TRIALS OF CHARACTER TRIALS OF CHARACTER THE ELOQUENCE OF CICERONIAN ETHOS BY JAMES M. MAY . THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS Chapel Hill and London ©1988 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources 92 91 908988 543 21 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data May, James M. Trials of character. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orationes. 2. Cicero, Marcus Tullius-Style. 3. Oratory, Ancient. 4. Characters and characteristics in literature. 5. Ethics in literature. I. Title. PA6320.M39 1988 808·5'1 87-13884 ISBN o-8078-175