)

by M. Tullius Cicero

Publishers:

Harvard University Press; Macmillan Co.; G. P. Putnam’s Sons

, 1913–1954

Overview

“Cicero is not the name of a man,” declared Quintilian, “but of eloquence itself.” Cicero is to Latin what Shakespeare is to English. He is almost entirely responsible for developing Latin, at the time a narrow, utilitarian tongue, into a language capable of communicating the exactness of science, the beauty of poetry, and the abstraction of philosophy. Indeed, his influence is so far-reaching that many linguists argue that all the literary movements until the nineteenth century were either a reaction against or a return to Cicero.

Born into an influential family and given a good education, he excelled at an early age. He travelled to Greece to learn from the Greek rhetoricians, adapting their style for Latin and making it a distinct part of his own delivery. He translated Greek philosophical concepts into Latin, creating neologisms that remain in use (e.g., humanitas, qualitas). His letters, when rediscovered by Petrarch in 1345, started the movement that became the Renaissance. His treatise On Duties was the second book printed on Gutenberg’s printing press. His influence carried into the Enlightenment, exercising great sway over the thought of John Locke, David Hume, and Montesquieu. His works are also cited as highly influential on the leaders of the American and French Revolutions. His collected letters remain some of the most important primary-source documents for historians of Ancient Rome.

Select Works of Cicero contains, in 36 volumes, 60 of Cicero’s works in their Loeb Classical Library editions. Each text is included in its original Latin with an English translation for side-by-side comparison. Use Logos’ language tools to go deeper into the Latin text and explore Cicero’s brilliance and elegance. You can also use the dictionary lookup tool to examine difficult English words used by the translator. If you are at all interested in the study of rhetoric, philosophy, or Latin—whether you are a classical scholar who wants the convenience of Cicero at a click or a student approaching Latin for the first time—Select Works of Cicero is a must.

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Key Features

• 46 of Cicero’s most important works in English and Latin
• Loeb Classical Library editions
• Extensive, in-depth indexes
• Maps and illustrations

Praise for the Print Edition

As all the ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher united than Cicero, his authority should have great weight.

—John Adams

Marcus Tullius Cicero expressed principles that became the bedrock of liberty in the modern world.

—Jim Powell

Cicero’s unique and imperishable glory is that he created the language of the civilized world, and used that language to create a style which nineteen centuries have not replaced, and in some respects have hardly altered.

—John William Mackail

. . . the influence of Cicero upon the history of European literature and ideas greatly exceeds that of any other prose writer in any language.

—Michael Grant

Product Details

• Title: Select Works of Cicero
• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Volumes: 36
• Pages: 9,752

Individual Overviews

On Duties

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: Walter Miller
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1913
• Pages: 224

This volume contains Walter Miller’s translation of On Duties.

On Duties: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1913
• Pages: 224

This volume contains the Latin text of On Duties.

On Ends

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: H. Rackham
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Macmillan Co.
• Publication Date: 1914
• Pages: 272

This volume contains H. Rackham’s English translation of On Ends.

On Ends: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Macmillan Co.
• Publication Date: 1914
• Pages: 272

This volume contains the Latin text of On Ends.

Tusculan Disputations

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: J. E. King
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1927
• Pages: 312

This volume contains J. E. King’s English translation of Tusculan Disputations.

Tusculan Disputations: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1927
• Pages: 312

This volume contains the Latin text of Tusculan Disputations.

On Old Age, On Friendship, On Divination

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: W. A. Falconer
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1923
• Pages: 288

This volume contains W. A. Falconer’s English translations of On Old Age, On Friendship, and On Divination.

On Old Age, On Friendship, On Divination: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1923
• Pages: 288

This volume contains the Latin editions of On Old Age, On Friendship, and On Divination.

Pro Archia, Post Reditum in Senatu, Post Reditum ad Quirites, De Domo Sua, De Haruspicum Responsis, Pro Plancio

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: N. H. Watts
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1923
• Pages: 280

This volume contains N. H. Watts’ English translations of Pro Archia, Post Reditum in Senatu, Post Reditum ad Quirites, De Domo Sua, De Haruspicum Responsis, and Pro Plancio.

Pro Archia, Post Reditum in Senatu, Post Reditum ad Quirites, De Domo Sua, De Haruspicum Responsis, Pro Plancio: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1923
• Pages: 280

This volume contains the Latin editions of Pro Archia, Post Reditum in Senatu, Post Reditum ad Quirites, De Domo Sua, De Haruspicum Responsis, and Pro Plancio.

Pro Lege Manilia, Pro Caecina, Pro Cluentio, Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: H. Grose Hodge
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1927
• Pages: 256

This volume contains H. Grose Hodge’s English translations of Pro Lege Manilia, Pro Caecina, Pro Cluentio, and Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo.

Pro Lege Manilia, Pro Caecina, Pro Cluentio, Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1927
• Pages: 256

This volume contains the Latin editions of Pro Lege Manilia, Pro Caecina, Pro Cluentio, and Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo.

On the Republic, On the Laws

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: Clinton W. Keyes
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1928
• Pages: 272

This volume contains Clinton W. Keyes’ English translations of On the Republic and On the Laws.

On the Republic, On the Laws: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1928
• Pages: 272

This volume contains the Latin editions of On the Republic and On the Laws.

The Verrine Orations, vol. 1

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: L. H. G. Greenwood
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1928
• Pages: 264

This volume contains L. H. G. Greenwood’s English translation of The Verrine Orations, vol. 1.

The Verrine Orations, vol. 1: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1928
• Pages: 264

This volume contains the Latin edition of The Verrine Orations, vol. 1.

Pro Quinctio, Pro Roscio Amerino, Pro Roscio Comoedo, On the Agrarian Law

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: J. H. Freese
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1930
• Pages: 256

This volume contains J. H. Freese’s English translations of Pro Quinctio, Pro Roscio Amerino, Pro Roscio Comoedo, and On the Agrarian Law.

Pro Quinctio, Pro Roscio Amerino, Pro Roscio Comoedo, On the Agrarian Law: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1930
• Pages: 256

This volume contains the Latin editions of Pro Quinctio, Pro Roscio Amerino, Pro Roscio Comoedo, and On the Agrarian Law.

Pro Milone, In Pisonem, Pro Scauro, Pro Fonteio, Pro Rabirio Postumo, Pro Marcello, Pro Ligario, Pro Rege Deiotaro

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: N. H. Watts
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnams’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1931
• Pages: 280

This volume contains N. H. Watts’ English translations of Pro Milone, In Pisonem, Pro Scauro, Pro Fonteio, Pro Rabirio Postumo, Pro Marcello, Pro Ligario, and Pro Rege Deiotaro.

Pro Milone, In Pisonem, Pro Scauro, Pro Fonteio, Pro Rabirio Postumo, Pro Marcello, Pro Ligario, Pro Rege Deiotaro: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1931
• Pages: 280

This volume contains the Latin editions of Pro Milone, In Pisonem, Pro Scauro, Pro Fonteio, Pro Rabirio Postumo, Pro Marcello, Pro Ligario, and Pro Rege Deiotaro.

On the Nature of the Gods, Academics

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: H. Rackham
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1933
• Pages: 344

This volume contains H. Rackham’s English translations of On the Nature of the Gods and Academics.

On the Nature of the Gods, Academics: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1933
• Pages: 344

This volume contains the Latin editions of On the Nature of the Gods and Academics.

The Verrine Orations, vol. 2

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: L. H. G. Greenwood
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1935
• Pages: 352

This volume contains L. H. G. Greenwood’s English translation of The Verrine Orations, vol. 2.

The Verrine Orations, vol. 2: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Eerdmans, not William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1935
• Pages: 352

This volume contains the Latin edition of The Verrine Orations, vol. 2.

Brutus, Orator

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translators: G. L. Hendrickson and H. M. Hubbell
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1939
• Pages: 272

This volume contains G. L. Hendrickson and H. M. Hubbell’s English translations of Brutus and Orator.

Brutus, Orator: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1939
• Pages: 272

This volume contains the Latin editions of Brutus and Orator.

On the Orator: Books 1–2

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translators: E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1942
• Pages: 256

This volume contains E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham’s English translations of On the Orator: Book 1 and On the Orator: Book 2.

On the Orator: Books 1–2: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1942
• Pages: 256

This volume contains the Latin editions of On the Orator: Book 1 and On the Orator: Book 2.

On the Orator: Book 3, On Fate, Stoic Paradoxes, Divisions of Oratory

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: H. Rackham
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1942
• Pages: 224

This volume contains H. Rackham’s English translations of On the Orator: Book 3, On Fate, Stoic Paradoxes, and Divisions of Oratory.

On the Orator: Book 3, On Fate, Stoic Paradoxes, Divisions of Oratory: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1942
• Pages: 224

This volume contains the Latin editions of On the Orator: Book 3, On Fate, Stoic Paradoxes, and Divisions of Oratory.

On Invention, The Best Kind of Orator, Topics

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: H. M. Hubbell
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1949
• Pages: 248

This volume contains H. M. Hubbell’s English translations of On Invention, The Best Kind of Orator, and Topics.

On Invention, The Best Kind of Orator, Topics: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1949
• Pages: 248

This volume contains the Latin editions of On Invention, The Best Kind of Orator, and Topics.

Rhetorica ad Herennium

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: Gary Caplan
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1954
• Pages: 248

This volume contains Gary Caplan’s English translation of Rhetorica ad Herennium.

Rhetorica ad Herennium: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1954
• Pages: 248

This volume contains the Latin edition of Rhetorica ad Herennium.

Philippics

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Translator: Walter C. A. Ker
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1926
• Pages: 328

This volume contains Walter C. A. Ker’s translation of Philippics.

Philippics: Latin Text

• Author: M. Tullius Cicero
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1926
• Pages: 328

This volume contains the Latin text of Philippics.

About M. Tullius Cicero

M. Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was born to a family of the equestrian class in Ardinum. Cicero’s father was an influential man in the community who placed great emphasis on education. Cicero was educated by his father and then by private teachers, who instructed him in Greek oratory and philosophy. Cicero studied Roman law under Quintus Mucius Scaevola. After winning his first case, Cicero left Rome to visit Greece, Asia Minor, and Rhodes. While in Greece, Cicero studied rhetoric with a number of famous rhetoricians in Athens. Upon his return to Rome, he became quite involved in political life. He ascended the Roman hierarchy, becoming a quaestor at age 31, an aedile at 37, a praetor at 40 and, at 43, a consul, the highest office. For a time he was exiled for executing, without trial, a group of Roman citizens who had plotted to kill him and overthrow the republic. Upon his return, Cicero was caught up in the standoff between Julius Caesar and the senate. When civil war broke out, Cicero took the side of the Republic (against Caesar), though he attempted to maintain some good will with Caesar. After Caesar’s assassination, Cicero fell out with Mark Antony, who had him murdered.