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grbs-1301	Usher, Stephen	Oratio Recta and Oratio Obliqua in Polybius	2009	28	.pdf	application/pdf	10606	364	55	As to the authenticity of other speeches, we have to engage in educated guesswork based on our limited knowledge of where Polybius was when they were made and in whose company, and what sources he could draw upon for those speeches.4 When he returns to the subject of speeches in 36.1.1–7, the history being narrated is especially susceptible to dramatic presentation: the Third Punic War, which culminated in the destruction of Carthage. The Speeches The main characteristic of the spoken word as Polybius re- ports it is his technique of beginning in indirect speech (oratio obliqua), and concluding with a passage of direct speech (oratio recta).	cache/grbs-1301.pdf	txt/grbs-1301.txt