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NEWS FROM THE GETTY news.getty.edu | [email protected] DATE: October 16, 2012 MEDIA CONTACT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Desiree Zenowich Getty Communications (310) 440-7304 [email protected] GETTY VILLA OFFERS ANCIENT ADVICE FOR WINNING AN ELECTION How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa Saturday, October 27, 2012, 2:00 p.m. LOS ANGELES—The presidential contenders might want a little timely advice from the ancients, available at the Getty Villa this month in a free lecture titled How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians. In 64 B.C., Marcus Tullius Cicero, the greatest orator in ancient Rome, was running for consul, the highest office in the land. Cicero was a brilliant man and a gifted speaker, but he lacked the campaign skills needed in the cutthroat world of Roman politics. So his worldlier brother Quintus wrote for him a down- and-dirty guide to winning an election. On October 27 , classicist Philip Freeman will discuss Quintus’ “little-known pamphlet " and the advice it contains, which include some gems that will be all too familiar to modern voters: promise everything to everybody, exploit the weaknesses of your opponents, and give voters hope. -more- Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero, originally published in Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums (K. A. Baumeister, 1885)
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NEWS FROM THE GETTY news.getty.edu | [email protected]
DATE: October 16, 2012 MEDIA CONTACT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Desiree Zenowich Getty Communications (310) 440-7304 [email protected]
GETTY VILLA OFFERS ANCIENT ADVICE FOR WINNING AN ELECTION
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa
Saturday, October 27, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
LOS ANGELES—The presidential contenders
might want a little timely advice from the
ancients, available at the Getty Villa this month
in a free lecture titled How to Win an Election:
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians.
In 64 B.C., Marcus Tullius Cicero, the
greatest orator in ancient Rome, was running for
consul, the highest office in the land. Cicero was
a brilliant man and a gifted speaker, but he
lacked the campaign skills needed in the
cutthroat world of Roman politics. So his
worldlier brother Quintus wrote for him a down-
and-dirty guide to winning an election.
On October 27, classicist Philip Freeman
will discuss Quintus’ “little-known pamphlet "
and the advice it contains, which include some
gems that will be all too familiar to modern
voters: promise everything to everybody, exploit
the weaknesses of your opponents, and give
voters hope.
-more-
Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero, originally published in Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums (K. A. Baumeister, 1885)
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-more-
About Philip Freeman
Philip Freeman earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University and has taught at Boston
University in Massachusetts and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently he
holds the Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He has
been a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome and the Institute for Advanced
Study in Princeton. Freeman is the author of a dozen books, including biographies of Julius
Caesar and Alexander the Great. In 2012 Freeman published his translation of Quintus Cicero's
letter to Marcus Cicero entitled How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern
Politicians (Princeton University Press).
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians will take place on
Saturday, October 27 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Getty Villa Auditorium. Tickets are
free but a reservation is required. Parking is $15. To reserve tickets call (310) 440-7300 or visit:
www.getty.edu/museum/programs/lectures/how_to_win_an_election_lecture.html
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