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 the most honoured place in F.'s eyes, I. 281; cannot, like a kingdom.be passed on, II. 141; the most eloquent speech of all, II. 31; tragedies useful in, I. 107; difference of style in forensic and other speeches, I. 41; various styles of, I. 103; oratory a help to verse writing, I. 107; oratorical insincerit-ies, I. 101; U3e of maxims in, I. 101; moderatio of oratory compared to facilitasC!) of history, H. 158; kissing connected with oratory, II. 239; a letter called an "oratio," II. 98; eloquence and philosophy, I. 288, II. 55 f., 75, 79 (dialectics), 83, philosophy supplies the thoughts and eloquence clothes them, II. 39, 71, 79; the nova elocutio, II. 81

Figures of speech {, n 40, 77, 86, 159; required to qualify and soften down thoughts, II. 79; epanaphora, II. 40, 86; paraleipsi3, II. 41, 77; paronomasia, II. 158

emancipation of slaves in the arena, n119

Emperors, attendance on, I. 87; decisions of, I. 157; penalty of position, I. 297; purple cloak of, II. 65; attend to wishes and comfort of the people, II. 65, 216

empires before Rome, II. 201n.; her empire won by disaster as well as success, II. 26

entrails, inspection of, II. 241

envy, among M.'s entourage, I. 73, II. 229; of the living, II. 205; Trajan's envy of his generals, II. 207

epanaphora (Cicero), II. 159

epigram, I. 41, II. 90

erotics, I. 5, 27

exercise, II. 41

extracts from writers, I. 14, 16, 81, 139; Ennius, I. 303; Gracchus (?) I. 81; Lucretius, I. 303; Caelius, I. 19; Cicero, I. 80n., II. 157; Cicero annotated. I. 309: Sallust, I. 80n.; Vergil, ibid.; Terence, I. 80n.; Novhia, M. I. 139; Scipio's speeches, M. I. 139

eyes, harmonizing, II. 109

fable of day and night, II. 3; of vine and holm-oak, II. 85

Falcidian law, II. 94n.

Falernian wine, II. 7, 51

fallacies, II. 67

fame, love of, II. 62

farces, I. 107

fasting as a cure, I. 235, II. 85

fatalism, II. 309

Fates, I. 137, II. 223; as spinners, II. 225

fighting with beasts in arena, 1. 119, 211

figures ( schemata, q.v.), II. 87

fines, law as to, II. 125

fir tree, I. 49, 89

fish, strength of, in their tails, II. 23 fishing, II. 9

flattery, I. 137

flower market, I. 64

flower that turns to sun, I. 29

flute players, II. 9, 17

fly, pertinacity of, I. 25

forehead, touching, as sign of amity, II. 239

forgiveness, see pardon

Fortune, I. 169; temples to, I. 89; of Antium, Praeneste and of all sorts and kinds, II. 105; fortune, I. 69; things in power of, not to be valued, II. 61; pinguis fortuna, II. 26

forum, II. 42, 125, 153; of Trajan, II. 305

fox, II. 6

friends, promoting unity among, I. 73; true friendship, I. 257, 259, II. 76; a sharing of joys and sorrows, II. 93

frogs in Alsian marshes, II. 5; as swimmers, II. 67

fullness does not admit of comparison, II. 182

funeral, a public, for Matidia, II. 97

fury's scourge, II. 105

gambling in camp, II. 149

games of the Circus, I. 111, 309, II. (?) 146, 178, 217, and see Circus 359