Cicero…nec prodesse tantum sed etiam amari potest (Quint. inst. 2, 5, 19). Cicerone idoneus auctor e maestro dell’arte dell’illusone in Quintiliano e nei commentari tardo-antichi
This paper examines the influence exerted by Cicero as orator and linguistic authority in the school, with special reference to the re-use and imitation of the speeches as models of irony and art of illusion.