@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2017.4.007.GERB, author = "Gerbrandy, Piet", title = "Cicero als epische held", journal= "Lampas", year = "2017", volume = "50", number = "4", pages = "463-476", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2017.4.007.GERB", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2017.4.007.GERB", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2667-1573", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary At several instances in Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino, Cicero refers to literary texts his audience must have been familiar with: the Iliad, Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Ennian tragedy, a comedy by Caecilius and traditional stories about the Roman past. As Cicero published the speech to be read as a book, he clearly intended his readers to assess his client’s misery and his own fearlessness in the context of great literature. The result is a stunning and heartbreaking story about a helpless victim of criminal institutions and his intrepid lawyer.", }