most interesting passages from the Letters which he quotes are those in which he produces exactly similar sentences in which the subjunctive is found. Thus, Att. vii. 5, 5 (296) Ego is sum, qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri may be contrasted with Att. vii. 6, 2 (297) Nec adhuc fere inveni qui non concedendum putaret Caesari quod postularet potius quam depugnandum. Again, Att. vi. 3, 7 (264) Eum futurum esse puto qui esse debet may be contrasted with Att. i. 5, 2 (1) Testis erit tibi ipsa quantae mihi curae fuerit ut Quinti fratris animus in eam esset is qui esse deberet. With a further reference to De Div. ii. 19, M. Lebreton notes that the indicative is more frequently used after a principal verb in the present than after one in the past. The variety in the usage of the moods without any variety in signification may be seen from Att. i. 10, 5 (6) De fratre confido ita esse ut semper volui et elaboravi; and Att. i. 5, 2 (1) Confido ita esse omnia ut et oporteat et velimus. The following are the examples from the Letters given by M. Lebreton:-Relative clauses-Brut. i. 3, 3 (844) ceperunt; Fam. ix. 8, 1 (641) locuti sumus. Temporal clauses-Fam. xvi. 24, 2 (806) est dictum. Comparative clauses-Fam. v. 12, 3 (109) sentis. . . concedet; Att. xiv. 5, 1 (707) volumus, cp. vi. 7, 1 (270). Conditional clauses-Fam. vii. 3, 5 (464) fuerunt . . . est; Att. vii. 9, 3 (300) obtinet; Fam. xii. 17, 2 (493) probabis; ii. 6, 5 (177) impetraro; iii. 2, 2 (183) intellexero (see our note, where many passages are quoted); xvi. 1, 2 (285) intellegis; 2 (286) videro; Att. vii. 3, 11 (294) dixero; viii. 12c, 2 (329) veniet. These are only a few of the many interesting points which M. Lebreton discusses. Almost every one of his 'Studies' is deserving of careful attention. PART IV. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CICERO, FROM HIS RETURN FROM EXILE TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNOR OF CILICIA. LETTERS OF THE TWELFTH YEAR OF CICERO'S CORRESPONDENCE (LAST FOUR MONTHS). EPP. 90-94. A. U. C. 697; B. C. 57; AET. CIC. 49. COSS. P. CORNELIUS LENTULUS SPINTHER, Q. CAECILIUS THE Letters of the latter part of this year detail the circumstances of Cicero's return from exile, with the incidents which were the consequences of his exile, and describe the position in which Cicero found himself on his restoration, and the confused and disorderly state of politics at the time. This was the year of the speeches Post reditum in Senatu, Post reditum ad Quirites, and De domo sua. Their authenticity has been questioned, not on sufficient grounds, except as regards the speech ad Quirites, which was almost certainly not delivered in the form in which it is extant. Owing to the violence of Clodius and his gangs, Cicero found great difficulty in having his house rebuilt. Cicero, about November, was mainly instrumental in having a motion carried which decreed a supplicatio of fifteen days in honour of Caesar's victories in Gaul. |