/lit/ - Literature

>no Latin thread

I've been reading a shitload of Cicero lately. Right now I'm on the Verrine orations, which are his prosecutions of a flagrantly corrupt governor of Sicily. It's very enjoyable, pleasant. His style does strike my modern ears as a bit gassy, though, in these earlier speeches. He has too many synonymous words and synonymous ideas piled on top of/subordinated to each other without enough progression, while his mature style is sharper and more pointed. Perfect example here at Actio II Book I par. 103

"Verum ad illam iam veniamus praeclaram praeturam, criminaque ea quae notiora sunt his qui adsunt quam nobis qui meditati ad dicendum paratique venimus; in quibus non dubito quin offensionem neglegendae vitare atque effugere non possim. Multi enim ita dicent, "De illo nihil dixit in quo ego interfui; illam iniuriam non attigit quae mihi aut quae amico meo facta est, quibus ego in rebus interfui." His omnibus qui istius iniurias norunt, hoc est populo Romano universo, me vehementer excusatum volo non neglegentia mea fore ut multa praeteream, sed quod alia testibus integra reservari velim, multa autem propter rationem brevitatis ac temporis praetermittenda existimem. Fatebor etiam illud invitus, me prorsus, cum iste punctum temporis nullum vacuum peccato praeterire passus sit, omnia quae ab isto commissa sint non potuisse cognoscere."

He literally says the same thing ("Verres was so bad during his urban Praetorship I can't possibly tell you everything") like five or six times.

>no Latin thread

What the hell. In the golden olden days there would be threads about Latin and Classics all the time up for days.

I can't be the only one here who reads the only language that's literally patrician.