The Complete Pro Archia Performed in the Palm of Your Hand
This collection of high-quality MP4 videos present a complete performance in Latin of Pro Archia Poeta, Cicero’s defense of the Greek poet Archia and of humanistic education in general.
Running time for the complete performance: 35 minutes
The performance has also been subdivided into seven smaller MP4 files, 3-6 minutes each, available as part of your download.
Running time for Jon Hall's discussion of the speech and performance: 32 minutes
Features
Designed specifically as a teaching aid for high school and university Latin classes, the Pro Archia includes several special features:
- Full Latin text of Cicero’s Pro Archia, performed by Jon Hall
- English commentary on the speech by Jon Hall
- Options for playing the complete performance or individual sections of the speech
About Jon Hall
Jon Hall has taught in the Classics Department at the University of Otago, New Zealand, since 1993. He is coauthor (with Robin Bond) of Performing Cicero's Speeches: An Experimental Workshop (Bolchazy-Carducci, 2003) and has publihsed articles and book chapters on the oratory and letters of Cicero.
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